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... Authority , Puerto Rico Insuring Office _ - _ 111 Hon . Antonio Fernós - Isern , Resident Commissioner , Commonwealth of Puerto Rico__ . 267 Julio Garcia - Diaz , professor of biology , University of Puerto Rico___ Senator Miguel A ...
... Authority , Puerto Rico Insuring Office _ - _ 111 Hon . Antonio Fernós - Isern , Resident Commissioner , Commonwealth of Puerto Rico__ . 267 Julio Garcia - Diaz , professor of biology , University of Puerto Rico___ Senator Miguel A ...
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... Authority , Puerto Rico____ . 680 Harding Franco Soto , Los Angeles Development Isla Verde , Caro- lina , P.R. 759 Yamil Galib Frangie , attorney at law , San German_ . 625 Jorge A. Goyco , president of Customs Inspectors ' Association ...
... Authority , Puerto Rico____ . 680 Harding Franco Soto , Los Angeles Development Isla Verde , Caro- lina , P.R. 759 Yamil Galib Frangie , attorney at law , San German_ . 625 Jorge A. Goyco , president of Customs Inspectors ' Association ...
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... authority of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , shall be delivered up to be removed thereto . " ARTICLE III " ( a ) All obligations issued by the United States , or by its authority , or by any State , Territory or Possession of the ...
... authority of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , shall be delivered up to be removed thereto . " ARTICLE III " ( a ) All obligations issued by the United States , or by its authority , or by any State , Territory or Possession of the ...
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... authority of any of them , shall be exempt from taxation by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico . " ( b ) All obligations issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , or by its authority , shall be exempt from taxation by the Government of ...
... authority of any of them , shall be exempt from taxation by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico . " ( b ) All obligations issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , or by its authority , shall be exempt from taxation by the Government of ...
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... authority of this title , the right or title to which is held by the United States or is subject to disposition to by the United States ; that all such lands or other property , belonging to the United States , shall be and remain under ...
... authority of this title , the right or title to which is held by the United States or is subject to disposition to by the United States ; that all such lands or other property , belonging to the United States , shall be and remain under ...
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Page 780 - Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance of their governments are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the national Government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Page 769 - That the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the United States...
Page 336 - Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace and security established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this...
Page 542 - That, fully recognizing the principle of government by consent, this Act is now adopted in the nature of a compact so that the people of Puerto Rico may organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption.
Page 283 - The United States are as much bound by their contracts as are individuals. If they repudiate their obligations, it is as much repudiation, with all the wrong and reproach that term implies, as it would be if the repudiator had been a State or a municipality or a citi/en.
Page 316 - War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace...
Page 10 - An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, as amended, shall be known and designated as "Puerto Rico.
Page 7 - In Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States...
Page 239 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 615 - Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metal industries Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical equipment and supplies.