Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 Includes information by the Commission and various public officials and agencies on the economic, social, geographic and local governmental development of the Philippines. |
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... give separate consideration to the Moro Province , which includes all of the great island of Mindanao except the two Christian Filipino provinces of Misamis and Surigao , on the north coast , and also includes the Sulu Archipelago ...
... give separate consideration to the Moro Province , which includes all of the great island of Mindanao except the two Christian Filipino provinces of Misamis and Surigao , on the north coast , and also includes the Sulu Archipelago ...
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... give him and the members of his official household 13,500 pesos annually , with the understanding that he and they will aid the government in every way possible when called on . There is one feature of the Moro problem which still ...
... give him and the members of his official household 13,500 pesos annually , with the understanding that he and they will aid the government in every way possible when called on . There is one feature of the Moro problem which still ...
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... give these cases precedence . There is an additional reason for this course , growing out of the fact that the courts of first instance are fully occu- pied already with ordinary litigation and that many years must elapse if all these ...
... give these cases precedence . There is an additional reason for this course , growing out of the fact that the courts of first instance are fully occu- pied already with ordinary litigation and that many years must elapse if all these ...
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... give this bene- faction to Hawaii and to Porto Rico and refuse it to them . REFUNDABLE EXPORT DUTIES . We desire to call attention to the injustice effected upon the revenues of the islands by section 2 of the act of Congress approved ...
... give this bene- faction to Hawaii and to Porto Rico and refuse it to them . REFUNDABLE EXPORT DUTIES . We desire to call attention to the injustice effected upon the revenues of the islands by section 2 of the act of Congress approved ...
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... give away , necessitating repairs and reen- forcement . Indications now are that there will be no further trouble from this source and that a permanent structure has been secured . During the fiscal year 1904 there was expended on the ...
... give away , necessitating repairs and reen- forcement . Indications now are that there will be no further trouble from this source and that a permanent structure has been secured . During the fiscal year 1904 there was expended on the ...
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Page 320 - Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds; and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Page 320 - In case they remain in the territory they may preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain by making, before a court of record within a year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance ; in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories...
Page 30 - An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.
Page 320 - That all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said Islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty...
Page 360 - Section one of chapter five hundred and amended. thirteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six is hereby amended by striking out the whole of said section and inserting in place thereof the following : — Commission Section 1.
Page 30 - An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes...
Page 695 - States, and by such consul generals, consuls, or vice consuls when in charge, as the Secretary of State may designate, and by the chief or other executive officer of the insular possessions of the United States, under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States, and no other person shall grant, issue, or verify such passports.
Page 360 - USC, sec. 20b (3)) is amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following...
Page 697 - Rico, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of Porto Rico, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain...
Page 695 - ... intends to return to the United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein.