Acts of the Legislature of Puerto Rico

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Page 60 - ... between the parties or in the industry. (c) The board shall not be bound by the strict rules of evidence applicable in a court of law. (d) The findings of fact, decision and order of the board shall be made within thirty days after submission of the issues in dispute or within such additional period as may be agreed upon by a majority of the members of such board. The findings of fact, decision and order of such board shall forthwith be filed by such board with the Governor, and a copy of such...
Page 26 - ... salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the internal improvement or development of the island, not, however, including defenses, barracks, harbors, light-houses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States, shall be paid by the treasurer of Porto Rico out of the revenues in his custody. SEC. 13. That all property which may have been acquired in Porto Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain...
Page 36 - The officers of every such association shall be a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected annually by the directors, and each of said officers must be a director of the association.
Page 120 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
Page 91 - Toda ley o parte de ley que se oponga a la presente, queda por ésta derogada.
Page 60 - SEC. 32. No person shall be eligible to the office of presiding or associate judge of the county court, unless he be a citizen of the United States, over twenty-one years of age, and shall have been a resident of the county in which he shall be chosen one year next preceding the election.
Page 32 - Any person, association, or corporation holding a lease of coal lands or coal deposits under the provisions of this Act may with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, upon a finding by him that it would be in the interest of the United States, secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous...
Page 14 - An Act Making Appropriations for the Necessary Expenses of Carrying on the Government of Porto Rico for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1920, and June 30, 1921, respectively, and for other purposes,
Page 120 - Commission for contempt, any person, firm, or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, directly or indirectly violating the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine...
Page 48 - Fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be...

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