Types of Restricted Sovereignty and of Colonial AutonomyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - 215 pages |
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2. EXTENT OF AUTONOMY . a . Organization of Government . Annexed to the
treaty of May 3 , 1815 , was a constitution , placed under the common guaranty of
the three contracting powers , providing for a senate , assembly of
representatives ...
2. EXTENT OF AUTONOMY . a . Organization of Government . Annexed to the
treaty of May 3 , 1815 , was a constitution , placed under the common guaranty of
the three contracting powers , providing for a senate , assembly of
representatives ...
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The organic act of 1913 provides for a single “ legislative assembly , " which
consists of 7 ministers , 66 members elected by manhood suffrage by an indirect
process of electors and elector - delegates , together with 17 appointed members
...
The organic act of 1913 provides for a single “ legislative assembly , " which
consists of 7 ministers , 66 members elected by manhood suffrage by an indirect
process of electors and elector - delegates , together with 17 appointed members
...
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The executive authority consists of a governor , assisted by an executive council
nominally appointed by him , but actually responsible to the house of assembly .
In respect to powers of self - government and relations to the British Empire the ...
The executive authority consists of a governor , assisted by an executive council
nominally appointed by him , but actually responsible to the house of assembly .
In respect to powers of self - government and relations to the British Empire the ...
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After said assembly shall have convened and organized , all the legislative
power heretofore conferred on the Philippine Commission in all that part of said
Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non - Christian tribes shall be vested in a
...
After said assembly shall have convened and organized , all the legislative
power heretofore conferred on the Philippine Commission in all that part of said
Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non - Christian tribes shall be vested in a
...
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That all local legislative powers hereby granted shall be vested in a legislative
assembly which shall consist of two houses ; one the executive council , as
hereinbefore constituted , and the other a house of delegates , to consist of thirty -
five ...
That all local legislative powers hereby granted shall be vested in a legislative
assembly which shall consist of two houses ; one the executive council , as
hereinbefore constituted , and the other a house of delegates , to consist of thirty -
five ...
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Page 168 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 125 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 162 - That no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law; and no person for the same offense shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses.
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Page 31 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
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Page 174 - Court of the Canal Zone and to render such judgments as in the opinion of the said appellate court should have been rendered by the trial court in all actions and proceedings in which the Constitution, or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States, is involved...
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| Title | Types of Restricted Sovereignty and of Colonial Autonomy |
| Authors | Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Charles Ghequiere Fenwick |
| Contributor | United States. Department of State |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 215 pages |
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