Types of Restricted Sovereignty and of Colonial AutonomyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - 215 pages |
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Indian civil service . The Indian councils can not turn out a government , and can
not make a government . The Indian civil service is the government . It may
accept amendments , it may withdraw a measure in face of criticism which it
judges to ...
Indian civil service . The Indian councils can not turn out a government , and can
not make a government . The Indian civil service is the government . It may
accept amendments , it may withdraw a measure in face of criticism which it
judges to ...
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Though civil in substance , this commission was really a military one ; that is , an
agency of the military power . Especially significant were the instructions drafted
by Elihu Root , Secretary of War , approved and issued by the President , under ...
Though civil in substance , this commission was really a military one ; that is , an
agency of the military power . Especially significant were the instructions drafted
by Elihu Root , Secretary of War , approved and issued by the President , under ...
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Bernard Moses , of California , commissioners to the Philippine Islands to
continue and perfect the work of organizing and establishing civil government
already commenced by the military authorities , subject in all respects to any laws
which ...
Bernard Moses , of California , commissioners to the Philippine Islands to
continue and perfect the work of organizing and establishing civil government
already commenced by the military authorities , subject in all respects to any laws
which ...
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... central administration may safely be transferred from military to civil control
they will report that conclusion to you , with their recommendations as to the form
of central government to be established for the purpose of taking over the control
.
... central administration may safely be transferred from military to civil control
they will report that conclusion to you , with their recommendations as to the form
of central government to be established for the purpose of taking over the control
.
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... being paragraph four , article eighty - three , chapter three , civil code , and
which was continued by the order of the secretary of justice of Porto Rico , dated
March seventeenth , eighteen hundred and ninety - nine , and promulgated by
Major ...
... being paragraph four , article eighty - three , chapter three , civil code , and
which was continued by the order of the secretary of justice of Porto Rico , dated
March seventeenth , eighteen hundred and ninety - nine , and promulgated by
Major ...
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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.
Page 190 - That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great.
Page 208 - An Act to regulate commerce,' approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities," approved March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall not apply to Porto Rico.
Page 178 - Provided, That when duties are based upon the weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse said duties shall be levied and collected upon the weight of such merchandise at the time of its entry.
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.
Page 174 - ... to be ascertained by the oath of either party or of other competent witnesses, is involved or brought in question; and such final judgments or decrees may and can be reviewed, revised, reversed, modified, or affirmed by said Supreme Court of the United States...
Page 31 - V. That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the. United States and the people residing therein.
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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