Acts of the Legislature of Puerto Rico

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Page 42 - objected to shall not take effect. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him. it shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by adjournment prevents
Page 70 - in the same classes of cases, in which writs of error and appeals from the final judgments and decrees of the highest court of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, may be taken and prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the United States under the provisions of section two hundred and
Page 24 - being to foster, promote, and develop the agricultural interests and the welfare of the wage earners of Porto Rico, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment, and shall perform such other duties as
Page 52 - An Act to regulate commerce,' approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, 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 26 - a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, who shall examine, audit,, and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenues and receipts, from whatever source, of the government of Porto Rico and of the municipal governments of Porto Rico, including public trust funds and
Page 42 - more than three days, uor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purpose.
Page 174 - positions until they shall have reached the age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be determined by a court-martial legally convened for that purpose, and that vacancies among said officers shall be filled by appointment from the officers of the National Guard of
Page 90 - Joint Resolution to put in operation the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, to provide appropriations to that end, to provide for the vesting
Page 28 - As soon after the close of each fiscal year as the accounts of said year may be examined and adjusted, the auditor shall submit to the governor an annual report of the fiscal concerns of the government. showing the receipts and disbursements of the various departments and bureaus of the government and
Page 68 - America in Congress assembled, That the first subdivision of section one hundred and sixteen of an Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows: "First. The first circuit shall include the districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Porto Rico.

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