Reports on the Law of Civil Government in Territory Subject to Military Occupation by the Military Forces of the United States: Submitted to Hon. Elihu Root ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - 808 pages |
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... construction , main- tenance , and operation of railroads in that island . In the matter of an inquiry from the State Department regarding the claim of Merryweather & Sons , London , England , for damages occasioned by the refusal of ...
... construction , main- tenance , and operation of railroads in that island . In the matter of an inquiry from the State Department regarding the claim of Merryweather & Sons , London , England , for damages occasioned by the refusal of ...
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... construction of a tramway on the public highway from the city of Ponce , P. R. , to the Barrio de la Marina ... In the matter of the contract for a market house at Sancti Spíritus , Cuba , and the rights thereunder of Primitivo ...
... construction of a tramway on the public highway from the city of Ponce , P. R. , to the Barrio de la Marina ... In the matter of the contract for a market house at Sancti Spíritus , Cuba , and the rights thereunder of Primitivo ...
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... Construction to be given the Congressional enactment approved March 2 , 1901 , relating to the public lands and timber in the Philippines .. In re claim of Messrs . Sobrinos de Herrera ( nephews of Herrera ) for payment of damages ...
... Construction to be given the Congressional enactment approved March 2 , 1901 , relating to the public lands and timber in the Philippines .. In re claim of Messrs . Sobrinos de Herrera ( nephews of Herrera ) for payment of damages ...
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... construction thus asserted , it is not in its own courts that this construction is to be denied . A question like this respecting the boundaries of a nation is , as has been truly said , more a political than a legal question , and in ...
... construction thus asserted , it is not in its own courts that this construction is to be denied . A question like this respecting the boundaries of a nation is , as has been truly said , more a political than a legal question , and in ...
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... construction contended for at the bar . ** * The disposal must be left to the discretion of Congress . In Gibson . Choteau ( 13 Wall . , 92 , 99 ) the court say : With respect to the public domain , the Constitution vests in Congress ...
... construction contended for at the bar . ** * The disposal must be left to the discretion of Congress . In Gibson . Choteau ( 13 Wall . , 92 , 99 ) the court say : With respect to the public domain , the Constitution vests in Congress ...
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Popular passages
Page 661 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 86 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 42 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 241 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 32 - That it is the duty of the United States to demand and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 157 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 517 - Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Page 372 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 76 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 245 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.