The Congressional ManualInternational Survey Company International survey Company, 1901 - 186 pages |
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... possessions . With a coaling station American ships will feel safer to make the voyage by the Pacific and our Merchant Marine will increase rapidly . CUBA The subject of “ Cuban Affairs " is one THE CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL . 53.
... possessions . With a coaling station American ships will feel safer to make the voyage by the Pacific and our Merchant Marine will increase rapidly . CUBA The subject of “ Cuban Affairs " is one THE CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL . 53.
Page 54
... Cuban rule . They consider General Gomez , ( the Grant of Cuba ) , an adventurer , and they fear his power if placed at the head of the Republic as he is likely to be placed . To paci- fy this class , which is the substantial portion of ...
... Cuban rule . They consider General Gomez , ( the Grant of Cuba ) , an adventurer , and they fear his power if placed at the head of the Republic as he is likely to be placed . To paci- fy this class , which is the substantial portion of ...
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... Cuba and the title thereto left to future adjustment by treaty . ( 7 ) That to enable the United States to maintain the indepen- dence of Cuba , and to protect the people thereof , as well as for its own defense , the government of Cuba ...
... Cuba and the title thereto left to future adjustment by treaty . ( 7 ) That to enable the United States to maintain the indepen- dence of Cuba , and to protect the people thereof , as well as for its own defense , the government of Cuba ...
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... Cuba and has several times tried to buy the island . During the last revolt of the Cubans Gen. Martinez Campos with 120,000 troops came from Spain and the insurgents were in command of Gomez and Maceo . PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT . Cuba was ...
... Cuba and has several times tried to buy the island . During the last revolt of the Cubans Gen. Martinez Campos with 120,000 troops came from Spain and the insurgents were in command of Gomez and Maceo . PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT . Cuba was ...
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... Cuba is forest land , while large tracts remain unexplored . The highest mountains of Cuba are the Sierra de Maestra or Cobre mountains , on the southeastern coast , and they extend from Cape de Cruz to Runta de Maysi . They reach a ...
... Cuba is forest land , while large tracts remain unexplored . The highest mountains of Cuba are the Sierra de Maestra or Cobre mountains , on the southeastern coast , and they extend from Cape de Cruz to Runta de Maysi . They reach a ...
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Page 158 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 158 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 151 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 154 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 156 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 152 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 158 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
Page 157 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 163 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 159 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...