Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company-Continued.
act of Cuban government complained against: 283.

action requested: 283.

provisions of treaty of Paris invoked in support of complaint: 283.

has the right to object to use of telegraph lines in Cuba by French Cable Com-
pany: 291.

discussion of Spanish concession to: 297.

exclusive privilege granted: 297.

rights conveyed are property rights: 297.

Cuban and Pan-American Express Company:

report on contract with United Railways of the Habana and Regla warehouses:
511-513.

annulment of, by General Wood: 511.

objections urged against, by Cuban authorities: 511.

provisions of contract: 512.

validity sustained by Cuban government: 513.

Cullom, Senator from Illinois:

debate in House on Alaska treaty: 156.

Currency of the United States:

act of Philippine Commission to prevent discrimination against: 256.

Cushing, Caleb, Attorney-General:

views on right of expatriation: 175.

views on extra allowances to army officers: 429.

(See Attorney General.)

Customs:

passage of original law of: 158.

relations of territory beyond United States to tariff laws: 158.

laws, extension of, over newly acquired territory by act of Congress: 158-173.

Northwest territory: 158.

Alaska: 170.

California: 102, 166, 169.

Louisiana: 159.

Vermont: 158.

Tennessee: 158.

North Carolina: 158.

Rhode Island: 158.

Florida: 162, 165.

Texas: 165.

New Mexico: 166.
Oregon: 168.

duties exacted by Philippine government enforced by exercise of belligerent
right: 211.

duties, order imposing, on imports etc., in the Philippines: 217.

right to exact payment of, by exercise of belligerent right: 227.
collected in the Philippines: 232.

Dady & Co.:

D.

opinion of Attorney-General regarding concession to: 359, 389, 408, 536, 631.
Dagupan:

concession for railway from Manila to: 179.

(See Manila Railway Company.)

Dakota:

extension of Constitution to: 90.

Damages:

determination of unliquidated, requires exercise of judicial powers: 339.

Damages-Continued.

claimed by aliens must be presented to State Department: 340.
what is meant by: 342.

United States not responsible for unauthorized acts of individual soldiers: 343.
claim for quantum meruit to be distinguished from claim for unliquidated: 348.
unliquidated, War Department has no authority to settle claims for: 409.

Dana:

agent for United States before Halifax Commission, interpretation of treaty with
Great Britain of 1818: 330.

Daniel v. Hutcheson:

of officer in command in Texas under reconstruction acts: 33.

powers
Dawson, J.:

on powers of Congress in legislating for Alaska: 88.
Day, William R.:

correspondence with E. Montero Rios regarding provisions of treaty of peace
with Spain (1898): 181.

Debt:

liability of general government for, does not pass with ceded territory: 182, 183.
instances in which conquering State has taken over part of: 182.

payment of, enforced by conquest: 182.

general, of a State is a personal obligation: 183.

discussion by Whitelaw Reid regarding general State: 187.

(See Liabilities; Obligations.)

which do not become a debt of the new sovereignty: 189.

which are a charge upon the conscience of the sovereign: 190.

State formed by separation not liable for general debt of parent State: 190.

non-liability of United States for, of Texas: 190.

in Porto Rico, payment of, contracted in Mexican money: 648-650.

proposed judicial order regarding: 648.

Declaration of Independence:

fundamental idea of: 115.

derivation of powers from the consent of the governed: 116.

Declaration of war:

between the United States and Spain: 32.

Delaware:

laws relating to treason, etc.: 672.

Derelicts:

ownership of vessels sunk in Cuban coastal waters by United States naval forces,
etc.: 555-562.

provisions of United States Revised Statutes: 555.

(See Vessels.)

Desertion from military service in Spain:

provisions of Spanish Code of Military Justice regarding, and other offenses:
563-566.

(See Idulla Saez.)

Dewey, Admiral George:

order prohibiting trade with the Philippines: 303, 322.

Diaz Herrera, Antonio:

report on application of, to annul a judicial decree: 487-489.

purpose of application: 489.

denial of application: 489.

Discovery:

territory may be acquired by: 51.

Discrimination against money of the United States:

act of Philippine Commission to prevent: 255.

District of Columbia:

extension of Constitution, etc., to: 90, 113.

right to impose direct tax on: 91.

trial by jury in: 112.

Division of Customs and Insular Affairs, War Department:

circular regarding duties of collectors of customs under military government:
479,481, 520.

Dolz, Eduardo, secretary of public works and communications in Cuba:

authority to Western Railway of Habana to extend line: 631.

(See Western Railway of Habana.)

legality of duties upon imports from ceded islands: 218, 226, 241.

Doria, Miguel Porrata.

Douglas, Stephen A.:

(See Porrata Doria, Miguel.)

announces doctrine of squatter sovereignty: 105.

Dred Scott case:

opinion of Chief Justice Taney: 82.

only case appealed from Supreme Court to sovereign people: 104.

Dubuque, Jacob:

report on administration of estate of, by United States military authorities in
Cuba: 478-481.

estate taken possession of by collector of customs at Cienfuegos: 478.

(See Collector of customs.)

Duplessis, Dr. Gustavo Gallet:

report on petition for relief and indemnity: 194-209.

interest of, in Habana slaughterhouse: 195.

refusal of United States authorities to allow, to enjoy emoluments appertaining
to office of high sheriff of Habana: 195.

demand made by: 196.

contention of, regarding office of high sheriff of Habana: 196.

(See High sheriff; Office, public. )

Duties of military governments maintained by United States in islands ceded by
Spain: report on: 11.

imposts and excises, uniformity of, throughout the United States: 91, 237.

- provisions regarding imposition of, in California: 102–103.

collection of import and export, in Louisiana: 159.

extension of import and tonnage, of the United States to Louisiana: 160.

customs, exacted by Philippine government enforced by exercise of belligerent
right: 211.

on imports and exports, authority of States to impose, under Confederation: 237.
power of Congress to impose: 91, 92, 237.

Dyewoods in the Philippines:

number known: 608.

E.

Eastern Extension Telegraph Company:

claim of, for payment of subsidy by the United States: 529-531.

(See Manila Railway Company.)

13635-02-48

Edwards, Clarence R.:

Chief of Insular Division, War Department: 489.

letter to military governor of Cuba regarding disposition of the wreck of the
Alfonso XII: 557.

(See Vessels.)

Electrozone:

contract with Woolf et al. regarding manufacture and use of, for public purposes

in Habana, Cuba: 451-454.

how made: 452.

Elk v. Wilkins:

citizenship in the United States: 119.

Elliott, of Vermont:

debate in House on Louisiana Purchase treaty: 129.

Embargo laws:

enactment of: 238.

Eminent domain:

right of, is a sovereign one: 359.

(See Expropriation; Territory; Acquisition of territory.)
Emoluments:

of privileges appertaining to slaughterhouse in Habana: 195.
(See Buena Vista; Duplessis; High sheriff. )

Endleman v. United States:

powers of Congress in legislating for Alaska: 88.
England. (See Great Britain.)

Entry into the United States:

not possessed by inhabitants of islands acquired by the United States: 120.
right of, appurtenant to citizenship: 120.

Estates of deceased persons:

administration of, by collectors of customs under military government: 478–481.
(See Collectors of customs.)

Eustis, of Massachusetts, Representative:

debate in House on Louisiana: 134.

Evacuation, commission for the, of Cuba:

correspondence regarding concessions for tramways, etc.: 636 et seq.

Excises, duties, and imposts:

uniformity of, throughout the United States: 91, 237.

power of Congress to impose: 91, 92, 237.

Exclusion of Chinese and objectionable persons:

from United States: 120.

Executive:

can not intrude upon authority of Congress: 22, 35, 279, 368.
establish courts in conquered territory, etc.: 22.

may institute temporary government during war: 23, 25.
proclamation of, appointing provisional government for Texas: 23.
can not make treaty of peace without concurrence of Senate: 25.
authority of, over conquered territory: 25.

to participate in civil government of Cuba: 34.

duty of, to maintain sovereignty in islands ceded by Spain: 48.

and Senate can not incorporate foreign territory into United States: 122, 126.
confer citizenship: 126.

authorized by Congress to increase Regular Army: 215.

authority of, to enforce tariff in the Philippines: 218.

Executive power:

regulate and control trade with hostile territory: 219, 227.

attempts of, to anticipate action of Congress in determination of relations, etc.; 24.

Expansion:

statutes possess no innate power of: 80.

views of Jefferson on policy of United States as to: 122.

Expatriation, right of:

is a natural and inherent one: 117, 175.

opinion of Attorney-General Cushing on: 175.

existence of right of, establishes right of sovereign to accept proffer of alle-

giance: 175.

right of, necessary to change allegiance by naturalization: 117.

early American doctrine of: 117.

act of Congress, 1868: 175.

Exportation:

of Mexican pesos from Philippines to China: 257.

Export duties:

collection of, in Louisiana: 159.

right of Philippine government to impose, report on: 210-254.

in the Philippines: 218-225.

amount collected in the Philippines: 232.

right of Philippine government to impose, if territory not hostile: 237–241.
right of States to impose under Confederation: 237.

trade, regulations by Congress of: 238.

meaning of export as used in Constitution: 239.

constitutional provision prohibiting imposition of: 239.

on Mexican dollars in the Philippines: 257.

(See Customs.)

Ex proprio vigore:

extension of Constitution, over new territory: 121 et seq.

controversy between Andrew Jackson and Judge Fromentin regarding doctrine
of: 137.

declarations of Monroe, Jackson, and Adams that Constitution, etc., do not
extend, over newly acquired territory: 140.

debate in Senate between Calhoun and Webster on doctrine of: 140 et seq.
Expropriation:

United States may exercise power of: 360.

an inherent power of the United States: 360.

right of, of private property by military governor of Cuba: 360.

forcible, for works of public utility under Spanish law: 395.

Extradition of fugitives from justice:

who have taken refuge in Cuba under military government: 523–526.
how to be effected: 525, 526.

questions involving relations of, to territory, etc., to be determined by political
branch: 248.