Reports on the Law of Civil Government in Territory Subject to Military ... - United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs, Charles Edward Magoon - Google 도서

도서

페이지 이미지

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The powers, functions, and duties of the military governments maintained by

the United States in the islands lately ceded and relinquished by the Gov-

ernment of Spain..........

Legal status of the territory and inhabitants of the islands acquired by the

United States during the war with Spain, considered with reference to the

territorial boundaries, the Constitution, and laws of the United States...............

Incidents in the history of the United States involving the doctrine that the

Constitution and laws of the United States extend, ex proprio vigore, over

newly acquired territory, upon the acquisition being completed ..........

The charge of "imperialism" preferred against President Jefferson.......

The debate on the bill providing a temporary civil government for the

Page.

The controversy over said doctrine between Andrew Jackson and Judge

The debate in the Senate of the United States in 1849, led by Webster

and Calhoun, on the propositions involved in the two questions--

1. Do the Constitution and the body of laws of the United States, er

proprio vigore, extend over territory newly acquired by the United

2. Can the Constitution be extended over territory newly acquired by

the United States, either ex proprio rigore or by act of Congress,

P... ne creation of a State in said territory by authorized action

of the inhabitants?

The proceedings in Congress during the passage of the bill providing for

the payment of the purchase price of Alaska, wherein the House required

the Senate and Executive to recognize and respect the right of the

House to participate in the determination of the question, whether or

not a cession of foreign territory to the United States shall be assented

to by the sovereign people of the United States.........

The position taken by the legislative and executive branches of this Gov-

ernment respecting territory outside of the States of the Union and the

relation sustained by such territory to the tariff laws and statutes of simi-

Comparison of the constitutional requirements for uniform tariff laws with

the requirements as to uniform laws on internal revenue and direct taxes.

Report on the right of Spain to accept a renewal of allegiance to it by indi-

vidual inhabitants of the territories acquired by the United States as a result

of the Spanish-American war, and to reinstate such individuals in Spanish

In re claim of the Manila Railway Company, Limited, for payment by the

United States of interest on the capital invested in the railway owned and

operated by said company, pursuant to guaranty of said interest by the Span-

ish Government..

In .e petition of the Countess of Buena Vista for relief from a certain order of

the Military Governor of Cuba, and the claim of Dr. Don Gustavo Gallet

Duplessis for similar relief and indemnity.

The right of the government of the Philippine Islands, instituted by the Presi-

dent of the United States, to regulate commercial intercouse with the archi-

pelago; and, as an incident to such regulation, to impose import and export

Report on objections made by the representatives of the Hongkong and Shang-

hai Banking Corporation to Act No. 53 of the Philippine Commission, enti-

tled "An Act to prevent discrimination against the money of the United

States by banking institutions"

In re order of Major-General Otis requiring Smith, Bell & Co., a banking

house at Manila, to turn over to the American authorities $100,000, held by

said house as the property of the insurgent forces in the Philippines .

The confiscation of private property of enemies in war.............

In the matter of transmitting over the telegraph lines operated by the military

government of Cuba messages received from or destined for points in the

United States, via Haiti and Santiago de Cuba.............

In the matter of complaint made by the owner of the British vessel, Will o' the

Wisp, because of certain restrictions placed by the United States upon trade

with the Sulu Islands, contrary, it is alleged, to the protocol of March 11,

1877, by the representatives of Great Britain, Germany, and Spain; also the

demand of said owners for $10,000 for damages occasioned by the enforce-

ment of said restrictions

The protection by the government of civil affairs in Cuba and the Philippines

of trade-marks registered prior to the treaty of Paris (1898) in the Interna-

tional Registry at the Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Industrial

Property, Berne, Switzerland, under the international agreement concluded

April 14, 1891, to which Spain was a party.

In re note of the imperial ambassador of Germany at this capital to the Secre-

tary of State, complaining of the regulations and restrictions: with

the inhabitants of the Sulu Islands, imposed by the military government of

the Philippine Archipelago; also the correspondence between the United

States consul-general at Singapore and the Imperial consul of Germany at that

port, regarding the closing of the ports of the Sulu Archipelago to foreign

commerce, by order of the commander of the United States military forces

in the Philippine Islands

In re claims made against the United States by reason of the military opera-

tions, encampment of troops, conduct of soldiers, etc., in Porto Rico, Cuba,

Hawaii, and the Philippines

Mining claims and appurtenant privileges in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Phil-

The right of municipalities in Cuba to grant permission to railroad companies

to cross or occupy highways, streets, and property belonging to said munici-

palities, and the procedure to be followed in conferring such privilege................

Report on the draft of a proposed order of the military government authorizing

the organization of railroad companies in Cuba and the 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 the city of Manila to permit the further execution of an alleged

contract for supplying certain fire apparatus..

The claim for $30,000 presented by the American Mail Steamship Company

for services rendered the United States in towing the United States Army

transport McPherson to Hampton Roads.....

The salary of the governor-general of Cuba and its payment out of the revenues

The statute prohibiting officers of the Army from holding civil offices...

Application of the purchasers of the San Juan and Rio Piedras Tramway for

confirmation of sale and transfer of concession, and for certain privileges

desired upon completion of transfer.

In the matter of annulling the alleged title to the island of Caja de Muertos

and the phosphate deposits therein, granted by General Henry to Miguel

Porrata Doria in 1899.

In re contract with Woolf et al. regarding the manufacture and use of electro-

zone for public purposes in Habana, Cuba

In the matter of the claim of Antonio Alvarez Nava y Lobo for the sum of

$30,000 damages for being deprived of the office of notary, held by him in

San Juan, P. R., under the Spanish régime

Memorandum on the questions--

1. Do the municipalities of Porto Rico, under the conditions now existing

in the island, possess the right to contract loans and issue bonds for

public improvements

2. What method or procedure must be followed in exercising said right...

In re granting municipal franchises by the municipalities of Porto Rico ..

In the matter of the application of Fermin y Sagardia, an inhabitant of Porto

Rico, for compensation for damages occasioned by his property being stolen,

injured, and destroyed by robbers infesting the locality of his residence....

In the matter of the administration of the estate of Ramon Marti y Buguet, a

native of Tarragona, Spain, who died at Beaz, Santa Clara, without leaving a

In re estate of Jacob Dubuque, deceased, and the administration thereof by

the military authorities of the United States at Cienfuegos, Cuba ..........

In the matter of the application of Sam Wing, a Chinese merchant, domiciled

in Providence, R. I., for an order by the Secretary of War, permitting him

to enter the port of Manila, P. I., and thence proceed to Iloilo, to there

engage in business as a merchant..

In the matter of the application of the board of harbor works of Ponce, P. R.,

to the Government of the United States, asking for the assistance of the

Government of the United States in securing the payment of a claim asserted

by said board of harbor works of Ponce against the Government of Spain for

the sum of 27,503.06 pesos

In re application to the President, of Juan B. Calero, to set aside and annul

certain judgments rendered by the courts of Cuba prior to American occu-

pation of the island...

Report on the application to the Secretary of War, made by Antonio Diaz

Herrera, an inhabitant of Cuba, requesting the Secretary of War to annul the

final decree of the judge of San Antonio de los Baños made May 25, 1897...

In the matter of the application of Frank H. Griswold, Charles Bigelow, Her-

bert S. Griswold, and Joseph J. McNally, for articles of incorporation creat-

ing a corporation under and by virtue of the laws of Porto Rico; if such

corporation can not be created under the laws of Porto Rico, as existing,

then said applicants desire to become incorporated as a Porto Rico corpora-

tion under and by virtue of the Federal authority of the United States...........

In the matter of the application of Ramon Valdez for a revocable license to

occupy and utilize the water power of La Plata River at Comerio Falls,

Memorandum respecting the exercise of the power to pardon under the military

government maintained in New Mexico; also the orders of the military gov-

ernment of Cuba relating to the exercise of the power to pardon under that

In the matter of the commutation, by the courts of Cuba, of the sentences

heretofore imposed by said courts on persons convicted of criminal offenses

committed in Cuba when the convicted persons are serving out said sen-

tences in prisons situated in territory now subject to the sovereignty of

In the matter of the contract between the united railways of the Havana and

Regla Warehouses, Limited, and the Cuban and Pan-American Express

In the matter of the protest of M. F. Viondi, an inhabitant of the island of

Cuba and an attorney at law, against the order of the military governor of

Cuba dated July 29, 1899, being No. 124, Headquarters Division of Cuba .......

The disposition to be made of certain effects of Mortimer Cook, deceased, now

in the possession of the military authorities of the United States in the Phil-

Extradition of fugitives from justice who have taken refuge in Cuba under

military government..

In re claim of Don José Cagigas against the military government of Cuba for

damages to the tug Catalina by a collision with the Government boat Narciso

Deulofeu in Habana Harbor

In re claim of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company for payment by the

United States of subsidy provided for by the terms of the concession granted

by the Government of Spain

Claim of Vicente and José Usera relating to an alleged Spanish concession for

the 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 Gutierrez, a Spanish subject.

Report on the right of the municipality of Habana to exercise over property

owned by said city, the rights which by law belong to the peaceful posses-

sion of property

Report on the question of inserting a charge of "conspiracy" in the criminal

complaints against Neely and Rathbone; and the inadvisability of joining

both defendants in one complaint which shall include all the charges

Report as to the ownership and right to dispose of vessels disabled and sunk

in the coastal waters of Cuba by the naval forces of the United States during

the Spanish-American war ....

In re request of the military government of Cuba that the War Department

request the State Department to apply to the Government of Spain for the

release from prison of Eulogio Idulla Saez....

In re note from the Spanish minister at this capital to the Secretary of State

suggesting the conclusion of an agreement between the Government of the

United States and the Government of Spain in respect of the disposition of

the stationary batteries, war material, etc., left by the forces of Spain in Cuba

and Porto Rico, upon the failure of the mixed evacuation commissions to

agree as to the title and final disposition thereof.

The concession to canalize the Matadero River from the Cristina Bridge to

the Bay of Atares

The grant of franchises by Spanish officials in Cuba after the signing of the

protocol of August 12, 1898..

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 occasioned by the seizure of the steamer San Juan in the harbor

of Santiago de Cuba on or about July 17, 1898, by the military forces of the

Report on the duty collectible on the wreck of a steamer brought into Porto

Rico and there sold while that island was under military government................

The right to dispose of the moneys found in the Spanish treasuries in Manila

and seized by the military forces of the United States when that city was

In re claim of Don J. Antonio Mompó y Plá for the return of an alleged excess

of duties amounting to $5,624.15 imposed at Manila on a shipment of wine

landed at that port

In the matter of the application of the Western Railway of Habana, Limited,

for permission to exercise rights alleged to have been secured by a conces-

sion for extension of the railway granted by the Spanish military authorities

in Cuba, November 24, 1898...

In re claim made by the Government of Spain, that paragraph 14 of General

Orders, No. 19, issued by the military governor of Porto Rico, is in violation

of Article XII of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain..

Report on proposed judicial order by the military government of Porto Rico

respecting "the payment of debts contracted in Mexican money"

In re revocable license, heretofore ordered issued to Charles B. Gaskill et al.,

to construct and operate an electric railway on certain streets in the city of

Ponce, P. R., and from said city across the Portuguese River to Playa..........

Comparison between the laws of the United States against treason, sedition,

etc., and the provisions of Act No. 292 of the Philippine Commission

Insurrection against the military government in New Mexico and California,

1847 and 1848 .

« 이전 계속 »