...allegiance] and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. "The civil and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded shall be determined by the Congress." The most common view of the subject of the citizenship of the...

...has been suggested to that effect — that it (the treaty) provides that the Congress shall determine the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded islands and that the Spanish-born inhabitants may have one year in which to choose whether to...

...thereof, are citizens of the United States. The treaty of peace with Spain (article 9) provides that the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territory ceded by Spain to the United States shall be determined by congress. Held, that ivlator,...

...in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, ... in case they remain in the territory (they) may preserve...United States shall be determined by the Congress." Extract from brief in Insular Cases, see Record, p. 256. •See the American Passport, compiled by...

...in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, ... in case they remain in the territory (they) may preserve...ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congrcsa." Extract from brief in Insular Cases, see Record, p. 256. 'See the American Passport, compiled...

...remain in the territory they may preserve their allegiance, to the Crown of Spain by making, l>efore a court of record, within a year from the date of...territories hereby ceded to the United States shall l>e determined by Congress. Ordinarily, treaties ceding territory contain stipulations intended to...

...Spain by making before a court of record, within a year from the date of the exchange of ratif,cations of this treaty, a declaration of their decision to...United States shall be determined by the Congress." Extract from brief in Insular Cases, see Record, p. 256. "Seethe American Passport, compiled by Gaillard...

...delegated to it by the Constitution, and hence, if the clause in the late treaty, which provides that : " The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress," purpose to alter the Constitution by either enlarging or diminishing the powers of Congress,...

...nationality of the territory in which they reside." " The same article also contained this paragraph : ' The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress.' This was nothing more than a declaration of the accepted principles of international law...

...the provisions in the treaty with Russia of 1887 ceding Alaska, by a provision which read as follows: The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress. By the Act of 1900, the Island of Porto Rico was given a Government, under an appointed Governor...