Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - Cuba Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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Page 53 - 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 completed to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 2 - All churches and buildings devoted to religious worship and to the arts and sciences, all schoolhouses, are, so far as possible, to be protected, and all destruction or intentional defacement of such places, of historical monuments or archives, or of works of science or art, is prohibited, save when required by urgent military necessity.
Page 2 - ... the result of military occupation the taxes and duties payable by the inhabitants to the former government become payable to the military occupant, unless he sees fit to substitute for them other rates or modes of contribution to the expenses of the government. The moneys so collected are to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses of government under the military occupation, such as the salaries of the judges and the police, and for the payment of the expenses of the army.
Page 653 - That we of as principal, and of and of , as sureties are held and firmly bound to the United States of America in the sum of dollars, lawful money of the United States, to be paid to the said...
Page 53 - November, in the year 1900, to frame and adopt a constitution for the people of Cuba, and, as a part thereof, to provide for and agree with the Government of the United States upon the relations to exist between that Government and the government of Cuba...
Page 394 - A peace officer may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him, or may, without a warrant, arrest a person: 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence. 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence. 3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person...
Page 526 - Every person not entitled to vote, who fraudulently attempts to vote, or who, being entitled to vote, attempts to vote more than once at any election, or who personates, or attempts to personate, a person legally entitled to vote, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than two years.
Page 2 - It will be the duty of the commander of the forces of occupation to announce and proclaim in the most public manner that we come not as invaders or conquerors, but as friends, to protect the natives in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights.
Page 394 - When the defendant is brought before a magistrate upon an arrest either with or without warrant on a charge of having committed a crime, the magistrate must immediately Inform him of the charge against him, and of his right to the aid of counsel in every stage of the proceedings, and before any further proceedings are had.
Page 499 - Each person elected or appointed a member of a board of education, or elected or appointed to any other office under this title, shall, before entering upon the duties of his office...
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| Title | Congressional Serial Set Volume 1 of Annual reports of the [U.S.] War department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900 Volume 1, Part 1 of Report of the Military Governor of Cuba on Civil Affairs [Dec. 20, 1899-Dec. 31, 1900], Cuba. Military governor, 1899-1902 (Leonard Wood) |
| Contributor | United States. Government Printing Office |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 4, 2008 |
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