Reports on the Law of Civil Government in Territory Subject to Military Occupation by the Military Forces of the United States Submitted to Hon. Elihu Root ... |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... existing , which is usually accomplished by a successful military invasion . The occasion of martial rule is simply public exigency which may arise in time of war or peace . A military government , since it takes the place of a deposed ...
... existing , which is usually accomplished by a successful military invasion . The occasion of martial rule is simply public exigency which may arise in time of war or peace . A military government , since it takes the place of a deposed ...
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... existing government , a government de facto in full operation , and this will continue with the presumed consent of the people until Congress shall provide for them a Territorial government . The great law of necessity justifies this ...
... existing government , a government de facto in full operation , and this will continue with the presumed consent of the people until Congress shall provide for them a Territorial government . The great law of necessity justifies this ...
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... existing is thus described by Birkhimer : But it was also true that the civil governments in the late insurrectionary States were inimical to the Union ; that society there was in a dangerously disordered con- dition ; that deep ...
... existing is thus described by Birkhimer : But it was also true that the civil governments in the late insurrectionary States were inimical to the Union ; that society there was in a dangerously disordered con- dition ; that deep ...
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... existing instrumentality of an existing or de facto government . In Ex parte Milligan ( 4 Wall . , 2 ) the court were unanimous as to the want of authority in the military court which tried the case . The court were divided as to the ...
... existing instrumentality of an existing or de facto government . In Ex parte Milligan ( 4 Wall . , 2 ) the court were unanimous as to the want of authority in the military court which tried the case . The court were divided as to the ...
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Page 665 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 246 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 608 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 517 - And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Page 95 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables Congress to make all needful rules and regulations, respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 76 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws, and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 118 - Spanish subjects, natives of the peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds, and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce, and prol'essions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Page 76 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 675 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 124 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.