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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... relating to the exercise of the power to pardon under that government ..... 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 ...
... relating to the exercise of the power to pardon under that government ..... 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 ...
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... relating to the alienation of public property . In More . Steinbach ( 127 U. S. , 70 , 81 ) the court say : The doctrine invoked by the defendants , that the laws of a conquered or ceded country , except so far as they may affect the ...
... relating to the alienation of public property . In More . Steinbach ( 127 U. S. , 70 , 81 ) the court say : The doctrine invoked by the defendants , that the laws of a conquered or ceded country , except so far as they may affect the ...
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... relating to the purchase of Louisiana . ( Annals , first session Eighth Congress . ) In 1816 the Senate passed an act to carry into effect the commercial convention of 1815 with Great Britain . The act provided that so much of any ...
... relating to the purchase of Louisiana . ( Annals , first session Eighth Congress . ) In 1816 the Senate passed an act to carry into effect the commercial convention of 1815 with Great Britain . The act provided that so much of any ...
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... relating to the north- ern boundary of the Mexican Republic were made effective as to the United States by legislation making appropriations— For expenses in running and marking the boundary line between the United States and Mexico ...
... relating to the north- ern boundary of the Mexican Republic were made effective as to the United States by legislation making appropriations— For expenses in running and marking the boundary line between the United States and Mexico ...
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... relating to such ships or vessels and offenses on the high seas , which laws , for the purpose aforesaid , are extended over such islands , rocks , or keys . The indictment charged that Henry Jones , at Navassa Island , a place which ...
... relating to such ships or vessels and offenses on the high seas , which laws , for the purpose aforesaid , are extended over such islands , rocks , or keys . The indictment charged that Henry Jones , at Navassa Island , a place which ...
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Popular passages
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.