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, Secretary of War |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... construction of a tramway on the public highway from the city of Ponce , P. R. , to the Barrio de la Marina ..... 529 In the matter of the contract for a market house at Sancti Spíritus , Cuba . and the rights thereunder of Primitivo ...
... construction of a tramway on the public highway from the city of Ponce , P. R. , to the Barrio de la Marina ..... 529 In the matter of the contract for a market house at Sancti Spíritus , Cuba . and the rights thereunder of Primitivo ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... construction thus asserted , it is not in its own courts that this construction is to be denied . A question like this respecting the boundaries of a nation is , as has been truly said , more a political than a legal question , and in ...
... construction thus asserted , it is not in its own courts that this construction is to be denied . A question like this respecting the boundaries of a nation is , as has been truly said , more a political than a legal question , and in ...
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... construction contended for at the bar . * * The disposal must be left to the discretion of Congress . * In Gibson v . Choteau ( 13 Wall . , 92 , 99 ) the court say : With respect to the public domain , the Constitution vests in Congress ...
... construction contended for at the bar . * * The disposal must be left to the discretion of Congress . * In Gibson v . Choteau ( 13 Wall . , 92 , 99 ) the court say : With respect to the public domain , the Constitution vests in Congress ...
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Page 86 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 42 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 472 - 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 157 - But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the
Page 371 - 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 accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 329 - British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) ; and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 32 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 94 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 522 - 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 68 - Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the states through their union under the Constitution, but it may...