A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America, with Maps, Charts, and Illustrations: Also the Law of the Civil Government in the Philippine Islands Passed by Congress and Approved by the President July 1, 1902 |
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Abra Albay Ambos Camarines anchorage Antique archipelago Balábac bank Basilan Bataán Batangas Benguet Bohol Bontoc boundary Bulacán Busuanga Cagayán Calamianes grp Cápiz Cavite Cebú central channel coast of Cebú coast of Leyte coast of Masbate coast of Mindoro coast of Negros coast of Palawan coast of Paragua coast of Sámar Cotabato danao Dapitan Dávao dependent islands emptying into sea entrance extreme NW Guimarás Gulf hamlet hamlet in pueblo Hisp Iligan Ilocos Norte Ilocos Sur Iloilo Isabela islet Laguna Lake land Lepanto Leyte Luzón mainland Manila Bay Marinduque Masbate military Mindanao Misamis Moros mountain mouth native Negros Occidental Negros Oriental Nueva Ecija Palawan Pampanga Panay Pangasinan peak Philippine Islands population port province river entering Rizal road Romblón Samar Santa shore Sorsogón Spanish Strait Tawi Tawi Tayabas Total town tributary United village Visayas Zambales
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Page 223 - Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits...
Page xii - An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes...
Page 226 - ... upon a failure to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 228 - Where an adverse claim is filed during the period of publication, it shall be upon oath of the person or persons making the same, and shall show the nature, boundaries, and extent of such adverse claim, and all proceedings, except the publication of notice and making and filing of the affidavit thereof, shall be stayed until the controversy shall have been settled or decided by a Court of competent jurisdiction, or the adverse claim waived.
Page 216 - That in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf.
Page 216 - That all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands...
Page 228 - After such judgment shall have been rendered, the party entitled to the possession of the claim, or any portion thereof...
Page 219 - Court of the Canal Zone and to render such judgments as in the opinion of the said appellate court should have been rendered by the trial court in all actions and proceedings, in which the Constitution, or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States, is involved...
Page 227 - ... such reference to natural objects or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish an accurate description, to be incorporated in the patent. At the expiration of the sixty days of publication the claimant shall file his affidavit, showing that the plat and notice have been posted in a conspicuous place on the claim during such period of publication.
Page 228 - ... it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent; upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.