Report of the Commissioner of the Interior for Puerto Rico to the Secretary of the Interior, USA.

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Page 7 - That the commissioner of education shall superintend public instruction throughout Porto Rico, and all disbursements on account thereof must be approved by him ; and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, and make such reports through the governor as may be required...
Page 5 - April twelfth, nineteen hundred, "temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes...
Page 7 - Rico, and for other purposes," which provides as follows: ' ' That the commissioner of education shall superintend public instruction throughout Porto Rico, and all disbursements on account thereof must be approved by him; and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, and make such reports through the governor as may be required by the Commissioner of Education...
Page 7 - An act temporarily to provide revenue and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," which provides as follows : " That the commissioner of the interior shall superintend all works of a public nature, and shall have charge of all public buildings, grounds, and lands...
Page 7 - Interior of Porto Rico be submitted to the Department within the time above specified, in order that proper consideration may be given to the Important subjects therein requiring attention In the annual report of the Secretary of the Interior to the President.
Page 7 - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OF PORTO Rico, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER, San Juan, September 15, 1900.
Page 7 - ... prescribed by law, and make such reports through the governor as may be required by the Commissioner of Education of the United States, which shall annually be transmitted to Congress. I have to request that you will cause this matter to be brought to the attention of the commissioner of education, with request that he will prepare and forward through you for my consideration, at a date not later than October 1, 1900, a report of the educational matters pertaining to Porto Rico with which he...
Page 7 - ... voluminous, owing to the inclusion therein of photographs and exhibits, doubtless of local importance but of little interest to the general public whom the report is destined to reach. In the interest, therefore, of economy, it is desirable that the reports be as brief as circumstances will permit, that all unimportant exhibits be omitted, as well as photographs, not intended to show the condition and industrial progress of the Territory. It is necessary that your report be submitted within the...
Page 18 - This statement does not include the visits of vessels exclusively in the coastwise trade of the island of Porto Rico. Of these we have 3 small steamers and 54 sailing vessels ranging from 6 to 69 tons.
Page 5 - Rico, and for other purposes," approved April 12, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 82), I have tHe honor to transmit herewith the report of the Commissioner of...

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