| International law - 1916 - 992 pages
...island, but prior to the taking effect, May 1, 1900, of the law already mentioned74 temporarily providing "revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved April 12, 1900, and commonly known as the Foraker Act. This period of military activities,... | |
| 1907 - 640 pages
...ultimate statehood; incorporation of the political and geographical entities into the Federal Union. The "Act Temporarily to Provide Revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico," etc., declared that the former subjects of Spain were to be citizens of Porto Rico; to them very large... | |
| United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs - 1907 - 422 pages
...Rico: For salary of the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the United States authorized by the Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, five thousand dollars; for traveling expenses, one hundred... | |
| United States. District Court (Puerto Rico), Henry F. Hord, Bernard Shandon Rodey - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 604 pages
...of April, 1900, Congress passed "the organic act of Porto Rico," commonly known as the Foraker act, entitled, "An Act Temporarily to Provide Revenues...Government for Porto Rico, and for Other Purposes" (31 Stat. at L. 77, chap. 191) ; and provided in § 7 thereof, that the people of Porto Rico, together... | |
| Electronic journals - 1908 - 1054 pages
...office. That thereafter by section 8 of the act of April 12, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 77, 79), being an act entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," Congress ratified, among others, said order in these words: SEC. 8. That the laws and ordinances of... | |
| Attorneys general's opinions - 1908 - 638 pages
...and the existing laws, not decided. Ib. 54. Schoolhonses. — The act of April 12, 1900 (31 Stat. 77) entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico," etc., does not repeal, either expressly or by implication, and is not ineonsfstent with, the act of... | |
| United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1908 - 926 pages
...proceeds of the collections made by him under the provisions of the act of Congress approved April 1a, 1900, entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and a Civil Government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes," under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe,... | |
| Indians of North America - 1908 - 1178 pages
...ultimate statehood; incorporation of the political and geographical entities into the Federal Union. The "Act Temporarily to Provide Revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico," etc., declared that the former subjects of Spain were to be citizens of Porto Rico; to them very large... | |
| Puerto Rico - Law - 1909 - 436 pages
...PREFACE. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PORTO Rico, San Juan, December 1, 1900. The act of Congress, approved April 12, 1900, entitled "An act temporarily to provide...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," contains the following : SEC. 8. That the laws and ordinances of Porto Rico now In force shall continue... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1360 pages
...District of Porto Rico as constituted by the Act of Congress of April 12, 1900 (31 Stat. p. 77, c. 391), entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes." It was disclosed by the record that the legislative assembly of Porto Rico made provisions for the... | |
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