The debate in the Senate of the United States in 1849, led by Webster
and Calhoun, on the propositions involved in the two questions--
1. Do the Constitution and the body of laws of the United States, er
proprio vigore, extend over territory newly acquired by the United
States?.
2. Can the Constitution be extended over territory newly acquired by
the United States, either ex proprio rigore or by act of Congress,
P... ne creation of a State in said territory by authorized action
of the inhabitants?
The proceedings in Congress during the passage of the bill providing for
the payment of the purchase price of Alaska, wherein the House required
the Senate and Executive to recognize and respect the right of the
House to participate in the determination of the question, whether or
not a cession of foreign territory to the United States shall be assented
to by the sovereign people of the United States.........
The position taken by the legislative and executive branches of this Gov-
ernment respecting territory outside of the States of the Union and the
relation sustained by such territory to the tariff laws and statutes of simi-
lar character
Comparison of the constitutional requirements for uniform tariff laws with
the requirements as to uniform laws on internal revenue and direct taxes.
Report on the right of Spain to accept a renewal of allegiance to it by indi-
vidual inhabitants of the territories acquired by the United States as a result
of the Spanish-American war, and to reinstate such individuals in Spanish
citizenship...
In re claim of the Manila Railway Company, Limited, for payment by the
United States of interest on the capital invested in the railway owned and
operated by said company, pursuant to guaranty of said interest by the Span-
ish Government..
In .e petition of the Countess of Buena Vista for relief from a certain order of
the Military Governor of Cuba, and the claim of Dr. Don Gustavo Gallet
Duplessis for similar relief and indemnity.
The right of the government of the Philippine Islands, instituted by the Presi-
dent of the United States, to regulate commercial intercouse with the archi-
pelago; and, as an incident to such regulation, to impose import and export
duties..
Report on objections made by the representatives of the Hongkong and Shang-
hai Banking Corporation to Act No. 53 of the Philippine Commission, enti-
tled "An Act to prevent discrimination against the money of the United
States by banking institutions"
In re order of Major-General Otis requiring Smith, Bell & Co., a banking
house at Manila, to turn over to the American authorities $100,000, held by
said house as the property of the insurgent forces in the Philippines .
The confiscation of private property of enemies in war.............
In the matter of transmitting over the telegraph lines operated by the military
government of Cuba messages received from or destined for points in the
United States, via Haiti and Santiago de Cuba.............
In the matter of complaint made by the owner of the British vessel, Will o' the
Wisp, because of certain restrictions placed by the United States upon trade
with the Sulu Islands, contrary, it is alleged, to the protocol of March 11,
1877, by the representatives of Great Britain, Germany, and Spain; also the
demand of said owners for $10,000 for damages occasioned by the enforce-
ment of said restrictions
The protection by the government of civil affairs in Cuba and the Philippines
of trade-marks registered prior to the treaty of Paris (1898) in the Interna-
tional Registry at the Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Industrial
Property, Berne, Switzerland, under the international agreement concluded
April 14, 1891, to which Spain was a party.
In re note of the imperial ambassador of Germany at this capital to the Secre-
tary of State, complaining of the regulations and restrictions: with
the inhabitants of the Sulu Islands, imposed by the military government of
the Philippine Archipelago; also the correspondence between the United
States consul-general at Singapore and the Imperial consul of Germany at that
port, regarding the closing of the ports of the Sulu Archipelago to foreign
commerce, by order of the commander of the United States military forces
in the Philippine Islands
In re claims made against the United States by reason of the military opera-
tions, encampment of troops, conduct of soldiers, etc., in Porto Rico, Cuba,
Hawaii, and the Philippines
1. Do the municipalities of Porto Rico, under the conditions now existing
in the island, possess the right to contract loans and issue bonds for
public improvements
2. What method or procedure must be followed in exercising said right...
In re granting municipal franchises by the municipalities of Porto Rico ..
In the matter of the application of Fermin y Sagardia, an inhabitant of Porto
Rico, for compensation for damages occasioned by his property being stolen,
injured, and destroyed by robbers infesting the locality of his residence....
In the matter of the administration of the estate of Ramon Marti y Buguet, a
native of Tarragona, Spain, who died at Beaz, Santa Clara, without leaving a
will
In re estate of Jacob Dubuque, deceased, and the administration thereof by
the military authorities of the United States at Cienfuegos, Cuba ..........
In the matter of the application of Sam Wing, a Chinese merchant, domiciled
in Providence, R. I., for an order by the Secretary of War, permitting him
to enter the port of Manila, P. I., and thence proceed to Iloilo, to there
engage in business as a merchant..
In the matter of the application of the board of harbor works of Ponce, P. R.,
to the Government of the United States, asking for the assistance of the
Government of the United States in securing the payment of a claim asserted
by said board of harbor works of Ponce against the Government of Spain for
the sum of 27,503.06 pesos
In re application to the President, of Juan B. Calero, to set aside and annul
certain judgments rendered by the courts of Cuba prior to American occu-
pation of the island...
Report on the application to the Secretary of War, made by Antonio Diaz
Herrera, an inhabitant of Cuba, requesting the Secretary of War to annul the
final decree of the judge of San Antonio de los Baños made May 25, 1897...
In the matter of the application of Frank H. Griswold, Charles Bigelow, Her-
bert S. Griswold, and Joseph J. McNally, for articles of incorporation creat-
ing a corporation under and by virtue of the laws of Porto Rico; if such
corporation can not be created under the laws of Porto Rico, as existing,
then said applicants desire to become incorporated as a Porto Rico corpora-
tion under and by virtue of the Federal authority of the United States...........
In the matter of the application of Ramon Valdez for a revocable license to
occupy and utilize the water power of La Plata River at Comerio Falls,
Porto Rico....
Memorandum respecting the exercise of the power to pardon under the military
government maintained in New Mexico; also the orders of the military gov-
ernment of Cuba 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
committed in Cuba when the convicted persons are serving out said sen-
tences in prisons situated in territory now subject to the sovereignty of
Spain....
In the matter of the contract between the united railways of the Havana and
Regla Warehouses, Limited, and the Cuban and Pan-American Express
Company..
In the matter of the protest of M. F. Viondi, an inhabitant of the island of
Cuba and an attorney at law, against the order of the military governor of
Cuba dated July 29, 1899, being No. 124, Headquarters Division of Cuba .......
The disposition to be made of certain effects of Mortimer Cook, deceased, now
in the possession of the military authorities of the United States in the Phil-
ippines ....
Extradition of fugitives from justice who have taken refuge in Cuba under
military government..
In re claim of Don José Cagigas against the military government of Cuba for
damages to the tug Catalina by a collision with the Government boat Narciso
Deulofeu in Habana Harbor
The grant of franchises by Spanish officials in Cuba after the signing of the
protocol of August 12, 1898..
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 damages occasioned by the seizure of the steamer San Juan in the harbor
of Santiago de Cuba on or about July 17, 1898, by the military forces of the
United States
Report on the duty collectible on the wreck of a steamer brought into Porto
Rico and there sold while that island was under military government................
The right to dispose of the moneys found in the Spanish treasuries in Manila
and seized by the military forces of the United States when that city was
captured.
In re claim of Don J. Antonio Mompó y Plá for the return of an alleged excess
of duties amounting to $5,624.15 imposed at Manila on a shipment of wine
landed at that port
In the matter of the application of the Western Railway of Habana, Limited,
for permission to exercise rights alleged to have been secured by a conces-
sion for extension of the railway granted by the Spanish military authorities
in Cuba, November 24, 1898...
In re claim made by the Government of Spain, that paragraph 14 of General
Orders, No. 19, issued by the military governor of Porto Rico, is in violation
of Article XII of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain..
Report on proposed judicial order by the military government of Porto Rico
respecting "the payment of debts contracted in Mexican money"
In re revocable license, heretofore ordered issued to Charles B. Gaskill et al.,
to construct and operate an electric railway on certain streets in the city of
Ponce, P. R., and from said city across the Portuguese River to Playa..........
Comparison between the laws of the United States against treason, sedition,
etc., and the provisions of Act No. 292 of the Philippine Commission
Insurrection against the military government in New Mexico and California,
1847 and 1848 .
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