...14 of that act declares that the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable arc to have "the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in the United States." That this included the laws concerning vessels of the United States, concerning shipping commissioners,...

...provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes, approved March 2, 1917: SKC. 9. That the statutory laws of the United States not locally...the United States, except the Internalrevenue laws: Provided, however, That hereafter all taxes collected under the Internal-revenue laws of the United...

...requisition. By § 14 of the Organic Act of Porto Rico, commonly called the Foraker Act, it is provided that "the statutory laws of the United States not locally...in Porto Rico as in the United States, except the internal revenue laws," etc. 31 Stat. 80, chap. 191. Section 17 provides that the governor "shall at...

...applicable to such trade between any two great coasting districts of the United States." " SEC. 14. That the statutory laws of the United States not locally...hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have Opinion of the Court. 192 US Gonzales was a native inhabitant of Porto Rico and a Spanish subject,...

...with certain exceptions, that the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable should have the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in the United States. Section 13 provided that certain harbor property which at the time of the cession belonged, under the...

...inapplicable . . . have the same AM. RR OF PORTO RICO v. UIDRICKSEN. 149 227 U. 8. Opinion of the Court. force and effect in Porto Rico as in the United States, except the revenue law." In Kopel v. Bingham, 211 US 468, Porto Rico was held to be a Territory within the meaning...

...views of the parties Is not free from difficulty. By section 14 of the Foraker act it is provided that the statutory laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, except as otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in the United States, §...

...all its acts, to legislate with respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable. SEC. 14. That the statutory laws of the United States not locally...three, shall not have force and effect in Porto Rico. SEC. 15. That the legislative authority hereinafter provided shall have power by due enactment to amend,...

...all its acts, to legislate with »respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable. SEC. 14. That the statutory laws of the United States not locally...three, shall not have force and effect in Porto Rico. continued in force by this Act, as it may from time to time see fit. judicial proc- SEC. 16. That all...

...the revenues in his custody. The statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable are to have the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in the United States except the internal revenue laws. All judicial process in the island shall run in the name of the "United States...