The American System of Colonial AdministrationState University of Iowa, 1925 - 202 páginas |
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31 U. S. Statutes acquired act of Congress act of March advice and consent American Samoa annexed Annual Report appointed authority Bureau ceded chief citizens civil government colonial administration Constitution district courts duties election enacted established Executive Council executive departments exercised Filipino Foraker Act functions G. A. Malcolm government and administration Governor Governor-General Guam H. H. Bancroft Hawaiian incorporated Territories inhabitants Insular Government Jones Law judicial jurisdiction Justice legislative power M. M. Kalaw Malcolm and M. M. ment military government municipal native naval Northwest Territory officers Ordinance organized territories Panama Canal Zone Philippine Government Philippine Islands population Porto Rico possessions President provinces qualified regulations Rican Secretary Spanish Statutes at Large supervision Supreme Court territorial government territorial legislature territorial organic acts Territories and Dependencies Territory of Alaska Territory of Hawaii tion treaty United States Senate V. D. Diamonon vested vote voters W. F. Willoughby
Passagens conhecidas
Página 15 - To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world...
Página 16 - The degree of .authority , control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Página 15 - ... reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position can best undertake this responsibility, and who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the League. The character of the mandate must differ according to the stage of the development of the people, the geographical situation of the territory, its economic conditions and other similar circumstances.
Página 56 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 16 - Pacific islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population or their small size, or their remoteness from the centers of civilization, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.
Página 155 - In all the forms of government and administrative provisions which they are authorized to prescribe, the Commission should bear in mind that the government which they are establishing is designed not for our satisfaction, or for the expression of our theoretical views, but for the happiness, peace and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands...
Página 32 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct ; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Página 157 - Zone and all the rights, powers, and authority granted by the terms of said treaty to the United States shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President shall direct for the government of said Zone and maintaining and protecting the inhabitants thereof in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion.
Página 15 - ... guarantee freedom of conscience and religion subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defense of territory, and will also secure equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other members of the League.
Página 33 - The power of governing and of legislating for a territory is the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire and to hold territory. Could this position be contested, the constitution of the United States declares that "congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.