| United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs - 1922 - 644 páginas
...were recorded 1,213,046 votes for ratification and 44,963 for rejection. Under the terms of the law, "such vote shall be deemed an expression of the will of the people of the Philippine Islands in favor of Philippine independence." The election of officers for the Commonwealth... | |
| William MacDonald - 1916 - 684 páginas
...be made to the provisional governor, who shall canvass the same in the presence of the electors, and if a majority of the votes cast shall be for the constitution and form of government, he shall certify the same, with a copy thereof, to the President of the United... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1866 - 828 páginas
...State." Constitutions made or amended by these conventions were to be submitted to the people, " and if a majority of the votes cast shall be for the constitution and form of government, he shall certify the same, with a copy thereof, to the President of the United... | |
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