| 1919 - 936 páginas
...anything in the Constitution to forbid such action. We are therefore of opinion that the Island of Porto Rico is a territory appurtenant and belonging to the...United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution ; that the Foraker Act is constitutional, so far as... | |
| John Holladay Latané - 1907 - 400 páginas
...27, 1901. In this case the court held that the island of Porto Rico, by the treaty of cession, became a territory appurtenant and belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution, such as that requiring duties, imposts, and excises... | |
| Elbert Jay Benton - 1908 - 310 páginas
...the constitution extend of their own force to newly acquired territories. The court held that Porto Rico is a territory " appurtenant and belonging to...United States, but not a part of the United States, within the_revenue clauses of the Constitution (" All_ duties, imports and excises shall be uniform... | |
| 1908 - 1186 páginas
...Rep. 770, 45: 1088 3. The island of Porto Rico by the treaty of cession became territory appurtenant to the United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clause of the Constitution, such as art. 1, § 8, requiring duties, imposts, and... | |
| William Mark McKinney - 1917 - 1204 páginas
...to the situation.14 The island of Porto Rico by the treaty of cession became territory appurtenant to the United States, but not a part of the United States, within the revenue clauses of the Constitution requiring duties, imposts, and excises to be uniform... | |
| 1915 - 510 páginas
...burden on shipments between different parts of the United States is unconstitutional — because "Porto Rico is a territory appurtenant and belonging to the...United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution." The duties in question are no longer levied; they... | |
| Eugene Wambaugh - 1915 - 1106 páginas
...53, 57; Field ». Clark, 143 US 649, 691. ... We are therefore of opinion that the Island of Porto Rico is a territory appurtenant and belonging to the...United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution; that the Foraker act is constitutional, so far as it... | |
| Harold Edgar Barnes - 1915 - 376 páginas
...action shall s1gnify its assent thereto. * * * * We are therefore of opinion that the Island of Porto Rico is a territory appurtenant and belonging to the...United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution ; that the Foraker Act is constitutional, so far as... | |
| Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 486 páginas
...Act" of April 12. The opinion of the majority of the court made the important distinction, that "Porto Rico is a territory appurtenant and belonging to the...United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clause of the Constitution." CHAPTER XXXI CHINA THE summer of 1900 brought a new... | |
| George A. Malcolm - 1916 - 824 páginas
...Justice Brown, announcing the conclusion and judgment of the Court, held that "the Island of Porto Rico is a territory appurtenant and belonging to the...United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution ; that the Foraker Act is constitutional, so far as... | |
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