San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-27
Cubll Autonomy.
Articles Officially Published By
Spain.
Gives Cuba The Power Of Lawmak-
Ing But SPANS Governor Has
The Last Say.

| Madrid, Nov. 27.-The Official Gazette
| this morning publishes hte royal de-
| crees granting autonomy for Cuba and
| Porto Rico:
| Article /, explains the principle OF the
| future government of the two islands.
Article 2, DEGREES that the government
of each island shall be composed OF an
insular parliament, divided into two
chambers, while the governor general
representing the home government
exercise in it's name, the supreme al
thority
Article g. declares that the faculty
of making laws on colonial affairs rests
with the insular chamber and the
governor general.
Article A. directs that the insular re-
presentation shall be composed of two
corporations with equal powers, viz:
A chamber of representatives and a
council of administration.
Article 5, provides that the council
of administration shall consist of thir-
ty-five members, of whom eighteen
shall be elected and seventeen nomin-
ated by the home governor.
Article 6, provides that the council OF
administration must be Spaniards at
least thirty-five years of age who
were born in the island or who have
resided there continuously for four
years 1t specifies numerous officials,
such as senators, presidents of courts,
and of chambers of commerce and 9TH
er bodies as eligible to election to the
council
Articles and s, inclusive, deal with
the nominations and conditions of cleo
ton of councils.
Article 9, empowers the throne, or
the governor general, to convoke, sus-
pend or dissolve the chambers, with an
obligation to reassemble htem within
three months.
Articles 16 to 2S, deal with the pro-
cedure of the chambers and grant i'm
munity to members.
Article a. Empowers the insular par
lament to receive the governors oath
and make effective the responsibility of
the secretaries forming the governors
council. The secretaries may be i'm
preached by the chambers, in which
case they are to be judged by the coun-
Gil of administration. Negotiations.
for treaties of commerce are to be
made by the home government with
the ASSISTANCE VI Tic ScllSbdiiSS Va ~
island
Art xxx deals with the CONNER
the imposing of custom duties.
Art. xxx dweals with the CONNER
cial relations with the island and the
peninsula and provides that no i'm
port or exporte may differentiate to
the prejudice of the productions of
either island or the peninsular. A list
will be formed of articles coming from
Spain direct which will be granted fav-
orable treatment in regard to similar
articles coming from abroad and the
the islands entering Spain. The diff
erential duty is in no case to exceed
thirty-five per cent. The remainder
same will be done for productions of
of the decree explains the governor
generals power. He will exercise su-
preme command, be responsible for the
preservation of order, have free power
to nominate officials and the secretary,
will publish and execute laws and de-
crees, international treaties and con-
ventions, etc., and will have power of
pardoning, suspending constitutional
guarantees and ordering a state of
seige should circumstances require it.