The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-06
ne Council of Administration will be

pIOQuClS, u, TAXES Oil tApOTlS Will
be equally levied, and Will not be diff
ferential, but it will be impossible to
except from these rules the direct ex
ports to Spain for home consumption;
fourth, no prohibition on exports will
be imposed upon products directly eX-
ported for home consumption in Spain.
The custom tariff will have the fol-
lowing form: 1t will consist of two col
umns, one for revenue only, equally
applied, and in the same proportion to
foreign and home products, and the
other column will consist of differential
duties imposed on all foreign products,
and where there will be a margin of
protection of the national industry,
with a maximum that the Cortes will
establish The Government will fix
for the first time, the articles of the
tariff, which will make UP the differen
tial columns. The taxes will not ex
coed 20 per cent. the value of the ar
ticles. The Government will decree a
revision Of the official valuation of mer
chandise, after hearing all those inter-
ested pro and con.
The commercial treaties or conven-
tons affecting the tariff in Cuba will
procity, there will not be in them the
most favored nation clauses or its
equivalent. The Council of Admins
tration will be consulted over the ad-
visibility of negotiating commercial
treaties and conventions, which it is
the intention of the Government to ne
gotiate, and this viii be done before
the final drafting of the treaty and it's
presentation for the approval of the
Cortes.
Rule ) refers to the powers of the
Governor-General to appoint employees
in the office of the General Govern
ment and in the office of the civil Cow
errors of the provinces.
Rule refers to the secretarial of the
General Government; to the powers of
the Intendente (head of the treasury,
Comptroller, Director of Local Admin
istration and names the clerks in their
offices.
Rule refers to the appointment of
governmental employees by the Govern
orGeneral. who must be Cuban born or
peninsulares, who have resided at least
two years in the island. These ap-
pointmentS will be made with the ad-
vice and consent of the Council of Adj
ministration, and with regard to the
legal and proper qualifications of the
nominee. From this rule are only eX-
cepted the Secretary General In
tendente, Comptroller, Director of Lo
cal Administra ton, Director of Postal
and Telegraph Service, and the civil
Governors of the six provinces. The
Governor General will be authorized to
name delegates in the municipalities
and to exercise executive functions but
in no case will he be allowed TO inter-
fere with the proper functions of the
Mayors of the municipalities.
Rule refers to the members of the
judiciary, who will be only appointed
among Cuban-bOrn or persons having
resided two years in the island. The
municipalities Judges Justices of the
Peace will be appointed by election by
the members Of the municipalities, sup
plemented by number of electors
chosen by the people.
Rule g. The Council of Administra-
ton will respect the actual pending
contracts, and at the expiration of the
same will have the right to accept or
repeal them. The Council will also
have the power of enforcing ina the
island the treasury laws from the pc
ninsula, and of entering into contract
with the Bank OF Cuba.
A special decree, which will be sub
mitted to the Cortes will contain the
rules for the maintenance of public
order and the suppression Of secession
list movements.
Article 1.-THE Government will en-
body in a single decree the present
rules and those of the laws of May ID,
1895, developing both in bylaws, which
shall not change the strict sense of the
present decree.
Article III. disposes that the above
mentioned rules will apply also to
Puerto Rico.
Article IV.-The date for the appli-
cation to Cuba of the law of 1893 and
the present decree to Cuba and Puerto
Rico will be fixed by the Government
as soon as the state of the war will
permit it.