The San Francisco call., 1898-12-20

Spain which she renounces in this
 article.
 Article S-In fulfillment of articles 1,
 2 and 3 of this treaty Spain renounces
 in Cuba and cedes in Porto Rico and
 other West Indian Islands, in Guam
 and the Philinnine Archipelago, all the
 buildings, moles, barracks, fortresses,
 establishments, public roads and other
 real property which by custom or right
 are of public domain, and as such be-
 long to the crown of Spain. Neverthe-
 less, it is declared this renouncement
 or cessiOn, as the case may be referred
 to in the previous paragraph. in no way
 lessens the property or rights which
 belong by custom or law to the
 peaceful possessor of goods of all
 kinds in provinces and cities,
 public or private establishments
 civil or ecclesiastical, corporations, or
 whatever bodies have judicial person.
 ality to acquire and possess goods in
 the above mentioned renounced or
 ceded territories, and those of private individuals, whatever their nationality.
 Said renouncement or cession includes
 all documents which exclusively refer to said renounced or ceded sovereignty
 which exist in the archives of the pen
 insula. When documents existing in said archives only in part refer to said
 sovereignty copies of said part shall
 be supplied, provided they be requested.
 Similar rules are to be reciprocally ob-
 served in favor of Spain with respect to documents existing in the archives of
 before mentioned islands. In the above mentioned renunciation or cesson is comprised those rights of the crown
 of Spain and of it's authorities over
 archives and official registers, as well
 administrative as judicial. of islands
 which refer to them and to rights and
 properties of their inhabitants Said archives and registers must be carefully preserved, and all individuals, without exception. shall have right to obtain, confornably to law, authorized copies of contracts, wills, and other documents which form part of notarial protocols or which are kept in administrative and judicial archives, whether the same be in Spain or in the islands above men toned.
 Article 9-Spanish subjects, native of the peninsula, dwelling in territory whose sovereignty Spain renounces or cedes in the present treaty, may re- main in the territory or leave it, main- taining, in one or the other case. all rights of property, including the right to sell and dispose of property or prod ucts, and, moreover. shall retain the right to exercise industry, business or profession, submitting themselves in this respect to the laws applicable to fnrpipnprc in in the territory, they may preserve their Spanish nationality by making in the registry office, within year after the interchange of notifications of this treaty. a declaration of intention to preserve said nationality: failing in this declaration, they will be considered as having renounced nationality and as having adopted that of the territory in which they may reside. Civil rights and political status of native inhabit- ants of territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress.
 Article 10-Inhabitants of territories whose sovereignty Spain renounces or cedes shall have assured to them the free exercise of religion.
 Article 11-Spaniards residing in territories whose sovereignty Spain cedes or renounces shall be subject in civil and criminal matters to the tribu- nals of the country in which they re- side. conformably with the common laws which regulate competence, being enabled to appear before them in the same manner and to employ the same as citizens of the country 4-sL@ l1lo observe
 Article 12-Judicial proceedings pend ing the interchange of notifications of the treaty in territories over which Spain renounces or cedes sovereignty shall be determined conformably with the following rules: First, sentences in civil cases between indi- viduals or in criminal cases before the above mentioned date, and against which there is no appeal or annulment with Spanish law, shall be considered lasting, and shall be exc cuted in due form by competent author ity in the territory within which said sentences should be carried out Second, civil actions between individuals, which on the aforementioned date have not been decided, shall continue in course before the tribunal in which the law suit is proceeding or before that which shall replace it. Third, criminal actions pending on the aforementioned date be- fore the supreme tribunal of Spain against citizens of the territory which according to the treaty will cease to be Spanish shall continue under it's iuris 1 diction until definite sentence is pro- nounced, but once sentence is decreed the exaction shall be intrusted to the authority of the place where | the action arose.
 Article 13-Literary, artistic and in- dustrial rights of property acquired by Spaniards in Cuba, Porto Rico, the and other territories ceded | on the interchange of notifications of this treaty shall continue to be re- spected. Spanish scientific, literary and i artistic works which shall not be dan gerous to public order in territories shall | continue entering therein with freedom from all customs duties for period of | ten years, dating from the interchange | of ratification of this treaty.