The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
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srn NJ general interest. Us
ma sunply out -of-the way facts
~rat,ou. questions OF per-
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vn addresses will be gwen
P sncc should be addressed TO
mss rnrn Houston Post OWING
p o. or questions rcceiv"d.
not always be given prompuyJ
s.y in the month old Easter sun
1916? NV'o'
s,,a,,na Stntes;: BOT
~, constitution OF Spain. drawn
covernment. and laid before a
,,,uentes, elected for It's ratifica-
~ 1875, was proclaimed June
consists Of eighty nine articles. or
h. FIRST Of them enacts that Spain
constitutional monarchy, the cx-
,,,x In the king, and the power to
,gn the cortes with the king"
are composed Of a senate and
EQUAL in authority. There are
~ of senator's first. senators by
right, or sonadores de dcrecho
eeondly, 100 life senator's, nomi-
10 crown-these two catogories not
$50: and, thirdly, $50 senators.
me corporations of state that is,
mai and provincial states. the
universities, academies, etc.-and
eest payers of contributions. SEN
s,r own right are sons, II any, OF
md of the immediate heir TO the
- have attained their majority; |
.ho are SO in their own right, and |
rove an annual renta of 10000 pesc-
400: captain generals of the army;
II the navy: the patriarch OF the
The archbishops; the president OF |
liI Of state, of the supreme tr,-
the tribunal OF Cuentes del RENO,
supreme council of war and of |
after two years Of office. The |
enators must be renewed by one
ave years and by totality every |
monarch dissolves that part of the |
|he congress is formed BY deputies
the electoral juntas, in the form the
mines. in the proportion of one to
,O souls of the population.
inform me II children born OF
parents in foreign lands are cit
Ris country and eligible TO any Office
Rd? .. Are children born of alien
America citizens of this country,
they remain here? 5. What nation
Ichldren born of American parents
|lch seas and on ships flyink the
flag? 4. In the case IF children |
1 America under age and tile father
[uralized, ere the children required
hut naturalization papers when they
Ige9 3.O.J.
! the revised statutes of the United
3 children of persons who are cit
he United States are considered cit
feof, no matter where they are born.
said, however, that the question of |
bid being eligible to the presidency
Undecided by the courts. Some legal |
insist, however, that the child born |
IN not become>Q president. We do not |
they arrive at this opinion, though |
bn must be allowed to stand until |
(eme court decides the question |
!. The children are citizens NY birth.
|st paragraph OF the answer to your
Ftion covers this one. 4. The chill |
fr 81 years, when their parents are
I'D. are considered citizens upon
age. ePN
any appointive officers (by the gov
e there in Texas, and where can ! |
|of them? APPS.
OF appointive officers is as follows:
|ecretary; secretary of state; assist
pey general; commissioner of insur-
|istics and history; adjutant general;
(sy officials; boards of management |
Fe institutions; judge of criminal dis
II OF Harris and Galveston counties
+; fish and oyster commissioner;
18th officer and assistants; boards of
missloners: pilots and branch pilots:
eighers at Houston and Galveston.
rnor also fills all vacancies in State
ict otiices, except congressman and
OF the legislature. He appoints the
PUBLIC and commissioners of deeds;
animal Inspectors where not made
y the county; regents of the univer.
members of the board of managers
'rlcnitural and Mechanical college at
their terms.
,inan grass widow" Immediately
'here did the words grass widow"
INV 'ne meaning? WHIP.
ase grass widow" or rather grace
ior the first has no foundation, In
is simply a barbarism, or fungus,
attached itself to the English lam
term for one who becomes a
siace or favor, not of necessity, as
" originated In the earlier ages OF
eisilization. when divorces were
y. seldom, and wholly by authority
l'hoiic church. When such decree
yea to woman, the papal rescript
iauea dc gratla," which interpreted
OF grace. In the law OF the
would read "veuve dc grace
shslish gives "widow of grace, or
wow veuve" being translated as
'm was the torpedo boat first In
AR.
peup or submarine mine was an IN
tfe early part OF this century, but
'fl,ish and Frencn governments duY-
'poieoihs wars refused to employ tho
= winch each designated as OF 'dia-
'city' During the civil war in This :.
'any ports Wee effectively protected
u tofpedoes. The torpedo boat is
ING Invention of J. u. l.. Tuck. an
'n' VINO contrived q small Loaf for