Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-17

ally relinquish all claims for indemni-
ty, national and individual, of every
kind, of either government, or Of its
citizens or subjects, against the other
l government that may have arisen since
the beginning of the late insurrection
in Cuba and prior to the exchange of
rati6cations of the present treaty, in.
cluding all claims for indemnity for
the cost of the war. The United
States will adjudicate and settle the
claims of its citizens against Spain, re-
linquished under this stipulation.
"Spanish subjects, natives of the
peninsular, residing in the territory
over which Spain by the present treaty
relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty,
may remain in such territory, or may
remove therefrom, retaining in either
event all their rights of property, in
cluding the right to sell or dispose of
such property or its proceeds, and they
shall also have the right to carry on
their industry, commerce and profess
sion, being subject in respect thereof
to such laws as are applicable to other
foreigners. III the event of their re-
naming in the territory, they may pre-
serve their allegiance to the crown of
Spain by making before court of
record within year from the date of
exchange of rati6cations of the treaty,
a declaration of their decision to pre-
serve such allegiance, in default of
which declaration they shall be held
to have renounced it and to have
adopted the nationality of the terrific
ry in which they may reside.
"The civil rights and political status
of the native inhabitants of the terri.
tory hereby ceded to the United States
shall be determined by congress. The
Inhabitants of the territory over which
Spain relinquishes or cedes her sover-
eighty shall be secured in the free ex-
ercise of their religion.
"Spaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain by this treaty relin-
quishes her sovereignty, shall be sub
ject in matters civil as well as criminal,
TO the jurisdiction of the courts of the
country in which they reside, pursuant
to the ordinary laws governing the
same and shall have the right to appear
before such court and to pursue the
same course as citizens of the country
to which the courts belong.
"The right of property secured by
copyrights and patents acquired by the
Spaniards in the island of Cuba and in
Puerto Rico and the Philippines and
the other ceded territories at the time
of the treaty, shall continue and be
respected. Spanish scientific, literary
and artistic works, not subversive of
public order in the territories in ques-
ton, shall continue to be admitted free
of duty into such territories for period
of 10 years, to be reckoned from the
date of the exchange of the rati6ca.
tions of the treaty.
"Spain shall have the right to estab-
lish consular Offices in the ports and
other places Of the territories sover-
eighty over which has been either re-
linquished or ceded by the present
treaty. The government of each
country will, for a term of 10 years
from the exchange of ratification, ac-
cord to the merchant vessels of the
other country the same treatment in
respect of all port charges, including
light dues and tonnage duties, as 1t ac-
cords to- its own merchant vessels not
engaged in coastwise trade. This
provision may at any time be deter
mined on six months notice given by
either government to the other.
"It is understood that any obligation
assumed in this treaty by the United
States with respect to Cuba is limited
to the time of the occupation by the
United States of that island but the
United States government will, upon
the termination of such occupation,
advise any government established in
the island to assume the same obliga-