The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-06

by. tueIn respectively under this article.
Article VII-The United States and
Spain mutually relinquish all claims for
indemnity. national Individual of
every kind of either government, or its
citizens or subjects against the other
Government, that may have arisen since
, the beginning of the late instruction in
Cuba and PRIOR to the exchange of rati-
hcatons OF the present treaty including
all claims for indemnity for the cost OF
the war The United States will adjudi-
cate and settle the claims of it's citizens
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Article VIII-In conformity with the
provisions of articles l, III ana III of this
treaty, Spain relinqushes in Cuba, and
cedeS in Porto Rico and other islands in
the West Indies, in the island of Guam,
ana IN the Philippine archipelago, ali
the DulldlngS, WharVeS, barracks, forts,
structures, public highways and other i'm
moVable property which, in conformity
with law, belong to the public domain,
and as such belong to the crown of Spain
And 1t is hereby declared that the relln-
qulShment, or cession, as the case may
pc, TO which the preceding paragraph re-
fers, cannot in any respect impair the
property or rights which by law belong
to the peaceful possession of property Of
al kinds, of provinces, municipalities,
pubic or private establishments ecclesi-
astical or civic bodies, or any other asso-
Citations having legal capacity to acquire
ana possess property in the aforesaid ter
rltorleS renowned or ceded or of private
individuals of whichever nationality
such individuals may be. The aforesaid
REIMBURSEMENT or ceSSion, as the case NAV
De, includes all documents exclusively re-
ferring TO the sovereignty relinquished or
ceded that may exist in the archives of
the peninsula. Where any document IN
such archives only in part relates to said
sovereignty a copy of such part will be
furnished whenever it shall be requested.
Like rules shall be reciprocally observed
in favor of Spain in respect to documents
in the archives of the island above re-
ferred to. In the aforesaid relinquish-
ment or cession, as the case may be, are
also included such rights as the crown
of Spain and it's authorities possess in
respect to the official archives and rec
ordS, executive as well as judicial, in the
islands above referred TO, which relate
TO said islands or the rights and property
of their inhabitants Such archives and
records shall be carefully preserved, and
private persons shall without distinction,
have the right to request, in accordance
with law, authenticated copies of the con-
tracts wills and other instruments form
ing part of notarial protocols or files, or
which may be contained in the executive
or judicial archives, be the latter in Spain
or in the islands aforesaid
Article 1X-Spanish subjects, natives of
the peninsula residing in the territory
over which Spain by the present treaty
relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty
may remain In such territory or NAV re-
move therefrom, retaining in either event
all their rights of property, including the
right to sell or dispose of sucn property
have the right to carry on their industry,
commerce and professions, being subject
in respect thereof to such laws as are ap-
pucable to other foreigners. In case they
remain in the territory they may pre-
serve their allegiance to the crown of
Spain by making before court of record
within a year from the date of the ex-
change of notifications of this treaty a
declaration of their decision to preserve
such allegiance; in default of which
declaration they Shall be held to nave re-
nounced it and to have adopted the ma
tionalty of the territory in which they
may reside; The civil rights and political
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territories hereby coded to the United
States shall be determined by the Con-
gress.
Article X-The inhabitants of the terri
tories over which Spain relinquishes or
cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in
the free exercise of their religion.
Article XI-The Spaniards residing in the
territories over which Spain by this treaty
cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty shall
be subject, in matters civil as well as
criminal, to the jurisdiction of the courts
of the country wherein they reside, pur-
suant to the ordinary laws governing the
same; and they shall have the right to
appear before such courts and to pursue
the same course as citizens of the country
to which the courts belong.
Article XII-Judicial proceedings pend
ing at the time of the exchange of rati-
fications of this treaty in the Territories
over which Spain relinquishes or cedes
her sovereignty shall be determined ac-
cording to the following rules:
/ Judgments rendered either in civil
suits between private Individuals OF IN
criminal matters, before the date men
toned, and with respect to which there
is no recourse or right Of review under
the Spanish law shall be deemed to be
final and shall be executed in due form
by competent authority in the Territory
within which such judgment should be
carried out.
g Civil suits between private individ-
uals which may on the date mentioned
be undetermined shall be prosecuted to
judgment before the court in which they
may then be pending or in the court that
may be submitted therefor.
3. Criminal actions pending on the date
mentioned by the Supreme Court of
Spain against citizens of the territory
ish shall continue under it's jurisdiction
until final Judgment; but, such judgment
thereof shall be committed to the COM ON
petent authority Of the place in which
the cases arose.
Article XIII-The rights of property
acquired by Spaniards in the island of
Cuba, and in Porto Rico. the Philippines
and other ceded territories, at the time
of the exchange of the notifications of
this treaty, shall continue to be respect
ed. Spanish scientific, literary and ar
der in the territories in question shall
continue to be admitted free of duty into
such territories for the period of ten
years, to be reckoned from the date of the
exchange of the notifications of this
treaty.
Article XIV-Spain will have the power
to establish consular offices in the ports
and places of the territories the SOW
ereignty over which has been either re-
linquished or ceded by the present treaty
Article XV-The Government of each
country will, for the term of ten years,
accord to the merchant vessels of the
country the same treatment in respect Of
all port charges, including entrance and
clearance dues, lightage dues and tonnage
duties as it accords to its own merchant
vessels not engaged in the coastwise trade.
This article may at any time be terrni-
mated on six months notice given by
either Government to the other.
Article XVI-It is understood that any
obligations assumed in this treaty by the
United States in respect to Cuba are linn
tied to the time of it's occupancy thereof:
but 1t will, upon the termination of such
occupancy, advise any government estab-
lished in the island to assume the obliga-
tionS.
Article xVII--The present treaty shall
be ratified by the President of the United
States by and with the advice and CON
sent of the Senate thereof and by Her
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