The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-10

So a Sfr"iLcr LWcas, Pet. 40 $50 CIs5s) case
relating q land title under the Louisiana c,=-ion
In Filming Page How. Cos u>Ia) held that the
port If Tampic' ia thc 1T Tamaua, captured Unit
q! Saic IN ih Mexican anil held under oocup
remained ricn territory within The meaning
toms law 81 IA. Tni,.l sat-. ,ho,.I = ~, h;, =, h
sovereignty and dominion II the United had TO DO
regarded hv other nations Ia the United
States That wa, . of military .-1a,iou i, IN ;,nr
6I.. .aiI: u NV
This construction Il the law hA> l-Vn uniformly
given by the department. government I'm
every that has before And 1t ha- indeed
given IN where there appears have bCn ground
for regarding the place Of shipment domestic port. For,
after Florida hal bccn cc United Saic and
"f the United States had taken possession Pensacola
dccie by the treasury department.. that r'-s imported from
Pensacola before an act a" C"nes passed erecting Il into
collection district an authorizing tc appointment of a COLLECTOR
liable duty. That i. that. although Florida had ly
s'"n actually tC"nc 81 the United States and nm
possession under laws ports bc
regarded foreign until they established domestic BY
act 81 t"ns~s aud appears that ihi- c"n sanctioned
at the time y the general of the United States the law
officer If the government And. although directly sppl
cable To the before the decisions of hc Treasury de-
Iartncnt IN relation Amelia Island anil ports
Louisiana. after that province, had cn ccl the Unici
Siaics were both made upon the same grounds
The department in that
establishment 81 the government has rccgnizc place
newly acquired country domestic port. from which the
coasting trade might - carried had previously
made by act Of COngr The principle thus adopted and
acted upon by the executive department Il government
been sanctioned y the decisions in this and the
courts whenever the question came before them"
In Calki" Coct II How. -. usss) ic question
whether the laws Of the United took
iately upon the annexation of Texas The cIuc of
annexed Hawaii, by joint resolution but
nexc directly equal footing with the original
This December 90.
w passed extending all the laws Of tho United
Texas and days later another erecting
collection district 1t have taken for granted
that the question merely 81 intention and of
tutionay whether the laws of Texas remained
force superseded Immediately l ih~c IL United
States and that provision might properly have been made in the
joint resolution for continuation II hc Texan laws tempo
rarily. The court said i. $50:
Now Is quite apparent join;
s- admitting the State Union
passed. organizing thc federal and system IT,
that the old system 81 far cncici with
tc federal authority became abad Immediately her adj
mission State This clearly unlc-s provision
found in the act q" admission, Tcnng the time when
take effect and applied Z" ihc before pepcnng IL
until after the 3st January. 1878 when thee g ship
I--l I" the port It Galveston
The 81 Cross Harrison, How nss3 aro-c in
connection of California Early in 1877 soon
after the conquest 81 California States mill
;ay authorities up civil government and laid and
customs duiic ON February 3 1915, ic treaty of peace
concluded by which California cl United States
l Mexico. The notifications exchanged May 80 Isi9
hut, owing the time required convey the 20
California, they proclaimed there until August Isss
Two days later Angus, ., 1915 the military authorities
iucd the Unite, tariff for the tariff previously
imposed by them. On September 3 1915, the governor appoint
81 collector. the defendant Harrison. March Isso
Congress passed net including Sen Francisco of the
lection districts 81 the United State. O November 1919
collector regularly appointed ~ the Pr.irnt under the
Act of Congress entered upon liz duies. The received
much consideration both the court The opinion
altogether satisfactory. The court actually held that f
the United State. Laws dill in California
Immediately upon IT. ccn and the laws imposed Nv
sy authorities IN force lcau-c u;insl then
there right whatever the gpl- question
California and they would have - port
in Init.
fully brought AMI that since che military author
tic had r-iL-l .uI-r 1. -rrn