The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10

Z lSldIlu u 1udIu, anu III the fHllIp-
pine archipelago all the buildings,
wharves, barracks, forts, structures,
public highways and other immovable
property which, in conformity with
law, belong to the public domain and
as such belong to the crown Of Spain.
And it is hereby declared that the re-
linquiShment or ceSSiOn, as the case
may be, to which the preceding para
! grph refers, cannot in any respect i'm
pair the property or rights which by
law belong to the peaceful possession
of property Of alb kinds, of provinces,
municipalities, public or private estab-
lishments, ecclesiastical or civic bodies,
or any other associations having legal
capacity to acquire and possess prop
erty in the aforesaid territories re-
nounced or ceded, or of private indi-
viduals, of whatsoever nationality such
individuals may be.
The aforesaid REIMBURSEMENT or ces-
! sion as the case may be, includes all
documents exclusively referring to the
sovereignty relinquished or ceded that
may exist in the archives of the PENN
ula 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 re-
quested. Like rules shall be recipro-
cally observed in favor of Spain in re-
spect of documents in the archives of
the islands above referred to.
J In the aforesaid REIMBURSEMENT 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 official archives and records,
executive as well as judicial, in the
islands above referred to, which relate
to said islands or the rights and prop
erty of their inhabitants.
Such archives and records shall be
carefully preserved, and private per-
IONS shall without distinction have
the right to require, in accordance
with law, authenticated copies of the
contracts, wills and other nstrumen
forming part Of notariai protocols or
files, or which may be contained in the
executive or judicial archives, be the
latter in Spain or in the islands afOre-
said.
ARTICLE TX. Spanish subjects, ma
tives of the peninsula, residing in the
territory over which Spain by the
present treaty relinquishes or codes
sovereignty, may remain in such terri
tory, or may remove therefrom, retain
ing in either event all their rights of
property, including the right to sell
or dispose of such property, or of its
proceeds; and they shall also have
the right to carry on their industry,
commerce and professions. being sub
ject in respect thereof to such laws as
are applicable to other foreigners. In
i Soo SiSy OllloI III llS l. llIEy
may preserve their allegiance to the
crown of Spain by making, before a
court of record within a year from
date of the exchange of the ratifica-
tons of this treaty, a declaration Of
their decision to preserve such allie
glance; in default of which declaration
they shall be held to have renowned
it and have adopted the nationality of
the territory in which they may re-
side.
The civil rights and political status
of the native inhabitants of the terri
tories hereby ceded to the United
States shall be determined by the con-
gress.
ARTICLE X. The inhabitants of the
territories over which Spain relin-
quishes or cedes her sovereignty shall
be secured in the free exercise of their
religion.
ARTICLE XII. The Spaniards resid-
ing in the territories over which Spain
by this treaty cedes or ~relinquishes her
sovereignty shall be subject in matters
civil as we'll as criminal to the juris-
dictiOn of the courts of the country
they reside, pursuant 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
pending at the time of the exchange of
notifications of this treaty in the terri
tories over which Spain ~relinquishes or
cedes her sovereignty shall be deter
mined according to the following rules
l. Judgments rendered either in civil
suits between private individuals, OF
in criminal matters. before date men
toned, and with respect to which there
is nc 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 judgments
should be carried out.
z. i suits between private indi-
viduals which may on the date men
toned be undetermined shall be prose
cuted to judgment before the court ir
which they may be pending, or in the
court that may be substituted there
for.
:, 8. Criminal actions, pending on the
l date mentioned, before the supreme
court of Spain against citizens of The
: territory which by this treaty ceases
!, to be Spanish, shall continue under
! its jurisdiction until final Judgment,
| but, such judgment having beer rem.
: dered, the execution thereof shall bt
committed to the competent authority
, OF the place in which the case arose.
, ARTICLE XIII. The rights of prop.
erty secured by copyrights and patent:
, acquired by Spaniards in the island .p
Cuba, and in Porto Rico. the Philip.
pines n other coded territories, n
the time of the exchange of the ratif.
cations of this treaty, shall continut
! to be respected. Spanish scientific, lit
s erary and artistic works not subver
sive to public order in the territorie.
in question shall continue to be ad
mitted free from duty into such terri
. tories, for the period of ten years, t,
{ be reckoned from the date of the ex
z change of the notifications of thi.
treaty.
$ ARTICLE XIV. Spain will have tn,
power to establish consular offices i,
I the ports and places of the territories
h sovereignty yer which has beer
either ~relinquished or ceded by tn
s present treaty.
ARTICLE XIV. The government O
each country will, for the term of tel
: years, accord to the merchant vessel