Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-01-11


Porto Rico and other islands in the West
| Indies, in the island of Guam and in the
Philippine 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 relin-
! punishment or cesson, the case may be,
to which the preceding paragraph refers,
| cannot in any respect impair the property
! or rights which by law belong to the peace
| full possession of property of all kinds, of
provinces, municipalities, public private
! establishments, ecclesiastical or civic bodies
| or any other associations having legal ca
| pacity to acquire and possess property in
| the aforesaid territories renowned or coded,
| or or private individuals, of whatsoever ma
| tlonality such individuals may be-
! The aforesaid REIMBURSEMENT or cession, as
| the case may be, includes all documents ex-
/ cluslvely referring to the sovereignty relin-
| qCtshed or coded that may exist in the
archives OF the peninsula. Where any docu-
ment 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 il respect Of documents in
the archives of the islands above referred to-
Archives and Records.
In the aforesaid REIMBURSEMENT or cession,
as the case may be, are also included such
| thoritleS possess in respect Of the official
archives and records, executive as well as
| judicial, in the islands above referred to,
which relate to said islands the rights and
| property of their inha bitants. Such archives
and records shall be carefully preserved and
! private persons shall without distinction
have the right TO require, IN accordance with
| law, authenticated copies Of the contracts.
wills and other instruments forming 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 9-Spanish subjects, natives Of
| no nirc1 Ia limo in nn fnr itn1Iy nI-nr
which Spain by the present treaty reIin-
quishes or cpdes her sovereignty, may re-
main in such territory or may remove there
| from, retaining in either event all their
rights Of property, including the right to
sell or dispose of such property of its
proceeds, and they shall also have the
right to carry their industry, commerce
and professions. being subject in respect
thereof to such laws as are applicable to
other foreigners. In case they remain in
the territory they may preserve their al
legiance to the crown of Spain by making.
before Il court Of record. within year
from the date Of the exchange of ratifica-
lions Of this treaty, n declaration of their
decision to preserve such allegiance: in de-
fault Of which declaration they shall be
held to have renowned it and to have
adopted the nationality Of the territory in
which they may reside
Status OF Inhabitants.
The civil rights and political status of
the native inhabitants Of the territories
herein coded to the United States shall be
determined by the congress
Article 10-The inhabitants of the terri
tories over which Spain rcIinquishes or
cedeS her sovereignty shall be secured in
the free exercise of their religion.
Article 1.-THE Spaniards residing 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 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 az
pear before such courts and to pursue the
same course citizens of the country to
which the courts belong.
Article 12-Judicial proceedings pending
at the time Of the exchange of notifications
of this treaty in the territories over which
Spain reiinquishes or cedes her sovereignty
shall be determined according to the fol
lowing rules:
l. Judgments rendered either in civil
suits between private individuals or in
criminal matters before the date mentioned
and with respect to which there is no
recourse or right of review under the Span
iSh law, shall be deemed to be final and
shall be executed in due form by competent
authorities in the territory within which
such judgments should be carried out.
Suits and Criminal Actions.
2 Civil suits between private individuals
which may on the date mentioned be I'M
determined shall be prosecuted to judgment
before the court in which they may then
be pending, or in the court that may be
substituted therefor.
3. Criminal actions pending on the 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
been rendered. the execution thereof shall
be committed to the competent authority
of the place in which the arose.
Article 13-The rights Of property secured
by copyrights and patents acquired by Span
iards in the Island de Cuba and Porto
Rico, the Philippines and other ceded terri
tories at the time of the exchange Of the
notifications Of this treaty shall continue
to be respected. Spanish scientific, liter
airy and artistic works not subversve to
public order 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 14-Spain will have the power to
establish consular offices in the ports and
places of the territories the sovereignty
over which has been either relinCuished or
ceded by the present treaty.
Vessels Engaged in Commerce.
Article 15-The government OF each coun-
try will, for the term of ten years, ac-
cord to the merchant vessels of the other
country the same treatment in respect of
all port charges, including entrance and
clearance dues, light dues and tonnage
duties as il accords to its own merchant
vessels not engaged in the cOaSIwiSe trade.
This article may at any time be ter,
minated on six months notice given by
either government to the other.
Article 16-It is understood that any OBJ
legations assumed in this treaty by TIE
United States with respect to Cuba are
limited to the time of its occupancy there
of, but it will. upon the termination of such
occupancy, advise any government estab-
lished in the island to assume the same OBJ
legations.
Article 1.-THE present treaty shall be
ratified by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate thereof, and by her majesty
the Queen of Spain. and the notifications
shall be exchanged at Washington within
six months from the date thereof, or ear
lier, if possible.
In faith whereof, we, the respective pleni-
Doten tiaries, have signed this treaty and
have hereunto affixed our seals.
Done in duplicate at Paris, the 10th day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety eight.
WILLIAM R. DAY
CUSHMAN X. DAVIS
WILLIAM p. FRYE.
GEORGE GRAY.
WHITELAW REID.
EUGENIO MONTERO RIOS
B. DE ABARZUZA.
J. DE GARNICA.
W. r. DE VILLA URRUTIA.
RAFAEL CERRERO.
Accompanied by Correspondence.
Accompanying the treaty is great
mass of correspondence, making a printed