Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12

llnQuI0n00 IN CUBA ana ce0e0 IN Eocto kNlC0
ard other Islands In the West Indies. In the
pelago. ell the buildings. wharves. bar
racks. forts. structures. public highways
and other immovable property which. In
conformity with law, belong to the public
:. main. and a. such belong to the crown OF
Spain.
'.And It is hereby declared that the re-
linQuishment or cession. AZ the case may
be. to which the preceding paragraph 70.
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. public
or private establishments. ecclesiastical OF
civic bodies or any other associations hay
Ing legal capacity to acquire and possess
property In the aforesaid territories re.
Eounced or coded. or Of private individ-
uals. Of whatsoever nationality such tndi.
viduals may be.
as the case may be. includes all doc0.
nents exclu.ively referring to the sover-
eighty relinQuished or ceded that may exist
III the archives OF th> peninsula. Where
any document in such archives only In part
relates to said sovereignty. copy OF SUCH
part will be furnished whenever 1t shall be
requested. Like rules shall be reciW ocally
observed In favor Of Spain In respect Of
documents in the archives Of the Islands
above referred to.
''In the foresaid REIMBURSEMENT or ces.
sion. as the case may be. are also included
such rights as the crown Of Spain and tts
authorities possess In respect Of the of
fetal archives and records executive as
we'll as judicial, in the islands referred to.
which relate to said islands or the rights
and property ( their Inhabitants. Such
archives and records shall be carefully pre-
served, and private persons shall without
distinction have the right to require. in ac-
cordance with law, authenticated copies
OF the contracts. wills and othe: tnstru-
ments forming part Of notarial protocols
or files. or which may be contained in the
executive or judiciary archives, be the lat
ter in Spain or in the island aforesaid.
Article TX.
Spanish subjects, natives Of the pen
Ursula, 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, retain.
Ing in either event all their rights % prop
city, 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 subject in respect thereof to such
laws as are applicable to other foreign
ers In case they remain in the territory
they may preserve their allegiance to the
CT own Of Spain by making, before < court
Of record, within q year from the date OF
the exchange of ratitications Of this treaty,
declaration Of their decision to preserve
such allegiance; in default of which dec
Ian alton they shall be held to have re-
nounced 1t and to have adopted he ma
tionality of the territory in which they may
reside
s"The civil rights and political status Of
the native Inhabitants of the territories
hereby ceded to the United States shall be
determined by the congress.
Article Z.
"The Inhabitants Of the territories over
which Spain relinQuishes or cedes her SOW.
ereignty shall be secured In the free exer-
else Of their religion.
Article II.
1.-THE Spaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain by this treaty cedes or
relinouishes her sovereignty shall be sub
iect in matters civil as we'll as criminal to
the Jurisdiction Of the courts OF the country
wherein they reside. pursuant to the ordi-
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.
Judicial proceedings pending at the time
Of the exchange Of ratthcattons OF this
treaty in the territories over which Spain
relinouishes or cedes her sovereignty shall
be determined according to the following
rules:
II. Judgments rendered either In civil
suits between private individuals or 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 COM
potent authorities in the territory within
which judgments should be carried out.
20. Civil suits between private individuals
which may on the date mentioned be un-
determined shall be prosecuted to tudg-
ment before the court In which they may
then be pending, or in the court that may
be substituted therefor.
'S. Criminal actions pending on the date
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 case arose.
Article XIII.
1.-THE rights of property secured by copy
rights and patents acquired by Spaniards
in the Island de Cuba and In Porto Rico,
the Philippines or other ceded territories.
at the time Of the exchange OF the ratifi-
cations Of this treaty. shall continue to
be respected. Spanish scientific, literary
and artistic works. not subversive OF 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 ex-
change Of the ratifications Of this treaty.
Article XIV.
Spain will have the power to establish
consular offices in the ports and places Of
the territories the sovereignty over which
has been either relinQuished or ceded by
the present treaty.
Article XIV.
.'The government Of each country 7ill,
for the term Of ten years. accord to the
merchant vessels Of the other country the
same treatment in respect Of all ::ort
charges, including entrance and clearance
Dues light dues and tonnage duties. as It
accords to its own merchant vessels, not
engaged in the coastwise trade.
'"This article may at any time te ter
minated on six months notice given by
either government to the other.
Article XVI.
1T is understood that any obligations
assumed in this treaty by the United States
with respect to Cuba are limited to the time
Of its occupancy thereof; but It will, upon
the Termination Of such occupancy. advise
any government established in the island
to assume the same obligations.
Article XVII.
'.rhe present treaty shall be ratified by
Tho v,raoi1an< 0f the Tinted Gta toa I1y a Nj