The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-01-11

any document la such archives "h'S w DAT
e'ates ~ said sovereignty, copy fn,
part Win lie furnished whenever II hai' p'
rogue ted l. Al rules shall be recll OtnHt
o0sf rived In favor OF spain IN resfeet ~
documents m the archives OF the 'sla""S
Mn referred TO,
"In the foresaid REIMBURSEMENT on ces
such rights as the crown of Spain snd -
authorities possess In respect or the OF
fetal archives and records. executive as
well as judicial, In the islands referred 10.
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 nave the right TO require, IN ao-
ccrdance with law. authenticated copies
ments forming part of notarial protocols
.. files, or which may be contained IN tns
~xecutive or Judicial archives. be he lat
Article TX.
Spanish subjects, natives of the pen
Ursula, residing in the territory over which
cedes her sovereignty. may remain IN such
territory or may remove therefrom, retain
ing I'm either event all their rights %. prop
OF such property or OF its proceeds; and
they shall also have the right TO carry on
BEING f 'e subject in respect thereof 10 such
laws as are applicable TO other foreign-
ers. In case they remain In the territory
clown OF Spain by making. before !; couI.
OF record, within a year from the date or
the OF of on To
laration ' they ''s shall be held 70 have re-
nounced II and 10 have adopted ne ma
tionality of the territory in which they may
reside side o,v, RIGHTS and nol,t,cal status OF
the native Inhabitants of the territories
hereby ceded to the United States shall be
determined by the congress-
Article n.
THE Inhabitants oil the territories over
h a
ereignty shall be secured In the Tree exer-
else of their religion.
Article Xl.
THE Spaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain by this treaty cedes or
relinquishes her sovereignty shall be SUD-
ject In matters civil as well as criminal to
the jurisdiction of the courts OF the county
wherein they reside, pursuant TO the ordi-
nary laws governing the same; ana 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 Publications OF this
treaty In the territories over which spain
relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall
DE determined according 10 the following
81 Judgments rendered either in civil
suits between private individuals or In
criminal matters, before the date men
toned, and with respect 10 which there is
no recourse or right OF review under the
spanish law, shall be deemed 10 b De ni1al
petent authorities in the territory within
which judgments should be carried out.
80 Civil SUITS between private individuals
which may on the date mentioned be I'M
/ determined shall be prosecuted 10 Juds-
ment 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 court, OF
Spain against citizens or the territory
which by this treaty ceases 10 be Spamsh
shall continue under ITS yurlsdlctlon untl
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 ALL.
''The rights OF property secured Dy copy
rights ana patents acquired by Spaniards
in the Island de Cuba and in Porto Rico
the Philippines OF other ceded territorles
AT the time of the exchange or the ratln
cations of this treaty. shall continue to
be respected Spanish scientlnc, literary
and artistic works, not suDVerslVe OF Iuplit
order in the territories in question, shs!
! continue to be admitted free OF duty lntc
such territories foT the period or ten ears
to be reckoned from the date OF me eA
3 change Of the ratifications OF this treaty
Article XIV.
"Snalo viii nave Ine power 10 establish
! ccnsular Offices Ia the ports and places y
the territories the sovereignty over wnlSI
mas been either IclInqulshSu OF csoeu y!
the present treaty
Article XIV.
.sThe government of each country ill
for the term Of ten years, accord to tn
merchant vessels or the otner country tn
same treatment in respect OF All OF
charges including entrance ana CT saranc
dues light dues and tonnage duties, as |
aCcoTds to its own merchant vessels no
ems aged in the coastwise trade.
'"rhis article may at any time Le ter
minated ON six months notice given D.
either government to the other
Article XVI.
80. tbot anv ohIfgafion
assumed in this treaty by the United State
with respect TO Cuba are limited 10 the tim
Of its occupancy Thereon; out IL Will, upo
the termination OF sucn occupancy, adNls
any government established in the islam
10 assume the same obligations.
Article AVIl.
THE present treaty shall be ratified b
the president Of the United States, by an
with the advice and consent OF the senat
thereof, and by her majesty the queen re
gent of SPAIN and the Publications ha
be exchanged at Washington within 81
months from the date hereof, or carrier
'Tn faith whereof we, the RESPECTIVE
Observation-Disclosures, have signed this treat
: ard have hereunto affixed our seals
Ozone in duplicate at Paris, the tent
day OF December, in the year OF Our Lor
: one thousand eight hundred and ninety
. eight civilian II. DAY.
"CUSHMAN *. DAVIS
civilian Il. FRYE.
: GEORGE GRAY.
"WHITELAW REID.
Z EUGENE MONTERO RIOS.
"B. DE ABARZUZA.
= -. DE GARNICA.
r wv. r. DE VILLA URRUTIA
!, "RAFAEI. CERRERO."
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