Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-06
provide by rules or orders Of legisla-

provide by rules or orders OF legisla-
tive character.
1.-THE Commission will also have
power during the same period to ap-
point to office such officers under the
Judicial, educational and civil service
systems and in the municipal and de-
partmental governments as shall be
provided for. Until the complete trans
fer Of control the Military Governor
will remain the chief executive head
of the government Of the islands, and
will exercise the executive authority
now possessed by him and not herein
expressly assigned to the Commission.
subject, however, to the rules and !
orders enacted by the Commission in
the exercise Of the legislative powers
conferred upon them. In the meantime
the municipal and departmental gov
ernments will continue to report to the |
Military Governor and be subject to
his administrative supervision and con-
troll, under your direction, but that
supervision and control will be confined
within the narrowest limits consistent
with the requirement that the powers
of government in the municipalities
and departments shall BIZ honestly and
effectively exercised and that law and
order and individual freedom shall be
maintained.
IAN legislative rules and orders, es-
Establishments of government and ap-
pointments to office by the Commission
will take effect Immediately, or at such
times as they shall designate, subject
| to your approval and action upon the
coming in of the Commissions reports,
which are to be made from time to
| time as their action is taken. Wher-
| ever civil governments are constituted
under the direction Of the Commission
such military posts, garrisons, and
forces will be continued for the sup
preston of insurrection and brigandage
| and the maintenance of law and order
/ as the Military Commander shall deem
requisite, and the military forces shall
be at all times subject, under his
1 orders, to the call of the civil authori-
ties for the maintenance of law and
order and the enforcement of their
authority.
sin the establishment Of municipal
governments the Commission will take
as the basis of their work the govern
ments established by Military Governor
under his order Of August 9Th. 1899,
and under the report Of the board con-
stituted by the Military Governor by
his order of January 29th, 1900, to
formulate and report plan of municipal
government, OF whioh His Honor Cage
tano Arellano, President of the Audien-
cha, was chairman, and they will give
to the conclusions of that board the
weight and consideration which the
high character and distinguished abili-
ties of its members justify.
"In the constitution of departmental
or provincial governments they will
give especial attention to the existing
government of the island of Negroes,
constituted, with the approval of the
people of that island, under the order
, Of the Military Governor Of July 22d,
1899, and after verifying, 80 far as may
be practicable, the reports of the sue
cessiul working of that government
, they will be guided by the experiences
thus acquired go far as it may be
, applicable to the condition existing in
: other portions of the Philippines. They
will avail themselves, to the fullest
degree practicable, of the conclusions
reached by the previous Commission tc
the Philippines.
, "In the distribution Of powers among
the governments organized by the Com
I mission, the presumption is always. t.
! be in favor of the smaller subdivision
, 30 that all the powers which car
.
Government shall be vested in tina
! government, and all the powers of ;
more general character which can b.
: exercised by the departmental govern
{ ment shall be vested in that govern
= ment, and so that in the governmental
0 system, which is the result of the pro
Q cess, the central government of tn,
I. islands, following the example of tn
r distribution of the powers between tn
I States and the National Government o
i the United States, shall have no d.rec
|, administration except Of matters o
9 purely general concern, and shall hav
Q only such supervision and control owe
u local governments as may be neoessar
II to secure and enforce faithful np'
j. efficient administration by local officers
1.-THE many different degrees of oivi
n lizarion and varieties of customs an
Q capacity among the people of the dill
}, ferent islands preclude very definit
y instruction as to the part which th
J, people shall take in the selection c
't their own officers; but these genera
% rules are to be observed: That in a
u cases the municipal officers, who ad
n minister the local affairs of the people
that wherever officers of more extende
IS jurisdiction are to be selected in an
to way, natives of the islands are to b
10 preferred, and il they can be foun
l. competent and willing to perform th
10 duties, they are to receive the offices
70 preference to any others.
"a cit will be necessary to fill SON
n offices for the present with American
Of which after time may we'll be file
to by natives of the islands. As soon {
q practicable q system for ascertainin
IT the merit and fitness of candidates fl
& civil offices should be Put in force. A
D. indispensable qualification for all offiot
', and positions of trust and authority
the islands must be absolute and vi
a. conditional loyalty to the Unite
OF States, and absolute and unhampere
g. authority and power to remove al
D. punish any officer deviating from tn;
in standard must at all times be retaine
~ 10 the hands of the central authority
IN the islands.
ne elm all the forms of government az
st administrative provisions which thu
a. are authorized to prescribe the Cor
OF mission should bear 10 mind that I'll
rs government which they are establish
al ing is designed not for our satisfaction
81 or for the expression of our theoretic
ol views, but for the happiness, pea
U, and prosperity OF the people OF I'll
ne Philippine Islands, and the measure
vs. adopted should be made to conform
or their customs, their habits, aud eve
their preiudices, to the fullest exte
p consistent with the accomplishment
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