New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-04

at tne tie OF cession CAprfl H. 1891 foruoons the
marriage OF priests. ministers followers OF any
faith because of vows they NAV have taken, is
hereby repealed and annulled and provided further
that the laws and orders relating TO divorce be
and are hereby amended SO TO read
Adultery on the part OF either the husband or
the wife"
The Commissioner of Navigation shall make reg
uatons for the naturalization of Puerto Rican
vessels. and for the admission of the same to the
benefits OF the coasting trade, and the head of
the Marine Hospital Service shall establish quar-
antine stations and apply the quarantine regula-
lions in the island
The coins of Puerto Rico shall be retired and ex-
changed for United States coins at the rate of 100
cents OF the former 10 80 cents of the latter. and
after the expiration OF three months from the date
OF this act the latter shall be the only legal tender
in Puerto Rico for indebtedness thereafter con-
tracted.
All title acquired in Puerto Rico by the United
States under the treaty of cesson to public bridges
roadhouses. water powers, highways unnaviga-
bic streams, subterranean waters, mines or min
erals under the surface of private lands, and all
property which then belonged under the laws of
Spain then in force to the various harbor works
boards of Puerto Rico, and all the harbor shores,
docks slips and unreclamed lands, but not includ-
ing harbor navigable waters, are trans
ferred to the Puerto Rican Government for the
benefit of the people Of Puerto Rico.
All Judicp~ processes shall In the name of
the United States. all criminal prosecutions in the
local courts shall be in the name and by the au-
thority of "the people of Puerto Rico and all
officials shall take oath to support the Consti-
ton of the United States and the laws of Puerto
Rico.
The Governor shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent. by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, for term of four years; he shall reside
in Puerto Rico during his term; he may grant
pardons and reprieves and remit fines and forfeit
ures for offences against the laws of Puerto Rifo,
United States: he shall be the commander in chief
of the militia and have all the powers Ct the Gov
locally inapplicabie: he shall make reports annu,,
to the through GTn5 the @ Of
The President, by and with the advice and con-
Attorney-General Treasurer an Auditor. Com
missioner of the Interior and Commissioner of
pointed In like manner shall constitute an ;, Elk,
native inhabitants of Puerto Rico. The Council
shall have legislative powers and duties: In case
tary shall perform the duties until the vacancy
shall have been filled. The other five members are
such salaries as the Legislative Assembly shall pre-
scribe The House Of Delsgates shall consist s Of
each of the seven districts into which the island is
to be divided by the Executive Council
THE FRANCHISE.
All citizens of Puerto Rico shall be entitled to
who have been bona fde residents for
year and who possess the other qualifications
quired by law and the military orders in force
March l. 1909 subject to such notifications and ad-
ditiona qualifications and such regulations and re,
stretions to registration as may be prescribed
by the Executive Council
The House of Delegates shall convene at the CAPT
tel tsan juan at such time as may be DESIGNATED
by the Executive Council but shall not continue
unless called by the Governor 70 meet in extraor
dnaf Ono NoS 5ha be sso oil 70
and Is not able to write either the Spanish or the
own right of taxable property situated in Puerto
Rico
All bills may originate in either legislative branch
bat none shall become Law except in the same
Of b9 S ne an a Ir s
be reported to Congress. which the right,
The legislative authority shall extend to all legis-
lative matters not locally inappicabe ine I
municipalities to provide and repeal laws and
modfg snd repeal all laws and ordinances now in
force not inconsistent with the provisions hereof;
and or Of pn6c or
Co11netI With the annroVai Of the Governor but ali
franchises SO granted shall be reported to Con,
the same
THE JUDICIARY
The judicial power shall be vested in the courts
and tribunals of Puerto Rico. already estab-
Hshed and in operation under and by virtue of
military orders and the laws and ordinances of
Puerto Rico and the municipalities thereof in
force, so far as the same are not in conflict here
with. which courts and tribunals hereby
tnued with the same jurisdiction and forms of pro-
cedure. 1t is provided, however. that the Chief
Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of Puerto Rico and the Marshal thereof
shall be appointed by the President by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, and the
judges of the district courts shall be appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
OF the Executive Council, and all other Of
ficias shall be chosen the Legislative Assembly
may direct which shall have authority legislate
from time TO time it may see fit with respect
to said courts and any others ii may deem advis-
able establish
Puerto Rico shall constitute judicial district, 10
be called the District Of Puerto Rico" and the
President by and with the consent Of the Sen
ate, shall appoint District Judge, District At
torney and a Marshal for said district This court
shall be called the District Court of the United
States for Puerto Rico, and shall have power to
appoint all necessary officers and assistants and
such commissioners as may be necessary who
shall have like powers duties as are exercised
by commissioners of Circuit Courts of the United
States. The court, in addition the ordinary
Jurisdiction of district of the United States
shall have jurisdiction OF all cognizant in the
Circuit Courts OF the United States and shall pro-
coed therein In the manner The laws of the
United States relating 10 appeals of error and
certlorar1 removal Of causes, ETC. shall govern in
such matters and proceedings as between the Dis
trict Court and the courts Of Puerto Rico All
pleadings and proceedings shall be in the English
language. The court shall be the successor of the
provisional court established by military authority
and said provisional court is hereby discontinued
Writs of and appeals from the final de-
cisions OF the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and
the District Court of the United States shall be
allowed and may be taken to the Supreme Court
Of the United States In the same manner as from
the Supreme courts of the Territories and shall be
allowed IN all cases where the Constitution of the
United States a treaty thereof an act OF Con-
gress is brought in question, and the Supreme and
District courts of Puerto Rico and the respective
judges thereof may grant writs of habeas corpus
In all in which the grantable by
the Judges of the District and Circuit cou,ts of