BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-12

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same manner and to the same extent
as if said schedules and paragraphs
Were expressly reenacted in this
Act, and all the other provisions and
paragraphs of such Act comprised
in the sections thereof from two to
thirty-four, inclusive, not locally
inapplicable shall be and remain IN
force in said island Of Puerto Rico
until otherwise provided by Congress:
PrOUided, hoaceUer. That all coll
ections made hereunder shall be paid
into the treasury of the island, to be
expended as required by law for the
government and benefit of the island
of being paid into the Treasury of
the United States.
Sec. Z. That on and after the
passage of this Act there shall be
collected within the island of Puerto
Rico all the internal-revenue taxes
imposed under the provisions of the
Revised Statutes upon citizens of
the United States living elsewhere
in the United States in so far as the
same are locally applicable, and all
the provisions of the laws of the
United States providing for internal
revenue taxation and the collection
thereof not locally inapplicable shall
be and remain in force within the
island of Puerto Rice until otherwise
provided by Congress.
Sec. s. That on and after the
passage of this Act all merchandise
coming into the United States from
the island of Puerto Rice, and all
merchandise going from the United
States into the island of Puerto
Rico, shall be admitted into the res
pective ports of entry free of all
tariffs, customs, and duties, all laws
and parts of laws to the contrarty
notwithstanding.
Sec. 8. That ali expenses that
may be incurred on account of the
government of Puerto Rico fer 6a-
laries of officials and the conduct of
their offices and departments, and
all expenses and Obligations contrac-
ted for the improvement or develop
ment of the island, and for defenses
or public works of any character in
the island, shall be paid by the trea.
Surer cf the island out of the r6Ve
nues in his hands, and not to be 4
liability in any case If the United
States.
Sec. 10. That the Constitution
and all the laws of the United States
locally applicable, except as herein
before or hereinafter otherwise prov
ided, shall have the same force and
effect in the island of Puerto Rico
as elsewhere in the United States.
Sec. IL. That the legislative au-
thority hereinafter provided shall
have power by due enactment, to
amend, alter, modify, or repeal any
law or ordinance, civil or criminal,
continued in force by this Act as it
may from time to time see fit, subject
in all cases, hewever, to the limitati-
ons and restrictions herein imposed
upon the exercise of that power.
Sec. IL. That all vested property
rights, and all obligations, contracts,
rights of action, suits at law and in
equity, prosecutions for crimes and
misdemeanors, and all sentences and
and civil judgments and decrees now
existing shall remain unaffected by
this Act and continue enforcible.
Sec. 13. Thai all judicial and
legal process shall run in the name
of 'The United States of America,
island of Puerto Rico," and all cri-
minal or penal p Os cutions shall be
conducted in the name and by the
authority of ''the United States Of
America, island of Puerto Eico."
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