The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-04

commission and the offices of civil gov
ernor and vice governor of the islands,
and authorizes the governor and vice
governor to exercise the powers of
government as directed by executive
order. Future appointments of the gov
ernor or vice governor shall be made
by the President with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
The bill of rights" of the United
States constitution is applied to the
Philippine Islands. with the exception
of the right to bear arms and the right
to a trial by jury.
The supreme court and other courts
of the islands shall exercise purisdic-
ton as heretofore provided by the
Philippine Commission and the justices
of the supreme court shall be appointed
by the President and the Senate.
All the inhabitants of the Philippine
Islands are deemed to be citizens of the
Philippine Islands and entitled to the
protection of the United States.
The Philippine Commission is auth
orized to establish municipal and pro-
vincial governments, with popular rep
resentative government so far and as
fast as the communities are capable
and fit for the same, the Philippine
Commission being authorized to deter
mine the qualifications Of the electors.
The Philippine Lands.
All land in the Philippines is placed
under the control of the Philippine
Commission for the benefit of the in
habitants of the islands, except such
as may be needed for the use of the
United States.
The government of the Philippines
shall make rules and regulations for
the disposition of the public lands, but
regulations shall rot go into effect I'M
til approved by the President and Con-
gress; provided that a single home
stead entry shall not exceed forty
acres, and also provided that no such
land shall be leased, let or demised to
any corporation until a law regulating
the disposition of the public lands shall
be enacted.
No corporation shall be authorized
to engage in agriculture unless provi-
sion shall have been made therefor.
The Philippine Commission is author
lied to acquire the friar lands and is
empowered to issue bonds to pay for
them These lands, once acquired, shall
he part of the domain of the United
States and may be disposed of as such.
Upon the Supreme SQUIRT of the Unit
ed States is conferred the right to
review the decisions of the Supreme
Court of the Philippines.
Municipalities are authorized to issue
bonds for municipal improvements. 1t
is provided that the bonds shall be
gold bonds and shallbe free from any
taxation.
Tie government of the Philippines is
authorized to grant franchises and con-
cessions, including the right of eminent
domain, for the construction of works
of public utility. provided that no pri-
vate property shall be taken without
just compensation; that no franchise
shall be granted to any corporation that
shall not be subject to review by Con-
gress; and that all lands granted shall
revert, at the expiration of the conces-
sion, to the governments by which they
were made.
No corporation shall be authorized to
conduct the business of buying and
selling real estate, and the amount OF
real estate which shall be held by any
corporation, shall be determined by
Congress-.
To Coin Philippine Dollars.
A mint is to be established in Manila
and coins authorized may be coined at
the mint, the coinage laws of the
United States being extended to the
islands. The Philippine government is
authorized to coin a silver dollar, con-
tanning 416 grains of standard silver, to
be a coin of the Philippine Islands, the
denomination of the coin to be express
ed in English. Filipino and Chinese
characters. The dollar shall be legal
tender in the Philippines for public and
private debts, except where otherwise