The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-13
SENATE PASSES BILL.
Philippine Measures Carried by
Vote of A8 to 80.
Three Republican Senators Voxe
Against It-AII Amendments Re-
REDISTRIBUTION Of
the Bill.

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| five o'clock Tuesday afternoon tic
senate passed the Lodge Philippine
| government bill by vote of As to 30.
Three republicans, Senator's Hoar
! (Mass.), Mason Qll) and Wellington
| (Md.) voted against the measure, and
one democrat, Senator McLaurin 6.
CO. voted for it. All amendments Of
fered by the minority were rejected.
| Provisions of the Bill.
| The Philippine government bill as passed
| by the senate approved the action of the
| president in creating the Philippine COM
| mission and the offices of civil governor and
| vice governor of the islands, ard authorizes
| the governor and vice governor to exercise
| the powers of government as directed by
| executive order. Future appointments OF
! the governor or vice governor shall be made
| by the president with the advice and coz
| sent of the senate.
| The "bill of rights of the United States
| constitution are applied to the Philippine
| islands with the exception of the right to
| bear arms and the right to trial by jury.
| The supreme court and other courts OF
| the islands shall exercise jurisdiction as
heretofore provided by the Philippine COM
mission and the justices of the supreme
| court shall be appointed by the president
| and the senate; the others by the civil gov
| ernor and the commission.
| The action of the president of the United
| States in leyying and collecting taxes is ap-
proved
Entitled to Our Protection.
| All the inhabitants of the Philippine
| islands are deemed to be citizens of the Phil
| ippine islands and entitled to the protection
| of the United States.
| When the insurrection in the Islands shall
| have been subdued a careful census of the
| {cIo o1c hall ba taly a mr. 9f n
| sus the governor of the Islands shalFmake
! a full report to the president ard make
| recommenGatio as to future government.
| Meantime the Philippine commission is
| authorized to establish municipal and pro-
| vincial governments with popular repre-
| sentative government, so far and as last
| as the communities, are capable ard fit for
| the same, the Philippine commission being
| authorized to determine the qualifications
| of the electors. The president is author
| lied to regulate the commercial intercourse
| with the archipelago in the interest OF the
! general welfare.
| The government of the Philippines is au-
| thorized to provide for the needs of COM
| merce by improving harbors ard navigable
waters, providing warehouses, lighthouses,
| signal stations. etc.
All land in the Philippines is placed un-
der the control of the Philippine commission
for the benefit of the Inhabitants 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 DISPOSE
| ton of the public lands, but the regulations
| shall not go into effect until approved by
| the president and congress; provided that
| a single homestead entry shall not exceed
| 40 acres, and also provided that 20 such land
| shall be leased, let or demised to any cor
| porato until law regulating the DISPOSE
| lion of the public lands shall be enacted.
| he ri of
| States is conferred the right to review the
/ decisions Of the supreme court of the Phil
/ ippines.
| municipalities are authorized to issue
| bonds for municipal improvements with the
| consent of the president and congress, the
| tire Indebtedness Of any municipality not
| to exceed five per cent. of the assessed Valu-
| alton Of property 1t is provided that the
| bonds shall be gold bonds and shall be! free
| from any taxation. A sinking fund for the
| pavment of the bonds and interest thereon
/ must be provided by the municipality is
| suing them. The city of Manila is author
| lied to incur Indebtedness, in gold bonds, to
an amount not exceeding $4,000,000, to pay
| for a sewer system and water supply.
| The government of the Philippines is au-
| thorized to grant franchises and coEces-
sions, including the right of eminent DO
| main for the construc ton of works of pub
| lie utility, provided that no private property
! shall be taken without just compensation |;
| that no franchise shall be granted to any
| corporation that shall not be subject to re-
| view by congress; and that all lands granted
| shall revert, at the expiration of the con-
! cession, to the governments by which they
| were made.
| No corporation shall be authorized to con-
| duct the business of buying and selling real
| estate, ard the amount Of real estate which
| shall be held by any corporation shall be
determined by congress.
| Coinage.
A mint is to be established in Manila and
| coins authorized may be coined at the mint,
/ the coinage laws of the United States be-
ing extended to the islands The Philip
| pine government is authorized to coin "a
| silver dollar containing 416 grains of stand
| ard silver, to be a coin of the Philippine
| islands, the denomination of the coin to be
| expressed in English, Filipino and Chinese
| characters. Silver brought to the Manila
| mint shall be coined for the benefit of the
| Gepositor the mint charge being one cent
| for each dollar coined. The same coin may
| be made at the mint in San Francisco upon
! the request of the Philippine government,
| with the approval of the secretary of the
| treasury, provided that such deposits at the
| San Francisco mint shall be confined to sill
| yer produced in the United States. Subsidi-
| airy coins of silver also may be coined at the
| Manila mint, under restrictions similar to
| those regulating the coinage of the dollar.
| The dollar shall be legal tender in the Phil
| ippines for puolic ard private debts, except
| where otherwise stipulated. Silver certifi-
| Gates may be issued for deposits of Filipino
| dollars in sums of $40 or more. Other minor
subsidiary coins are provided for.