Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-04

bear arms and the right to trial by jury.
Inc 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 levying and collecting taxes is ap-
| proved.
All the Inhabitants OF the Philippine Is
| lands are deemed to be citizens of the Phil
| ippine Islands and entitled to the protec-
| ton of the United States.
When the insurrection in the islands shall
| nave oeen subdued careful census of the
| islands shall be taken. and after such CEN
| sus the governor of the islands shall make
| full report to the President, and make
| recommendations as to future government.
| Representative Government.
| Meantime. the Philippine commission is
authorized to establish municipal and pro-
| Vincial governments, with popular repre-
sentative government far. and as fast
as the communities are capable and fit for
the same, the Philippine commission being
| authorized to determine the qualifications
| Of the electors. The President is authorized
| TO regulate the commercial intercourse with
| the archipelago in the interest Of the gen.
| eral welfare.
The government Of the Philippines Is au-
| thorized to provide for the needs of COM
| merce by improving harbors and navigable
waters, providing warehouses, light houses,
signal stations, etc.
| All land in the Philippines is placed I'M
DER the control Of the Philippine commits
| sion 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 dispo-
sltlon OF the public lands, but the regula-
lions shall not go into effect until approved
py the President and Congress; provided
| that single homestead entry shalt not ex-
| ceed 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 en-
| acted.
No corporation shall be authorized to en-
gage IN agriculture unless provision shall
have been made therefor
Inc Dill provides at length how claims,
ootn agricultural and mineral, shall be To-
Gated. and the Philippine commission Is
authorized to establish a mining bureau
Inc government of the Philippine Islands
| IS authorized to acquire and convey title to
rea, ana personal property and to acquire
| real estate for public uses by the right of
eminent domain.
To Acquire Friar Lands.
| The Philippine commission is authorized
to acquire the friar lands and is empowered
to issue bonds to pay for them. These
lands, once acquired, shall be a part of the
| domain Of the United States and may be
| disposed Of as such.
| Upon the Supreme Court of the United
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 entire Indebtedness Of any municipality
not TO exceed per cent of the assessed val
uation of property. 1t is provided that the
bonds shall be gold bonds and shall be free
from any taxation. A sinking fund for the
payment Of the bonds and interest thereon
must be provided by the municipality issu-
ing them. The city of Manila is authorized
to incur Indebtedness, in gold bonds to an
amount not exceeding S4,000,00O. to pay
for sewer system and water supply
The government of the Philippines is au-
thorized to grant franchises and conces-
slons, including the right of eminent do
main, for the construction Of works of pub
lie utility. provided that no private proner-
ty shall be taken without just compensa-
ton; that no franchise shall be granted to
any corporation that shall not be subject
to review by Congress; and that all lands
granted shall revert, at the expiration of
the concession, to the governments by
which they were made
No corporation shall be authorized to CON-
duct 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.
Coinage and Minting.
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 Philippine
government Is authorized to coin silver
dollar, containing 416 grains of standard
silver, to be a coin of the Philippine Is
lands, 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
depositor, the mint charge being l 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
silver produced in the United States Sub
sidiary coins of silver also may be coined
at the Manila mint under restrictions SINH
lar to those regulating the coinage Of the
dollar. The dollar shall be legal tender in
the Philippines for public and private debts
except where otherwise stipulated. Silver
certificates may be issued for deposits of
Filipino dollars in sums of twenty dollars
or more. Other minor subsidiary coins are
provided for.
The bill also continues the division of in
sular affairs of the War Department, the
chief of which shall have the rank Of
colonel of the United States army.