American Samoa: A General Report by the Governor

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927 - 137 sider
 

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Side 39 - America all her rights and claims over and in respect to the Island of Tutuila and all other islands of the Samoan group east of Longitude 171° west of Greenwich. Great Britain in like manner renounces in favor of the United States...
Side 35 - The Chief Justice may recommend to the Government of Samoa the passage of any law which he shall consider just and expedient for the prevention and punishment of crime and for the promotion of good order in Samoa outside the Municipal District and for the collection of taxes without the District.
Side 51 - Neither the Constitution nor the laws of the United States have been extended to them, and the only administrative authority existing in them is that derived mediately or immediately from the President as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
Side 42 - The Island of Tutuila of the Samoan Group, and all other Islands of the Group east of Longitude 171° west of Greenwich, are hereby placed under the control of the Department of the Navy, for a Naval Station. The Secretary of the Navy will take such steps as may be necessary to establish the authority of the United States, and to give the islands the necessary protection.
Side 21 - Naval vessels of the United States shall have the privilege of entering and using the port of Pago Pago and establishing therein and on the shores thereof a station for coal and other naval supplies...
Side 123 - ... bread and sweet potatoes. In Guam it was formerly cooked after the manner of most Pacific island aborigines, by means of heated stones in a hole in the earth, layers of the stones, breadfruit, and green leaves alternating.
Side 24 - That the British Government should, under existing circumstances, take steps for the establishment of its rule over such islands in the Pacific as are not already occupied by or under the protection of a foreign power, and the occupation of which by any foreign power would be detrimental to the interests of Australasia.
Side 39 - Samoan group privileges and conditions equal to those enjoyed by the sovereign Power, in all ports which may be open to the commerce of either of them. ARTICLE IV The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible, and shall come into force immediately after the exchange of ratifications.
Side 39 - ARTICLE I The General Act concluded and signed by the aforesaid Powers at Berlin on the 14th day of June, AD 1889, and all previous treaties, conventions and agreements relating to Samoa, are -annulled. ARTICLE...
Side 40 - Samoa, for the erection of the necessary buildings and structures thereon and for such other purposes as may, in the judgment of the President, be necessary to confirm the rights of the United States under Article...

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