LIST OF JUDGES AND SECRETARIES OF THE Fajardo.. Hato Grande, Las Marías.. Manatí Maricao. Peñuelas. Quebradillas. Rincón:...... Río Piedras. Sabana Grande. San Germán......... JUDGES. Lorenzo Bosch Bosch. Ventura Torrent Robert. Fernando Caballero Zeno.... .Luis Benet Colón... Agustín Laugier Acosta.. Manuel Torregrosa....... Victoriano Dávila Lebrón. ..Guillermo Velazco Soltero.. Eduardo Martorell Casalduc. José C. Rossy Calderón....... .Artajerjes Cebollero Sánchez.. ..Juan Vals Descartes.. .Eugenio Pérez.. 1 San Francisco..... ..José Nevarez Landrón.. Manuel A. Landrón Lopez. Manuel Muñoz Saurí.. .Eugenio O'Neill Monell... Francisco Carbó Romero. Manuel Pasarell... SECRETARIES. Luis Chiesa Irizarry. Antonio Caballas Oliveras. .Carmelo Muñoz Santana, Félix Rios. Ramón Estrella. Eugenio Benitez. Nicolás A. Jiménez. Ventura Padró. Basilio Nieves. Concepción Maldonado. Ignacio Santiago. Martín Ibañez Alvarez. Francisco Cortés Colòn. Francisco Méndez Santana. José de Thomás Tirado. José Oriol Muñoz. Luis Pereyó. ....José Parés Bonhome. .....José B. Rios Delgado. José Rosario Gelpí. José Puig Subirá. .Francisco de Jesús Abrams. .Angel Quiñones. Rafael Escalona. Juan A. Acosta Almodovar. Eduardo Arreche Andino. Emilio Montilla Valdespino. Emiliano Rosa del Valle. Lucas Valldejuly. Pablo E. Diaz. ..Juan B. Romero Areyzaga. Ramón Fournier Hecht. Luis Pio Toro. Lorenzo Barrante Pacheco. Francisco J. Otero. Leopoldo Richardson. Vicente E. Cano Serrano. .Santiago Villeneuve. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS: An Act of the Congress of the United States entitled, "An Act temporarily to provide revenues, and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved April 12, 1900, permits a commerce free of custom taxes between the United States and Porto Rico whenever the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of its government, and whenever the President of the United States, having been so notified by resolution of said Legislative Assembly, shall have made proclamation thereof; and WHEREAS: The Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico has enacted a revenue law creating a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the government, which in all of its parts will be in full operation on the first day of July next. NOW, THEREFORE: I, Charles H. Allen, Governor of Porto Rico, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the Organic Act aforesaid and by other laws of the United States and of Porto Rico, do hereby summon the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico to convene in extraordinary session at the Capital on the fourth day of July next at 10 o'clock in the morning, then and there to consider this matter, and, if they shall so determine, by joint resolution, to notify the President of the United States thereof for his action. IN WITNESS WHEREOF: I have hereunto affixed my signature, at the Executive Mansion at San Juan, on this twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and one. By the Governor: J. H. MACLEARY, Acting Secretary. CHAS. H. ALLEN, Governor. FREE-TRADE JOINT RESOLUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PORTO RICO, NOTIFYING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PORTO RICO HAS ENACTED AND PUT INTO OPERATION A SYSTEM OF LOCAL TAXATION TO MEET THE NECESSITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PORTO RICO, ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, ENTITLED "AN ACT TEMPORARILY то PROVIDE REVENUES AND A CIVIL GOVERNMENT FOR PORTO RICO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," DULY APPROVED APRIL 12TH, 1900. BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico : WHEREAS: A civil government for Porto Rico has been fully and completely organized in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," duly approved April 12th, 1900, and WHEREAS: It was provided by the terms of said Act of Congress, that whenever the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, by the aforesaid Act established, and shall by resolution duly passed so notify the President, he shall make proclamation thereof, and thereupon all tariff duties on merchandise and articles going into Porto Rico from the United States, or coming into the United States from Porto Rico shall cease, and from and after such date all such merchandise and articles shall be entered at the several ports of entry free of duty; NOW THEREFORE: The Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, in extraordinary session duly called by the Governor, and held at San Juan, the Capital, on July fourth, A. D., 1901, acting pursuant to the authority and power in it vested by the provisions of the said Act of Congress above referred to, does hereby notify the President of the United States that by virtue of an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, entitled "An Act to provide revenue for the people of Porto Rico, and for other purposes," duly approved January 31st, A. D., 1901, and of other Acts of the Legislative Assembly duly enacted at the first session of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, duly held at San Juan, Porto Rico, commencing December 3rd, 1900, and ending January 31st, A. D., 1901, it has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, by the aforesaid Act of Congress established. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PORTO RICO hereby directs that a copy of this joint resolution be presented to the President of the United States, and hereby requests the Governor of Porto Rico to deliver the same to the President, to the end that proclamation may be made by him according to the provisions of the said Act of Congress, and if it shall seem wise and proper to the President, that such proclamation may issue on the twenty-fifth day of July, the said day being a legally established holiday in Porto Rico commemorating the anniversary of the coming of the American flag to the Island. Approved 4th July, 1901. EXECUTIVE MANSION, SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, July 25, 1901. The following Proclamation has this day been issued by the President of the United States, to wit: PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS: By an Act of Congress approved April 12, 1900, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico and for other purposes" it was provided that "whenever the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, by this act established and shall by resolution duly passed so notify the President, he shall make proclamation thereof, and thereupon all tariff duties on merchandise and articles going into Porto Rico from the United States or coming into the United States from Porto Rico shall cease, and from and after such date all such merchandise and articles shall be entered at the several ports of entry free of duty,” and WHEREAS: By the same act it was provided "That as soon as a civil government for Porto Rico shall have been organized in accordance with the provisions of this act and notice thereof shall have been given to the President he shall make proclamation thereof and thereafter all colletions of duties and taxes in Porto Rico under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the Treasuay of Porto Rico to be expended as required by law for the government and benefit thereof instead of being paid into the Treasury of the United States,” and WHEREAS: The Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the government of Porto Rico, as aforesaid, and has passed and caused to be communicated to me the following resolution: "A JOINT RESOLUTION of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, notifying the President of the United States that the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, established by Act of Congress, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,' duly approved, April 12th, 1900. BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: WHEREAS: A civil government for Porto Rico has been fully and completely organized in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,' duly approved April 12th, 1900, and WHEREAS: It was provided by the terms of said Act of Congress, that whenever the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, by the aforesaid Act established, and shall by resolution duly passed so notify the President, he shall make proclamation thereof, and thereupon all tariff duties on merchandise and articles going into Porto Rico from the United States, or coming into the United States from Porto Rico shall cease, and from and after such date all such merchandise and articles shall be entered at the several ports of entry free of duty: NOW THEREFORE: The Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, in extraordinary session duly called by the Governor, and held at San Juan, the Capital, on July fourth, A. D., 1901, acting pursuant to the authority and power in it vested by the provisions of the said Act of Congress above referred to, does hereby notify the President of the United States that by virtue of an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, entitled 'An Act to provide revenue for the people of Porto Rico, and for other purposes,' duly approved January 31st, A. D., 1901, and of other Acts of the Legislative Assembly duly enacted at the first session of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, duly held at San Juan, Porto Rico, commencing December 3rd, 1900, and ending January 31st, A. D., 1901, it has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, by the aforesaid Act of Congress established. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PORTO RICO hereby directs that a copy of this joint resolution be presented to the President of the United States, and hereby requests the Governor of Porto Rico to deliver the same to the President, to the end that proclamation may be made by him according to the provisions of the said Act of Congress, and if it shall seem wise and proper to the President, that such proclamation may issue on the twenty-fifth day of July, the said day being a legally established holiday in Porto Rico commemorating the anniversary of the coming of the American flag to the Island. NOW, THEREFORE: I, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, President of the United States, in pursuance of the provisions of law above quoted and upon the foregoing due notification do hereby issue this my proclamation, and do declare and make known that a civil government for Porto Rico has been organized in accordance with the provision of the said Act of Congress: And I do further declare and make known that the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this twenty-fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. [SEAL.] By the President, WILLIAM MCKINLEY. DAVID J. HILL, Acting Secretary of State. |