First Annual Register of Porto Rico Prepared and Compiled Under the Direction of William H. Hunt, Secretary of Porto Rico, by James McLeary. July 1901

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Side 17 - ... to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party ; to controversies between two or more States, between a State and citizens of another State, between citizens of different States, between citizens of the same State claiming land under grants of different States, and between a State, or the citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens or subjects.
Side 212 - April twelfth, nineteen hundred, "temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes...
Side 20 - In time of peace, no soldier ought to be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; and in time of war, such quarters ought not to be made but by the civil magistrate, in a manner ordained by the Legislature.
Side 72 - When a question is under debate no motion shall be received but to adjourn; to lay on the table...
Side 74 - Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted : after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over, the doors shall then be shut, and those for whom no excuse, or insufficient excuses are made, may, by order of those present...
Side 295 - An act to provide revenue for the people of Porto Rico, and for other purposes...
Side 72 - A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and, if carried, shall be considered equivalent to its rejection.
Side 73 - The previous question shall be in this form: "Shall the main question be now put?" It shall only be admitted when demanded by a majority of the members present; and...
Side 84 - ... shall at all times faithfully execute the laws, and he shall in that behalf have all the powers of governors of the Territories of the United States that are not locally inapplicable...
Side 212 - That the commissioner of education shall superintend public instruction throughout Porto Rico, and all disbursements on account thereof must be approved by him ; and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, and make such reports through the governor as may be required...

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