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... port of Arroyo was taken by the ships . General Schwan , who was at Guanica , proceeded to San German with his regulars and then to Agnadilla , which was north . His objective point was Arecibo , which was on the northern coast ...
... port of Arroyo was taken by the ships . General Schwan , who was at Guanica , proceeded to San German with his regulars and then to Agnadilla , which was north . His objective point was Arecibo , which was on the northern coast ...
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... ports are San Juan , Ponce and Mayaguez . The principal city is San Juan , which is situated on an island off the northern coast with which it is connected by a bridge built over the sea which intervenes . The chief fortification ...
... ports are San Juan , Ponce and Mayaguez . The principal city is San Juan , which is situated on an island off the northern coast with which it is connected by a bridge built over the sea which intervenes . The chief fortification ...
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... port , Playa , by a good road . Playa has about 5,000 inhabitants . Ponce is about three miles inland from the south coast . The private houses are mostly built of wood , but the public buildings are mostly of brick or stone . The city ...
... port , Playa , by a good road . Playa has about 5,000 inhabitants . Ponce is about three miles inland from the south coast . The private houses are mostly built of wood , but the public buildings are mostly of brick or stone . The city ...
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... port charges it is carried on through Spain . The changes in the government of Porto Rico have not seemed to alter its com- mercial stability . PEOPLE . The people of this island are descendants of the Spaniards and negro slaves . The ...
... port charges it is carried on through Spain . The changes in the government of Porto Rico have not seemed to alter its com- mercial stability . PEOPLE . The people of this island are descendants of the Spaniards and negro slaves . The ...
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... ports open to trade were Sual , Iloilo , Zebu and Manila . Now that the open door pol- icy has been agreed upon by this country for the Islands the for- eign and domestic trade will continue to increase as it has since the Spanish left ...
... ports open to trade were Sual , Iloilo , Zebu and Manila . Now that the open door pol- icy has been agreed upon by this country for the Islands the for- eign and domestic trade will continue to increase as it has since the Spanish left ...
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Page 158 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 158 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 151 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 154 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 156 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 152 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 158 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
Page 157 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 163 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 159 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...