[Model (F)-Face.] ACCOUNT of the Exchange of Money Orders between the Dominion of Canada and the United States during the Quarter ended Orders Issued in the Dominion of Canada Paid in the United States. Orders Issued in the United States Paid in the Dominion of Canada. 190. Remarks. Total [Reverse.] Total Dol. C. Dol. Paid on account by the Postal Depart- Paid on account by the Postal Department ment of the United States:of the Dominion of Canada : Dol. C. Dol. C. C. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, CANADA. Money Order Branch. Postal Department of of $ Ottawa, Sir, I have the honour to inclose, in duplicate, the account 190 Superintendent. Money Order System, The above statement of account is accepted with a due the Postal Department of the and one copy of the account is herewith returned. PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States, on the Establishment of a Civil Government in Porto Rico.Washington, July 25, 1901. WHEREAS by an Act of Congress, approved the 12th April, 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 collections of duties and taxes in Porto Rico under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the Treasury 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 the 12th April, 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 * Vol. XCII, page 742. Act of Congress, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide Revenues and a Civil Government for Porto Rico and for other Purposes,' duly approved the 12th April, 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 the 4th July, 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 the 31st January, 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 the 3rd December, 1900, and ending the 31st January, 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 25th 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. "WILLIAM H. Hunt, "President of the Executive Council. "MAN. F. ROSSY, "Speaker of the House of Delegates. "Approved, July 4, 1902. “CHAS. H. ALLEN, Governor." 861 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 provisions 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. RUSSIA. 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 25th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1901, and of the Independence of the United States the 126th. (L.S.) WILLIAM MCKINLEY. By the President: DAVID J. HILL, Acting Secretary of State. RUSSIAN REGULATIONS and Instructions as to Naval (Translation.) ORDER TO THE NAVAL AUTHORITIES. St. Petersburgh, July 14, 1895, No. 112. His Majesty the Emperor was pleased to confirm, on the 27th March of the current year, "Regulations in regard to Naval Prizes." I communicate to the naval authorities, for their guidance, these Regulations, together with the Decree of the Directing Senate, dated the 18th May, No. 5406. GENERAL-ADMIRAL ALEXIEFF, In the Office of the Ministry of Marine. (No. 5406.) Decree of His Imperial Majesty the Autocrat of all the Russias, from the Directing Senate to the Director of the Ministry of Marine. By order of His Imperial Majesty, we, the Directing Senate, have heard the Report of the Director of the Ministry of Marine, *From the "London Gazette" of March 18, 1904. |