Translation of the Proposed Constitution for Cuba: The Official Acceptance of the Platt Amendment, and the Electoral Law |
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... following the promulgation of this Constitution . Second . Foreigners established in Cuba prior to January 1st ... day of April , 1899 , who may not have been registered as such in the proper registers prior to the same month and day of ...
... following the promulgation of this Constitution . Second . Foreigners established in Cuba prior to January 1st ... day of April , 1899 , who may not have been registered as such in the proper registers prior to the same month and day of ...
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... following ten working days after having received a bill or resolution the ... day of his determination , in order that the latter may remain in session ... following qualifications : First . He must be a native - born or naturalized Cuban ...
... following ten working days after having received a bill or resolution the ... day of his determination , in order that the latter may remain in session ... following qualifications : First . He must be a native - born or naturalized Cuban ...
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... days after the promulgation of the present law the municipal mayors will call the electors , who will meet in their respec- tive wards within the eight days following the date of the call , and in the place and at the date which will be ...
... days after the promulgation of the present law the municipal mayors will call the electors , who will meet in their respec- tive wards within the eight days following the date of the call , and in the place and at the date which will be ...
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... day following that of the election . ( Form A. ) The secretaries of the provisional board , together with the presi- dent , will write and sign the minutes of election of the board of regis- tration , according to Form No. 1 , which ...
... day following that of the election . ( Form A. ) The secretaries of the provisional board , together with the presi- dent , will write and sign the minutes of election of the board of regis- tration , according to Form No. 1 , which ...
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... day the board will certify with the signature of each one of its members , placed next to the last name , the number of persons registered . It will take care that an exact list of the persons registered on the day be placed on the ...
... day the board will certify with the signature of each one of its members , placed next to the last name , the number of persons registered . It will take care that an exact list of the persons registered on the day be placed on the ...
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alcalde appoint approved audiencia ayuntamientos ballot box Board of Inscription board of registration board of scrutiny central board certificates CHAPTER circuit will elect civil registry colegislative bodies composed Congress Constitution Court of Justice crime day following declared documents duties elect three members elector can vote electoral board electoral college Electoral district electoral law electoral registry electoral representative established executed exercise foreign Government of Cuba governors of Provinces greatest number Güines Havana House of Representatives island judicial lative Matanzas military governor municipal councils Native-born Cubans naturalized Cuban necessary number of votes o'clock paragraph person Pinar del Río PLATT AMENDMENT powers present President Presidential electors promulgation provincial board provincial councils provisional board Puerto Príncipe reduction or suppression registered Republic resolutions respective Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba Second Secretary Senatorial electors Senators and Representatives session suspension territory thereof tion TITLE total number treaties Vice-President voter
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Page 22 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 21 - I. That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island.
Page 21 - III. That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 21 - II. That said government shall not assume or contract any public debt, to pay the interest upon which, and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for the ultimate discharge of which the ordinary revenues of the Island, after defraying the current expenses of government, shall be inadequate.
Page 22 - ... to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Page 14 - Provincial Councils and Their Powers. ART. 93. Provincial Councils shall have the right to — First. — Decide all matters concerning the Province, and which, under the Constitution, treaties, or laws, are not within the general jurisdiction of the State or the special jurisdiction of the ayuntamientos.
Page 2 - ART. 7. Cuban citizenship is forfeited: First. By acquiring foreign citizenship. Second. By accepting employment or honors from another government without permission of the Senate. Third. By entering the military service of a foreign nation without a like permission. Fourth. By a naturalized Cuban residing five years continuously in his native country, except by reason of his being in the employ of or fulfilling a commission of the Government of the Republic.
Page 2 - Foreigners who, after five years' residence in the territory of the Republic and not less than two years from the time that they declared their intention of acquiring Cuban citizenship, may obtain their letters of naturalization in conformity with the laws.
Page 17 - ART. 96. All resolutions of the provincial councils may be suspended by the governor of the Province or by the President of the Republic, whenever, in their judgment, they may...
Page 6 - ART. 45. The Senate shall be composed of four Senators from each Province, elected therefrom for a period of eight years by the provincial councilmen and by a double number of electors, who, together with the provincial councilmen, shall constitute an Electoral Board. One-half of the electors must be persons who pay the highest amount of taxes and the remainder shall possess the qualifications that may be determined by law. All of the electors must also be of age and residents of municipal districts...