Samoan Elected Governor: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs..., 92-2, on H.R. 11523 and H.R. 12493..., March 23, 1972 |
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... recommend against the enactment of H.R. 11523 and H.R. 12493 . H.R. 11523 would amend the Statute of February 20 , 1929 ( 48 U.S.C. 1661 ) to provide for a popular election for the governor and lieutenant governor of American Samoa with ...
... recommend against the enactment of H.R. 11523 and H.R. 12493 . H.R. 11523 would amend the Statute of February 20 , 1929 ( 48 U.S.C. 1661 ) to provide for a popular election for the governor and lieutenant governor of American Samoa with ...
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... recommended amendments to the Constitution . The establishment , within the past year , of a full - time , salaried territorial legis- lative body with staff support has been a major step toward a truly representative government . Under ...
... recommended amendments to the Constitution . The establishment , within the past year , of a full - time , salaried territorial legis- lative body with staff support has been a major step toward a truly representative government . Under ...
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... recommended that American Samoa continue as an unorganized , unincorporated territory of the United States . The commission also recommended that the people of American Samoa elect their own Governor . ( I would note that there has ...
... recommended that American Samoa continue as an unorganized , unincorporated territory of the United States . The commission also recommended that the people of American Samoa elect their own Governor . ( I would note that there has ...
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... recommended in 1970 that the territory remain an unincorporated part of the United States for the present - but that they should be allowed to elect their own Governor . As U.S. nationals they may request citizenship on an individual ...
... recommended in 1970 that the territory remain an unincorporated part of the United States for the present - but that they should be allowed to elect their own Governor . As U.S. nationals they may request citizenship on an individual ...
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... recommended that the legislature become a full- time body . The Commission went on to recommend that the U.S. Con- gress grant official status to an American Samoan Delegate in Wash- ington , a post which was established in 1971 . Next ...
... recommended that the legislature become a full- time body . The Commission went on to recommend that the U.S. Con- gress grant official status to an American Samoan Delegate in Wash- ington , a post which was established in 1971 . Next ...
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Page 84 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 84 - In faith whereof, we. the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done, at Washington, the nineteenth day of April.
Page 96 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 80 - Spain; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 63 - Congress, all the military, civil, and judicial powers exercised by the officers of the existing government of the same shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of Louisiana in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion.
Page 70 - Spain; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy; His...
Page 21 - Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories...
Page 102 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 99 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the evidence of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open Court.
Page 96 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended at the discretion of the President of the United States of America, for the purpose of carrying this joint resolution into effect.