...at Paris December 10, 1898, the Island was ceded accordingly. Article IX of the treaty provides that "the civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." As an explanation to thisarticle the American commissioners, in their memorandum of December...

...at Paris December 10, 1898, the Island was ceded accordingly. Article IX of the treaty provides that "the civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." As an explanation to this article the American commissioners, in their memorandum of December...

...Stat. 1878; USC, titles, sec. 359). The Congress, acting in accordance with its duty of providing for the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the Philippines, enacted on July 1, 1902, a statute which was very similar to the act of April 12, 19001,...

...the United States and Spain, at Paris on December 10, 1808, providing therein that "The civil rigl t? and political status of the native inhabitants of the Territories hereby ceded to the United States thall be determined by the Congress," we, the undersigned native inhabitants of Guam, of legal age,...

...of Paris was ratified on April 11. 1899. Applicable to Puerto Rico, among other things it provided : The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress. Thereupon the Congress, on April 12, 1900, determined under what is known as the Foraker...

...of Paris was ratified on April 11, 1899. Applicable to Puerto Rico, among other things it provided : The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress. Thereupon the Congress, on April 12, 1900, determined under what is known as the Foraker...

...Paris, December 10, 1898, and proclaimed April 11, 1899.13 Article IX of that treaty provides, in part : The civil rights and political status of the native...Territories hereby ceded to the United States shall he determined by the Congress. It has been uniformly held that the dependencies, acquired by cession,...

...1899,43 the Philippines were ceded to the United States. Article IX of that treaty provides, in part : The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories herehy ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress. On July 4, 1946, the United...

...the Treaty of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, by which Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States (sec. 9) : "The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." The Court concluded : "As the Congress had not then acted to provide collective naturalization...

...of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, by which Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States (sec. 9) : "The>'*lvll rights and political status of the native Inhabitants...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." The Court concluded : "As the Congress had not then acted to provide collective naturalisation...