What Has Been Done in the Philippines: A Record of Practical Accomplishments Under Civil Government ... |
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... receiving letters of inquiry presenting variants of the question : " What has been done in the Philippines ? " Numerous inquiries as to how much it costs the United States to maintain the government of the Philippine Islands show that ...
... receiving letters of inquiry presenting variants of the question : " What has been done in the Philippines ? " Numerous inquiries as to how much it costs the United States to maintain the government of the Philippine Islands show that ...
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... received public approval and stood the test of practical operation . From many expressions highly commending these instructions the following is quoted from a recent article in the Review of Reviews : When they were made public ...
... received public approval and stood the test of practical operation . From many expressions highly commending these instructions the following is quoted from a recent article in the Review of Reviews : When they were made public ...
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... received the approval of the President and submitted by him to Congress . The bureau of public lands , with a competent personnel , was immediately established , charged with the duty of making the neces- sary preliminary investigation ...
... received the approval of the President and submitted by him to Congress . The bureau of public lands , with a competent personnel , was immediately established , charged with the duty of making the neces- sary preliminary investigation ...
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... received and the balance remaining is divided between the provincial and municipal governments in the province from which the products originally come . During the fiscal year 1903 the operating expense of the forestry service amounted ...
... received and the balance remaining is divided between the provincial and municipal governments in the province from which the products originally come . During the fiscal year 1903 the operating expense of the forestry service amounted ...
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... received the approval of the Congress of the United States . The rates in no case , except on articles of luxury , such as sparkling wines and fine china , are high . Articles of necessity have been taxed lightly ; those needed in the ...
... received the approval of the Congress of the United States . The rates in no case , except on articles of luxury , such as sparkling wines and fine china , are high . Articles of necessity have been taxed lightly ; those needed in the ...
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Page 1 - The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government. This is the path of duty which we must follow or be recreant to a mighty trust committed to us.
Page 12 - ... municipal governments in which the natives of the islands, both in the cities and in the rural communities, shall be afforded the opportunity to manage their own local affairs to the fullest extent of which they are capable, and subject to the least degree of supervision and control which a careful study of their capacities and observation of the workings of native control show to be consistent with the maintenance of law, order and loyalty.
Page 14 - The first function of the provincial government is to collect, through the provincial treasurer, all the taxes, with few exceptions, belonging to the towns or the province. Its second and most important function is the construction of highways and bridges and public buildings. Its third function is the supervision, through the governor and the provincial treasurer, of the municipal officers in the discharge of their duties. Within certain limitations, the provincial board fixes the rate of levy for...
Page 14 - The next subject in order of importance should be the organization of government in the larger administrative divisions, corresponding to counties, departments, or provinces, in which the common interests of many or several municipalities falling within the same tribal lines, or the same natural geographical limits, may best be subserved by a common administration.
Page 14 - The general provincial law provides for a provincial government of five officers — the governor, the treasurer, the supervisor, the secretary, and the fiscal, or prosecuting attorney. The governing board is called the provincial board, and includes as members the governor, the treasurer, and the supervisor. The prosecuting attorney is the legal adviser of the board and the secretary of the province is its secretary. The first function of the provincial government is to collect, through the provincial...
Page 10 - ... follows: department of the interior, Dean C. Worcester; department of commerce and police, Luke E. Wright; department of finance and justice, Henry C. Ide; department of public instruction, Bernard Moses. The administrative affairs of the government are apportioned among...
Page 13 - ... to or in arms against the authority or sovereignty of the United States, for the purpose of securing any protection, immunity, or benefit; (f) Any person who.
Page 21 - In addition to the banks existing in Manila prior to American occupation, branch banks have been established by the Guaranty Trust Company of New York- and the International Banking Corporation, and one private American bank has been established. The inauguration of these banks is a great step forward in connecting the trade and financial affairs of the Philippines with those of the United States.
Page 9 - Islands; the establishment of an educational system throughout the Islands; the establishment of a system to secure an efficient civil service; the organization and establishment of courts; the organization and establishment of municipal and departmental governments, and all other matters of a civil nature for which the Military Governor is now competent to provide by rules or orders of a legislative character.
Page 12 - ... by the Military Governor under his order of August 8, 1899, and under the report of the board constituted by the Military Governor by his order of January 29, 1900, to formulate and report a plan of municipal government, of which His Honor Cayetano Arellano, President of the Audiencia, was chairman, and they will give to the conclusions of that board the weight and consideration which the high character and distinguished abilities of its members justify.