Virgin Islands Report [by] Mr. Butler of Nebraska, Chairman: Report Relative to Investigation and Hearings in the Virgin Islands with Reference to Proposed Revision of the Organic Act and the Governmental, Economic, and Fiscal Structure in the Islands, with Recommendatons on the Federally Owned Virgin Islands CorporationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - Počet stran: 143 |
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... political , and social groups expressed their views to me in one form or another . In addition , I have had a number of conferences here in Washington with persons interested in the Virgin Islands , and have received a number of letters ...
... political , and social groups expressed their views to me in one form or another . In addition , I have had a number of conferences here in Washington with persons interested in the Virgin Islands , and have received a number of letters ...
Strana 1
... political , and social groups expressed their views to me in one form or another . In addition , I have had a number of conferences here in Washington with persons interested in the Virgin Islands , and have received a number of letters ...
... political , and social groups expressed their views to me in one form or another . In addition , I have had a number of conferences here in Washington with persons interested in the Virgin Islands , and have received a number of letters ...
Strana 15
... political domination by the more populous and aggressive island of St. Thomas . GRANT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES I will state at the outset of my discussion of major issues with respect to the new organic act that I am recommending ...
... political domination by the more populous and aggressive island of St. Thomas . GRANT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES I will state at the outset of my discussion of major issues with respect to the new organic act that I am recommending ...
Strana 16
... political power is enormous . Furthermore , consideration should be given to the economic possibility that there might conceivably be a falling off of the demand for Virgin Islands rum in the mainland . A third aspect of this danger is ...
... political power is enormous . Furthermore , consideration should be given to the economic possibility that there might conceivably be a falling off of the demand for Virgin Islands rum in the mainland . A third aspect of this danger is ...
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... political conventions . Therefore , it can be said that there may be sound philosophic reasons , from one point of view at least , why income taxes , which are a tax paid directly by citizens for support of the Federal Government ...
... political conventions . Therefore , it can be said that there may be sound philosophic reasons , from one point of view at least , why income taxes , which are a tax paid directly by citizens for support of the Federal Government ...
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Strana 132 - In case they remain in the territory they may preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain by making, before a court of record within a year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance ; in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories...
Strana 133 - Judgments rendered either in civil suits between private individuals or in criminal matters before the date mentioned, and with respect to which there is no recourse or right of review under the Spanish law, shall be deemed to be final, and shall be executed in due form by competent authority in the territory within which such judgments should be carried out.
Strana 126 - His Majesty the King of Denmark by this convention cedes to the United States all territory, dominion and sovereignty, possessed, asserted or claimed by Denmark in the West Indies including the Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix together with the adjacent islands and rocks.
Strana 132 - States; but they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who...
Strana 132 - ... or of its proceeds; and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Strana 131 - His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias shall appoint, with convenient despatch, an agent or agents for the purpose of formally delivering to a similar agent or agents appointed on behalf of the United States, the territory, dominion, property, dependencies and appurtenances which are ceded as above, and for doing any other act which may be necessary in regard thereto. But the cession, with the right of immediate possession, is nevertheless to be deemed complete and absolute on the exchange of...
Strana 133 - Spaniards residing in the territories over which Spain by this treaty cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty shall be subject in matters civil as well as criminal to the jurisdiction of the courts of the country wherein they reside, pursuant to the ordinary laws governing the same; and they shall have the right to appear before such courts, and to pursue the same course as citizens of the country to which the courts belong.
Strana 127 - And it is hereby declared that the relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, to which the preceding paragraph refers, cannot in any respect impair the property or rights which by law belong to the peaceful possession of property of all kinds, of provinces, municipalities, public or private establishments, ecclesiastical or civic bodies, or any other associations having legal capacity to acquire and possess. property in the aforesaid territories renounced or ceded, or of private individuals,...
Strana 6 - Corporation was established to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the Virgin Islands of the United States through the economic development of the Virgin Islands.
Strana 132 - Danish citizens residing in said islands may remain therein or may remove therefrom at will, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or its proceeds; in case they remain in the islands, they shall continue until otherwise provided, to enjoy all the private, municipal and religious rights and liberties secured to them by the laws now in force.