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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... population of 26,655 . The corresponding figures for the preced- ing census , that of 1940 , were 6,944 persons employed out of a total population of 24,889 . It should be noted in passing that the Current Population Reports of the ...
... population of 26,655 . The corresponding figures for the preced- ing census , that of 1940 , were 6,944 persons employed out of a total population of 24,889 . It should be noted in passing that the Current Population Reports of the ...
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... population of 26,655 . The corresponding figures for the preced- ing census , that of 1940 , were 6,944 persons employed out of a total population of 24,889 . It should be noted in passing that the Current Population Reports of the ...
... population of 26,655 . The corresponding figures for the preced- ing census , that of 1940 , were 6,944 persons employed out of a total population of 24,889 . It should be noted in passing that the Current Population Reports of the ...
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... population , but much more land was under cultivation in all three islands . Tourism certainly should be encouraged in every way possible . As I have said , it is an investment that offers the highest immediate return . Yet along with ...
... population , but much more land was under cultivation in all three islands . Tourism certainly should be encouraged in every way possible . As I have said , it is an investment that offers the highest immediate return . Yet along with ...
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... population of some 25,000 , less than 1,800 persons , or fewer than one- third of the registered voters , not one - twelfth of the population , ex- pressed any opinion . One cannot but wonder how representative of the popular will the ...
... population of some 25,000 , less than 1,800 persons , or fewer than one- third of the registered voters , not one - twelfth of the population , ex- pressed any opinion . One cannot but wonder how representative of the popular will the ...
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... population of but 24,000 . Thus Puerto Rico's population is a little more than 93 times as great . The current annual budget for Puerto Rico is some $ 167 , - 000,000 - some $ 1,500,000 under last year's ( a great achievement , that ) ...
... population of but 24,000 . Thus Puerto Rico's population is a little more than 93 times as great . The current annual budget for Puerto Rico is some $ 167 , - 000,000 - some $ 1,500,000 under last year's ( a great achievement , that ) ...
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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.