...In that the court held that the ninth article of the treaty of Paris, whereby it was declared that the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories thereby ceded to the United States should be determined by Congress, was to be construed to the effect...

...treaty of Paris (1898) asserted, and had adopted at the end of the ninth article the following clause, "The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories (islands) hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress" : of the United States."...

...has been suggested to that effect — that it (the treaty) provides that the Congress shall determine the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded islands and that the Spanish-born inhabitants may have one year in which to choose whether to...

...thereof, are citizens of the United States. The treaty of peace with Spain (article 9) provides that the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territory ceded by Spain to the United States shall be determined by congress. Held, that ivlator,...

...allegiance] and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. "The civil and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded shall be determined by the Congress." The most common view of the subject of the citizenship of the...

...guiding principle relating to the civil rights and political status of the Inhabitants of Puerto Rico. "The civil rights and political status of the native...the United States shall be determined by Congress." The meaning of the above is clear, that only Congress may legislate with respect to the civil rights...

...guiding principle relating to the civil rights and political status of the Inhabitants of Puerto Rico. "The civil rights and political status of the native...the United States shall be determined by Congress." The meaning of the above is clear, that only Congress may legislate with resj>ect to the civil rights...

...United States by virtue of the Treaty of Paris of 1899 (30 Stat, 1754). Article 9 of said treaty reads : The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories (Puerto Rico and the Philippines) hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress....

...United States by virtue of the Treaty of Paris of 1899 (30 Stat. 1754). Article 9 of said treaty reads : The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories (Puerto Rico and the Philippines) hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress....

...United States. The Treaty of Paris of 1898 between the United States and Spain provides in article 9 — The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress. Interpreting this language the Supreme Court held in Dorr v. US, 195 US 138, as follows:...