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692 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1369. 1902. °‘;°""°’*°“ “"d enacting clause as follows: “By authority of the United States be it iilvwsiiimiliiiplliezliiiidi enacted by the Philippine Commission." The provisions of section R‘S"”'m’°'m eighteen hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes of eighteen . _ hundred and seventy-eight shall not apply to the Philippine Islands. m?,}}},;;; ,,°{“‘ W Puture appointments of civil governor, vice—goveruor, members of said Commission and heads of executive departments shall be made bysthe Presgient,] by and with the advice an consent of the Senate. 'Y¤¤¤’ dunes ml Ec. 2. That the action of the President of the United States heremm' tofppeéakirntply xmtue of ghlex authority veptedh in hilm as (Commapdpr in`i 0 e rmyan av asset ort in isorerof uy twelfth, eighteen hundred and umetveight, whereby a tariff of duties and taxes as set forth by said order was to be levied and collected at all ports and dplaces in the Philippine Islands upon passing into the oceéppapion gpc possession (pf] the ogces of tlée United States, together wi the su quent amen ents o said or er, are ereby approve ratified, and confirmed, and the actions of the authorities of the gov; ernment of the Philippine Islands., taken in accordance with the provisions of said order and subseguent amendments, are hereby approved:

Kg"'",;, mw mt Promded, That nothing contained 1D this section shall beheld to amend

nizaxd. 5, or repeal an Act entitled "An. Act temporarily to provide revenue for ’P‘ the P ilippine Islands, and for other purposes," approved March eighth, _ _ nineteen hundred and two. ‘ ·

   Sec. 3. That the President of the United States, during such time

ues. as and whenever the sovereignttly and authority of the United States encounter armed resistance in e Phihppme Islands, until otherwise provided by Congress, shall continue to regulate and control commercial intercourse and within_ said Islands by such general rules and regglatiopes ashhe, $13118 d1scrp::11on,lza-y deem most conducive to the _ pu 10 in res an e one we e. ,uPQ,fm”‘“° °‘“'°"‘ Sm. 4. That all inhabhants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said Islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to prevol 30 P mo serve their agllggiauce to fthe Crown of Spain 6u accordance with the · · · · provisions o t c treaty o peace between the nited States and S ' sipied at Paris December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eiphlll %’°"**°" °‘ _ EC. 5. That no law: shall be enacted in said islands which shalFde- _ _ _ · e qua pro ciono e ws.

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,,,°,,'f“““‘“ "'°‘°°“‘ That in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy and public trial, to meet zine vcgtanpses facfe totface, and hto ggelpompulsory process to compel ea nanceo winessesin is a . T""“· That no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law; and no person for the same offense shall be twice ppt in jeopardy of punishmeng, norlszhall be compelled in any crimina case to e a witness against imse . °‘°’°‘°°’°°°‘ That all perzclcns shall pefrore conviction be bailable by sufficient sure ies, excep or capi a o enses. $°“;“°“ t f . That no law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be enacted. deylllp °°"m°“ °’ That no person shall be imprisoned for debt. lm‘:'m¤°* ¤¤°°•¤°°*· That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus- ` pended, unless when in cases of rebellion, insurrection, or invasion the public safety may require it, in either of which events the same may be suspen ed by the President, or by the governor. with the approval o£ tlge Philippine Commigsidn, wherever during such period e necessi y or suc suspension s al_ exist. WW P°°* '°·°'° l*‘”- That no ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.