CONGRESS. (THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.) 



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of those inhabitants who have adhered to the 

 United States, and for the maintenance and pro- 

 tection of all rights which have accrued under 

 the authority thereof, as herinafter provided. 



" SEC. 3. That upon the cessation of organized 

 armed opposition to the temporary sovereignty 

 of the United States Government the President 

 of the United States shall proclaim the fact, 

 and within ninety days after the issuance of 

 such proclamation the United States Philippine 

 Commission shall make and promulgate rules 

 and regulations for the holding of an election in 

 the various provinces of said Philippine Archi- 

 pelago for members of a house of representatives 

 and a senate, to constitute a temporary con- 

 gress, which shall be vested with full legislative 

 power and also with the power of appointing 

 such judges as may to them seem proper and 

 necessary. The said Philippine congress shall 

 prescribe rules and regulations for the election 

 or appointment of all other offices, provincial or 

 i mnicipal, as may to them seem proper or neces- 

 sary. The members of the said senate and house 

 shall hold their offices for the term of four years 

 liuni and after their election and qualification, 

 unless said terms of office are sooner terminated 

 by the inauguration of the permanent govern- 

 ment created by the constitutional convention 

 hereinafter provided for, and all other officers 

 shall hold office for such terms as may be pre- 

 scribed by such congress. Senators and repre- 

 sentatives in congress are to receive compensa- 

 tion at the rate of dollars per annum and 

 other officers shall receive such compensation as 

 may be prescribed by the congress. 



" The chief executive shall be appointed by the 

 President of the United States, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate of the United 

 States, and shall be vested with a veto power 

 over all acts of the Philippine congress having 

 relation to their foreign affairs, but shall have no 

 veto power with respect to other legislation, nor 

 shall he be empowered to appoint any officer 

 unless authorized to do so by the Philippine con- 

 gress. He shall exercise such other executive 

 powers as shall be vested in him by the Philippine 

 congress, and shall hold his office for a term 

 of four years unless the temporary government 

 shall within that time be superseded by the in- 

 auguration of the permanent government herein 

 provided for, and said president shall receive a 

 compensation of $10,000 per annum, to be paid 

 out of the Philippine treasury. There shall be 

 such Qther executive officers receiving such com- 

 pensation and performing such duties as may be 

 prescribed by the Philippine congress, and they 

 shall be appointed or elected in such manner as 

 may be prescribed by law. 



" During the period of the existence of the 

 temporary government herein provided for, which 

 shall in no event extend beyond four years from 

 and after the date of its inauguration, the 

 United States guarantee to the people of said 

 Philippine Archipelago their independence and a 

 republican form of government, and shall protect 

 them against invasion and, upon application by 

 the conorcss thereof, against domestic violence. 



" That all male inhabitants of said archipelago 

 twenty-one years of age and over who can speak 

 and write either the English or Spanish language, 

 or any of the native languages of the said archi- 

 pelago, and who shall have resided therein for one 

 year, shall be qualified to vote for members of 

 congress and other elective officers, and any per- 

 son so qualified as an elector shall be qualified 

 to become a member of said congress or to hold 

 any elective office. 



" The house of representatives shall be com- 

 posed of 100 members and the senate of 30 mem- 

 bers, and shall be apportioned by the" United 

 States Philippine Commission among the several 

 provinces of said archipelago, so that the dis- 

 tribution of membership in the house of repre- 

 sentatives shall be in proportion to their popu- 

 lation, as near as may be, and so that the mem- 

 bership of the senate shall be as nearly repre- 

 sentative of separate provinces as may be; and 

 when said apportionment has been determined 

 upon, the said commission shall by proclama- 

 tion order an election of the members of said 

 congress to be held throughout the said archi- 

 pelago, at such time as shall be fixed by the said 

 commission, which election shall be held not more 

 than one hundred and twenty days from the date 

 of the proclamation by the President of the 

 United States hereinbefore provided for, and am- 

 ple time shall be given before said election to 

 circulate said proclamation throughout the 

 archipelago and arrange for the holding of said 

 election. 



" SEC. 4. That the members of the congress 

 thus elected shall meet at the city of Manila on 

 a day to be fixed by the United States Philip- 

 pine Commission, not more than ninety days sub- 

 sequent to the day of election, the time for 

 which meeting shall be stated in the proclama- 

 tion aforesaid, and after organization the said 

 congress and president, constituting the tempo- 

 rary government herein provided for, shall pro- 

 ceed to the performance of their duties as the 

 temporary government of the Philippine Archi- 

 pelago: Provided, That said congress shall pro- 

 vide by legislation and treaty, irrevocable with- 

 out the consent of the United States 



" First. That there shall belong to the United 

 States, and continue to be the property thereof, 

 such lands and waters as the President of the 

 United States shall designate to the Philippine 

 government, and shall be agreed to by it, for 

 naval, military, and coaling stations, and termi- 

 nal facilities for submarine cables, the same to 

 continue under the control and sovereignty of 

 the United States. 



" Second. To carry into effect the treaty obli- 

 gations of the United States with the Kingdom 

 of Spain and for the maintenance and protec- 

 tion of all rights and property acquired under the 

 authority of the United States. 



" Third. That no inhabitant of said archipelago 

 shall ever be molested in person or property on 

 account of his or her adherence to the United 

 States. 



" SEC. 5. That when the election herein pro- 

 vided for shall have taken place and the congress 

 thereby elected shall have convened, in compli- 

 ance with the provisions of the act, the said 

 United States Philippine Commission shall cer- 

 tify the fact to the President of the United 

 States, whereupon it shall be the duty of the 

 President to issue his proclamation declaring the 

 independence of the people of said archipelago 

 and that they constitute an independent state 

 and nation; subject, however, to the control and 

 regulation by the United States of their inter- 

 course with foreign nations during the period of 

 the existence of the temporary government herein 

 provided for. 



" SEC. 6. That immediately after the President 

 shall have proclaimed that all organized armed 

 resistance to the United States has ceased in 

 said archipelago, he is requested to proclaim full 

 amnesty to all inhabitants thereof for and on 

 account of political offenses and the bearing of 

 arms against the United States, and all Filipinos 



