Title: | Independence for Puerto Rico. Hearings before the Committee on territories and insular affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 227, a bill to provide for the withdrawal of the sovereignty of the United States over the island of Puerto Rico and for the recognition of its independence; to provide for notification thereof to foreign governments; to provide for the assumption by the government of Puerto Rico of obligations under the treaty with Spain of December 10, 1898; to define trade and other relations between the United States and Puerto Rico; to provide for the calling of a convention to frame a constitution for the government of the island of Puerto Rico; to provide for certain mandatory provisions of the proposed constitution; to provide for the submission of the constitution to the people of Puerto Rico and its submission to the President of the United States for his approval; to provide for the adjustment of property rights between the United States and Puerto Rico; to provide for the maintenance of military, coaling, and naval stations by the United States on the island of Puerto Rico; to continue in force certain statutes until independence has been granted; and for other purposes ... |
Author: | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs |
Note: | U.S. Govt. print. off., 1945 |
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Subject: | Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1898-1952 |
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