...lied elsewhere, in the Treaty of Paris and its delegation to Congress of the responsibility to fix " the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded territory". This also was a special power and it is this author's contention that it was not...

...Islands from Spain under the Treaty of Paris.1 That document granted Congress the power to determine "[t]he civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants. . . ."of the Islands. 2 Commencing in 1902, 'Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain, 30 Stat. 1754...

...Rico' s status as a territory. White reasoned that the provisions of the Treaty of Paris that allowed "The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded territories to be determined by Congress," negated any intention to incorporate the acquired...

...UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE EMPIRE OF SPAIN KNOWN AS THE TREATY OF PARIS, 1898, EXPRESSLY STATES THAT THE "CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLITICAL STATUS OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS" OF GUAM ARE TO BE PROVIDED FOR AS DETERMINED BY THE CONGRESS. AT THE TIME THE TREATY OF PARIS WAS SIGNED...

...sovereignty over Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, specifically providing in Article IX that "the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants" of Puerto Rico "shall be determined by the Congress." Executive Branch measures such as the Memorandum...

...last declaration of article nine was extremely important. It left to Congress the determination of the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded territories. In so doing, it departed from the usual policy of the United States in treaties...

...Mariana Islands have been held as possessions or property by the United States for over a century. The "civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories" have not been sufficiently determined by the US Congress in accordance with the Treaty of Paris (1898)...

...law to owe allegiance to and have the nationality of the United States. Article IX provided further that the "civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants" of Puerto Rico "shall be determined by the Congress." 2. In 1952, Congress provided for Puerto Rico's...

...Philippine Islands, that the United States should pay to Spain the sum of twenty millions of dollars, and that the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories thus ceded to the United States should be determined by the Congress. The treaty was ratified by the...

...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 herein ceded to the United States shall be determined by the congress." law of the new state as applied...