United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916)
United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916)
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United States. Comisión de Filipinas (1900-1916) Philippine Commission (1900-1916) Comisión de Filipinas (1900-1916) Second Philippine Commission Taft Commission
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found: An act providing a code of procedure ... 1901?: t.p. (United States Philippine Commission)
found: The Township Government Act, 1905: t.p. (the Philippine Commission)
found: NUC pre-56 (hdgs.: U.S. Philippine Commission (1900-1916), U.S. Philippine Commission, 1900-1916; the first Philippine Commission was established by the President in Jan. 1899. The Commission submitted its final report on Jan. 31, 1900. The second Philippine Commission was established by the President in Apr. 1900. That Commission was abolished by act of Congress, approved Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 545))
found: Actas de la Comisión de Filipinas, 1908.
found: Country-studies WWW site, Feb. 14, 2005 (on Jan. 20, 1899, President McKinley appointed the First Philippine Commission (the Schurman Commission), a five-person group headed by Dr. Jacob Schurman, president of Cornell University, and including Admiral Dewey and General Otis, to investigate conditions in the islands and make recommendations ... the Second Philippine Commission (the Taft Commission), appointed by McKinley on March 16, 1900, and headed by William Howard Taft, was granted legislative as well as limited executive powers. Between September 1900 and August 1902, it issued 499 laws)
Change Notes
2005-02-14: new
2005-02-14: revised
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