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United States. Army. Dept. of Clara
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Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, U.s. V. Commanding the Department of Matanzas and Santa Clara for the Calendar Year of 1899 |
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English |
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84 |
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2012-05-12 |
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1150980133 |
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RareBooksClub.com |
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0.37 pounds |
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7.32 x 0.16 x 9.53 inches |
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... Executive Committee of the Council. The barrios (or wards) of the terminos are presided over by Lieutenant Alcaldes or Assistant Mayors, who keep the records of the barrios and act as Inspectors. The Judiciary within the Province consists of: 1. The Audiencia, 2. The Judges of First Instance, 3. The Municipal Judges. There are six judicial districts in the Province. The details of government of this province are similar to those of the Province of Matanzas, and will be found described minutely in my report on that Province, i Attention is invited to the appended report of the Judge Advocate of the Department, showing the causes for delays in the administration of criminal justice, which, in general, result from an insufficient number of courts of competent jurisdiction, from lack of effective methods of securing the attendance of witnesses, and from the centralizing of all trials for crimes in the Audiencias, which are often distant from the place of the commission of the crime and to which travel communication is bad and expensive. TAXES. The Municipalities of the Province of Santa Clara, 28 in number, reported deficits aggregating $69,482.93 for the third quarter of the present fiscal year. Of this, about $50,000 was made good out of the customs of the Island. The deficits for the 4th semester, ending June 30th, aggregate approximately $72,427.20. March 25th, 1899, the decree of the Military Governor of the Island changed radically the system of municipal revenues. And while the productive taxes were largely abolished, the eight and six per cent, taxes on urban property for the present quarter was not permitted to be collected before June 20th, 1899. It is the general opinion of the municipal officials that the taxes under the decrees now in force will n...
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