FOOTNOTES
[130] Certificate of
Protection. - Section 117 of Act 355 is as follows:
Section 117. Collectors
of Customs may issue a certificate of protection entitling
the vessel to which it is issued to the protection
of the flag of the United States in
all ports and on the high sees, if the vessel is owned by:
a. A citizen of the
united States residing in th® Philippines la.
b. A native inhabitant
of the Philippine Islands, upon taking the oath of
allegiance to the United States.
c. Resident of
the Philippine Islands before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, hitherto a subject of Spain, upon abjuring his
allegiance to the Crown of Spain and taking the oath of allegiance
to the United States. |
[131] See page 296,
American Journal of Philately for Sept. 1903.
[132] See page 294,
American Journal of Philately for Sept. 1903.
[133] See page 296,
American Journal of Philately for Sept. 1903.
[134] See page 296,
American Journal of Philately for Sept.1903. |