Civil Report of Major-General John R. Brooke, U. S. Army, Military Governor, Island of CubaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 - 476 pages |
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1ª instancia administration ADNA agriculture announce the following appeal audiencia August authority Bejucal Brigadier-General bureau Capt CHAFFEE charge Chief of Staff Cienfuegos civil government Civil Hospital clerks condition criminal Cuba directs Cuban custom-house customs decree department of finance department of posts directs the publication disbursing district DIVISION OF CUBA duties expenses February fiscal following appointments following order governor of Cuba Guanabacoa Guanajay Güines Güira de Melena Habana HEADQUARTERS DIVISION hereby island of Cuba January José Juan judge of primera July June 30 jurisdiction Marianao Matanzas ment meters military governor months municipal Nuevitas person Pesos Pinar del Rio police port postal present primera instancia Príncipe province of Habana public instruction Puerto Principe receipts Río Sagua Sagua la Grande salaries San Antonio Sancti Spíritus Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba second assistant mayor secretary Spanish supreme court taxes thereof tion Total treasurer
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Page 84 - ... is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than...
Page 86 - ... at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 84 - ... any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery...
Page 27 - Treasury, may, within a year, obtain a revision of the said account by the Comptroller of the Treasury, whose decision upon such revision shall be final and conclusive upon the Executive Branch of the Government...
Page 85 - ... any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme for the distribution of money, or of any real or personal property by lot, chance, or drawing of any kind, or that any person or company is conducting any other scheme or device for obtaining money or property of any kind through the mails by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
Page 84 - Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
Page 83 - ... or cause the same to be taken, from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing thereof, or of aiding in the circulation or disposition thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 45 - War, the Military Governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following order: 1.
Page 83 - ... and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier.
Page 99 - January first of the year in which the enumeration shall be made; and in case no person shall be found at the usual place of abode of such family, or individual living out of a family...