Annual Reports of the Secretary of War, Volume 9 |
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Adjuntas Adopted Aguadilla Aguas Buenas Aibonito American Railroad Company amount Añasco appropriation Approved Arecibo Barranquitas barrio Bayamon bond bridge Cabo Rojo Caguas Camuy Cayey cent Cidra Coamo Comerio commissioner Company of Porto construction Contingent expenses Corozal courts district ended June 30 enrollment entitled An ordinance executive council EXHIBIT expenditures Fajardo fiscal year 1909 franchise to authorize fruits and woods fund graded schools Guayama Guayanilla Gurabo Hatillo Humacao insular government irrigation island jail Juana Diaz July Juncos June 30 kilometers Lajas land Lares legislature loans Loiza Manati Maricao Mayaguez ment meters Morovis municipal Naguabo Naranjito ordinance entitled ordinance providing regulations Patillas Peñuelas Ponce Porto Rico pupils Quebradillas revenue Rio Piedras River road section rural schools Sabana Sabana Grande Salaries Salinas San German San Juan school boards school buildings teachers tion Toa Alta Trujillo Alto Utuado Vega Alta Vega Baja Vieques Yabucoa Yauco
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Page 274 - New-England legends, one of the most popular, as well as one of the most...
Page 267 - An act making appropriations for the necessary expenses of carrying on the government of Porto Rico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, and for other purposes $879, 590.
Page 136 - And provided further. That if at the termination of any session the appropriations necessary for the support of government shall not have been made, an amount equal to the sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for such purposes shall be deemed to be appropriated; and until the legislature shall act in such behalf the treasurer may, with the advice of the governor, make the payments necessary for the purposes aforesaid.
Page 167 - That the commissioner of the interior shall superintend all works of a public nature, and shall have charge of all public buildings, grounds, and lands, except those belonging to the United States, and shall execute such requirements as may be imposed by law with respect thereto, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law...
Page 167 - That the commissioner of education shall superintend public instruction throughout Porto Rico, and all disbursements on account thereof must be approved by him ; and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, and make such reports through the governor...
Page 131 - SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909.
Page 273 - UNIVERSITY OF PORTO RICO. The University of Porto Rico was established by an act of the insular Legislature, approved March 12, 1903, as an organization for the gradual development of facilities for higher education in Porto Rico. This law vested the government of the new institution in a corporation known as the Board of Trustees of the University of Porto Rico of which the Governor was honorary president and the commissioner of education was president ex officio.
Page 231 - He is empowered to determine the course of study, the length of the school year (within limitations prescribed by law), and the length of the school day.
Page 56 - An Act to empower the Secretary of War, under certain restrictions, to authorize the construction, extension, and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures on lands underlying harbor areas in navigable streams and bodies of water in or surrounding Porto Rico and the islands adjacent thereto...
Page 243 - All examinations held by the department during the past year have been in charge of a board of examiners consisting of the assistant commissioner, the three general superintendents, and the chief of the division of records. The members of this board are in close touch with the schools and the teachers of the island, and keep before them continually the needs of the schools and the ability of the teachers. Much time and thought have been devoted to the preparation of questions for the different examinations...