FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1369. 1902. 695 Sec. 9. That the Supreme Court and the courts of first instance of §Q§,‘gf,‘;$,g§“"·°‘°· the Philippine Islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction as here- ' tofore provided and such additional jurisdiction as shall hereafter be prescribed by the government of said Islands, subject to the power of said Government to change the practice and method of procedure. The municipal courts of said Islands shall possess and exercise juris- M“”*°*P“l°°“”¤· diction as heretofore provided by the Philippine Commission, subject in all matters to such alteration and amendment as may be hereafter enacted by law; and the chief justice and associate justices of the .ugg’eg°*¤°*¤°¤* af supreme court shall hereafter be a pointed b the President, by and J ' with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, shall receive the com- · ` pensation heretofore prescribed by the Commission until otherwise pgovided by Congress. The judges of the court of first instance shall appointed by the civil governor by and with the advice and consento the Philippine Commission: Provided, That the admiralty juris- Prmnkw- _ _ _ diction of the supreme court and courts of first instance shall not be adiimmlty J`m°d1°` changed except by Act of Congress. Sec. 10. That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have U§}’£,?§‘·S,‘f,§‘@,·, SL? jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify, or afiirm the final judg— P¤¢¤¤¤ ¤<>¤¤- ments and decrees of the su reme court of the Philip ine Islands in all actions, cases, causes, and) proceedings now pending tlierein or hereafter determined thereby in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States is involved, or in causes in which the va ue in controversy exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, or in which the title or possession of real estate exceeding in value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be ascertained by the oath of either party or of other competent witnesses, is involved or brought in question; and such final jud ments or decrees may and can be reviewed, revised, reversed, modified; or affirmed by said Supreme Court of the United States on appeal or writ of error by the party aggrieved, in the same manner, under the same regulations, and by the same procedure, as far as ap licable, as the final judgments and decrees of the circuit courts of the United States. V Sec. 11. That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby m§gSP;gg$,’;*,gg,f· of authorized to provide for the needs of commerce by improving the ` harbors and navigable waters of said islands and to construct and gnI;{g,Q°f,Q*g“ ‘° ““"*‘ maintain in said navigable waters and upon the shore adjacent thereto' bonded warehouses, wharves, piers, light-houses, signal and life—savin stations, buoys, and like instruments of commerce, and to adopt and _ enforce regulations in regard thereto, including bonded ware ouses wherein articles not intended to be imported into said islands nor mingled with the property therein, but brought into a port of said islands for reshipment to another country, may be deposited in bond and reshipped to another country without the payment of customs duties or c urges. Sec. 12. That all the pro rty and rights which may have been Hfmlgief jgf Pgjgrg acquired in the Phili pine Islands by the United States under the paifiéjgovéinmsnn. P treaty of peace with Sapain, signed December tenth, eighteen hundred V? j °’°· *"· *755* and ninety-eight, except such land or other property as shall be desig- ,£§‘§'§,'§‘,§d,, §‘2§{ ·nated by the President of the United States for mi1itary and other ¤¤r¤=d- reservations of the Government of the United States, are hereby placed under the control of the government of said islands to be administered for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, except as provided in this Act. Seo. 13. That the government of the Philippine Islands, subject to Public ****1*** the provisions of this Act and except as herein provided, shall classify according to its agricultural character and productiveness, and shal Di¤P°¤¤i°i· immediately make rules and regulations for the lease, sale, or other dis osition of the public lands other than timber or mineral lands, but Egggél such rules and regulations shall not go into effect or have the force of
