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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 415, 416. 1916. 545 Sec. 42. First. That in this Act, unless the context of subject ,,,f,°°“*”¥ °' Wm matter otherwise requires- ' "Action" includes counterclaim, set-off, and suit in equity. " Bill’l means bill of lading governed by this Act. "Consilgnee" means the person named in the bill as the person to whom de very of the goods is to be made. ‘ "Cons1gnor" means the person named in the bill as the person from whom the goods have een received for shipment. _ "Goods" means merchandise or chattels in course of transportation or which have been or are about to be trans orted. “Holder" of a bill means a person who has both actual possession of such bill and a right of property therein. "Order" means an order by indorsement on the bill. "Person" includes a corporation- or partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common interest. To " purchase " includes to take as mortgagee and to take as pledgee. _ "State" includes any Territory, District, insular possession, or isthmian possession. Srzc. 43. That the provisions of this Act do not apply to bills made m£{,Q$" """ ”°' and delivered prior to the taking effect thereof. hvmguw of u Sec. 44. That the provisions and each part thereof and the sections pm, •w.,m¢ maiiwl and each part thereo of this Act are independent and severable, and '°“""‘°°'°‘*‘°‘· the declaring of any pmvision or part thereof, or provisions or part thereof, or section or part thereof, or sections or part thereof, unconstitutional shall not impair or render unconstitutional any other provision or part thereof or section or part thereof. Sec. 45. That this Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of January next after its passage. Approved, August 29, 1916. CHAP. 416.-An Act To declare the purpose of the people of the United States Au‘i|§i32;i’i_i°16' as to the future political status of the peep e of the Philippine Islands, and to provide ·————-—· a more autonomous government for those islands. [P°bu°* N°‘ 2*°‘l Whereas it was never the intention of the people of the United States ,,,f,*;{“PP“’* °°"°'¤· in the iucipieln:3 of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest Pmmblc. or for temto aggrandizement; and Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the peqple of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the hilippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein; and _ W ereas for the speedy accomplishment of suclrpurpose it is desirable to place in the ands of the people of the _Plnl1p1pmes as large a contro of their domestic affairs as can be given em without, in the meantime, im airing the exercise of the ughts of sovereignty by the people of tihe United States, in order that, by the use and exercise of popular franchise and governmental powers, they may_be the better prepared to fully assume the responsibilities and enyoy all the privileges of complete independence: Therefore _ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House aj Representatwesjj the Umtqd P _ _ mmm States of America in C ess assembled, That the prov1sions of this T cm,,,d,;,,_ Act and the name "Thzn§rhilippines" as used in this Act shall apply V°*·3°¤P- 1755- to and include the Philippine Islands ceded to the United States Government by the treaty of peace concluded between the United States and Spain on the eleventh dag of April, eighteen hundred and W H M2 ninety-nine, the boundaries of whic are set forth in ·A1'l'»10l6 III of ’p` ` said treaty, together with those islands embraced in the treaty between S ain and the United States concluded at Washington on the seventh) day of November, nineteen hundred. 91890°—-vo:. 39-—r·r 1-—--35