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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. 1917. 953 Sec. 3. That no export duties shall be levied or collected on ex R¤*¤¤¤¤¤· from Porto Rico, but taxes and assessments on property,    dm! I"` revenue, and license fees, and royalties for franchises, privil es, and °°°“"“ ‘““* concessiops may be imposed forlthe purpolses of the  and mumcipa governments, respective, as ma e vided and defined by the Legislature of Porto Rioo;51i.nd whgi nepcgsary to antici ate B°°°°' taxes and revenues, bonds and other obligations may be issued) by Porto Rico or any municipal government erein as may be provided by law, and to protect the public credit: Promklcd, however, That no mum limpublic indebtedness of Porto Rico or of any subdivision or munici- “°d· pahty thereof shall be authorized or allowed in excess of seven per centum of the aggregate tax valuation of its property, and all bonds issued by the government of Porto Rico, or by its authority, shall Ex°m"u°°°'°““‘“‘ be exempt from taxation by the Government of the United States, or by the government of Porto Rico or of any political or municipal subdivision thereof, or by any State, or by any coimty, munici ality, or other mimicipal subdivision of any State or Territory of the United States, or by the District of Columbia. In computing the indebted- S'°"'°‘"’°""‘· ness of the people of Porto Rico, bonds issued by the people of Porto Rico secured by an equivalent amount of bonds of mimici al corporations or school boards of Porto Rico shall not be counted? Sec. 4, That the capital of Porto Rico shall be at the city of San °‘*’“" "“""’“*“· Juan, and the seat of government shall be maintained there. _ Sec. 5. That all citizens of Porto Rico, as defined by section seven ,,§,{§‘,,,*’§,‘l S"*“" °"‘ of the Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred, "temporaril to {’,;_¤¤£¤¤¤g1~·i w- provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and, for '°` ° other purposes " and all natives of Porto Rico who were temporarily absent from that island on April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and have since returned and are permanently residing in that island, and are not citizens of any foreign coimtry, are hereby declared, and shall be deemed and held to be, citizens of the United P . States: Provided, That any person hereinbefore described may retain a:°¤Zii°¤i¤¤ or Imign his present political status y making a declaration, under oath, of °°°°“'·, his decision to do so within six months of the taking] eHect of this Act before the district court in the district in which e resides, the declaration to be in form as follows: D im to become a citizen of the ’nited States as provide in the Act of Congress conferring United States citizenship upon citizens of Porto Rico and certain natives permanently residing in said island. " In the case of any such person who may be absent from the island BY *"°'°'°°°· during said six months the term of this proviso may be availed of bv transmitting a declaration, imder oat, m the form herein pro- P . vided within six months of the taking effect of this Act to the execu- Parsons auxin putive secretary of Porto Rico: And further, That any person °”“€°· who is born in Porto Rico of an ahen parent_and is permanently residing in that island may,   of full age, within six months of the takingblegfect of this Act, or if a minor, upon reaching his mayority or wit ortiggear thereafter, make a sworn declaration of allegiance to the Uni States before the United States District   for Porto Rico, setting forth therein all the facts connected with his or her birth and residence in Porto Rico and accompanying due proof thereof, and from and after the making of such declaration shall be considered to be a citizen of the Unite States. Sec. 6. That all expenses that may be incurred on account of the ,,_;,‘;{Q$,,‘P,,§$,ff”'°'“*" government of Porto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and departments, and all expensw and obligations contracted for the internal improvement or development of the Umm Sm wm island, not, however, including defenses barracks, harbors, light- mapna. houses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States,
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