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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 10, 11 . JAN. 14, 17, 1933. 761 subject to the right of appeal to the courts, may decide to be fair and reasonable shall be considered in the determination of rates. SEC. 11. It is understood and agreed that nothing herein shall be No new franchise construed as creating any new rights of franchise to use the streets r ight s cre ated ' in the District of Columbia for transportation purposes : Provided, Succession of rights, That the Capital Transit Company shall exercise and succeed to all etc • of the property, rights, and franchises of the Capital Traction and the Washington Railway and Electric Co mpa ni es, which the y are required herein to vest in the Capital Transit Company, subject, however, to the right of the Pub lic Util ities Com mission to order reasonable extension or reasonable abandonment of tracks and faci lit ies. SEC. 12. The Washi ngton Railw ay an d Ele ctric Compa ny, i f the Public Utilities Com- mission. unification herein provided for shall become effective, shall remain Jurisdiction over subject to the j urisdiction of t he Public Utilit ies Commission. Any W ah in gtonCompany. Ra ilway ailw y sinking fund held by it shall remain available for the discharge of securities for w hich it remains liable and which are secured dire ctly or indir ectly, b y any li en on pr operty t urned ove r to the Capital Tra ns it Company. SEC. 13. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Rights reserved. this resolution, or any charter or certificate of incorporation made, thereunder, an d any and all ri ghts of franchis e created by thi s reso- lution shall terminate one year following its repeal. Approved, January 14, 1933. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the a Philippine Independ. United States of America in Congress assembled, CONVENTION TO FRAME CONSTrIUTION FOR PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Constitutional con. vent ion. SECTION 1 . The Philippine Legislature is hereby authorized to Election of delegates. provide for the election of dele gates to a const itutional convent ion, which shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives in the capital of the P hilippin e Island s, at su ch time a s the Ph ilippine Legislature may fix, within one year after the e nactment of this Act, to formulate and draft a constitution for the government of the Com- monwealth of the Philippine Islands, subject to the conditions and quali ficat ions pres cribe d in this Act, whic h sha ll e xerci se ju risd ictio n Te rritory includ ed. over all the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of Vol. 30, p .1755. peace concluded between the United States and Spain on the 10th day of December, 1898, the boundaries of which are set forth in Article III of said treaty, together with those islands embraced in the treaty be twee n Sp ain and the Unit ed States c oncl uded at Vol. 31, p. 1942. Washi ngto n on the 7th day of Nove mber , 1900 . The Philippine Legislature shall provide for the necessary expenses of such convention. CHARACTER OF CONSTITUTION-MANDATORY PROVISIONS SEC. 2 . The constitu tion for mulated and draf ted shal l be rep ub- lican in form, shall contain a bill of rights, and shall, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, contain provisions to Character of consti. tution. Fo rm and content s. [CHAP TER 11 .1 AN ACT To enable the people of the Philippine Islands to adopt a constitution and form 7annarp 7233 ) 3 . a government for the Philippine Islands to provide for the independence of [public, No . 311 .] the same, and for other purposes.