...all inhabitants continuing to reside therein who are Spanish subjects on the llth day of April, 1890, and then resided in Porto Rico, and their children...thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of i'orto Hico, and ns such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have...

...the Philippine Islands who were Spanish subjects on April 11, 1899, and then resided in said islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands, except those who elected to remain Spanish subjects and those who have become...

...subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said Islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as...

...Rico who were Spanish subjects on the llth day of April, 1899, and then resided therein, and then* children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of Porto Rico. There are many able and learned lawyers who hold that the people of Porto Rico are now citizens of...

...the eleventh day of April, in the vear eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided therein, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of said islands except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain,...

...Porto liico] who were Spanish subjects on the Llth day of April, 1899, and then resided in Porto Kico and their children born subsequent thereto shall be deemed and held to bo citizens of Porto Rico, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States. While natives...