from time to time, which shall not in the aggregate sum exceed $5,000,000, for the making of future permanent improvements. Third. An amendment to section 66 of an act entitled "An act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," by which the consent of Congress to issue the bonds therein provided for may not be required. Fourth. Legislation providing that all bonds authorized to be issued by the Philippine government or any provincial or municipal government thereof by act of Congress shall be made exempt not only from Federal and Philippine taxation, but from State, county, and municipal taxation in the United States. Fifth. That control over the shipping in the trade between the islands shall be left wholly to the discretion of the Philippine Commission, subject to the approval of the President and the Secretary of War. Sixth. That the application of the United States coastwise navigation laws to the trade between the Philippine Islands and the mainland of the United States be postponed by Congressional action until July 1, 1909; or, in the alternative, that the coastwise laws of the United States be not made applicable to the trade between the islands and the mainland of the United States, except with a proviso or condition that the rates upon imports from the Philippine Islands into the United States shall not pay duty in excess of 25 per cent of the rates on such merchandise imposed by the Dingley tariff. Seventh. That authority be given by Congressional act to the Philippine Commission, with the approval of the President and the Secretary of War, to encourage the investment of capital in the construction of railroads for the Philippine Islands by accompanying the grants of franchises to build railroads, in cases where it is deemed necessary, with a guaranty by the Philippine government of income on the amount of the investment to be fixed in advance in the act of guaranty, the amount of income guaranteed not to exceed annually 4 per cent of the fixed principal. Eighth. That the amount of land which may be acquired, owned, and used for agricultural purposes in the Philippines by any individual or corporation shall be extended to 25,000 acres. Ninth. That the clause which forbids the filing of more than one. mining claim by the same individual or association upon a lode or deposit be repealed. Tenth. That the provisions of the Philippine act entitled "An act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," which apply to mining claims, and the procedure in filing them, shall be so amended that only the metric system of distances shall be used, and shall also be so amended that mining claims shall be filed whether properly executed according to law or not, the effect of their execution and record to be left to future adjudication. Respectfully submitted. For DEAN C. WORCESTER, LUKE E. WRIGHT, HENRY C. IDE, T. H. PARDO DE TAVERA, BENITO LEGARDA, JOSÉ LUZURIAGA, JAMES F. SMITH, Commissioners. The honorable the SECRETARY OF WAR. WM. H. TAFT, President. Washington, D. C. |