. Cyclopedia of American government . my AppropriationBill authorized the President to establish tem-porary civil government. Under this Congres-sional sanction the president of the PhilippineCommission, William H. Taft, was appointedcivil governor and empowered to exercise theexecutive authority in all civil matters. Hewas inaugurated on July 4. Finally, the Phil-ippine Act of July 1, 1902, continued with 680 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS slight alterations the existing government, pro-vided for an elective assembly, and contained adeclaration of rights. This act expressly stip-ulated that the Constitut
. Cyclopedia of American government . my AppropriationBill authorized the President to establish tem-porary civil government. Under this Congres-sional sanction the president of the PhilippineCommission, William H. Taft, was appointedcivil governor and empowered to exercise theexecutive authority in all civil matters. Hewas inaugurated on July 4. Finally, the Phil-ippine Act of July 1, 1902, continued with 680 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS slight alterations the existing government, pro-vided for an elective assembly, and contained adeclaration of rights. This act expressly stip-ulated that the Constitution and laws of theUnited States did not extend to the office of military governor terminated onJuly 4, 1902. the insular legislature, subject to the powerof Congress to annul the same. The high civiland judicial officers are appointed by the Presi-dent of the United States, with the advice andconsent of the Senate. The affairs of the is-lands are under the jurisdiction of the WarDepartment, in which the Bureau of Insular. a% @ \ct GAy-AN su E 0*!f^ 110° Longitude 118° East 110 35 The Philippine Islands Home Government.—The Philippine Islands,as a dependency of the United States, aresubject to the practically unlimited authorityof Congress. In providing for their govern-ment and administration Congress is not boundby the Constitution, except as regards thefundamental rights of citizenship (Art. IV,Sec. iii, f 2). This was decided by the Su-preme Court in the so-called Insular Cases(see) in 1901. Although the act of 1902 de-nied the extension of the Constitution to theislands, yet the declaration of rights containedin that act provided practically all the rightsguaranteed to citizens of the United Statesunder the Constitution, except the right to beararms and to trial by jury. Congress has passeda few laws of a general nature, notably thetariff laws, but detailed legislation is left to 681 Affairs (see Insular Affairs, Bureau of) hasbeen organized. Two resident c
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