_ 9.--Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula,
residing in the territory over which Spain by the present
treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such
territory, or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all
their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose
of such property or of its proceeds; and they shall also have
the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions,
being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to
other foreigners. In case they remain in the territory they may
preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain by making before
a court of record, within a year from the date of the exchange
of ratifications of this treaty, a declaration of their decision
to preserve such allegiance; in default of which declaration
they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the
nationality of the territory in which they may reside.

The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants
of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be
determined by the Congress.

_Article_ 10.--The inhabitants of the territories over which
Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in
the free exercise of their religion.

_Article_ 11.--The Spaniards residing in the territories over
which Spain by this treaty cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty
shall be subject in matters civil as well as criminal to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the country wherein they reside,
pursuant to the ordinary laws governing the same; and they shall
have the right to appear before such courts, and to pursue the
same course as citizens of the country to which the courts belong.

_Article_ 12.--Judicial proceedings pending at the time of the
exchange of ratifications of this treaty in the territories
over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall
be determined according to the following rules: (1) Judgements
rendered either in civil suits between private individuals, or in
criminal matters, before the date mentioned, and with respect to
which there is no recourse, or right of review under the Spanish
law, shall be deemed to be final, and shall be executed in due
form by competent authority in the territory within which such
judgements shall be carried out: (2) Civil