uthority and power in
it vested by the provisions of the said act of Congress above referred
to, does hereby notify the President of the United States that by
virtue of an act of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, entitled,
"An act to provide revenue for the people of Porto Rico, and for other
purposes," duly approved January 31st, A.D. 1901, and of other acts
of the Legislative Assembly duly enacted at the first session of the
Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, duly held at San Juan, Porto Rico,
commencing December 3rd, 1900, and ending January 31st, A.D. 1901, it
has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet
the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, by the aforesaid act
of Congress established.

The Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico hereby directs that a copy
of this joint resolution be presented to the President of the United
States, and hereby requests the Governor of Porto Rico to deliver the
same to the President, to the end that proclamation may be made by him
according to the provisions of the said act of Congress, and if it
shall seem wise and proper to the President, that such proclamation may
issue on the 25th day of July, the said day being a legally established
holiday in Porto Rico commemorating the anniversary of the coming of
the American flag to the Island.

WILLIAM H. HUNT,
_President of the Executive Council_.

MAN. F. ROSSY,
_Speaker of the House of Delegates_.

Approved, July 4th, A.D. 1901.

CHAS. H. ALLEN,
_Governor_.

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, in
pursuance of the provisions of law above quoted, and upon the foregoing
due notification, do hereby issue this my proclamation, and do declare
and make known that a civil government for Porto Rico has been organized
in accordance with the provisions of the said act of Congress;

And I do further declare and make known that the Legislative Assembly of
Porto Rico has enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation
to meet the necessities of the government of Porto Rico.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this 25th day of July, A.D. 1901, and of
the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
DAVID J. HILL,
_Acting Secr