Governor Willis Bradley Issues Proclamation. US Naval Governor Willis Bradley created a Bill of Rights for Guam on 4 December 1930 modeled after the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution. The bill also included the right of writ of habeas corpus and the privilege of voting in local elections regardless of race or sex.
Bill of Rights for Guam 1930 Read Post »
Petition calls for a permanent government for Guam. The pursuit of self-government and protected civil rights through United States citizenship became a priority among many CHamorus in the first half of the 20th century. Guam leaders sought citizenship and self-government through formal democratic processes common in the US, but relatively new to CHamorus of the early 20th century who had just become subjects of the American empire in 1898.
Executive General Orders issued by Naval Governor William John Maxwell (28 March 1914 – 29 April 1916). To learn more read his entry, Governor Maxwell. To go back to the list of General Orders click here.
William J. Maxwell Executive General Order Nos. 180 – 194 Read Post »
Executive General Order issued in 1916. To go back to the list of General Orders click here. Note: there are more Executive General Orders from this time available at the University of Guam’s Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
1916 Executive General Orders Read Post »
Executive General Order No. 191. It is hereby ordered and decreed that: –
1. Executive General Orders No. 69 and 89 shall not be so construed as to prevent the agents of the Government from appealing in any case, civil or criminal, to which it may be a party; and such right shall not be denied to the Government.
1915 Executive General Orders Read Post »
Executive General Order No. 180. 1. All merchants, persons, corporations and agencies engaged in trade in this Island shall keep the books required by the Commercial Code in force in the form required by Law and said books shall be kept in the English language.
1914 Executive General Orders Read Post »
General Order No. 74. By virtue of appointment from the Home Government the undersigned hereby assumes command of this island as acting governor pending the arrival of a new governor to succeed Governor William Eldridge Sewell, invalided to the United States.
1904 General Orders Read Post »
General Order No. 48. It is hereby ordered and decreed: 1. That whenever a document shall purport to have originated in territory under the jurisdiction of the United States of America and to bear the signature and seal of a notary public or the seal of a court of justice and the signature of the judge or clerk thereof, said document shall be presumed to be authentic; provided that such presumption shall be deemed disputable and may be controverted by evidence.
1903 General Orders Read Post »
General Order No. 39. It is hereby ordered and decreed: 1. That on the 1st day of April, 1902, the industrial tax (contribucion industrial) in this island shall be entirely abolished.
1902 General Orders Read Post »
General Orders issued in 1901. To go back to the list of General Orders click here. No. 29 1 May 1901 General Order No. 291. The competency to have cognizance
1901 General Orders Read Post »
