Rizal Province directory, Volume I.

RECOGNITION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE AND
WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY
Sec. 10. (A) On the 4th day of July immediately following the expiration of a period of ten years from the date of the inauguration of
the new government under the constitution provided for in this act the
President of the United States shall by proclamation withdraw and surrender all right of possession, supervision, jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty then existing and exercised by the United States in and over
the territory and people of the Philippine Islands, including all military
and other reservations of the government of the United States in the
Philippines (EXCEPT SUCH NAVAL RESERVATIONS AND FUELING STATION AS ARE RESERVED UNDER SECTION 5), and on
behalf of the United States, shall recognize the independence of the
Philippine Islands as separate and self-governing nation and acknowledge
the authority and control over the same of the government instituted by
the people thereof, under the constitution then in force.
(B) THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER HIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FOR THE ADJUSTMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF ALL QUESTIONS RELATING TO NAVAL RESERVATIONS AND FUELING STATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND PENDING SUCH ADJUSTMENT AND SETTLEMENT THE MATTER OF NAVAL RESERVATIONS AND FUELING STATIONS SHALL REMAIN IN ITS
PRESENT STATUS.
NEUTRALIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Sec. 11. The President is requested, at the earliest practicable date
to enter into negotiation with foreign powers with a view to the conclusion of a treaty for the perpetual neutralization of the Philippine
Islands, if any when Philippine Independence shall have been achieved.
NOTIFICATION TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
Sec. 12. Upon the proclamation and recognition of the independence
of the Philippine Islands, the President shall notify the governments with
which the United States is in diplomatic correspondence thereof and
invite said governments to recognize the independence of the Philippine
Islands.
TARIFF DUTIES AFTER INDEPENDENCE
Sec. 13. After the Philippine Islands have become a free and independent nation there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles
coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands the rates
of duty which are required to be levied, collected, and paid upon like
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