Definition of Foraker Act
A name usually given to the act of congress of April 12, 1900, 31 Stat.L. 77, c. 191 (48 U.S.C.A. § 731 et seq.), which provided civil government for Puerto Rico. See Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244, 390, 21 S.Ct. 770, 45 L.Ed. 1088.
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