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Guide to Puerto Rican Records . in the National Archives . NEW YORK CITY. August 2013. Cover Photo: Aerial photo of San Juan, RG 77 Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Census RG 29 Census Bureau, Special Censuses of Puerto Rico, 1935 2. Nonpopulation Census Schedules: Nonfarm Livestock, 1930 3. Legal RG 21/578 District Courts of the United States, 1897-1995 4. Criminal Cases Civil Cases Bankruptcy Cases Admiralty Cases Naturalization Records RG 118 Office of the Attorneys, 1987-1992 8. Military RG 77 Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1896-1950 9.
1915, Congress authorized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to hear appeals from the District Court in Puerto Rico, which until that time had been heard directly by the Supreme Court. The District Court was further defined by the Jones Act of 1917 [39 Stat. 965].
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