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 AN ACT 
 
 TO PROVIDE A GOVERNMENT 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII 
 
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 Passed by the Fifty-Sixth Congress of the__United 
 ^ States of America on the 27th Day of April 
 
 AND Approved on the 30th Day 
 OF April, A. D. 1900. 
 
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 HONOLULU, H. 1. 
 
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 1900 
 
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AN ACT 
 
 TO PROVIDE A GOVERNMENT 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII 
 
 Passed by the Fifty-Sixth Congress of the United 
 States of America on the 27th Day of April 
 AND Approved on the 30th Day 
 of April, a. D. 1900. 
 
to in this Act as "Civil Laws," "Penal Laws," and "Session 
 Laws." 
 
 TEREITORY OF HAWAII. 
 
 iSBC. 2. That the islands acquired by the United States of 
 America under an Act of Congress entitled "Joint resolution 
 to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United 
 States," approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 eight, shall be known as the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 GOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. 
 
 Sec. 3. That a Territorial government is hereby estab- 
 lished over the said Territory, with its capital at Honolulu, 
 on the island of Oahu. 
 
 CITIZENSHIP. 
 
 Sec. 4. That all persons who were citizens of the Kepublic 
 of Hawaii on August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 eight, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States 
 and citizens of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 And all citizens of the United States resident in the Hawai- 
 ian Islands who were resident there on or since August 
 twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and all the citi- 
 zens of the United States who shall hereafter reside in the 
 Territory of Hawaii for one year shall be citizens of the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii. 
 
 APPIjICATION of the LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the Constitution, and, except as herein other- 
 wise provided, all the laws of the United States which are not 
 locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect with- 
 in the said Territory as elsewhere in the United States: Pro- 
 ricJnh That sections eighteen hundred and fifty and eighteen 
 hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes of the United 
 P'tates shall not apply to the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
LAWS OF HAWAII. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the laws of Hawaii not inconsistent with the 
 Constitution or laws of the United States or the provisions, 
 of this Act shall continue in force, subject to repeal or amend 
 ment by the legislature of Hawaii or the Congress of the- 
 United States. 
 
 Sec. T. That the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii 
 and the laws of Hawaii, as set forth in the following acts,, 
 chapters, and sections of the civil laws, penal laws, and ses- 
 sion laws, and relating to the following subjects, are hereby 
 repealed : 
 
 Civil Laws: Sections two and three. Promulgation of laws;, 
 chapter five. Flag and seal; section thirty to thirty-three, in- 
 clusive. Tenders for supplies; chapter seven, Minister of For- 
 eign Affairs; chapter eight. Diplomatic and consular agents;, 
 sections one hundred and thirty-four and one hundred and 
 thirty-five, National museum; chapter twelve, Education of 
 Hawaiian youths abroad; sections one hundred and fifty to 
 one hundred and flfty-six, inclusive. Aid to board of education; 
 chapter fourteen. Minister of the interior; sections one hun- 
 dred and sixty-six to one hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive, 
 one hundred and seventy-four and one hundred and seventy- 
 five, Government lands; section one hundred and ninety. Board 
 of commissioners of public lands; section four hundred and 
 twenty-four. Bureau of agriculture and forestry; chapter thir- 
 ty-one. Agriculture and manufactures; chapter thirty-two, 
 Ramie; chapter thirty-three, Taro flour; chapter thirty-four, 
 Development of resources; chapter thirty-five, Agriculture; 
 section four hundred and seventy-seven, Brands; chapter thir- 
 ty-seven. Patents; chapter thirty-eight. Copyrights; sections 
 five hundred and fifty-six and five hundred and fifty-seven. 
 Railroad subsidy; chapter forty-seven. Pacific cable; chapter 
 forty-eight, Hospitals; chapter fifty-one, Coins and currency; 
 chapter fifty-four. Consolidation of public debt; chaptei- fifty- 
 six, Post-office; chapter fifty-seven, Exemptions from postage; 
 
chapter fifty-eight, Postal savings banli; chapter sixty-five, Im- 
 port duties; chapter sixty-six. Imports; chapter sixty-seven. 
 Ports of entry and collection districts; chapter sixty-eight. 
 Collectors; chapter sixty-nine, Registry of vessels; section one 
 thousand and eleven, Oustom-house charges; section eleven 
 hundred and two, Elections; section eleven hundred and 
 thirty-two. Appointment of magistrate; last clause of first 
 subdivision and fifth subdivision of section eleven hundred 
 and forty-four, first subdivision of section eleven hundred and 
 forty-flve, Jurisdiction; sections eleven hundred and seventy- 
 three to eleven hundred and seventy-eight, inclusive. Transla- 
 tion of decisions; section eleven hundred and eighty-eight. 
 Clerks of court; sections thirteen hundred and twenty-nine, 
 thirteen hundred and thirty-one, thirteen hundred and thirty- 
 two, thirteen hundred and forty-seven to thirteen hundred 
 and fifty-four, inclusive. Juries; sections fifteen hundred and 
 nine to fifteen hundred and fourteen, inclusive, Maritime mat- 
 ters; chapter one hundred and two, Naturalization; section 
 sixteen hundred and seventy-eight. Habeas corpus: chapter 
 one hundred and eight, Arrest of debtors; subdivisions six. 
 seven, ten, twelve to fourteen of section seventeen hundred 
 and thirty-six, Garnishment; sections seventeen hundred and 
 fifty-five to seventeen hundred and fifty-eight, inclusive, Liens 
 on vessels; chapter one hundred and sixteen, BankrupTiy, and 
 sections eighteen hundred and twenty-eight to eighteen hun- 
 dred and thirty-two, inclusive. Water rights. 
 
 Pe.xal Laws: Chapter six, Treason; section sixty-five to 
 sixty-seven, inclusive. Foot binding; chapter seventeen. Viola- 
 tion of postal laws; section three hundred and fourteen. 
 Blasphemy; sections three hundred and seventy-one to three 
 hundred and seventy-two, inclusive, Vagrants; sections four 
 hundred and eleven to four hundred and thirteen, inclusive 
 Manufacture of liquors; chapter forty-three, Oif eases on the 
 high seas and other waters; sections five hundred and ninetv- 
 flve and six hundred and two to six hundred and five, in- 
 
elusive, Jurisdiction; section six hundred and twentj'-tliree. 
 Procedure; sections seven hundred and seven hundred and 
 one. Imports; section seven hundred and fifteen, Auction 
 license; section seven hundred and fort.v-tive, T'omniercial 
 travelers; sections seven hundred and foity-eight to .seven 
 hundred and fifty-flve, inclusive, Firearms; sections seven 
 hundred and ninety-six to eight hundred and nine, inclusive, 
 Coasting trade; sections eight hundred and eleven and eight 
 hundred and twelve. Peddling foreign goods; sections eight 
 hundred and thirteen to eight hundred and fifteen, inclusive. 
 Importation of live stock; section eiglit hundred and nineteen, 
 Imports; sections eight hundred and eight-six to nine hundred 
 and six, inclusive, Quarantine; section eleven hundred and 
 thirty-seven. Consuls and consular agents; chapter sixty-seven. 
 Whale ships; sections eleven hundred and forty-flve to eleven 
 hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive, and twelve hundred and 
 four to twelve hundred and nine, inclusive, Arrival, entry, 
 and departure of vessels; chapters sixty-nine to seventy-six, 
 inclusive. Navigation and other matters within the exclusive 
 jurisdiction of the United States; sections thirteen hundred 
 and forty-seven and thirteen hundred and forty-eight, Fraudu- 
 lent exportation; chapter seventy-eight. Masters and servants; 
 chapter ninety-three, Immigration; sections sixteen hundred 
 and one, sixteen hundred and eight, and sixteen hundred and 
 twelve, Agriculture and forestry; chapter ninety-six. Seditious 
 offenses; and chapter ninety-nine. Sailing regulations. 
 
 Session Laws: Act fifteen. Elections; Act twenty-six. 
 Duties; Act twenty-seven, Exemptions from duties; Act 
 thirty-two. Registry of vessels; section four of Act thirty-eight, 
 Importation of live stock; Act forty-eight. Pacific cable; Act 
 sixty-five. Consolidation of public debt; Act sixty-six. Ports 
 of entry; and Act sixty-eight, Chinese immigration. 
 
 CERTAIN OI'TICES ABOLISHED. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the offices of President, minister of foreign 
 affairs, minister of the interior, minister of finance, minister 
 
of public instruction, auditor-general, deputy auditor-general, 
 surveyor-general, marshal, and deputy marshal of the Eepubhc 
 of Hawaii are hereby abolished. 
 
 AMENDMENT OF OFlflCIAL TITLES. 
 
 Sec. 9. That wherever the words "President of the Ee- 
 public of Hawaii," or "Republic of Hawaii," or "Government 
 of the Republic of Hawaii," or their equivalents, occur in 
 the laws of Hawaii not repealed by this Act, they are hereby 
 amended to read "Governor of the Territory of Hawaii," or 
 "Territory of Hawaii," or "Government of the Territory of 
 Hawaii," or their equivalents, as the context requires. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION OP EXISTING STATUTES. 
 
 Sec. 10. That all rights of action, suits at law and in 
 equity, prosecutions, and judgments existing prior to the 
 taking effect of this Act .shall continue to be as effectual as 
 if this Act had not been passed; and those in favor of or 
 against the Republic of Hawaii, and not assumed by or trans- 
 ferred to the United States, shall be equally valid in favor of 
 or against the government of the Territory of Hawaii. All 
 offenses which by statute then in force were punishable as 
 offenses against the Republic of Hawaii s^:all be punishable 
 as offenses against the government of the Territory of Hawaii, 
 unless such statute is inconsistent with this Act, or shall be 
 repealed or changed by law. No person shall be subject to 
 imprisonment for nonpayment of taxes nor for debt. All 
 criminal and penal proceedings then pending in the courts of 
 the Republic of Hawaii shall be prosecuted to final judgment 
 and execution in the name of the Territory of Hawaii; all such 
 proceedings, all actions at law, suits in equity, and other pro- 
 ceedings then pending in the courts of the Republic of Hawaii 
 shall be carried on to final judgment and execution in the cor- 
 responding courts of the Territory of Hawaii; and all process 
 issued and sentences imposed before this Act takes effect shall 
 
be as valid as if issued or imposed in the name of the Territory 
 of Hawaii: Provided, That no suit or proceedings shall be 
 maintained for the specific performance of any contract here- 
 tofore or hereafter entered into for personal labor or service, 
 nor shall any remedy exist or be enforced for breach of any 
 such contract, except in a civil suit or proceeding instituted 
 solely to recover damages for such breach: Provided further, 
 That the provisions of this section shall not modify or change 
 the laws of the United States applicable to merchant seamen. 
 
 That all contracts made since August twelfth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-eight, by which persons are held for ser- 
 vice for a definite term, are hereby declared null and void and 
 terminated, and no law shall be passed to enforce said con- 
 tracts in any way; and it shall be the duty of the United 
 States marshal to at once notify such persons so held of the 
 termination of their contracts. 
 
 That the Act approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hun- 
 <]red and eighty-five, "To prohibit the importation and migra- 
 tion of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to 
 perform labor in the United States, its Territories, and the 
 District of Columbia," and the Acts amendatory thereof and 
 supplemental thereto, be, and the same are hereby, extended 
 to and made applicable to the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 STYLE OF PROCESS. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the style of all process in the Territorial 
 courts shall hereafter run in the name of "The Territory of 
 Hawaii," and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name 
 and by the authority of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 Chapter II. — The Legislature. 
 
 THE legislative POWER. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii 
 shall consist of two houses, styled, respectively, the senate 
 
and house of representatives, which shall organize and sit 
 separately, except as otherwise lierein provided. 
 
 The two houses shall be styled "The legislature of the Tcr- 
 ,ritory of Hawaii." 
 
 Sec. 13. That no person shall sit as a senator or lepre 
 sentative in the legislature unless elected under and in con- 
 formity with this Act. 
 
 GENERAL BLECTIOXS. 
 
 Sec. 14. That a general election shall be held on the Tues- 
 day next after the first Monday in November, nineteen hun- 
 dred, and every second year thereafter: Provided, hotccrcr. 
 That the governor may, in his discretion, on thirty days" 
 notice, order a special election before the first general election, 
 if, in his opinion, the public interests shall require a special 
 session of the legislature. 
 
 BACH HOUSE JUDGE OF (JUALIFICATIOXS OF MEMBEItS. 
 
 Sec. 15. That each house shall be the judge of the elec- 
 tions, returns, and qualifications of its own members. 
 
 DISQUALn<"ICATIONS OF LEGISLATORS. 
 
 Sec. 1.6. That no member of the legislature shall, during 
 the term for which he is elected, be a]i](ointed or elected to 
 any office of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 DISQUALIFICATIONS OF GOVEUNIIBNT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 
 
 Sec. 17. That no person holding office in or under or bv 
 authority of the (iovernment of the United States or of the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii shall be eligible to election to the legislature 
 or to hold the position of a member of the same .wliile holdino- 
 said office. 
 
 Sec. 18. No idiot or insane person, and no person who shall 
 be expelled from the legislature for giving or receivim> bribes 
 or being accessory thereto, and no person who, in due course of 
 
law, shall lun e been convicted of any criminal offense punish- 
 able by imprisonment, whether with oi- without hard labor, for 
 a term exceeding one year, whether with or without fine, shall 
 register to vote or shall vote or hold any oflice in, or under, or 
 by authority of, the government, unless the i^erson so con- 
 victed shall have been pardoi.ed and I'estoi-ed to his civil 
 rights. 
 
 OATH OF OFFU'K. 
 
 Sec. ]<). That every member of the legislature, and all of- 
 ficers of the government of the Territory of Hawaii, shall take 
 the following oath or aflHrmation : 
 
 I solemnly sweai- (or affirm), in the presence of Almighty 
 God, that I will faithfully support the Constitution and laws 
 of the United States, and conscientiously and impartially dis- 
 charge my duties as a member of the legislature, or as an officer 
 of the government of the Territory of Hawaii las the case 
 may be). 
 
 OFFICEKS -V.Nl) KILES. 
 
 Sec 2(1. That the senate and house of representatives shall 
 each choose its own officers, detf^-niine the rules of its own 
 proceedings, not inconsistent with this Act, and keep a journal. 
 
 AYES AXI) NOES. 
 
 Sec. 21. That the ayes and noes of the members on any 
 question shall, at the desire of one-fifth of the members present, 
 be entered on the journal. 
 
 <H'oHrM. 
 
 Sec. 22. That a majority of the number of members to 
 which each house is entitled shall constitute a quorum of such 
 house for the cpnduct of ordinary business, of which quorum a 
 majority vote shall suffice; but the final passage of a law in 
 
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 each house shall require the vote of a majority of all the mem- 
 bers to which such house is entitled. 
 
 Sec. 23. That a smaller number than a quorum may ad- 
 journ from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent 
 members, in such manner and under such penalties as each 
 house may provide. 
 
 Sec. 24. That, for the purpose of ascertaining whether 
 there is a quorum present, the chairman shall count the num- 
 ber of members present. 
 
 PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS NOT MEMBERS. 
 
 Sec. 25. That each house may punish by fine, or by impris- 
 onment not exceeding thirty days, any person not a member of 
 either house who shall be guilty of disrespect of such house by 
 any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence or 
 that of any committee thereof; or who shall, on account of the 
 exercise of any legislative function, threaten harm to the body 
 or estate of any of the members of such house; or who shall 
 assault, arrest, or detain any witness or other person ordered 
 to attend such house, on his way going to or returning there- 
 from ; or who shall rescue any person arrested by order of such 
 house. 
 
 But the person charged with the offense shall be informed, in 
 writing, of the charge made against him, and have an oppor- 
 tunity to present evidence and be heard in his own defense. 
 
 COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Sec. 26. That the members of the legislature shall receive 
 for their services, in addition to mileage at the rate of ten cents 
 a mile each way, the sum of four hundred dollars for each reg- 
 ular session of the legislature, payable in three equal install- 
 ments on and after the first, thirtieth, and fiftieth days of the 
 session, and the sum of two hundred dollars for each extra 
 session of the legislature. 
 
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 PUNISHMENT OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Sec. 27. That each house may punish its own members for 
 disorderly behavior or neglect of duty, by censure, or by a two- 
 thirds vote suspend or expel a member. 
 
 exemption feom liability. 
 
 Sec. 28. That no member of the legislature shall be held to 
 answer before any other tribunal for any words uttered in the 
 exercise of his legislative functions in either house. 
 
 exemption prom arrest. 
 
 Sec. 29 That the members of the legislature shall, in all 
 cases except treason, feloHy, or breach of the peace, be priv- 
 ileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of 
 the respective houses, and in going to and returning from the 
 same : Provided, That such privilege as to going and returning 
 shall not cover a period of over ten days each way. 
 
 The Senate. 
 
 number of members. 
 
 Sec. 30. That the Senate shall be composed of fifteen mem- 
 bers, who shall hold office for four years: Provided, however. 
 That of the senators elected at the first general election, two 
 from the first district, one from the second, three from the 
 third, and one from the fourth district shall hold offlce for two 
 years only, the details of such apportionment to be provided 
 for by the legislature. 
 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 Sec. 31. That vacancies caused by death, resignation, or 
 otherwise shall be filled for the unexpired term at general or 
 special elections. 
 
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 SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. 
 
 kSEc. 32. That for the purpose of representation in the sen- 
 ate, until otherwise provided by law, the Territoij is divided 
 into the following senatorial districts, namely: 
 
 First district: The island of Hawaii. 
 
 Second district: The islands of Maui, Molokai, Lauai, and 
 Kahoolawe. 
 
 Third district: The island of Oahu. 
 
 Fourth district: The islands of Kauai and Niihau. 
 
 Sec. 33. That the electors in the said districts shall be en- 
 titled to elect senators as follows: 
 
 In the first district, four; 
 
 In the second district, three; 
 
 In the third district, six; 
 
 In the fourth district, two. 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS OF SENATORS. 
 
 Sec. 34. That in order to be eligible to election as a senator 
 a person shall — 
 
 Be a male citizen of the United States; 
 
 Have attained the age of thirty years; 
 
 Have i-esided in the Hawaiian Islands not less than three 
 years nnd be (|nalifled to vote for senators in the district from 
 which he is elected. 
 
 The Hotse of Representatives. 
 
 NT!MBER OF representatives. 
 
 Sec. 35. That the house of representatives shall he com- 
 posed of thirty members, elected, except as herein provided, 
 every second year. 
 
 TERM OF office. 
 
 Sec. 3(;. Tluit the term of office of the representatives 
 
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 elected at any general or special election shall be until the next 
 lieneral election held thereafter. 
 
 VA(A\(.'IES. 
 
 Skc. .'7. That \acancies in the office of representative 
 caused by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled for 
 the nncx])ired term at s])ecial elections. 
 
 liKl'RKSE.VTATIVE I>ISTKICTS. 
 
 Sec. ;!S. That for the pur])ose of representation in the house 
 of representatives, until otherwise provided liy law, the Ter- 
 litory is divided into the following representative districts, 
 namely : 
 
 First district: That portion of the island of Hawaii known 
 as Puna, liilo, and Haniakiia. 
 
 Second district: That portion of the island of Hawaii 
 known as K<iu, Kona. and Kohala. 
 
 Third district: The islands of Maui, .Molokai, Laiiai, and 
 Kahoolawe. 
 
 Fourth district: That portion of the island of Oahu lying 
 east and south of Xuuanu street and a line drawn in extension 
 thereof from the Xuuanu Pali to Mokapu Point. 
 
 Fifth district: That portion of the island of Oahu lying 
 west and north of the fourth disti'ict. 
 
 Sixth district: The islands of Kauai and Niihau. 
 
 AfPORTIONMENT. 
 
 Sec. :'.'.I. That the electors in the said districts shall be 
 entitled to elect representatives as follows: 
 In th<- first district, four; 
 In the second district, four; 
 In the third district, six; 
 In the fourth district, six; 
 In the fifth district, six; 
 In the sixth district, four. 
 
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 QUALIFICATIONS OF REPKESENTATIVES. 
 
 Sec. 40. That in order to be eligible to be a member of the 
 house of representatives a person shall, at the time of election — 
 
 Have attained the age of twenty-five years; 
 
 Be a male citizen of the United States; 
 
 Have resided in the Hawaiian Islands not less than three 
 years ; 
 
 And shall be qualified to vote for representatives in the dis- 
 trict from which he is elected. 
 
 Legislation. 
 sessions of the legislatuee. 
 
 Sec. 41. That the first i;egular session of the legislature 
 shall be held on the third Wednesday in February, nineteen 
 hundred and one, and biennially thereafter, in Honolulu. 
 
 Sec. 42. That neither house shall adjourn during any ses- 
 sion for more than three days, or sine die, without the consent 
 of the other. 
 
 Sec. 43. That each session of the legislature shall continue 
 not longer than sixty days, excluding Sundays and holidays: 
 Provided, however, That the governor may extend such session 
 for not more than thirty days. 
 
 The governor may convene the legislature, or the senate 
 alone, in special session, and, in case the seat of government 
 shall be unsafe from an enemy, riot, or insurrection, or any 
 dangerous disease, direct that any regular or special session 
 shall be held at some other than the regular meeting place, 
 
 ENACTING CLAUSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Sec. 44. That the enacting clause of all laws shall be. "Be 
 it enacted by the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii." 
 
 All legislative proceedings shall be conducted in the English 
 language. 
 
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 TITLE OF LAWS. 
 
 Sec. 45. That each law shall embrace but one subject, 
 which shall be expressed in its title. 
 
 READING OF BILLS. 
 
 Sec. 46. That a bill in order to become a law shall, except 
 as herein provided, pass three readings in each house, on sep- 
 arate days, the final passage of which in each house shall be by 
 a majority vote of all the members to which such house is en- 
 titled, taken by ayes and noes and entered upon its journal. 
 
 CERTIFICATION OF BILLS FROM ONE HOUSE TO THE OTHER. 
 
 Sec. 47. That every bill when passed by the house in which 
 it originated, or in which amendments thereto shall have orig- 
 inated, shall immediately be certified by the presiding ofldcer 
 and clerk and sent to the other house for consideration. 
 
 SIGNING BILLS. 
 
 Sec. 48. That, except as herein provided, all bills passed 
 by the legislature shall, in order to be valid, be signed by the 
 governor. 
 
 VETO OF GOVERNOR. 
 
 Sec. 49. That every bill which shall have passed the leg- 
 islature shall be certified by the presiding officers and clerks 
 of both houses, and shall thereupon be presented to the gover- 
 nor. If he approves it, he shall sign it, and it shall become a 
 law. If the governor does not approve such bill, he may return 
 it, with his objections, to the legislature. 
 
 He may veto any specific item or items in any bill which 
 appropriates money for specific purposes; but shall veto other 
 bills, if at all, only as a whole. 
 
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 PROCEDURE UrON RECEIPT OF VETO. 
 
 Sec 50. That upon the receipt of a veto message fi-oiu the 
 governor each house of the legislature shall enter the same 
 at large upon its journal and proceed to reconsider such hill, 
 or part of a bill, and again vote upon it by ayes and noes, which 
 shall be entered upon its journal. 
 
 If after such reconsideration such bill, or part of a bill, shall 
 be approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members to which 
 each house is entitled, it shall thereby become law. 
 
 PAILT'RE TO SlOX OR VJ5TO. 
 
 Sec. 51. That if the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill 
 within ten days aftei' it is delivered to him it shall become a 
 law without his signature, unless the legislature adjourns sine 
 die prior to the expiration of such ten days. 
 
 If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten 
 days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to 
 him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed 
 it, unless the legislature by their adjournment prevents its re- 
 turn, in which case it shall not be a law'. 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS. 
 
 Sec. 52. That appropriations, except as otherwise herein 
 jirovided, shall be made biennially by the legislature: Provided, 
 hnirercr. That pending the time when this Act shall take effect 
 ard until a session of the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii 
 shall be held, the President may, in his discretion, authorize 
 and direct the use of such money in the treasury of the Repub- 
 lic of Hawaii as well as of the Territory of Hawaii, as he shall 
 think recjuisite and projier for carrying on the government of 
 the Territory of Hawaii, the preservation of the public health, 
 the completion of the sewerage system of the city of Honolulu, 
 and such other expenditures as in the President's judsuient 
 shall seem to be appropriate. 
 
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 Sec. 53. That the governor shall submit to the legislature, 
 at each regular session, estimates for appropriations for the 
 succeeding biennial period. 
 
 Sec. 54. That in case of failure of the legislature to pass 
 appropriation bills providing for payments of the necessary 
 current expenses of carrying on the government and meeting 
 its legal obligations as the same are provided for by the then 
 existing laws, the governor shall, upon the adjournment of the 
 legislature, call it in extra session for the consideration of ap- 
 propriation bills, and until the legislature shall have acted the 
 treasurer may, with the advice of the governor, make such pay- 
 ments, for which purpose the sums appropriated in the last 
 appropriation bills shall be deemed to have been reappropriat- 
 ed. And all legislative and other appropriations made prior to 
 the date when this Act shall take effect, shall be available to 
 the government of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 LEGISLATIVE POWER. 
 
 Sec. 55._ That the legislative power of the Territory shall 
 extend to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent 
 with the Constitution and laws of the United States locally 
 applicable. The legislature, at its first regular session after 
 the census enumeration shall be ascertained, and from time to 
 time thereafter, shall reapportion the membership in the sen- 
 ate and house of representatives among the senatorial and rep- 
 resentative districts on the basis of the population in each of 
 said districts who are citizens of the Territory; but the legis- 
 lature shall not grant to any corporation, association, or indi- 
 vidual any special or exclusive privilege, immunity, or fran- 
 chise without the approval of Congress; nor shall it grant 
 private charters, but it may by general act permit persons to 
 associate themselves together as bodies corporate for manufac- 
 turing, agricultural, and other industrial pursuits, and for con- 
 ducting the business of insurance, savings banks, banks of dis- 
 count and deposit (but not of issue), loan, trust, and guaranty 
 
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 associations, for tlie establishment and conduct of cemeteries, 
 and for the construction and operation of railroads, wagon 
 roads, vessels, and irrigating ditches, and the colonization and 
 improvement of lands in connection therewith, or for colleges, 
 seminaries, churches, libraries, or any other benevolent, charit- 
 able, or scientific association: Frovidvd, That no coi'poration, 
 domestic or foreign, shall acquire and hold real estate in Ha- 
 waii in excess of one thousand acres; and all real estate ac- 
 quired 01' held by such corporation or association contrary here- 
 to shall be forfeited and escheat to the United States, but ex- 
 isting vested rights in real estate shall not be impaired, ^'o 
 divorce shall be granted by the legislature, nor shall any 
 divorce be granted by the courts of the Territory unless the 
 applicant therefor shall have resided in the Territory for t^\o 
 years next preceding the application, but this provision shall 
 not affect any action pending when this Act takes effect; nor 
 shall any lottery or sale of lottery tickets be allowed; nor shall 
 spirituous or intoxicating liquors be sold except under such 
 regulations and restrictions as the Territorial legislature shall 
 provide; nor shall any public money be appropriated for the 
 support or benefit Of any sectarian, denominational, or private 
 school, or any school not under the exclusive control of the gov- 
 ernment; nor shall the government of the Territory of Hawaii, 
 or any political or municipal corporation or subdivision of the 
 Territory, make any subscription to the capital stock of any 
 incorporated company, or in any manner lend its credit for the 
 use thereof; nor shall any debt be authorized to be contracted 
 by or on behalf of the Territory, or any political or municipal 
 corporation or subdivision thereof, except to pay the interest 
 upon the existing indebtedness, to suppress insurrection, or to 
 ]>rovide for the common defense, except that in addition to anv 
 indebtedness created for such purposes the legislature may 
 authorize loans by the Territory, or any such subdivision there- 
 of, for the erection of penal, charitable, and educational insti- 
 tutions, and for public buildings, wharves, roads, and harbor 
 
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 and other public improvements, but the total of such indebted- 
 ness incurred in any one year by the Territory or any subdivi- 
 sion shall not exceed one per centum upon the assessed value 
 of taxable property of the Territory or subdivision thereof, as 
 the case may be, as shown by the last general assessment for 
 taxation, and the total indebtedness for the Territory shall not 
 at any time be extended beyond seven per centum of such 
 assessed value, and the total indebtedness of any subdivision 
 shall not at any time be extended beyond three per centum of 
 such assessed value, but nothing in this provision shall prevent 
 the refunding of any existing indebtedness at any time; noi^ 
 shall any such loan be made upon the credit of the public do- 
 main or any part thereof, nor shall any bond or other instru- 
 ment of any such indebtedness be issued unless made redeem- 
 able in not more than five years and payable in not more than 
 fifteen years from the date of the issue thereof; nor shall any 
 such bond or indebtedness be incurred until approved by the 
 President of the United States. 
 
 TOWN, CITY, AND COUNTY GOVERNMEXT. 
 
 Sec. 56. That the legislature may create counties and town 
 and city municipalities within the Territory of Hawaii and 
 provide for the government thereof. 
 
 Elections. 
 
 exemption of electors on election day. 
 
 Sec. .57. That every elector shall be privileged from arrest 
 on election day during his attendance at election and in going 
 to and returning therefrom, except in case of breach of the 
 peace then committed, or in case of treason or felony. 
 
 Sec 58. That no elector shall be so obliged to perform mil- 
 itary duty on the day of election as to prevent his voting, except 
 in time of war or public danger, or in case of absence from his 
 place of residence in actual military service, in which case 
 provision may be made by law for taking his vote. 
 
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 METHOD OF VOTING FOR KEI'KESENTATIVES. 
 
 Sec. 59. That each voter for representative may cast a vote 
 for as many representatives as are to be elected from the rep- 
 resentative district in which he is entitled to vote. 
 
 The required number of candidates receiving the highest 
 number of votes in the respective representative districts shall 
 be the representatives for such districts. 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS FOR REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 Sec. 60. That in order to be qualified to vote for representa- 
 tives a person shall — 
 
 First. Be a male citizen (5f the United States. 
 
 Second. Have resided in the Territory not less than one 
 year preceding and in the representative district in which he 
 offers to register not less than three months immediately pre- 
 ceding the time at which he offers to register. 
 
 Third. Have attained the age of twenty-one years. 
 
 Fourth. Prior to each regular election, during the time pre- 
 scribed by law for registration, have caused his name to be 
 entered on the register of voters for representatives for his dis- 
 trict. 
 
 Fifth. Be able to speak, read, and write the English or Ha- 
 waiian language. 
 
 METHOD OF VOTIXG FOR SENATORS. 
 
 Sec. 61. That each voter for senator may cast one vote for 
 each senator to be elected from the senatorial district in which 
 he is entitled to vote. 
 
 The required number of candidates receiving the highest 
 number of votes in the respective senatorial districts shall be 
 the senators for such district. 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS FOR SENATORS AND IN ALL OTHER 
 
 ELECTIONS. 
 
 Sec. 62. That in order to be qualified to vote for senators 
 
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 and for voting in all other elections in the Territory of Hawaii 
 a person must possess all the qualifications and be subject to 
 all the conditions required by this Act of voters for represen- 
 tatives. 
 
 Sec. 63. That no person shall be allowed to vote who is in 
 the Territory by reason of being in the Army or Navy or by 
 reason of being attached to troops in the service of the United 
 States. 
 
 Sec. 64. That the rules and regulations for administering 
 oaths and holding elections set forth in Ballou's Compilation, 
 Civil Laws, Appendix, and the list of registering districts and 
 precincts appended, are continued in force with the following 
 changes, to wit: 
 
 Strike out the preliminary proclamation and sections one to 
 twenty-six, inclusive, sections thirty and thirty -nine, the second 
 and third paragraphs of section forty-eight, the second para- 
 graph .of section fifty, and sections sixty-two, sixty-three, and 
 sixty-six, second paragraph of section one hundred. 
 
 In section twenty-nine strike out all after the word "Niihau" 
 and in lieu thereof insert: "The boards of registration existing 
 at the date of the approval of this Art shall go out of office, 
 and new boards, which shall consist of three members each, 
 shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and 
 consent of the senate, whose terms of office shall be four years. 
 Appointments made by the governor when the senate is not in 
 session shall be valid until the succeeding meeting of that 
 body." 
 
 In section thirty-one strike out "the first day of April and 
 the thirtieth day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-seven," and insert in lieu thereof "the last day of August 
 and the tenth day of October, in the year nineteen hundred." 
 
 Strike out the words "and the detailed record" in sections 
 fifty-two and one hundred and twelve. 
 
 Strike out "marshal" wherever it occurs and insert in lieu 
 thereof "high sheriff." 
 
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 Strike out of section fifty-three the words "except as provided 
 in section one hundred and fourteen hereof." 
 
 In sections fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty- 
 nine, sixty, seventy-one, seventy-five, eighty-six, ninety-two, 
 ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, one hundred and eleven, 
 one hundred and twelve, and one hundred and thirteen strike 
 out the words "minister" and "minister of the interior" wher- 
 ever they occur and insert in lieu thereof the words "secretary 
 of the Territory." 
 
 In section fifty-six, paragraph three, strike out "interior of- 
 fice" and insert "office of the secretary of the Territory." 
 
 In section fifty-six, first paragraph, after the words "candi- 
 date for election" insert "to the legislature;" and in the last 
 paragraph strike out the word "only." 
 
 Strike out the word "elective" in section sixty-four. 
 
 In sections twenty-seven, sixty-four, sixty-five, sixty-eight, 
 seventy, and seventy-two strike out the words "minister of the 
 interior" or "minister" wherever they occur and insert in lieu 
 thereof the word "governor." 
 
 Amend section sixty-seven so that it will read: "At least 
 forty days before any election the governor shall issue an elec- 
 tion proclamation and transmit copies of the same to the sev- 
 eral boards of inspectors throughout the Territory, or where 
 such election is to be held." 
 
 In section seventy-five strike out the word "perfeotlv," and 
 in section seventy-six strike out "in" and insert "on." 
 
 In section one hundred and twelve strike out "interior de- 
 partment" and insert in lieu thereof "office of the secretary of 
 the Territory." 
 
 In section one hundred and fourteen strike out the word 
 "Republic" wherever it occurs and insert in lieu thereof "Terri- 
 tory." 
 
 In section one hundred and fifteen strike out the words "min- 
 ister" and "minister of the interior" and insert in lieu thereof 
 "treasurer," and strike out all after the word "refreshments:" 
 
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 Provided, however. That for the holding of a special election 
 before the first general election the governor may prescribe 
 the time during which the boards of registration shall meet and 
 the registration be made. 
 
 Sec. 65. That the legislature of the Territory may from 
 time to time establish and alter the boundaries of election dis- 
 tricts and voting precincts and apportion the senators and rep- 
 resentatives to be elected from such districts. 
 
 Chapter III. — The Executive. 
 
 THE EXECUTIVE POWER. 
 
 Sec. 66. That the executive power of the government of 
 the Territory of Hawaii shall be vested in a governor, who 
 shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
 and consent of the Senate of the United States, and shall hold 
 office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed 
 and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President. He 
 shall be not less than thirty-five years of age; shall be a 
 citizen of the Territory of Hawaii; shall be commander in 
 ■chief of the militia thereof; may grant pardons or reprieves 
 for offenses against the laws of the said Territory and 
 reprieves for offenses against the laws of the United States 
 until the decision of the President is made known thereon. 
 
 ENFORCEMENT OF LAW. 
 
 Sec. 67. That the governor shall be responsible for the 
 faithful execution of the laws of the United States and of the 
 Territory of Hawaii within the said Territory, and whenever 
 it becomes necessary he may call upon the commanders of the 
 military and naval forces of the United States in the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii, or summon the posse comitatus, or call out 
 the militia of the Territory to prevent or suppress lawless 
 violence, invasion, insurrection, or rebellion in said Territory, 
 and he may, in case of rebellion or invasion, or imminent dan- 
 
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 ger thereof, when the public safety requires it, suspend the 
 privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, or place the Ter- 
 ritory, or any part thereof, under martial law until communi- 
 cation can be had with the President and his decision thereon 
 made known. 
 
 GENERAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR. 
 
 Sec. 68. That all the powers and duties which, by the 
 laws of Hawaii, are conferred upon or required of the Pres- 
 ident or any minister of the Eepublic of Hawaii (acting alone 
 or in connection with any other officer or person or body) or 
 the cabinet or executive council, and not inconsistent with 
 the Constitution or laws of the United States, are conferred 
 upon and required of the governor of the Territory of Hawaii, 
 unless otherwise provided. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORY. 
 
 Sec. 69. That there shall be a secretary of the said Ter- 
 ritory, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
 the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, 
 and who shall be a citizen of the Territory of Hawaii and hold 
 his office for four years and until his successor shall be 
 appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the Pres- 
 ident. He shall record and preserve all the laws and pro- 
 ceedings of the legislature and all acts and proceedings of the 
 governor, and promulgate proclamations of the governor. He 
 shall, within thirty days after the end of each session of the 
 legislature, transmit to the President, the President of the 
 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of 
 the United States one copy each of the laws and journals of 
 such session. He shall transmit to the President semian- 
 nually, on the first days of January and July, a copy of the 
 executive proceedings, and shall perform such other duties 
 as are prescribed in this Act or as may be required of him 
 by the legislature of Hawaii. 
 
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 ACTING GOVERNOR IN CERTAIN CONTINGENCIES. 
 
 Sec. 70. That in case of the death, removal, resignation, 
 or disability of the governor, or his absence from the Ter- 
 ritory, the secretary shall exercise all the powers and perform 
 all the duties of governor during such vacancy, disability, or 
 absence, or until another governor is appointed and qualified. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Sec. 71. That there shall be an attorney-general, who shall 
 have the powers and duties of the attorney-general and those 
 of the powers and duties of the minister of the interior which 
 relate to prisons, prisoners, and prison inspectors, notaries 
 public, and escheat of lands under the laws of Hawaii, except 
 as changed by this Act and subject to modification by the 
 legislature. 
 
 TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 72. That there shall be a treasurer, who shall have 
 the powers and duties of the minister of finance and those 
 of the powers and duties of the minister of the interior which 
 relate to licenses, corporations, companies, and partnerships, 
 business conducted by married women, newspapers, registry 
 of conveyances, and registration of prints, labels, and trade- 
 marks under the laws of Hawaii, except as changed in this 
 Act and subject to modification by the legislature. 
 
 COMMISSIONER OP PUBLIC LANDS. 
 
 Sec. 73. That the laws of Hawaii relating to public lands, 
 the settlement of boundaries, and the issuance of patents on 
 land-commission awards, except as changed by this Act, shall 
 continue in force until Congress shall otherwise provide. 
 That, subject to the approval of the President, all sales, 
 grants, leases, and other dispositions of the public domain, 
 
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 and agreements concerning the same, and all franchises 
 granted by the Hawaiian government in conformity with the 
 laws of Hawaii between the seventh day of July, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-eight, and the twenty-eighth day of Sep- 
 tember, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, are hereby ratified 
 and confirmed. In said laws "land patent" shall be sub- 
 stituted for "royal patent;" "commissioner of public lands" 
 for "minister of the interior," "agent of public lands," and 
 "commissioners of public lands," or their equivalents; and 
 the words "that I am a citizen of the United States," or "that 
 I have declared my intention to become a citizen of the United 
 States, as required by law," for the words "that I am a citizen 
 by birth (or naturalization) of the Republic of Hawaii," or 
 "that I have received letters of denization under the Republic 
 of Hawaii," or "that I have received a certificate of special 
 right of citizenship from the Republic of Hawaii." And no 
 lease of agricultural land shall be granted, sold, or renewed 
 by the government of the Territory of Hawaii for a longer 
 period than five years until Congress shall otherwise direct. 
 All funds arising from the sale or lease or other disposal of 
 such lands shall be appropriated by the laws of the govern- 
 ment of the Territory of Hawaii and applied to such uses and 
 purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Territory 
 of Hawaii as are consistent with the joint resolution of an- 
 nexation, approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and nine- 
 ty-eight: Provided, There shall be excepted from the provi- 
 sions of this section all lands heretofore set apart, or reserved, 
 by Executive order, or orders, by the President of the United 
 States. 
 
 COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 
 
 Sec. 74. That the laws of Hawaii relating to agriculture 
 and forestry, except as changed by this Act, shall continue 
 in force, subject to modification by Congress or the legislature. 
 In said laws "commissioner of agriculture and forestry" shall 
 be substituted, respectively, for "bureau," "bureau of agricul- 
 
ture and foresti'y,'' "commissioner," "commissioners of agricul- 
 ture," and "commissioners for the island of Oahu." 
 
 SUI'EUIXTEXDEXT OF TUBLIC WORKS. 
 
 Sec. 75. That there shall be a superintendent of public 
 works, who shall have the powers and duties of the super- 
 intendent of public works and those of the powers and duties 
 of the minister of the Interior which relate to streets and 
 highways, harbor improvements, wharves, landings, water- 
 works, railways, electric light and power, telephone lines, 
 fences, pounds, brands, weights and measures, fires and fire- 
 proof buildings, explosives, eminent domain, public works, 
 markets, buildings, parks and cemeteries, and other grounds 
 and lands now under the control and management of the 
 minister of the interior, and those of the powers and duties 
 of the minister of finance and collector-general which relate 
 to pilots and harbor masters under the laws of Hawaii, except 
 as changed by this Act and subject to modification by the 
 legislature. In said laws the word "legislature" shall be sub- 
 stituted for "councils" and the words "the circuit court" for 
 "the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank." 
 
 SUPERINTEXDENT OF PUBLIC IXSTEUCTIOX. 
 
 Sec. 76. That there shall be a superintendent of public 
 instruction, who shall have the powers and perform the duties 
 conferred upon and required of the minister of public instruc- 
 tion by the laws of Hawaii as amended by this Act, and sub- 
 ject to modification by the legislature. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the United States Commissioner of 
 Labor to collect, assort, arrange, and present in annual reports 
 statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the 
 Territory of Hawaii, especially in relation to the commercial, 
 industrial, social, educational, and sanitary condition of the 
 laboring classes, and to all such other subjects as Congress 
 may, by law, direct. The said commissioner is especially 
 
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 charged to ascertain, at as early a date as possible, and as ofteh 
 thereafter as such information may be required, the highest, 
 lowest, and average number of employees engaged in the var- 
 ious industries in the Territory, to be classified as to nativity, 
 sex, hours of labor, and conditions of employment, and to re- 
 port the same to Congress. 
 
 AUDITOR AND DEPUTY AUDITOR. 
 
 Sec. 77. That there shall be an auditor and deputy auditor, 
 who shall have the powers and duties conferred upon and re- 
 quired of the auditor-general and deputy auditor-general, re- 
 spectively, by act thirty-nine of the Session Laws, as amended 
 by this Act, subject to modification by the legislature. In said 
 act "ofScer" shall be substituted for "minister" where used 
 without other designation. 
 
 SURVEYOR. 
 
 Sec. 78. That there shall be a surveyor, who shall have the 
 powers and duties heretofore attached to the surveyor-general, 
 except such as relate to the geodetic survey of the Hawaiian 
 Islands. 
 
 HIGH sheriff. 
 
 Sec. 79. That there shall be a high sheriff and deputies, who 
 shall have the powers and duties of the marshal and deputies ■ 
 of the Eepublic of Hawaii under the laws of Hawaii, except as 
 changed by this Act, and subject to modification by the legis- 
 lature. 
 
 APPOIXTJIBNT, REMOVAL, TENURE, AND SALARIES OP (IFFIPERS. 
 
 Sbo. 80. That the President shall nominate and, bv and 
 with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the chief 
 justice and justices of the supreme court, the judges of the cir- 
 cuit courts, who shall hold their respective offices for the term 
 of four years, unless sooner removed by the President; and the 
 
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 governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice and con- 
 sent of the senate of the Territory of Hawaii, appoint the at- 
 torney-general, treasurer, commissioner of public lands, com- 
 missioner of agriculture and forestry, superintendent of public 
 works, superintendent of public instruction, auditor, deputy 
 auditor, surveyor, high sheriff, members of the board of health, 
 commissioners of public instruction, board of prison inspectors, 
 board of registration and inspectors of election, and any other 
 boards of a public character that may be created by law; and 
 he may make such appointments when the senate is not in ses- 
 sion by granting commissions, which shall, unless such ap- 
 pointments are confirmed, expire at the end of the next session 
 of the senate. He may, by and with the advice and consent of 
 the senate of the Territory of Hawaii, remove from office any 
 of such oflflcers. All such officers shall hold. office for four years 
 and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless 
 sooner removed, except the commissioners of public instruction 
 and the members of said boards, whose terms of office shall be 
 as provided by the laws of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 The manner of appointment and removal and the tenure of 
 all other officers shall be as provided by law; and the governor 
 may appoint or remove any officer whose appointment or re- 
 moval is not otherwise provided for. 
 
 The salaries of all officers other than those appointed by the 
 President shall be as provided by the legislature, but those of 
 the chief justice and the justices of the supreme court and 
 judges of the circuit courts shall not be diminished during their 
 term of office. 
 
 All officers appointed under the provisions of this section 
 shall be citizens of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 All persons holding office in the Hawaiian Islands at the 
 time this Act takes effect shall continue to hold their respec- 
 tive offices until their successors are appointed and qualified, 
 but not beyond the end of the first session of the senate of the 
 Territory of Hawaii unless reappointed as herein provided. 
 
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 Chapter IV. 
 
 THE JUDICIARY. 
 
 Sec. 81. That the judicial power of the Territory shall be 
 vested in one supreme court, circuit courts, and in such inferior 
 courts as the legislature may from time to time establish. And 
 until the legislatur'e shall otherwise provide, the laws of Ha- 
 waii heretofore in force concerning the several courts and their 
 jurisdiction and procedure shall continue in force except as 
 herein otherwise provided. 
 
 SUPREME COURT. 
 
 Sec. 82. That the supreme court shall consist of a chief jus- 
 tice and two associate justices, who shall be citizens of the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii and shall be appointed by the President of the 
 United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- 
 ate of the United States, and may be removed by the President : 
 Provided, however, That in case of the disqualification or absence 
 of any justice thereof, in any cause pending before the court, on 
 the trial and determination of said cause his place shall be 
 filled as provided by law. 
 
 LAWS CONTINUED IN FORCE. 
 
 Sec. 83. That the laws of Hawaii relative to the judicial de- 
 partment, including civil and criminal procedure, except as 
 amended by this Act, are continued in force, subject to modifi- 
 cation by Congress, or the legislature. The provisions of said 
 laws or any laws of the Republic of Hawaii which require 
 juries to be composed of aliens or foreigners only, or to be con- 
 stituted by impaneling natives of Hawaii only, in civil and 
 criminal cases specified in said laws, are repealed, and all juries 
 shall hereafter be constituted without reference to the race or 
 place of nativity of the jurors; but no person who is not a male 
 citizen of the United States and tAventy-one years of age and 
 who can not understandingly speak, read, and write the English 
 
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 language shall be a qualified juror or grand juror in the Terri- 
 tory of Hawaii. No person shall be convicted in any criminal 
 case except by unanimous verdict of the jury. No plaintiff or 
 defendant in any suit or proceeding in ii court of the Territory 
 of Hawaii shall be entitled to a trial by a juiy impaneled ex- 
 clusively from persons of any race. Until otherwise provided 
 by the legislature of the Territory, grand juries may be drawn 
 in the manner provided by the Hawaiian statutes for drawing 
 petty juries, and shall sit at such times as the circuit judges 
 of the respective circuits shall direct; the number of grand 
 jurors in each circuit shall be not less than thirteen, and the 
 method of the presentation of cases to said grand jurors shall 
 be prescribed by the supreme court of the Territory of Hawaii. 
 The several circuit courts may subpo-ua witnesses to appear be- 
 fore the grand jury in like manner as they subpoena witnesses 
 to appear before their respective courts. 
 
 DISQUALIFICATION BY RKLATIONSHIl', I'ECUNIAKY INTEREST, OR 
 PRKVIODS .7i;i)GMENT. 
 
 Sec. S4. That no person shall sit as a judge or juror in any 
 case in which his relative by afflnity or by consanguinity within 
 the third degree is interested, either as a plaintiff or defendant, 
 or in the issue of which the said judge or juror may have, either 
 directly or through such relative, any pecuniary interest. No 
 judge shall sit on an appeal, or new trial, in any case, in which 
 he may liave given a previous judgment. 
 
 (Chapter V. — rNiTEu States Officers. 
 
 DELEGATE TO CONGRESS. 
 
 Sec. Sf). That a Delegate to the House of Representatives 
 of the United States, to serve during each Congress, shall be 
 elected by the voters (]ualifled to vote for members of the house 
 of representati\-es of the legislature; such Delegate shall pos- 
 sess the qualifications necessaiv for membership of the senate 
 of the legislature of Hawaii. The times, places, and manner of 
 
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 holding elections shall be as fixed by law. The person having 
 the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor 
 duly elected, and a certificate shall be given accordingly. Every 
 such Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Representa- 
 tives, with the right of debate, but not of voting. 
 
 FEDERAL COURT. 
 
 Sec. 86. That there shall be established in said Territory a 
 district court to consist of one judge, who shall reside therein 
 and be called the district judge. The President of the United 
 States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the 
 United States, shall appoint a district judge, a district attorney, 
 and a marshal of the United States for the said district, and 
 said judge, attorney, and marshal shall hold oflQce for six years 
 unless sooner removed by the President. Said court shall have, 
 in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction of district courts of the 
 United States, jurisdiction of all cases cognizable in a circuit 
 court of the United States, and shall proceed therein in the 
 same manner as a circuit court; and said judge, district attor- 
 ney, and marshal shall have and exercise in the Territory of 
 Hawaii all the powers conferred by the laws of the United 
 States upon the judges, district attorneys, and marshals of 
 district and circuit courts of the United States. Writs of error 
 and appeals from said district court shall be had and allowed 
 to the circuit court of appeals in the ninth judicial circuit in 
 the same manner as writs of error and appeals are allowed from 
 circuit courts to circuit courts of appeals as provided by law, 
 and the laws of the United States relating to juries and jury 
 trials shall be applicable to said district court. The laws of the 
 United States relating to appeals, writs of error, removal of 
 causes, and other matters and proceedings as between the 
 courts of the United States and the courts of the several States 
 shall govern in such matters and proceedings as between the 
 courts of the United States and the courts of the Territory of 
 Hawaii. Regular terms of said court shall be held at Honolulu 
 on the second Monday in April and October and at Hilo on the 
 
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 last Wednesday in January of each year; and special terms 
 may be held at such times and places in said district as the said 
 judge may deem expedient. The said district judge shall ap- 
 point a clerk for said court at a salary of three thousand dol- 
 lars per annum, and shall appoint a reporter of said court at a 
 salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 INTERNAL-REVENUE DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 87. That the Territory of Hawaii shall constitute a dis- 
 trict for the collection of the internal revenue of the United 
 States, with a collector, whose office shall be at Honolulu, and 
 deputy collectors at such other places in the several islands as 
 the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. 
 
 CUSTOMS DISTRICT. 
 
 Sec. 88. That the Territory of Hawaii shall comprise a cus- 
 toms district of the United States, with ports of entry and deliv- 
 ery at Honolulu, Hilo, Mahukona, and Kahului. 
 
 Chapter VI. — Miscellaneous. 
 
 revenues prom wharves. 
 
 Sec. 89. That until further provision is made by Congress 
 the wharves and landings constructed or controlled by the Re- 
 public of Hawaii on any seacoast, bay, roadstead, or harbor 
 shall remain under the control of the government of the Terri- 
 tory of Hawaii, which shall receive and enjoy all revenues de- 
 rived therefrom, on condition that said property shall be kept 
 in good condition for the use and convenience of commerce, but 
 no tolls or charges shall be made by the government of the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii for the use of any such property by the United 
 States, or by any vessel of war, tug, revenue cutter, or other 
 boat or transport in the service of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 90. That Hawaiian postage stamps, postal cards, and 
 stamped envelopes at the post-offices of the Hawaiian Islands 
 
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 when this Act takes effect shall not be sold, but, together with 
 those that shall thereafter be received at such offices as herein 
 provided, shall be canceled under the direction of the Post- 
 master-General of the United States; those previously sold and 
 uncanceled shall, if presented at such offices within six months 
 after this Act takes effect, be received at their face value in 
 exchange for postage stamps, postal cards, and stamped en- 
 velopes of the United States of the same aggregate face value 
 and, so far as may be, of such denominations as desired. 
 
 Sec. 91. That the public property ceded and transferred to 
 the United States by the Kepublic of Hawaii under the joint 
 resolution of annexation, approved July seventh, eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety-eight, shall be and remain in the possession, 
 use, and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii, 
 and shall be maintained, managed, and cared for by it, at its 
 own expense, until otherwise provided for by Congress, or 
 taken for the uses and purposes of the United States by direc- 
 tion of the President or of the governor of Hawaii. And all 
 moneys in the Hawaiian treasury, and all the revenues and 
 other property acquired by the Eepublic of Hawaii since said 
 cession shall be and remain the property of the Territory of 
 Hawaii. 
 
 Sec. 92. That the following officers shall receive the follow- 
 ing annual salaries, to be paid by the United States : The gov- 
 ernor, five thousand dollars; the secretary of the Territory, 
 three thousand dollars; the chief justice of the supreme court 
 of the Territory, five thousand five hundred dollars, and the 
 associate justices of the supreme court, five thousand dollars 
 each, and the judges of the circuit courts, three thousand dol- 
 lars each. The salaries of the said chief justice and the asso- 
 ciate justices of the supreme court, and the judges of the cir- 
 cuit courts as above provided shall be paid by the United 
 States; the United States district judge, five thousand dollars- 
 the United States marshal, two thousand five hundred dollars* 
 the United States district attorney, three thousand dollars. 
 
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 And the governor shall receive annually, in addition to his sal- 
 ary, the sum of five hundred dollars for stationery, postage, and. 
 incidentals; also his traveling expenses v^hile absent from the 
 capital on official business, and the sum of two thousand dol- 
 lars annually for his private secretary. 
 
 IMPORTS FROM HAWAII INTO THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 93. That imports from any of the Hawaiian Islands,. 
 into any State or any other Territory of the United States, of 
 any dutiable articles not the growth, production, or manufac- 
 ture of said islands, and imported into them from any foreign 
 country after July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 eight, and before this Act takes effect, shall pay the same 
 duties that are imposed on the same articles when imported 
 into the United States from any foreign country. 
 
 INVESTIGATION OF FISHERIES. 
 
 Sec. 94. That the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries of 
 the United States is empowered and required to examine into 
 the entire subject of fisheries and the laws relating to the 
 fishing rights in the Territory of Hawaii, and report to the 
 President touching the same, and to recommend such changes- 
 in said laws as he shall see fit. 
 
 REPEAL OF LAWS CONFERRING EXCLUSIVE FISHING RIGHTS. 
 
 Sec. 95. That all laws of the Republic of Hawaii whicb 
 confer exclusive fishing rights upon any person or persons are 
 hereby repealed, and all fisheries in the sea waters of the 
 Territory of Hawaii not included in any fish pond or artificial 
 inclosure shall be free to all citizens of the United States, 
 subject, however, to vested rights; but no such vested right 
 shall be valid after three years from the taking effect of this 
 Act unless fstablislied as hereinafter provided. 
 
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 PROCEEDINGS FOR OPENING FISHERIES TO CITIZENS. 
 
 Sec. 96. That any person who claims a private right to 
 any such fishery shall, within two years after the taking effect 
 of this Act, file his petition in a circuit court of the Territory 
 of Hawaii, 'setting forth his claim to such fishing right, service 
 of which petition shall be made upon the attorney-general, 
 who shall conduct the case for the Territory, and such case 
 shall be conducted as an ordinary action at law. 
 
 That if such fishing right be established, the attorney- 
 general of the Territory of Hawaii may proceed, in such 
 manner as may be provided by law for the condemnation of 
 property for public use, to condemn such private right of fish- 
 ing to the use of the citizens of the United States upon making 
 just compensation, which compensation, when lawfully as- 
 certained, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of 
 the Territory of Hawaii not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 QUARANTINE. 
 
 Sec. 97. That quarantine stations shall be established at 
 such places in the Territory of Hawaii as the Supervising 
 Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service of the United 
 States shall direct, and the quarantine regulations for said 
 islands relating to the importation of diseases from other 
 countries shall be under the control of the Government of 
 the United States. The quarantine station and grounds ac 
 the harbor of Honolulu, together with all the public property 
 belonging to that service, shall be transferred to the Marine- 
 Hospital Service of the United States, and said quarantine 
 grounds shall continue to be so used and employed until the 
 station is changed to other grounds which may be selected 
 by order of the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 The health laws of the government of Hawaii relating to 
 the harbor of Honolulu and other harbors and inlets from 
 the sea and to the internal control of the health of the islands 
 
37 ' 
 
 shall remain in the jurisdiction of the government of the 
 Territory of Hawaii, subject to the quarantine laws and regula- 
 tions of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 98. That all vessels carrying Hawaiian registers on 
 the twelfth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, 
 and which were owned bona fide by citizens of the United 
 States, or the citizens of Hawaii, together with the following- 
 named vessels claiming Hawaiian register, Star of France, 
 Euterpe, Star of Russia, Falls of Clyde, and Wilscott, shall 
 be entitled to be registered as American vessels, with the 
 benefits and privileges appertaining thereto, and the coasting 
 trade between the islands aforesaid and any other portion of 
 the United States, shall be regulated in accordance with the 
 provisions of law applicable to such trade between any two 
 great coasting districts. 
 
 Sec. 99. That the portion of the public domain heretofore 
 known as Crown land is hereby declared to have been, on 
 the twelfth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 eight, and prior thereto, the property of the Hawaiian govern- 
 ment, and to be free and clear from any trust of or con- 
 cerning the same, and from all claim of any nature whatso- 
 ever, upon the rents, issues, and profits thereof. It shall be 
 subject to alienation and other uses as may be provided 
 by law. 
 
 Sec. 100. That for the purposes of naturalization under 
 the laws of the United States residence in the Hawaiian Isl- 
 ands prior to the taking effect of this Act shall be deemed 
 equivalent to residence in the United States and in the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii, and the requirement of a previous declara- 
 tion of intention to become a citizen of the United States and 
 to renounce former allegiance shall not apply to persons who 
 have resided in said islands at least five years prior to the 
 taking effect of this Act; but all other provisions of the laws 
 of the United States relating to naturalization shall, so far 
 as applicable, apply to persons in the said islands. 
 
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 Sec. 101. That Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands when this 
 Act takes effect may within one year thereafter obtain certifi- 
 cates of residence as required by "An Act to prohibit the 
 coming of Chinese persons into the United States," approved 
 May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by 
 an Act approved November third, eighteen hundred and nine- 
 ty-three, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act 
 to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United 
 States,' approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two," 
 and until the expiration of said year shall not be deemed to be 
 unlawfully in the United States if found therein without such 
 certificates: Provided, however, That no Chinese laborer, 
 whether he shall hold such certificate or not, shall be allowed 
 to enter any State, Territory, or District of the United States 
 from the Hawaiian Islands. 
 
 Sec. 102, That the laws of Hawaii relating to the estab- 
 lishment and conduct of any postal savings bank or institu- 
 tion are hereby abolished. And the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, in the execution of the agreement of the United States 
 as expressed in an Act entitled "Joint Eesolution to provide 
 for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," 
 approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, 
 shall pay the amounts on deposit in the Hawaiian Postal 
 Savings Bank to the persons entitled thereto, according to 
 their respective rights, and he shall make all needful orders 
 rules, and regulations for paying such persons and for notify- 
 ing such persons to present their demands for payment. So 
 much money as is necessary to pay said demands is hereby 
 appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
 appropriated, to be available on and after the first day of July, 
 nineteen hundred, when such payments shall begin, and none 
 of said demands shall bear interest after said date, and no 
 deposit shall be made in said bank after said date. Said 
 demands of such persons shall be certified to by the chief 
 executive of Hawaii as being genuine and due to the persons 
 
39 
 
 presenting the same, and his certificate shall be sealed with 
 the oflScial seal of the Territory, and countersigned by its 
 secretary, and shall be approved by the Secretary of the In- 
 terior, who shall draw his warrant for the amount due upon 
 the Treasurer of the United States, and when the same are 
 so paid no further liabilities shall exist in respect of the 
 same against the governments of the United States or of 
 Hawaii. 
 
 Sec. 103. That any money of the Hawaiian Postal Savings 
 Bank that shall remain unpaid to the persons entitled thereto 
 on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, and any 
 assets of said bank shall be turned over by the government 
 of Hawaii to the Treasurer of the United States, and the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall cause an account to be stated, 
 as of said date, between such government of Hawaii and the 
 United States in respect to said Hawaiian Postal Savings 
 Bank. 
 
 Sec. 104. This Act shall take effect forty-five days from 
 and after the date of the approval thereof, excepting only as 
 to section fifty-two, relating to appropriations, which shall 
 take effect upon such approval. 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 President of the Senate pro tempore. 
 
oe:n:e:p5.j^l indkx. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Abolished, Certain Offices. Chapter 1, Section 8 5 
 
 Abolishing Postal Savings Bank. Chapter 6. Section 102 . 38 
 
 Act Takes Effect. Chapter 6, Section 104 39 
 
 Acting Governor. Chapter 3, Section 70 25 
 
 Actions, Pending may be prosecuted to final judgment. 
 
 Chapter 1, Section 10 6 
 
 Adjournment of Legislature. Chapter 2, Section 42 14 
 
 Affinity of Judge or Juror. Chapter 4, Section 84 31 
 
 Agriculture and Forestry, Commissioner of. Chapter 3, 
 
 Section 74 26 
 
 Aliens and Foreigners, Importation and Migration of. 
 
 Chapter 1, Section 10 ^ 
 
 Allegiance, renouncement of. Chapter 6, Section 100 37 
 
 Amended Bills. Chapter 2, Section 47 16 
 
 Amendment Official Titles. Chapter 1, Section 9 6 
 
 American Registry, Vessels Entitled to. Chapter 6. Sec- 
 tion 98 ^"^ 
 
 Annual reports. Chapter 3, Section 76 29 
 
 Appeals. Chapters 4, 5, Sections 81, 84, 86 30, 31, 32 
 
 Application of United States Laws. Chapter 1, Section 5 . . 1 
 Appointments and removals by governor, Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 80 29 
 
 and removals by law. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 bv Senate of Hawaii. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
42 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Appointments 29 
 
 by United States Senate. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 80 28 
 
 clerk and reporter U. S. district court. 
 
 Chapter 5, Section 86 33 
 
 of Officials. Chapters 3, 4, 5, Sections 66, 
 
 69, 80, 82, 86 23, 29, 30, 32 
 
 Eegistration Boards. Chapter 2, Section 64 23 
 Apportionment, Eepresentatives. Chapter 2, Sections 39, 
 
 54, 65 13, 17, 23 
 
 Senators. Chapter 2, Sections 39, 54, 
 
 65 12, 17, 23 
 
 Appropriations. Chapters 2, 6, Sections 52, 53, 54, 55, 104 
 
 16, 17, 39 
 
 Estimates for. Chapter 2, Section 54 ... . 17 
 Extra Session to Consider. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 54 17 
 
 Failure to Pass. Chapter 2, Section 53 . . . 17 
 Go into Effect. Chapter 6, Section 104. . . 39 
 Pending Legislative Action. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 52 16 
 
 Prohibited for sectarian purposes. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Public monies. Chapter 2, Section 55 . . . 18 
 Shall be biennial. Chapter 2, Section 52 . . 16 
 Army or Navy, United States. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 63, 
 
 67 21,23 
 
 Arrest, Exemption from. Chapter 2, Section 29 11 
 
 Associate Justices. Chapter 3, Section 80 28 
 
 Attorney-General. Chapter 3, Section 71 25 
 
 Auditor. Chapter 3, Section 77 28 
 
 Auditor, Deputy. Chapter 3, Section 77 28 
 
 Auditor-General. Chapters 1, 3, Sections 8, 77 6, 28 
 
 Ayes and Noes. Chapter 2, Sections 21, 46, 50 9, 15, 16 
 
43 
 
 PAGE 
 
 B. 
 
 Ballou's Compilation of laws. Chapters 1, 2, Sections 1, 64.1, 21 
 
 Bills, amended. Chapter 2, Section 47 15 
 
 become laws. Chapter 2, Sections 49, 51 15, 16 
 
 certification of between Houses. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tions 47, 49 15 
 
 embrace but one subject. Chapter 2, Section 45 . . . 15 
 
 fail. Chapter 2, Section 51 16 
 
 of exceptions. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 passed. Chapter 2, Section 48 15 
 
 presiding officers and clerks certify. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 47 15 
 
 reading of. Chapter 2, Section 46 15 
 
 signing. Chapter 2, Section 48 15 
 
 unapproved. Chapter 2, Sections 49, 50, 51 15, 16 
 
 unsigned nor vetoed. Chapter 2, Section 51 16 
 
 vetoed. Chapter 2, Sections 49, 50, 51 15, 16 
 
 Board of Health. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Board of Prison Inspectors. Chapter .'3, Section 80 29 
 
 Boards of a public character. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Boards of Registration. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 64, 80.21, 23, 29 
 Boundaries, Election districts and voting precincts. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 65 23 
 
 Brands. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Bribes, bribery. Chapter 2, Section 18 8 
 
 Buildings. < 'liapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 C. 
 
 Cancelation of Hawaiian stamps. Chapter 6, Section 90 . . 33 
 
 Capital of Territory. Chapter 1, Section 3 2 
 
 Cemeteries. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 55, 75 18, 27 
 
 Certain offices abolished. Chapter 1, Section 8 5 
 
 Certificate for Chinese. Chapter 6, Section 101 38 
 
 Certification of bills. Chapter 2, Section 47 15 
 
44 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Change of meeting place of Legislature. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 43 14 
 
 Changes in election laws. Chapter 2, Section 64 21 
 
 Chapter 1. General provisions. Chapter 1, Sections 1, 11 . . 1, 7 
 Chapter 2. The Legislature. Chapter 2, Sections 12, 65 ... 7, 23 
 Chapter 3. The Executive. Chapter 3, Sections 66, 80 . . . 23, 29 
 Chapter 4. The Judiciary. Chapter 4, Sections 81, 84 . .30, 31 
 Chapter 5. United States officers. Chapter o. Sections 85, 
 
 88 31, 33 
 
 Chapter 6. Miscellaneous. Chapter 6, Sections 89, 104 . . 33, 39 
 
 Charitable institutions, ("hapter 2, Section 55 17 
 
 Charters. Chapter 2, Section 55 17 
 
 Chief Justice. Chapter 3, Sections 80, 82, 92 28, 29 
 
 Chinese, certificates for. Chapter 6, Section 101 38 
 
 Circuit Courts Justices. Chapter 3, Section 80 28 
 
 Circuit Court of Appeals. Chapters 6, 3, Sections 81, 86 . . 32, 30 
 
 Cities. Chapter 2, Section 56 19 
 
 Citizenship. Chapters 1, 6, Sections 4, 100 2, 37 
 
 Citizenship intended. Chapter 6, Section 100 37 
 
 City government. Chapter 2, Section 56 19 
 
 Civil laws. Chapter 1, Sections 1, 7 1, 3 
 
 " repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7 3 
 
 Civil and criminal procedure, laws of. Chapter 4, Section 
 
 83 30 
 
 Clause, enacting. Chapter 2, Section 44 14 
 
 Collector-General. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Collector, U. S. Internal-revenue. Chapter 5, Section 87 . . 33 
 
 Comitatus, posse. Chapter 3, Section 67 23 
 
 Commander-in-chief. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry. Chapter 3, 
 
 Sections 74, 80 26, 29 
 
 Commissioner of Labor, United States. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 76 27 
 
 Commissioner U. S., of fish and fisheries. Chapter 5, Sec- 
 tion 94 35 
 
45 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Commissioners of Public Instruction. Chapter 3, Section 
 
 »^<» 29 
 
 Commissioner of Public Lands. Chapter 3, Section 73 ... . 25 
 Compensation, members of the Legislature. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 26 10 
 
 Compilation, S. M. Ballou's. Chapters 1, 2, Sections 1, 64 . . 1, 21 
 
 Computation of time. Chapter 2, Section 51 16 
 
 Condemnation proceedings. Chapter 6, Section 96 36 
 
 Congress, Hawaiian delegate to U. S. Chapter 4, Section 
 
 85 31 
 
 Consanguinity of judge or juror. Chapter 4, Section 84. . . 31 
 
 Constitution. Chapter 1, Sections 1, 5, 6, 7 1, 2, 3 
 
 Construction of existing statutes. Chapter 1, Section 10 . . 6 
 
 Contract labor. Chapter 1, Section 10 7 
 
 Contracts, labor null and void. Chapter 1, Section 10. .. . 7 
 
 remedy for breach of. Chapter 1, Section 10 . . . 7 
 
 Copyrights and patents. Chapter 3, Section 72 25 
 
 Corporations. Chapter 2, Section 55 17 
 
 Corpus, Habeas. Chapter 3, Section 67 24 
 
 County government. Chapter 2, Section 56 19 
 
 Court, United States District. Chapter 4, Section 86 32 
 
 Credit, (iovernment. Chapter 2, Section 55 17 
 
 Crown lands. Chapter 6, Section 99 37 
 
 Cumulative voting. Chapter 2, Section 59 20 
 
 Customs districts, U. S. Chapter 5, Section 88 33 
 
 D. 
 
 Dangerous disease. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 Debt, imprisonment for. Chapter 1, Section 10 6 
 
 " public, limited. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Definitions. Chapter 1, Section 1 ^ 
 
 Delegate, Hawaiian to U. S. Congress. Chapter 4, Section 
 
 85 ^^ 
 
46 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Deputy Auditor. Chapter 3, Sections 77, 80 28, 29 
 
 " Auditor-General. Chapters 1, 3, Sections 8, 77 . .6, 28 
 " Collectors of Internal-revenue. Chapter 5, Sec- 
 tion 87 33 
 
 " Marshal. Chapter 1, Section 8 6 
 
 " Sheriffs. Chapter 3, Section 79 28 
 
 Disqualification, Government officials and employees. 
 
 Chapter 2, Section 17 8 
 
 " of judge or jurors. Chapter 4, Sections 
 
 82, 84 30, 31 
 
 " of legislators. Chapter 2, Section 16 8 
 
 District Attorney, United States. Chapters 5, 6, Sections 
 
 86, 92 32, 34 
 
 " Court, United States. Chapter 6, Section 92 34 
 
 " internal-revenue. Chapter 5, Section 87 33 
 
 " divisions. Representative. Chapter 2, Section 38 . 13 
 
 " " Senatorial. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 " Judge, United States. Chapters 5, 6, Sections 86, 
 
 92 32, 34 
 
 Districts, Boundaries election. Chapter 2, Section 65 ... . 23 
 " Customs, United States. Chapter 5, Section 88 . . 33 
 
 " Representatives. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 " Senatorial. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Divorce. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Duties, tariff. Chapter 6, Section 93 35 
 
 E. 
 
 Each House, judge of qualifications of members. Chapter 
 
 2, Section 15 8 
 
 Educational institutions. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Election, non-elegibility to. Chapter 2, Section 17 8 
 
 Elections, districts, boundaries of. Chapter 2, Section 65 . . 23 
 " exemptions of electors. Chapter 2, Sections 57, 
 
 58 19 
 
47 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Election first general. Chapter 1, Section 14 8 
 
 general. Chapter 2, Section 14 8 
 
 inspectors of. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 laws, changes in. Chapter 2, Section 64 21 
 
 method, voting for Representatives, Chapter' 2, 
 
 Section 59 20 
 
 method, voting for Senators, Chapter 2, Section 
 
 61 20 
 
 qualifications voters for Representatives. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 60 20 
 
 qualifications voters for Senators. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 62 20 
 
 qualifications voters in all. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 62 20 
 
 " rules and regulations for holding. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 64 21 
 
 special. Chapter 2, Section 14 8 
 
 Electric light and power. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Eminent domain. Chapter 3, Section 7.5 27 
 
 Employees, Government, disqualification of. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 17 8 
 
 Enacting clause. Chapter 2, Section 44 14 
 
 Enemy. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 Enforcement of law. Chapter 3, Section 67 23 
 
 English language. Chapters 2, 4, Sections 44, 83 14, 30 
 
 Estimates for appropriations. Chapter 2, Section 52 16 
 
 Euterpe, ship. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
 Exclusive fishing rights. Chapter 6, Section 95 35 
 
 Executive, the. Chapter 3, Sections 66, 80 23, 28 
 
 " the power of. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 Exemption from arrest. Chapter 2, Sections 29, 57 .... 11, 19 
 
 Exemption from liability. Chapter 2, Sections 28, 58 11, 19 
 
 Existing statutes, construction of. Chapter 1, Section 10 . . 6 
 
 Explosives. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
48 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Exports from Hawaii to U. S. Chapter 6, Section 93 35 
 
 Expulsion of members from Legislature. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 27 11 
 
 Extension legislative session. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 Extra sessions, compensation for. Chapter 2, Section 26 . . 10 
 
 " " may be convened. Chapter 2, Section 43 . . 14 
 
 F. 
 
 Failure of bills. Chapter 2, Section 51 16 
 
 Failure to sign or veto. Chapter 2, Section 51 16 
 
 Falls of Clyde, ship. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
 Federal Court. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 Fences. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Fifth representative district. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 " senatorial district. Chapter 2, Section 30 12 
 
 Final passage of bills. Chapter 2, Section 48 15 
 
 Fireproof buildings. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Fires. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 First general election. Chapter 1, Section 14 8 
 
 " term of senators of. Chapter 2, Section 30 . . 11 
 
 First representative district. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 " senatorial district. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Fisheries, investigation of. Chapter 6, Sections 94, 95, 96 . 35, 36 
 Fish and fisheries, U. S. commissioner of. Chapter 5, Sec- 
 tion 94 35 
 
 " proceedings to open. Chapter 6, Section 96 ... . 36 
 
 Fishing rights, repeal of laws. Chapter 6, Section 95 ... . 35 
 
 Foreign juries. Chapter 4, Section 83 30 
 
 Forestry, Commissioner of Agriculture and. Chapter 3, 
 
 Section 74, 80 26, 29 
 
 Form of oath of office. Chapter 2, Section 19 9 
 
 Fourth representative dislrict. Chapter 2, Section 38 ... . 13 
 
 " senatorial district. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Franchises. Chapter 2, Sections 55, 73 17, 25 
 
49 
 
 PAGE 
 
 G. 
 
 General elections. Chapter 2, Section 14 8 
 
 General provisions. Chapter 1, Section 1 1 
 
 Geodetic survey of Hawaii. Chapter 2, Section 78 3S 
 
 Government, city, county and town. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 56 1& 
 
 of Republic of Hawaii. Chapter 1, Section 9 . . & 
 " of Territory of Hawaii, Chapter 1, Sections 2, 
 
 3, 9 2, 6- 
 
 " ofBceis and employees, disqualification of, 
 
 Chapter 2, Section 17 » 
 
 Governor, acting. Chapter 3, Section 70 25. 
 
 " appointments by. Chapter 4, Section 80 29 
 
 " death, removal or resignation of. Chapter 3, 
 
 Section 70 25 
 
 " how appointed. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 " may issue commissions. Chapter 3, Section 80 . . 29' 
 powers of. Chapter 3, Sections 68, 80 .... 24, 28, 29' 
 
 " responsibilities. Chapter 3, Section 67 23- 
 
 term of office. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 veto of. Chapter 2, Section 49 15 
 
 Grand juries. Chapter 4, Section 83 31 
 
 Grants of public lands. Chapter 3, Section 73 25. 
 
 H. 
 
 Habeas corpus. Chapter 3, Section 67 24 
 
 Hamakua, district of. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 Harbors. Chapters 2, 3, 6, Sections 55, 75, 97 18, 27, 36 
 
 Harbor-masters. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Hawaii, government of territory of. Chapter 1, Section 3. 2 
 
 Hawaii, island of. < 'hapter 2. Sections 32, 38 12, 13 
 
 Hawaii, territory of. Chapter 1, Section 2 2 
 
 Hawaii, the laws of. Cliapter 1, Section 1 1 
 
50 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hawaiian delegate to U. S. Congress. Chapter 4, Section 
 
 85 31 
 
 " juries. Chapter 4, Section 83 30 
 
 " postal savings bank. Chapters 3, 6, Sections 75, 
 
 102, 103 27, 38, 39 
 
 " registered vessels. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
 " registry. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
 " stamps, circulation of. Chapter 6, Section 90 . . . 33 
 
 Health, Board of. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 " laws. Chapter 6, Section 97 36 
 
 High Sheriff. Chapter 3, Section 79 28 
 
 Highways and streets. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Hilo. Chapters 2, 5, Sections 38, 86, 88 13, 32, 33 
 
 " district of. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 " port of entry and delivery. Chapter 5, Section 88 . . . 33 
 
 Holdings of real estate. Chapter 2, Section 73 25 
 
 Holding over in oflBce. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Honolulu, capital. Chapter 1, Section 3 2 
 
 legislature meets at. Chapter 2, Section 41 ... . 14 
 
 port of entry and delivery. Chapter 5, Section 88 33 
 
 quarantine station at. Chapter 6, Section 97 . . . 36 
 
 terms of federal court at. Chapter 5, Section 86 . 32 
 
 House of representatives. Chapter 2, Section 35 12 
 
 officers and rules of. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 20 9 
 
 I. 
 
 Idiots and insane people. Chapter 2, Section 18 8 
 
 Immunity from arrest. Chapter 2, Section 29 11 
 
 from liability. Chapter 2, Section 28 11 
 
 special or exclusive. Chapter 2, Section 55 ... . 
 
 17,18, 19 
 
 Importation and migration of aliens. Chapter 1, Section 
 
 10 7 
 
51 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Imports into the United States. Chapter 6, Section 93 . . . 35 
 
 Imprisonment for debt. Chapter 1, Section 10 6 
 
 for non-payment of taxes. Chapter 1, Sec- 
 tion 10 6 
 
 Industries, employees engaged in. Chapter 3, Section 78 . 30 
 
 Inferior Courts. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 Inspectors of elections. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Insurrection and riot. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 43, 55, 67 
 
 '. 14, 18, 23 
 
 Intended citizenship. Chapter 6, Section 100 37 
 
 Internal-revenue, collector and deputies, Chapter 5, Sec- 
 tion 87 33 
 
 district. Chapter 4, Section 87 33 
 
 Intoxicating liquors, sale of. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Invasion. Chapter 3, Section 67 23 
 
 Investigation of fisheries. Chapter 6, Section 94 35 
 
 J. 
 
 Journals to be kept. Chapter 2, Section 20 9 
 
 Judges and jurors, disqualification of. Chapter 4, Section 
 
 84 31 
 
 Judges of qualifications of legislators. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 15 ^ 
 
 Judicial power. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 Judiciary, the. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 Juries, how constituted. Chapters 6, 4, Sections 86, 83 . . 32, 30 
 
 Jurors, grand and petit. Chapter 4, Section 83 31 
 
 Jury laws repealed. Chapter 4, Section 83 30 
 
 Justice, Chief. Chapters 3, 4, Sections 80, 82 29, 30 
 
 Justices Circuit Courts. Chapters 3, 4, Sections 80, 83 . .28, 31 
 Justices Supreme and Circuit Courts. Chapter 3, Section 
 
 2io 
 
 80 
 
52 
 
 PAGE 
 
 K. 
 
 Kaahoolawe, island of. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Kahului, port of entry and delivery. Chapter 5, Section 88 33 
 
 Kau, district of. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 Kauai, island of. Chapter 2, Sections 32, 38 12, 13 
 
 Kohala, district of. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 Kona, Hawaii, district of. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 L. 
 
 Labor contract, importation of. Chapter 1, Section 10 ... . T 
 
 Labor, reports on. Chapter 4, Section 76 27 
 
 U. S. Commissioner of. Chapter 3, Section 76 ... . 27 
 
 Lanai, island of. Chapter 2, Sections 32, 38 12, 13 
 
 Language, English. Chapter 2, Section 44 14 
 
 Land laws. Chapter 3, Section 74 26 
 
 Landings. Chapters 3, 6, Sections 75, 89 27, 33 
 
 Lands, crown, disposition of. Chapter 6, Section 99 37 
 
 Laws, agriculture and forestry. Chapter 3, Section 74 ... . 26 
 
 application of U. S. Chapter 1, Section 5 2 
 
 Ballou's compilation of. Chapters 1, 2, Sections 1, 
 
 64 1, 21 
 
 bills become. Chapter 2, Sections 49, 51 15, 16 
 
 civil. Chapter 1, Section 1 2 
 
 " repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7 3 
 
 continued in force. Chapter 4, Section 83 30 
 
 convening courts. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 election, clianges in. Chapter 2, Section 64 21 
 
 final passage of. Chapter 2, Section 22 10 
 
 fishing rights, repeal of. Chapter 6, Section 95 35 
 
 land. Chapter 3, Section 74 26 
 
 martial. Chapter 3, Section 67 24 
 
 miscellaneous. Chapter 6, Section 89 33 
 
 of Hawaii. Chapters 1, 4, Sections 6, 83 3, 30 
 
53 
 
 PAGE 
 
 LawB, of Hawaii definitions. Chapter 1, Section 1 1 
 
 " " not inconsistent, in force. Chapter 1, 
 
 Section 6 3, 83 
 
 " " repealed. Chapters 4, 1, Sections 83, 6. .30, 3 
 " " subject to repeal. Chapter 1, Section 6. 3 
 
 penal. Chapter 1, Section 1 2 
 
 " repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7 4, 5 
 
 repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7, 5, 4, 3 
 
 session. Chapter 1, Section 1 2 
 
 " repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7 5 
 
 Law, this Act becomes. Chapter 6, Section 104 39 
 
 Laws, titles of. Chapter 2, Section 45 15 
 
 United States, excepted. Chapter 1, Section 5 . . . . 2 
 Leases, grants and sales of public lands. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 73 25, 26 
 
 Legislation. Chapter 2, Section 41 14 
 
 subjects of. Chapter 2, Section 55 17, 18 
 
 Legislators, disqualification of. Chapter 2, Section 16 . . . 8 
 Legislative powers. Chapter 2, Sections 12, 55, 56 ... . 7, 17, 19 
 proceedings, language of. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 44 14 
 
 , recorded by. Chapter 3, Section 
 
 69 24 
 
 Legislature, the. ( 'hapter 2, Section 12 7 
 
 ares and noes. Chapter 2, Section 21 9 
 
 adjournment of. Chapter 2, Section 42 14 
 
 assembling of. Chapter 2, Section 41 14 
 
 changes in meeting place. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 43 14 
 
 compensation of members. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 26 10 
 
 contempt of. Chapter 2, Section 25 10 
 
 estab. boundaries of elec. dist. and vot'g prec. 
 
 Chapter 2, Section 65 23 
 
54 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Legislature, and apportion number of members elect. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 65 23 
 
 exemption from arrest. Chapter 2, Section 29 . 11 
 exemption from liability. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 28 11 
 
 first session. Chapter 2, Section 41 14 
 
 may be called elsewhere than capital. Chapter 
 
 2, Section 43 14 
 
 may create local governments. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 56 19 
 
 may punish members. Chapter 2, Section 27. . 11 
 members disqualified. Chapter 2, Section 16 . . 8 
 members to, must be elected. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 13 8 
 
 office-holders ineligible to. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 17 . . . '. 8 
 
 organize and sit separately. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 12 7 
 
 proceedings in English. Chapter 2, Section 44 14 
 punishment of members. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 27 11 
 
 punishment persons not members. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 25, 10 
 
 regular meeting place. Chapter 2, Section 41 , 14 
 
 regular session. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 sessions of. Chapter 2, Sections 41. 43 14 
 
 shall consist of. Chapter 2, Section 12 7 
 
 special sessions. Chapter 2, Section 41 14 
 
 Liability, exemption from. Chapter 2, Section 28 11 
 
 Liquors, intoxicating, sale of. Chapter 2, Section 55 . . : . . 18 
 
 Limit of legislative session. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 Loans. Chapter 2, Section 55 IS 
 
 Lotteries and lottery tickets. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
55 
 
 PAGE 
 
 M. 
 
 Mahukona, district of 
 
 port of entry and delivery. Chapter 5, Section 
 
 88 33 
 
 Majority vote. Chapter 2, Sections 22, 46 9, 15 
 
 Marine-hospital service. Chapter 6, Section 97 36 
 
 Markets. Chapter .3, Section 75 27 
 
 Marshal. Chapters 1, 3, Sections 8, 79 6, 28 
 
 United States. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 Martial law. Chapter 3, Section 67 24 
 
 Maui, island of. Chapter 2, Sections 32, 38 12, 13 
 
 Meeting place of legislature. Chapter 2, Section 41 14 
 
 Members of the legislature, compensation of. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 26 1,0 
 
 exemption from arrest. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 29 11 
 
 exemption from liability. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 28 11 
 
 ineligible to other oflflces. Chap- 
 ter 2, Section 16 8 
 
 mileage of. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 2(i 10 
 
 methods of voting for. Chapter 
 
 2, Sections 59, 61 20 
 
 number of representatives. 
 
 Chapter 2, Section 35 12 
 
 number of senators. Chapter 2, 
 
 Section 30 11 
 
 punishment of. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 27 11 
 
 qualifications. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 15 8 
 
 Migration and importation of aliens and foreigners. Chap- 
 ter 1 , Section 10 '^ 
 
56 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Militia. Chapter 3, Sections 66/ 67 23 
 
 Military and naval forces, U. S. Chapter 3, Section 67 . . . 23 
 
 Minister of Finance. Chapters 1, 3, Sections 8, 75 5, 27 
 
 of Foreign Affairs. Chapter 1, Section 8 5 
 
 of Interior, Chapters 1, 3, Sections 8, 71, 72, 73, 
 
 75 5, 25, 26, 27 
 
 of Public Instruction. Chapters 1, 3. Sections 8, 
 
 76 6, 27 
 
 Miscellaneous laws. Chapter 6, Section 89 33 
 
 Molokai, island of. Chapter 2, Sections 32, 38 12, 13 
 
 Municipal government. Chapter 2, Section 56 19 
 
 N. 
 
 Naturalization. Chapter 6, Section 100 37 
 
 Navy. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 63, 67 21, 23 
 
 New trial. Chapter 4, Section 84 31 
 
 Niihau, island of. Chapter 2, Sections 32, 38, 64 12, 13, 21 
 
 Noes, ayes and. Chapter 2, Sections 21, 46 9, 15 
 
 Nomination by Governor. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 President United States. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 80 28 
 
 Non-eligible to election. Chapter 2, Section 17 17 
 
 office or to vote. Chapter 2, Sections 18, 
 
 63, 9, 21 
 
 Notaries public. Chapter 3, Section 71 25 
 
 Number representatives. Chapter 2, Section 35 12 
 
 senators. Chapter 2, Sections 30, 33 11, 12 
 
 O. 
 
 Oahu, island of. Chapter 3, Section 32 33 
 
 Oath of office. Chapter 2, Section 19 9 
 
 Office, non-eligible to. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 tenure of. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 30, 36, 80 ... . 11, 13 29 
 
57 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Officers and rules, both Houses. Chapter 2, Section 20 9 
 
 appointment and removal of. Chapter 3, Section 
 
 80 28, 29 
 
 government and employees, disqualification of. 
 
 Chapter 2, Section 17 8 
 
 qualifications of. Chapter i, Section 80 29 
 
 United States. Chapter 5, Section 85 31 
 
 Offices abolished. Chapter 2, Section 8 5 
 
 Official titles. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 acting-governor. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 attorney-general. Chapter 3, Section 80 ... . 29 
 
 auditor and deputy. Chapter 3, Section 8 . . . 29 
 
 Ijoard of health. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 board of registration. Chapter 3, Section 80 . 29 
 comm'r. of agriculture and forestry. Chapter 
 
 3, Section 80 29 
 
 commissioner of public lands. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 80 29 
 
 commissioners of public instruction. Chap- 
 ter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 governor. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 high sheriff. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 inspectors of elections. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 prison inspectors. Chapter 3, Section 80 . . . 29 
 registration, boards of. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 secretary of the Territory. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 80 29 
 
 superintendent of public instruction. Chap- 
 ter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 superintendent of public works. Chapter 3, 
 
 Section 80 29 
 
 surveyor. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 treasurer. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
58 
 
 PAGE 
 
 OflScial titles amended. Chapter 1, Section 9 6 
 
 Open fisheries, proceedings to. Chapter 6, Section 96 ... . 36 
 
 Pardons and reprieves. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 18, 66. . . 9, 23 
 
 Passed bills. Chapter 2, Section 48 15 
 
 Patents and copyrights. Chapter 3, Section 72 25 
 
 Penal institutions. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 laws, definition of. Chapter 1, Sections 1, 7-10 ... 1, 3, 6 
 
 " repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7 4 
 
 Pilots. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Ports of entry and delivery. Chapter 2, Section 88 33 
 
 Posse comitatus. Chapter 3, Section 67 23 
 
 Postage Stamps, Hawaiian. Chapter 6, Section 90 33 
 
 Postal savings bank. Chapters 3, 6, Sections 75, 102, 103 
 
 27, 35, 39 
 
 Pounds. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Power, the executive. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 the judicial. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 the legislative. Chapter 2, Sections 12, 55, 56. .7, 17, 18 
 
 of U. S. President. Chapter 2, Section 52 16 
 
 Precincts voting, boundaries of. Chapter 2, Section 65 . . 23 
 
 Present oflftcials continued. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 President of Kepublic. Chapter 1, Section 9 6 
 
 of United States, power of. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 52 16 
 
 Presiding officers and clerks certify. Chapter 2, Section 47 15 
 
 Prison inspectors. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Prisons, prisoners and prison inspectors. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 71 25 
 
 Privileges, special or exclusive. Chapter 2, Section 55 . . . 17 
 Procedure, civil and criminal. Chapter 4, Section 83 ... . 30 
 
 on bills. Chapter 2, Sections 44, 57 15, 16 
 
 on veto. Chapter 2, Section 50 16 
 
59 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Proceedings, in Englisli. Chapter 2, Section 44 14 
 
 fisheries rights. Chapter 6, Section 96 . . . 36 
 
 Process, style of. Chapter 1, Section 11 7 
 
 Proclamation. Chapter 3, Section 69 24 
 
 Provisions, general. Chapter 1, Section 1 1 
 
 Public buildings. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 improvements. Chapter 2, Section 55 19 
 
 instruction, superintendent of. Chapter 3, Sections 
 
 76, 80 27, 29 
 
 lands. Chapter 3, Section 73 25, 26 
 
 " commissioner of. Chapter 3, Section 73 . . . 25, 26 
 
 monies. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 property, ceded. Chapter 6, Section 91 34 
 
 works. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 " superintendent of. Chapter 3, Sections 75, 80 
 
 27, 29 
 
 Public domain. Chapter 3, Section 73 25 
 
 Puna, district of. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 Punishment, of members of legislature. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 27 11 
 
 of persons not members. Chapter 2, Section 
 25 10 
 
 Q. 
 
 Qualifications of delegate to Congress. Chapter 5, Section 
 
 85 31 
 
 of electors. Chapter 2, Sections 60, 62 20 
 
 of jurors. Chapter 3, Section 83 30, 31 
 
 of legislators, who judge. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 15 8 
 
 of representatives. Chapter 2, Section 40 . . 14 
 
 of senators. Chapter 2, Section 34 12 
 
 of voters. Chapter 2, Section 69 20 
 
60 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Quarantine station. Chapter 6, Section 97 36 
 
 Quorum, legislative. Chapter 2, Sections 22, 23, 24 9, 10 
 
 E. 
 
 Eailways. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Re-apportionments. Chapter 2, Section 55 17 
 
 Readings of bills. Chapter 2, Section 46 15 
 
 Real estate holding. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Rebellion, riot, insurrection. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 43, 67 
 
 14, 23 
 
 Registration. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 64, 80 21, 29 
 
 Registration, boards of. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 64, 80 
 
 21, 23, 29 
 
 Registry of vessels. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
 Remedy for breach of contract service. Chapter 1, Section 
 
 10 7 
 
 Removal from office. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 27, 80 . . 11, 28, 29 
 
 of causes. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 of officers. Chapter 3, Section 80 29 
 
 Renouncement of allegiance. Chapter 6, Section 100 .... 37 
 
 Repeal of laws. Chapters 1, 2, 6, Sections 7, 64, 95 3, 21, 35 
 
 civil. Chapter 1, Section 7 3 
 
 election. Chapter 2, Section 64 21 
 
 fishing rights. Chapter 6, Section 95 35 
 
 penal. Chapter 1, Section 7 4 
 
 session. Chapter 1, Section 7 5 
 
 Repealed laws. Chapters 1, 2, 6. Sections 7, 64, 95. .. .3, 21, 35 
 
 Reports, annual. Chapter 3, Section 76 27 
 
 commercial. Chapter 3, Section 76 27 
 
 educational. Chapter 3, Section 76 27 
 
 industrial. Chapter 3, Section 76 29 
 
 sanitary. Chapter 3, Section 76 29 
 
 secretary of territory. Chapter 3, Section 69 ... . 24 
 
61 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Reports, social condition. Chapter 3, Section 76 29 
 
 U. S. commissioners of labor. Chapter 3, Section 
 
 76 29 
 
 Representatives, apportionment of. Chapter 2, Section 39 13 
 
 districts. Chapter 2, Section 38 13 
 
 must be elected. Chapter 2, Section 13 . . 8 
 
 number of. Chapter 2, Section 35 12 
 
 qualifications of. Chapter 2, Section 40 . . 14 
 
 term of ofQce. Chapter 2, Section 36 ... . 12 
 
 vacancies in. Chapter 2, Section 37 ... . 13 
 
 Reprieves and pardons. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 Republic of Hawaii. Chapters 1, 2, Sections 9, 64 6, 21 
 
 Residence, for naturalization. Chapter 6, Section 100 ... 37 
 
 certificates for Chinese. Chapter 6, Section 101 . 38 
 
 Returns, members of Legislature. Chapter 2, Section 15 . . 8 
 
 Revenue from wharves. Chapter 6, Section 89 33 
 
 Revised Statutes, of United States. Chapter 1, Section 5 . . 2 
 
 Rights of actions. Chapter 2, Section 10 6 
 
 Roads, wagon. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Rules of procedure, civil and criminal. Chapter 2, Section 
 
 20 9 
 
 legislative. Chapter 4, Section 83 ... . 30 
 
 S. 
 
 Salaries. Chapters 3, 6, Sections 26, 80, 92 29, 34 
 
 of officers. Chapter 3, Section 80, 92 29 
 
 paid by United States. Chapter 6, Section 92 34 
 
 representatives. Chapter 2, Section 26 10 
 
 senators. Chapter 2, Section 26 10 
 
 Scliools, sectarian. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Seal, flag and. Chapter 1, Section 7 3 
 
 Seamen, contracts of. Chapter 1, Section 10 7 
 
 Seat of government. Chapters 1, 2, Sections 3, 43 2, 14 
 
 Second senatorial district. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
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 vSecretary of the Territory, duties. Chapter 3, Section 69 . 24 
 
 how appointed. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 69 24 
 
 power in contingencies. Chap- 
 ter 3, Section 70 25 
 
 salary. Chapter 6, Section 92. . 34 
 term of ofdce. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 69 24 
 
 Schools, sectarian. Chapter 2, Section 55 18 
 
 Senate, adjournment of. Chapter 2, Section 42 14 
 
 conyening alone. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 ofticers and rules. Chapter 2, Section 20 9 
 
 number of members. Chapter 2, Section 30 11 
 
 term of oflSce. Chapter 2, Section 30 11 
 
 vacancies. Chapter 2, Section 31 11 
 
 Senatorial districts. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Senators, appointment of. Chapter 2, Section 32 11 
 
 must be elected. Chapter 2, Section 13 8 
 
 qualifications of. Chapter 2, Section 34 12 
 
 Session laws, definition. Chapter 1, Section 1 1 
 
 repealed. Chapter 1, Section 7 5 
 
 Sessions of the legislature. Chapter 2, Sections 41, 43 . . . 14 
 
 extension of. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 special. Chapter 2, Section 43 14 
 
 Sewerage 
 
 Sheriff, high. Chapter 3, Section 79 28 
 
 Signing of bills. Chapter 2, Section 48 15 
 
 Sine die adjournment. Chapter 2, Section 42 14 
 
 Sixth senatorial district. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Special elections. Chapter 2, Sections 14, 31 8, 11 
 
 Special session legislature. Chapter 2, Section 14 8 
 
 Specific performance. Chapter 1, Section 10 7 
 
 Stamps, Hawaiian postage. Chapter 6, Section 90 34 
 
 Star of France, vessel. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
63 
 
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 Star of Russia, vessel. Chapter 6, Section 98 37 
 
 Statutes, construction of existing. Chapter 1, Section 10 . . 6 
 
 Streets and highways. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Style of process. Chapter 1, Section 11 7 
 
 Substitution of titles in re lands. Chapter 3, Section 73 . . 26 
 
 Suits at law. Chapter 1, Section 10 6 
 
 Superintendent of public instruction. Chapter 3, Sections 
 
 76, 80 27, 29 
 
 Superintendent of public works. Chapter 3, Sections 75, 
 
 80 27, 29 
 
 Supreme court. Chapters 4, 3, Sections 80, 81, 82 28, 30 
 
 Surveyor. Chapter 3, Sections 78, 80 28, 29 
 
 general. Chapter 3, Sections 78, 80 28, 29 
 
 T. 
 
 Tariff duties. Chapter 6, Section 93 35 
 
 Taxes, non-payment of. Chapter 1, Section 10 6 
 
 Tenure of office. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 30, 36, 66, 69, 80 
 
 11, 12, 23, 24, 29 
 
 Terms of courts, territorial. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 federal. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 Territorial courts. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 " terms of. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 government. Chapter 1, Section 3 2 
 
 Territory of Hawaii, citizenship in. Chapter 1, Section 4. . 2 
 courts of. Chapters 4, 5, Sections 81, 
 
 80 30, 32 
 
 executive power of. Chapter 3, Sec- 
 tion 66 23 
 
 government of. Chapter 1, Section 3 . 2 
 
 laws of. Chapter 1, Section 6 3 
 
 legislative, power of. Chapter 2, Sec- 
 tion 12 7 
 
 officials of. Chapter 3, Section 80 . . . 29 
 
 titles. Chapter 1, Section 2 2 
 
64 
 
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 The executive. Chapter 3, Section 66 23 
 
 The judiciary. Chapter 4, Section 81 30 
 
 The legislature, Chapter 2, Section 12 7 
 
 The house of representatives. Chapter 2, Section 35 12 
 
 The senate. Chapter 2, Section 30 11 
 
 Third senatorial district. Chapter 2, Section 32 12 
 
 Title of laws. Chapter 1, Section 1 1, 2 
 
 Titles, official, amended. Chapter 1, Section 9 6 
 
 Town government. Chapter 2, Section 56 19 
 
 ■ Transfer of official power. Chapter 3, Sections 68, 71, 72, 
 
 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 24, 25, 27, 28 
 
 Transfer of sovereignty. Chapter 1, Section 1 1 
 
 Treasurer. Chapter 3, Section 72 25 
 
 U. 
 
 Unanimous verdict. Chapter 4, Section 83 30 
 
 Unapproved bills. Chapter 2, Section 49 15 
 
 Unexpired terms, how filled. Chapter 2, Section 31 11 
 
 United States, applications of laws of. Chapter 1, Section 5 2 
 army and navy. Chapters 2, 3, Sections 63, 
 
 67 23, 26 
 
 collector of internal-revenue. Chapter 5, 
 
 Section 87 31 
 
 commissioner of fish and fisheries. Chapter 
 
 5, Section 94 35 
 
 commissioner of labor. Chapter 3, Section 
 
 76 27 
 
 constitution to apply. Chapter 1, Section 5 . 2 
 
 customs districts. Chapter 5, Section 88. . 33 
 
 district attorney. Chapter 5, Section 86 . . 32 
 
 district court. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 district court, officers of. Chapter 5, Sec- 
 tion 86 32 
 
65 
 
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 United States, district judge. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 Hawaiian delegate to Congress of the. Chap- 
 ter 4, Section 85 31 
 
 internal-revenue district. Chapter 5, Sec- 
 tion 87 33 
 
 laws not applicable. Chapter 1, Section 5. . 2 
 
 maisbal. Chapter 5, Section 86 32 
 
 oflScers of. Chapter 5, Section 85 31 
 
 President, power of. Chapter 2, Section 52 . 16 
 
 vessels of. (Jhapter 6, Section 89 33 
 
 Unsigned nor vetoed bills. Chapter 2, Section 51 16 
 
 Y. 
 
 Vacancies, house of representatives. Chapter 2, Section 37 13 
 
 sciialc. Chapter 2. Section .'51 11 
 
 Veto, failure to sif;ii or. Chapter 2, Section .51 16 
 
 of governor. ( 'hapter 2, Section 4!) 15 
 
 jirocedure un. Chapter 2, Section .5(1 lt> 
 
 ^'etoed bills. ( "liapter 2, Section 4!l 16 
 
 ^'o1e, a\('s and noes. Chapler 2. Section 21 9 
 
 niajoiil \ . ( "ha])tei- 2, Section 22 9 
 
 noil cli^iible to. Chapter 2, Sections 18, 63 S, 21 
 
 on e.xjiulsioii. Cliapter 2. Section 27 11 
 
 one-tifth. ( "hapter 2, Section 21 9 
 
 (juoruni. Chapter 2. Section 22 9 
 
 two-thirds. < 'hapter 2. Sections 27, 50 11, 16 
 
 Voting, methods of. < "hapter 2, Sections 59, 61 20 
 
 precincts, boundaries of. Cliapter 2, Section 65 . . 23 
 
 Voters, qiialificalioiis of. Cliapter 2, Sections 60, 62 20 
 
66 
 
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 w. 
 
 Water works. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Weights and measures. Chapter 3, Section 75 27 
 
 Wharves, control of. Chapters 3, 6, Sections 75, 89 27, 33 
 
 loans for. Chapter 2, Sections 55, 89 18, 33 
 
 revenue from. Chapter 6, Section 89 33 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yeas and nays, see ayes and noes. 
 
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