The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-09-09

of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Provid-
ed, however, that the provisions Of
this amendment shall not be con-
strucd to include or apply to persons
of japanese birth or descent; nor TO
Chinese who have resided in the Ua-
waiian Kingdom for term of not less
than ten years prior TO the seventh
day of July in the Year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Eighty-Seven, and who in said year
A. ID. 1887 paid taxes on five thou
sand dollars of taxable property in
the Hawaiian Kingdom; nor to Chi
nese who were naturalized subjects
of the Hawaiian Kingdom on the
fret day Of July in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred
an | Eighty-Eight.
FOURTH.
Be ii ReSoloed By tie Legislature
Of the HowajidR Kingdom:
That the following Article he and
hereby Is proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution:
The Legislature may by law name
or limit the occupation or employ
ment of every kind whatsoever in
which Chinese, or any body or class
of Chinese may lawfully engage or
continue to pursue; the estate and
interest in lana they may acquire or
acquiring, hold, and the duration
thereof; and the number of years,
not less than six, during which any
Chinese may lawfully reside in the
Hawaiian Kingdom; and may pro-
vide for the registration and identi-
fication of Chinese: Provided, how
ever, that no law shall be passed
which shall operate to divest any
Chinese of the ownership of any
real OF personal property owned by
any such Chinese al the date of the
final adoption of this amendment,
nor of which they may thereafter
lawfully become the owner or own
ers; and provided further, that no
law shall be enacted which shall
operate to prevent any Chinese from
continuing to engage in any lawful
employment in which he shall be
bona-tide engaged at the date of the
final adoption of this amendment ::
provided further, that no law shall
operate to make it unlawful for any
Chinese to engage in the cultivation
or Manufacture OF rice or sugar, or
in the cultivation of any other pro-
duct of the soil; and, provided fur
Their, that no Chinese within the Ha-
waiian Kingdom when this amend
ment becomes part of THE Constitu-
tion shall thereafter be compelled to
depart the came, except such Chi
nese as shall be legally sentenced to
transportation or deportation for
felony.
The Legislature may enforce the
provisions of this amendment by
appropriate Legislation: and no such
Legislation shall be declared uncon-
stitutional because confined in its
operation 10 Chinese or any body or
class thereof.
In this amendment "Chinese"
means any person or persons, male
or female, wholly of Chinese or
Monaghan birth or descent, whether
born in China or elsewhere, and
whether citizens or subjects of Chi
ma or any other country, and shall
include or apply to all and every
person or persons. wholly of Chinese
or Monaghan birth or descent who
are now or hereafter may he citizen
or citizens, subject or subjects of
the Hawaiian Kingdom: provided,
however, that the provisions of this
amendment shall not be construed
to include or apply to persons of
japanese birth or descent; nor to
Chinese who were naturaliZed sub
: jects of the Hawaiian Kingdom on
, the first of July in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred
: and Eighty Eight; nor to children
" and descendants of Chinese born in
the Hawaiian Kingdom who have
not departed from the Kingdom.
The proposed amendment to the
Constitution,as finally reported back
by the committee, came up for ac-
ton by the House September 9Th,
1888, and was indefinitely pestpon.
ed by vote of 25 to IL. The fol.
lowing is list of the members OF
the House and the vote taken:
s Ministers. Aye. No
T W. l.. Green ..........
iona. Austin. .......... Absent
i, l.. A. Thurstc n.,..... /
n c. W. Ashford ......... /
j, Mobiles.
V W. &. Wilder. /
e NJ. F. Robinson. ....... /
y j. L. DOwseit. ...,..... Absent
j. A. Young. .,....,....... l
= "A. Jaeger. ....,...,..,.. Assem-
O w. r. Castle ...,,.......P resid'n
o w. o. Smith !
J. II. Warehouse. .... SO.
\, " T. EOStnr Ahsani