The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-07-01

give their yea or nay by special plebis-
cite which shall be regulated by the
Election Laws for Representatives. And
the proposed amendment shall only be-
come part of the Constitution by ma
iority of yeas and cast throughout the
Kingdom.
Art. 40. Both Houses OF the Legisla-
ture shall choose their own officers, W no
shall be elected for the whole biennial
term, and shall determine the rules
of their own proceedings. A ma
jority shall constitute quorum to
do business, but a smaller number
may adjourn from day to day and compel
the attendance of absent members in
such manner and under such penalties
as the Legislature may provide.
Art. 80. All business of the Legislature
shall be decided by majority OF the
members present, and both Houses shall
keep journal of their proceedings, and,
on any question, the yeas and nays OF
the members shall, at the desire OF one
fifth of those present, be entered on the
journal
Art. 81. The Legislature may appoint
special commissions of inquiry to investi-
gate all matters of public administration,
with power to summon witnesses and
obtain testimony under oath.
Art. 81. No petition to the Legislature
can be presented personally, nor will any
deputation be received by it.
Art. So. Each House shall be judge of
the qualifications of its members and
alone shall decide-according to the reg
ulations made by itself-of the validity
of all electoral transactions connected
with its members. ll
Art. "a All the sittings of both Houses
shall be public, except in extraordinary
cases of State interest, when closed doors
may be requested by ten members. nF5h
Art. 55. No members of the Legislature
shall ever be held to answer, either CIV
lily or criminally, in any court or place,
for any speech, debate or vote made in
the Legislature and all members of both
Houses shall, in all cases, except trea-
son, capital crime or breach of the peace,
be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at the sessions of the Legisla-
ture, and in going and returning from
the same; provided such privilege as GO
ing and returning shall not cover
period of over twenty days; and any
member, imprisoned at the time of a
session for an offense not depriving him
of his civil rights, must be released dur
ing the session.
Art. Sc. When in session, the Legisla-
ture shall be Judge of its members and
may punish those guilty of disorderly
behavior; it may allow the judicial
prosecution of such who may become
amenable to the law, or order such
prosecution to be postponed until after
the closing of the session; it shall also
have authority to punish by imprison-
ment, not exceeding thirty days, every
person, not member, who shall be
guilty of disrespect to the Legislature by
any disorderly or contemptuous be-
havior in its presence; or who, during
the times of its sittings, shall publish
any false reports of its proceedings, or
comments upon the same; or
who shall threaten harm to the body
or estate of any of its members for any
thing said or done in the Legislature
or who shall assault any of them there
for; or who shall assault or arrest any
or any other person ordered to
attend the Legislature on his way going
Or returning; or who shall rescue any
person arrested by order Of the Legisla-
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Art. 81. Members of the Legislature
are elected to represent the whole ma
ion as well as the district or island from
which they are returned, but no one can
belong at the same time to the two
Houses No person shall sit in the
Legislature as Senator or Representa-
ralae,. 1,,lx, oil .,rAa, o,,I -,
conformity with the provision of this
Constitution, and every member shall
AXE the following oath: al solemnly
Iwear, in the presence of the Almighty
iod, that will faithfully support the
Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom,
Ind conscientiously and lmpartially dis
;harge my duties as member of the |
Legislature" And when going out of |
he Kingdom members of both the |
Houses must notify the President OF |
heir House, and if their intended alb |
Ience be more than six months, they |
nay be considered as having resigned |
heir seat, and a new election may be |
'rdered to fill it for the balance of the
erm.
vH.-THE SENATE.
Art. 58. The Senate shall be consti-
uted as follows: Ten Senators shall be
ppointed by the King with the concur
ence OF the Privy Council, and twenty
senators shall be elected, according to
he regulations of Art. 81, viz: Five
rom the Island of Hawaii, five from the
stands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai,
light from the Island Of Oahu and two
rom the Islands of Kauai and Niihau. All
be Senators shall serve for the term ct
TX years; but at the first session of the
legislature after the promulgation of
his Constitution, the names OF the
wenty Senators elect shall be put in a
allot box and the first six drawn there
rom by the President of the Senate shall
erve for only two years, the next seven,
Or four years, and the last seven for six
ears, and all further elections for Sena-
ors shall be for the full term of the re-
ring third, all Senators elected to fill
acancy serving only for the balance of
be term OF his predecessor. The Sena-
DTS shall serve without pay.
Art. SO. A Senator, elect or appointed,
hall be subject of the Kingdom, who
hall have attained the age of 80 years
nd resided in the Kingdom five years at
last, and shall-unless otherwise ex-
ressed by law-be the owner of taxable
roperty in this country of the value of