The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-26

the times of its sittings, shall pu0nsn
any false reports OF its proceedines' VI
insulting comments upon the same; or
who shall threaten harm to the oouy
mr. estate of any of it's 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
witness, or any other person ordered 70
attend the Legislature on his way going
or returning; or who shai! rescue any
person arrested by order Of the Legisla-
ture
Art. 81. Members Of the Legislature
are elected to represent the whoie ma
ton as we'll 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-
tive, unless duly elected under and In
conformity with the provision OF this
Constitution, and every member snail
take the following oath: 81 solenniy
swear, in the presence OF the Almighty
God, that l will faithfully support the
Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom,
and conscientiously and lmpartially dis
charge my duties as q member OF the
Legislature" And when going out OF
the Kingdom members of both the
Houses must notify the President OF
their House, and. if their intended alb
sence be more than six months, they
may be considered as having resigned
their seat, and a new election may be
ordered to ell it for the balance of the
term.
vU.-THE SENATE.
Art. IS. The Senate shall be consti-
tuted as follows: Ten Senators shall be
appointed by the King with the concur
renee of the Privy Council, and twenty
Senators shall be elected. according to
the regulations of Art 81, viz: Five
from the Island of Hawaii, five from the
Islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai,
eight from the Island of Oahu and two
from the Islands of Kauai and Niihau. All
the Senators shall serve for the term Of
six years; but at the first session of the
Legislature after the PRONUNCIATION of
this Constitution, the names of the
twenty Senators elect shall be put in q
ballot box and the first six drawn there
from by the President of the Senate shall
serve for only two years, the next seven,
for four years, and the last seven for six
years, and all further elections for Sena-
tors shall be for the full term Of the re-
firing third, all Senators elected to fill q
vacancy serving only for the balance Of
the term of his predecessor The Sena-
tors shall serve without pay.
Art. SO. A Senator, elect or appointed,
shall be subject of the Kingdom, who
shall have attained the age Of 80 years
and resided in the Kingdom five years at
least, and shall-unless otherwise ex-
pressed by law-be the owner of taxable
property in this country of the value of
at least five thousand dollars, and over
and above all encumbrances, or in re-
ceipt of an income of not less than one
Thousand dollars per annum.
Art. 80. Senators may offer bills, in
person, in the House of Representatives,
and be heard thereon in that House.
Art. 81. Every male resident OF the
Hawaiian Islands, of Hawaiian, Amer
lean, or European birth or descent, who
shall have attained the age of 20 years.
who shall have paid his taxes and shall
have caused his name to be entered on
the list of voters for Senators for his dis
trict shall be an elector of Senators and
entitled to vote at any election for that
House provided:
First-That he shall have resided in
the Kingdem not less than three years,
and in the district in which he offers to
vote not less than three months immedi.
ately preceding the election at which he
offers to vote;
-Second-Thqt he shall own. and he
possessed, In his own right, OF taxable
property in this Kingdom of the value o
not less than two thousand dollars ovel
and above all encumbrances, or shall
have actually received an income of MOI
less than three hundred dollars durine
the year next preceding such election, un
less such qualifications be hereafter
otherwise modified by law;
Third-That he shall be able to read
and comprehend an ordinary newspaper
printed in either the Hawaiian or Eng
llsh or some European language;
Fourth-That,-if q foreigner,-he
shall have become naturalized or have
received letters of denization, and shall
have taken the oath to support the Con.
stitutiOn and laws of the land, such oath
to be administered by any person auth.
orlzed to administer oaths, or by In
spector of Election;
Provided however, that the require
ments of naturalization, residence and
ability to read and comprehend an ordi-
nary newspaper in the Hawaiian, Eng
lish or other European language, shall
not apply to all persons residing in the
Kingdom at the PRONUNCIATION of this
Constitution, who may have already reg
istered and voted at the last election of
February, 1890.
Art. 81. Single women and widows,
of legal age, who in their own right, have
the necessary property qualifications of
electors of Senators and are otherwise
qualified, as per Art. 81 and who desire
to register their names, may vote at all
elections for Senators.
vIu.-THE REPRESENTATIVES.
LAR1f. a. IT,. orc shall be funlaaa ether.
Art. BS~1nefev~~-
wise decided by law thirty representa-.
tives of the people, elected biennially
The representations shall be based upol
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