The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-11-10
Proposed Amendment to The
Constitution.
AN ACT.

THE CONSTITUTION AND 10 ADD NV
ARTICLE TO THE CONSTITUTION TO BE
CALLED ARTICLE SO.
Be il enacted by the King and the Logisls-
ture Of the Hawaiian Kingdom:
SECTION l. Article As of the Constitution
is hereby amended so that said Article shall
read as follows:
Article IS. Every Bill which shall have
passed the Legislature shall, before it be-
comes law, be presented to the King. II he
approve he shall sign it and it shall thereby
become a law, but, if not, be shall return it,
with his objections, to the Legislature,
which shall enter the objections at large on
their Journal and proceed to reconsider it.
If after such reconsideration it shall be ap-
proved by a two-thirds vote of all the cleo
tive members of the Legislature, it shall be
returned to the King for signature but if
such signature shall again be refused, then
1t shall become law. In all such cases the
votes shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of the persons voting for and
against the Bill shall be entered on the
Journal of the Legislature. If any Bill
shall not be returned by the King within
ten days Sundays excepted after it shall
have been presented to him, the same shall
be law in like manner as if he had signed
1t, unless the Legislature by their adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which case it
shall not be law
SECTION >. Article So of the Constitution
is hereby amended so that said Article
shall read as follows:
Article sc. A Noble shall be a male
subject of the Kingdom, who shall have
attained the age of twenty-five years and
resided in the Kingdom three years, and
shall be the owner of taxable property in
this Kingdom of the value of three thou-
sand dollars over and above all encum-
FRANCES, or in receipt of an income of not
less than six hundred dollars per annum.''
SECTION 3. Article SO of the Constitution
is hereby amended so that said Article
shall read as follows:
Article 50. Every male subject of the
Hawaiian Islands, of Hawaiian, American,
or European birth or descent, who shall |
have attained the age of twenty years, and |
shall have paid his taxes, and shall have
caused his name to be entered on the list of |
voters for Mobiles for his District, shall be |
an elector of Mobiles, and shall be entitled |
70 vote at any election of Mobiles, provided:" |
And also that the clause numbered second |
of said Article SO shall be amended to read |
as follows
Second. That he shall Own and be |
possessed in his own right of taxable pro- |
perty in this country of the value of not |
less than one thousand dollars over and |
above all encumbrances or shall have |
actually received an income of not less |
than SIX hundred dollars during the year |
next preceding the registration for each |
general election"
SECTION 4. Article 63 of the Constitution |
read as follows:
Article 63. No person shall sit as a |
Noble or Representative in the Legislature |
unless elected under, and in conformity |
with, the provisions of this Constitution" |
SECTION 5. Article 62 of the Constitution is |
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read as follows:
Article 62. Every male subject of the |
Kingdom, of Hawaiian, American, or En- |
ropean birth or descent, who shall have |
taken an oath to support the Constitution |
and laws in the manner provided for electors |
of Mobiles; who shall have paid his taxes, |
who shall have attained the age of twenty |
years, and shall have been domiciled in the |
Kingdom for one year Immediately preced- |
ing the election; and shall know how to read |
and write either the Hawaiian, English or |
some European language, (if born since the |
year $780, and shall have caused his name |
to be entered on the list of voters of his Dis |
trict as may be provided by law, shall be en-
titled to one vote for the Representative or |
Representatives of that District, provided, |
however, that the requirements of being |
domiciled in the Kingdom for one year i'm
mediately preceding the election, and of /
knowing how to read and write, either the
Hawaiian, English, or some European Ian
guage, shall not apply to persons residing |
IN this Kingdom at the time of the promul- /
CATION of this Constitution, if they shall re-
gister and vote at the first election which |
shall be held under this Constitution
SECTION 6. new Article in addition to,
and in amendment of the Constitution to be |
called Article IS is hereby added to said
Constitution to read as follows:
Article SO. The Legislature may from
time to time enact such laws as it may deem
proper for the supervision and control and
Identification of all persons or any one class
OF nationality who may be introduced into
the Kingdom for the purpose of performing
agricultural labor, and may also, by law. re-
strict and limit the term of residence in the
Kingdom of such agricultural laborers and
the business of employment in which they
may engage"
/ hereby certify that the foregoing Bill
passed its Third Reading in the Legislature
of the Hawaiian Kingdom on the 10th day
of November, A. D. 1890.
CHARLES WILCOX,
Secretary.