The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-10-26
BY AUTHORITY.
Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution.
AN ACT

AND G3 OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND TO ADD New ARTICLE TO
THE CONSTITUTION TO BE CALLED
ARTICLE SO.
Be it enacted by the King and the
Legislature of the Hawaiian
Kingdom:
SECTION l. Article As of the Con-
stitution is hereby amended so that
said Article shall read as follows;
article AS. Every Bill which shall
have passed the Legislature shall,
before it becomes law, be presented to
the King, If he approve he shall
sign it and it shall thereby become a
law, but, if not, he 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 recon
sideration it shall be approved by
two-thirds vote OF all the elective
members of the Legislature, it shall
be returned to the King for signature,
but if such signature shall again be
refused, then it shall become law,
In all such cases the votes shall be
determined by yeas and nays, and the
names of the persons voting tor 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 ex-
ceptcd) after it shall have been pre-
sented to him, the same shall be
law in like manner as if he had signed
it, unless the Legislature by their
adjournment prevent its return, in
which case it shall not be a law"
SECTION 2. Article So Of the Con
stitution is hereby amended so that
said Article shall read as follows;
article Sc. A Noble shall be n
male subject OF the Kingdom, who
shall have attained the age of twenty
five years and resided in the King
dom 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
encumbranCes, or in receipt OF an
income Of not less than six hundred
dollars per annum."
SECTION 8. Article SO of the Con-
stitution IS hereby amended so that
said Article shall read as follows:
article SO. Every male subject of
the Hawaiian Islands, of Hawaiian,
American, or European birth or des-
cent, 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 to vote at any election OF
Mobiles, provided"
And also that the clause numbered
second of said Article 50 shall be
amended to read as follows:
"Second That he shall own and be
possessed in his own right Of taxable
property in this country of the value
Of not less than one thousand dollars
over and above all encumb rances 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 G3 OF the Con-
stitution is hereby amended 50 that
said Article shall read as follows;
"Article So. No person shall sit as
Noble or Representative in the
Legislature unless elected under, and
in conformity with, the provisions OF
this Constitution"
SECTION 5. Article 60 Of the Con
stitution is hereby amended so that
said Article shall read as follows:
"Article 50. Every male subject OF
the Kingdom, of Hawaiian, Ameri-
can, or European birth or descent
who shall have taken an oath to sup
port the Constitution and laws in the
manner provided for electors OF No
bles 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 preceding the cleo,
ton; and shall know how to read and
write either the Hawaiian, English
or some European language, Gf born
since the year 1900 and shall have
caused his name to be entered on the
list of voters OF his District as may
be provided by law, shall be entitled
to one vote for the Representative OF
Representatives of that District, pro
vided, however, that the requirements
OF being domiciled in the Kingdom
for one year Immediately preceding
the election, and of knowing how to
read and write, either the Hawaiian,
English, or some European language