The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-10-27
PROPOSED Amendment TO The
Constitution.
AN ACT.

To AMEND ARTICLES As, Sc, 50, 81 AND IS OF
THE CONSTITUTION AND TO ADD NEW
ARTICLE TO THE CONSTITUTION TO BE
CALLED ARTICLE IS.
Be it enacted by the King and the Legisla-
ture of the Hawaiian Kingdom:
SECTION l. Article As of the Constitution
is hereby amended SO that said Article shall
read as follows:
ARTICLE As. Every Bill which shall have
passed the Legislature shall, before it be-
comes law, be presented to the King. If he
approve he shall sign it and it shall thereby
become 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 consider 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
it 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 exceptedJ after it shall
have been presented to him, the same shall
be law in like manner as if he had signed
it, unless the Legislature by their adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which case it
shall not be law"
SECTION 2. Article Sc 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-
brances. 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 SO. 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 Noble for his District, SHALL be
an elector of Mobiles, and shall be entitled
to vote at any election of Mobiles, provided
Aud u leo thot ho oil I
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 pro-
| perty il this country of the value of not
less than one thousand dollars over and
above all encnmbrances 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
| is hereby amended SO that said Article shall
read as follows:
"Article So. 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 il
hereby amended SO that said Article shall
read as follows:
ARTICLE 62. Every male subject of the
Kingdom, of Hawaiian, American, or Eu
| 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 oil
some European language, (if born since the
year 1S40,) 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 oil
Representatives of that District, provided
however, that the requirements of being
domiciled in the Kingdom for one year i'm.
mediGtely 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