The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-02-24

= s.i.. lsFepr eeaes. from the date Of ne.
Is aft @. re Fsrihcas.crs u 10 : treaty.
as=a Eais md ~iinout reserve 70 The United
STATES ofevpr % rights 81 severe gusy u what
s.nft k.ne 80 and over lisc HawaUaa Islands
sfe -t,.sr dep eIicics. rcnouncleE IN favor Of
f.4t Eadr,eo STATES every sewer eei right OF
., s.s4 AZ rGepeAdent ration il is now pos.
sf~sc.l. aud ianteforlh said Hawaiian islands
ann evers island ard key ihcreuato appertain.
ing. ara each and every portion thereof, shall
heroi"t ara be an integral part OF the territory
Of tie Uaiica states.
Article = The government OF the Hawaiian
isianas also redrs and transfers TO the United
States The absolute zee and ownership Of all
r,.hlic government or crown lands, public
fYgildincs or .d5hcrs, poris- barboss fortifca-
tons military or naval equipments and all
other public property Of every Kind and descrip
ton belonging TO the government of the
Hawaiian islands. together with every right
ana apurtenance thereunto apperiaining
The existing laws OF the United States
relative TO public lands shall not ap
ply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, bur
the congress of the United States shall enac'
special laws tor their management and disposi
ton provided that all revenue from or pro
ceeds OF the same, except as regards such par
thereof as may be used occupied for the
civil. military or naval purposes OF the United
States may be assigned to the use OF the
local government, shall be used solely for the
benefit of the inhabitants OF the Hawaiian
islands for educational and other public pur.
poses
Article 8 Until congress shall otherwise pro-
vide. the existing government and laws of the
Hawaiian islands are hereby continued. subject
to the paramount authority ef the United
States. The president, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, shall appoint com.
missioner to reside in said islands, who shall
have the power to veto any act of said govern
menL and an act disapproyed by him shall
thereupon he void and of effect unless ap-
proved by the president
Congress shall within one year from the ex-
change of the ratification OF this treaty, enact
the necessary legislation to extend to the Ha-
waian islands the laws Of the United States
respecting the duty upon Imports the internal
revenue. commerce and navigation: but until
congress shall otherwise provide the existing
commercial relations Of the Hawaiian islands
both with the United States and for
eign countries, shall continue as re.
CARDS the commerce of said islands with
the rest of the United States and with foreign
countries; but this shall not be construed as
giving to said islands the power TO enter into
any new stipulation or agreement whatsoever,
or 10 have diplomatic intercourse with any for
eign government The consular representatives
of foreign powers now resident in the Hawaiian
islands shall be permitted to continue in the ex-
ercises of their consular functions until they
can receive their exequators from he govern
ment OF the United States
Article The further immigration OF Chinese
laborers into the Hawaiian Islands is hereby
prohibited until congress shall otherwise pro-
vide, Furthermore, Chinese persons of the
classes now or hereafter excluded by law from
entering the United States will not be per-
mitted to come from the Hawaiian Islands to
other parts OF the United States and If So
coming shall be subject TO the same penalties as
if entering from foreign country.
Article 3. The public debt of the Hawaiian
islands lawfully existing at the date of the ex-
change of the Publications OF this treaty, in
Guiding the amounts due to the depositors in
the Hawaiian Postal Savings banks is hereby
assumed by the government of the United
States: but the liability OF the United States
in this regard shall in no case exceed S3500,000
So long, however, as the existing government
and the present commercial relations Of the
Hawaiian Stands are continued. as herenbe-
fore provided, said government shall continue to-
pay the interest on said debt
Article g. The government of the United
States agrees to pay TO LiluolIalani, the late
queen, within one year from the date of the
exchange OF the tons of this treaty,
the sum of 10000 and annually thereafter a
like sum of $4,000 during the term of her natur-
al life, provided she in good faith submits to
the authority OF the government of the
United States ana the local government of the
islands.
The United States government further agrees
from the date of the exchange CT the ratifica-
lions OF mis- treaty the gross ausn of $4,000
providing she in good faith submits to the au-
thority of the government of the United States
and the local government of the islands
Article :. The present treaty shall be rati-
fled by the president of the United States by
and with the advice and consent of the senate
on one part and by the provisional government
of the Hawaiian islands on the other. and the
notifications thereof shall be exchanged at Hon
olulu as soon as possible. Such exchange shall
be made on the part of the United Sta es by the
commissioner hereinbefore provided for and it
Shall operltc as a complete and final
conveyance 10 the United States of all
the rights of sovereignty and property
herein coded to them. Within one month after
such exchange of Publications the provisional
government shall furnish said commissioner
with full and complete schedule of all the
public property herein ceded and transferred.
In witness whereof the respective penipoten-
tiares have signed the above articles and have
hereun;o affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate at the CITY of Washington
this l4th day Of s'ebruarv, 1928
JOHN W. FOSTER, LoRIN A. THURsToN,
WAL J.. CAS.f WM c. WILDER.
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