The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-15
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The committee met again at 1:30.
Further consideration of Article 88.
section 4. Upon the passage by the
Legislature of any amendment or re-
vision of the Constitution aforesaid,
it shall be the duty OF the Minister of
the Interior to publish such amend
ment or revision, in the English and
Hawaiian languages, for not less than
once week, for not less than twelve
successive weeks, in not less than two
newspapers published in Honolulu,
next preceding the succeeding gen.
eral election to the Legislature.
President Dole moved to defer the
section until the rest of the article
was passed.
Carried.
Section 5. Such amendment or re-
vision shall be considered by the Leg
islature at its first regular session fol-
lowing the next general election; and.
in order to be finally adopted, shall
receive three readings, on different
days, in each House, at the first and
second of which readings it shall re-
ceive an affirmative vote in each
House of not less than majority of
the elective members to which such
House is entitled; and at the last of
which readings it shall receive an
affirmative vote in each House of not
less than two thirds of the elective
members to which such House is en-
titled.
The voting shall be taken by call
of the ayes and noes, which, together
with the proposed amendment or
revision, shall be entered in the jour-
nal.
Passed as in the draft.
Section 6. Each amendment shall
be considered and voted upon separ-
ately, in each session of the Legisla
ture in which it shall come up for con-
sideration, as herein provided.
Passed as in the draft.
Section z. In case of a proposed
revision of the Constitution, each
component part of such revision FORM
ing q separate proposition, shall in like
manner, be considered and voted on
separately, except upon the final read
ing at the second session OF the Legis-
lature at which such revision shall
have been considered, when it shall
be voted on as whole.
Delegate Vivas moved to insert the
word "may" instead of "shalp' in
line 4S.
Lost.
The section passed as in the draft.
Section 8. Any amendment Or re-
vision which shall have been adopted
in manner aforesaid by two successive
Legislatures, shall thereupon and
without further act, become part Of
the Constitution of the Republic.
Passed as in the draft.
President Dole presented an amend
m emit to Section 4, that the words sin
such languages respectively" be in
serted after the word "Honolulu" in
line twenty-five.
The amendment was adopted, and
the section passed as amended.
President Dole moved that Article
SS be made the last article in. the Con-
stitution. Carried.
MISCELLANEOUS Provisions.
ARTICLE 89-coNsTITUTIoN SUPREME LAW
This Constitution when promulgated
shall thereupon become the supreme
law of the Republic, and the Consti-
tuition promulgated on the 7th day of
July, 1887, and all other constitutions
at any time the supreme law in the
Hawaiian Islands are he eby express
ly abrogated and are declared to be
null ana void.
Passed as in the draft.
ARTICLE 90-ExIsTING LAWS AND RIGHTS
CONFIRMED.
All statutes and enactments in force
in the Hawaiian Islands at the time
this Constitution takes effect, not in
consistent Herewith, and all rights,
actions, prosecutions, judgments and
contracts then existing and valid,
shall continue as if this Constitution
had not been adopted, unless the
same are inconsistent with this Con-
stitutiOn, or are herein specifically
or are otherwise herein
provided for.
Passed as in the draft.
91-ALL COMMISSIONS VACATED.
All conn issions issued by or under |
of the late monarchy or of |
the Provisional Government of Ha-
waii, are hereby declared to be va
Gated, null and void, from and after |
the lst day of September, 1894.
Delegate Carter moved to strike out |
the words cor of the Provisional Gov |
eminent of Hawaii
Minister Damon thought there were |
changes necessary, and it would be |
better to start clean all around.
Delegate Carter's motion was lost. |
The article passed as in the draft.
ARTICLE 90 = TREATIES, BONDS, ETC.,
CONFIRMED.
All existing treaties ana all bonds
and notes heretofore made or author
ICED under the authority of the late
or of the Provisional Gov
ernment of Hawaii, are hereby recog-
niZed, ratified and confirmed.
Minister Damon moved to insert
the words cor other monetary Obliga-
tions" after the word "notes." Car
ried.
The article passed as amended.
ARTICLE 93.-CRowN LAND.
That portion of the public domain
heretofore known as Crown Land is
hereby declared to have been hereto
fore, and now to be, the property of
the Hawaiian Government, free and
clear from any trust of or concerning
the same; and from all claim of any
nature whatsoever, upon the rents,