The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-02

| shall within six months from the pro
mitigation Ct this Constitution procur,
from the Minister of the Interior Ger
tlliCate of such service, in manner ant
form herein set forth: and who shall
take an oath to support this Constitution
and the law of the Republic so long n.
he shall remain domiciled in the Repub
lie. shall be entitled to all the privilege,
of citizenship without thereby prelude
ing his native citizenship or allegiance
Section 3.--for the purpose of identi
! flying the person entitled To such certiii
cate, the Minister of Interior shall ap-
point such number of examiners as he
may deem best, to receive applications
and take evidence upon such subject
! Such examiners shall certify to the
said Minister a description of each per.
son found to be entitled to such Certili-
cate, which description shall include the
name, age, country of birth, occupation,
| length of residence in Hawaii and pres.
ent residence, and shall be embodied in
the certificate.
! Section 4. 1t shall be in the discre.
! ton of the Minister of Interior to re-
verse the decision of any such examiner
and issue a certificate to any person in
| his opinion entitled thereto; and to re-
| fuse to issue a certificate to any person,
who, in his opinion, is not entitled
thereto.
The decision of the Minister shall be
final and not subject to appeal or re-
view.
Section 5. Any person to whom such
certificate shall be granted shall be adj
mitted, upon application, to naturaliza.
ton, without showing any further
qualifications.
| Article ion.-Section
/ |. The naturalization of aliens shall be
exclusively within the jurisdiction of
the Justices of the Supreme Court.
The procedure shall be such as may
be provided by law.
Section 9. An alien may be admitted
to citizenship upon the following con.
ditions, viz
1. He shall have resided in the Ha-
waiian Islands for not less than one
year.
9. He must intend to become per-
manent citizen of the Republic.
3. He shall be able Understandings
to read write and speak the English
language.
4. He shall be able. intelligenty to
explain, in his own words, in the Eng
fish language, the general meaning and
intent of any article or articles of this
Constitution.
5. He shall be citizen or subject of
a country having express treaty stipula-
tons with the Republic of Hawaii con.
corning naturalization.
G. He shall be of good moral charac-
ter and not refugee from justice.
7. He shall be engaged in some law
full business or employment or have
some other lawful means of support.
4. L. Al. :.
right of property in the Republic of the
value of not less than Two Hundred
Dollars over and above all incum-
brances.
8. He shall have "a ken the oath pres
cribed IN Article 100 of this Constitu-
ton and an oath abjuring allegiance to
! his native land or that in which he has
heretofore been naturalized. and of al.
legiance to the Republic of Hawaii
10. He shall make written applica.
ton, verified by oath, to Justice of
the Supreme Court, setting forth all of
the foregoing requirements, and shall
prove the same to the satisfaction of
such Justice.
Article l9.-Denizens.-No letters of
Denization shall be issued to any person
not by this Constitution eligible to be-
come citizen; except that no previous
residence in the Hawaiian Islands, nor
intention 10 become permanent resi-
dent of the Republic, nor oath abjuring
allegiance to his native land or of allegi-
ance to the Republic, nor application to
the Supreme Court, shall be required.
Article 20.-Division of Powers of
Government.-The supreme power OF
the Republic is divided into the Execu-
tive, Legislative and Judicial. Except
as herein provided, these shall be pre-
served distinct.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
Article 2l-Executive Council
ton /. The executive power of the
Republic shall be vested in a President
and Cabinet.
Section 2. The Cabinet shall consist
of a Minister OF Foreign Affairs; Min
lister of Interior; Minister OF Finance
and an Attorney-General.
Section 3. The President and Cab
met sitting together shall constitute the
Executive Council.
Section 1. Wherever in this Con-
stitution the action or approval OF the
Executive Council is required, it shall
mean that the action or approval of a
majority OF such Council, OF which
majority the President shall be one, is
sufficient.
OF THE PRESIDENT.
Article disqualification Of President.
In order to be eligible to the office of
| President, person SHALL
Be not less than thrty-five years of
age;
| Have been born III the Hawaiian Is
! lands or resided therein for not less than
| fifteen years.
And be citizen of the Republic.
Article 23.-First President. ..........
by declared to be the President of the
Republic of Hawaii. to hold Office until
and including the 3lst day of December,
A. ID. 1900, and thereafter until sue
cessor shall have been duly elected and
qualified.
! Article 24.-Election of President. -
Section 1.-On the third Wednesday
of September, A. ID. 1900, and on the
third Wednesday of September in every
sixth year thereafter, the Legislature
shall meet to elect a President for q
term of six years TO begin with the first
day of January of the year following.
Section 2.-For the purpose of such
election the Senate and the House of
Representatives shall sit together.
The election shall be by ballot. and
the person receiving "A majority vote OF
all the elective mem oers to which the
Legislature is entitled. which majority
shall include majority of all the
Senators, shall be President for the sue,
ceeding term; or for the unexplred por.
ton of such term in case no person
shall have been elected prior to the first
day of such term.
Sc ton 3. If the Legislature shall fail
to elect "A President before the first day
ofJanuary following the date when the
Legis lature is required to meet for such
election, the President whose term has
then expired shall continue TO be tn,
President until his successor is elected