The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-23
BYAUTHORITY
ACT So.
An ACT To PROVIDE FOR A CoNsTITU-
TIoNAL CONVENTION.

! An ACT To PROVIDE FOR A CoNsrIrU-
TIoSAL CONVENTION.
BE 1t Enacted By the Executive and Adrisory
Councils the Provisional Government
Of the HGcdiidn Islands:
Section There shall convene at
the call of the President Il convention
TO frame constitution. Said conven-
ton shall consist of the President, the
Executive and Advisory Councils and
eighteen delegates, to be elected as
herein provided.
Sec. 2. The election shall take
place on such day as shall be pro-
claimed by the Minister of the Int
rior.
Sec. 5. For the purposes of this
election there shall be four electoral
divisions, viz: d. The island of
Oahu, from which shall be elected six
delegates; (2) the island of Hawaii,
from which shall be elected five dele
gates; (3) the islands of Maui, Molo-
kai and Lanai, from which shall be
elected four delegates; a. the islands
of Kauai and Niihau, from which
shall be elected three delegates.
QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS.
Sec. 4. Every male resident of the
Hawaiian Islands, of Hawaiian, Amer
lean or European birth or descent,
who shall have taken the oath by this
Act provided; who shall have paid his
taxes for the year 1898, unless exempt
ed by law from paying taxes; who
shall have attained the age of twenty
years; who shall have been domiciled
in the Hawaiian Islands for one year,
and shall have caused his name to be
entered on the list of voters of the pre-
cinct in which he resides, and who is
not insane or an idiot, or who shall
not have been convicted of a felony,
unless pardoned, shall be entitled to
vote for the delegates to be elected
ilOAA lilC lSiouu Ou WHICH, SUCH voter
resides.
Provided, that the payment of taxes
for the year 1898, and residence for
one year shall not apply to any per-
son otherwise qualified who, on offer
ing to register, may produce certif-
icate from the Colonel of the Nation
al Guard of Hawaii or the Marshal of
the Hawaiian Islands setting forth
that the person was duly enrolled as
member of one of the lawfully or
ganized bodies of the military or police
force prior to January 1st, 1894.
Sec. D. Each voter for delegates
may cast as many votes as there are
delegates to be elected from the diyis-
ion in which he resides, and may cast
one vote for each delegate, or cast
them all for one delegate, or may
otherwise divide his votes among the
several delegates.
The required number of candidates
receiving the highest number of votes
in the respective divisions shall be the /.
delegates for such divisions.
Sec. 6. The election shall be by |
ballot. The ballot shall be printed by /
the Minister Of the Interior at Gov !
eminent expense, and shall conform
in size, quality and general form to
the ballots required for mobiles under
the election law of 1890. No other form
of ballot shall be received. Each voter
shall place figure after the name of
the candidate or candidates for whom
he votes, showing how many votes he
casts for each candidate. Any ballot
more votes than the
.ota, number of delegates appor
Toned for the electoral division in
which said ballot is cast shall be re-
ected.
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION.
Sec. q. The Minister of the Interior {
hall appoint three inspectors of cleo
ions for each polling place heretofore
Established by law for the election of
representatives.. Any two of such in
pectors may act; and, in the case of
disability of two of such members, or
heir refusal to act, the remaining in t
pector may fill the vacancies in case
occurs so near that date of the !
lection that the Minister of the In +
erior cannot make an appointment. /
he inspectors of elections shall hold a
least two meetings in their respect Z
re precincts for the purpose of enroll
lent of voters not less than ten, nor
lore than twenty, days prior to the i
ate fixed for said election, and shall
We notice of the same by a posted L
office or by publication in a news
aper. The inspectors shall prepare a
st of all persons who have registered
Id are entitled to vote, and shall post
copy of the same in their respective