The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-09
THE Annexation TREATY
TENT or THE DOCUMENT Is
REPRINTED IN FULL.
What the Hawaiian Senate Have Pre-
scented to Them and Have Been Dis,
cussing Today.

In response to the expressed desire
of many subscribers The Star repub-
fishes the text of the annexation trea.
ty for purposes of reference.
TENT OF TREATY.
The Republic of Hawaii and the
United States of America in view of .
the natural dependence of the Hawaii /
an Islands upon the United States, of
their geographical proximity thereto,
of the preponderant share acquired |
by the United States and its citizens |
in the Industries and trade of said Is
lands, and of the expressed desire OF
the Government of the Republic OF |
Hawaii that those Islands should be |
incorporated into the United States !
as an integral part thereof. and un-
der its sovereignty, have determined
to accomplish by treaty an object so
! important to their mutual and per-
manent welfare.
/ To this end the high contracting
parties have conferred full powers and
authority upon their respectively APP
pointed plenipotentiares, to-wit
The President of the Republic Of
| Hawaii, Francis March Hatch. Lorrin
| \. Thurston and William \. Kinney
The President of the United States.
John Sherman. Secretary of State OF
the United States.
ARTICLE 1.
The Republic of Hawaii hereby cedes
absolutely and without reserve, to the
United States of America all rights of
sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and
over the Hawaiian islands and their
dependencies: and it is agreed that
all the territory of and appertaining
to the Republic of Hawaii is hereby
annexed to the United States of Anne
RIGA under the name of the Territory
of Hawaii.
ARTICLE IT.
The Republic of Hawaii also cedes
and hereby transfers to the United
States the absolute fee and ownership
of all public, government or crown
lands, public buildings, or edifices,
ports, harbors. military equipments,
and all other public property of ev-
cry kind and description, belonging to
the Government of the Hawaiian Is
lands, together with every right and
| appurtenances thereunto appertain-
ing.
The existing laws of the United
States relative to public lands shall
not apply to such lands in the Hawaii
an Islands. but the Congress of the
United States shall enact special laws
for their management and disposition.
Provided. that al revenue from or pro-
ceeds of the same, except as regards
such part thereof as NAV be used or
occupied for the civil militaryq or ma
val purposes of the United States. or
may be assigned for the use of the To-
cal government. shall be used solely
for the benefit of the inhabitants of
the Hawaiian Islands for educational
and other public purposes.
ARTICLE III.
Until Congress shall provide for the
government of such Islands, all the
civil, judicial and military powers eN-
ercised by the officers of the existing
government in said Islands shall be
vested in such person or persons, and
shall be exercised in such manner as
the President of the United States
shall direct; and the President shall
have the power to remove said officers
and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
The existing treaties of the Hawa.
iian Islands with foreign nations shall
forthwith cease and determine, being
replaced by such treaties as may eX-
list, or as may be hereafter concluded
between the United States and such
foreign nations. The municipal legis-
lation of the Hawaiian Islands, not
enacted for the fulfillment of the trea-
ties so eNtinguished. and not inconsist-
ent with this treaty. nor contrary to
the Constitution of the United States,
nor to any existing treaty of the Unit
ed States, shall remain in force until
the Congress of the United States shall
otherwise determine.
l Ill l.
extending the United States customs
laws and regulations to the Hawaiian
Islands, the existing customs relations
of the Hawaiian Islands with the
United States and other countries
shall remain unchanged.
ARTICLE ".
The public debt of the Republic of
Hawaii, lawfully existing at the date
of the exchange of the ratification of
this treaty, including the amounts due
to depositors i'm the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Bank, 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
$i,000,000. So long, however, as the
! existing Government and the present
commercial relations of the Hawaiian
Islands are continued as hereinbefore
provided said Government shall con-
tinue to pay the interest on said debt
ARTICLE V.
There shall be no further immigra-
ton of Chinese into the Hawaiian Is,
lands, except upon such conditions as
are now or may hereafter be allowed
by the laws of the United States, and
no Chinese by reason of anything
| harain npntnina1 chnJl ha oil 90
enter the United States from the Ha-
waiian Islands.
\ ARTICLE VI.
l The President shall appoint five
a Commissioners, two of whom shall be
residents of the Hawaiian Islands
who shall, as soon as reasonably prac,
ticable, recommend to Congress such
legislation concerning the Territory