The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-18
TEXT OF THE TREATY.

Convention Negotiated Between the
United states and Hawaii.
WASHINGTON. June lS.-The follow
III is the full text of the Hawaiian
treaty:
The United States of America and the
Republic of Hawaii. in view of the natural
dependence of the Hawaiian islands upon
the United States, of their geographical
proximity thereto, of the preponderent
share acquired by the United states and
its citizens in the industries and trade Of
said islands. and of the expressed desire
OF ~. government of the Republic Of Ha-
wnii that those islands should be incor-
porated into the United States as an in
tegral part thereof, and under it's SOW
ereignty, have determined to accomplish
by treaty an object SO important to their
mutual and permanent welfare. To this
end, the high contracting parties have
conferred full powers and authority upon
their respectively appointed plenipoten-
tiaries, to wit, the president of the United
States, John Sherman, secretary Of state
of the United States; the president of the
Republic of Hawaii, Francis March
Hatch. Lorrin A. Thurston and William
A. Kinney.
Article /. The Republic of Hawaii
hereby cetles. absolutely and without re-
serve, to the United States of America
all rights of sovereignty of whatever kind
In and over the Hawaiian islands and their
dependencies, and it is agreed that all the
territory of and appertaining to the Re
public of Hawaii is hereby annexed to the
United States of America, under the name
of the territory of Hawaii
Article 2 The Republic of Hawaii also
ceeds and hereby transfers to the United
States the absolute fee and ownership of
all public, government and crown lands,
public buildings or editices, ports, har-
pors, military equipments, and all other
public property of every kind and descrlp-
tion belonging TO the government OF the
Hawaiian islands, together with every
right and appurtenancc thereto appcrtain-
+ ing.
The existing laws of the United States
relative to public lands shall not apply to
such lands in the Hawaiian islands, but
! the congress of the United states shall
enact special laws for their management
and disposition, provided that all revenue
from or proceeds of the same, except as
! regards such part thereof as may be used
| or occupied for civil, military or naval
purposes of the United states or may be
assigned for the use of the local govern
ment shall be used solely for the benefit
of the inhabitant of the Hawaiian islands
for educational and other public purposes.
Article 3 Until congress shall provide
for the government of such lands, all the
civil, judicial and military powers excr-
cised by the officers of the present govern
ment in said islands shall be vested in such
person or persons and shall be exercised
hn nf hp
United states shall direct, and the presi-
dent shall have power to remove said ol1i-
GERS and fill the vacancies SO occasioned.
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian
islands with foreign nations shall forth
with cease and determine, being replaced
by such treaties as may exist, or AS may
be hereafter concluded between the Unit
ed safes and such nations. The municipal
legislation of the Hawaiian islands, not
enacted for the fultilment of the treaties
SO extinguished, and not inconsistent
with this treaty nor contrary to the con
stitution of the United States, shall re
main in force until the congress of the
United States shall otherwise determine
Until legislation shall be enacted extend
ing the United states customs laws anG
regulations to the Hawaiian islands, the
existing customs relations OF the Ha
waiian islands with the United States anC
other countries shall remain unchanged
Article 4.-The public cebt of the repub
lie of Hawaii lawfully existing at the date
of the exchange of the ratification of thi!
treaty, including the amounts due to de
positors in the Hawaiian postal savings
bank is hereby assumed by the govern
ment of the United States; but the liabil
ity of the United States in this regart
shall in no case exceed S4 900 900. SO long
however, as the existing government ant
the present commercial relations of tn
Hawaiian islands are continued, as here
inbefore provided. said government shall
continue to pay the interest on said debt
Article 5. There shall be no furthe
immigration Of Chinese into the Hawaiian
islands except upon such conditions rs ar
now or may hereafter be allowed by tn