The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-08-12

NENLAND'S RESOLUTION
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The full text of the resolution that
makes Hawaii portion of the United
States is as follows:
Whereas The government of the Re
public of Hawaii, having in due form
signified its consent in manner pro-
vided by its constitution to cede alb
solutely 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 also to Cede and
transfer TO the United States absolu-
tely free the ownership of all Govern
ment or crown lands, public buildings,
edifices, ports, harbors, military
equipment and all other public prop
erty of every kind and description be-
longing to the Government of the Ha
waiian Islands, together with every
right and appurtenance thereunto APP
pertaining; therefore
Resolved, BY the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress as
Sembled, that said cession is accepted,
ratified and confirmed, and that the
said Hawaiian Islands and their de-
Tendencies, and they are hereby an
nexed as part of the territory of the
United States, and are subject to the
sovereign dominion thereof, and that
all and singular property and rights
therein before mentioned are vested
in the United States of America.
existing laws of the United States
relative to public lands shall not APP
ply to such lands in the Hawaiian Is
| lands: but the Congress of the Unit
ed States shall enact special laws for
| their management and disposition,
provided that all revenue from or pro-
ceeds of the same, except as regards
! such a part thereof as may be used
or occupied by civil, military or naval
purposes of the United States, or may
| be assigned for use of the local gov
eminent. shall be solely for the ben
eft of the inhabitants of the Hawaii
an Islands for educational and other
public purposes.
| Until Congress shall provide for
| the government of such Islands, all
civil, judicial and military authority
exercised by the officers of the exist
! ing government of said Islands shall
be exercised in such a manner as the
President of the United States shall
direct, and the President shall have
power to remove said officers and fill
the vacancies so occasioned.
Existing treaties of the Hawaiian
Islands with foreign nations shall
! forthwith cease and determine, being
replaced by such treaties as may eN-
Ist and may be hereafter concluded
between the United States and such
foreign nations. Municipal legisla-
ton of the Hawaiian Islands, not en-
acted for the fulfillment of treaties so
eXtinguished, and not inconsistent
with this joint resolution nor contra
ry to the Constitution of the United
States, nor to any existing treaty of
the United States, shall remain in
force until the Congress of the Unit
ed States shall otherwise determine.
until legislation shall be enacted
extending the United States customs
laws and regulations to the Hawaiian
Islands. existing customs regulations
of the Hawaiian Islands with the Uni
ted States and other countries shall
remain unchanged.
THE public debt of the Republic of
of the passage of this Joint resolution,
including the amounts due to depos-
itors in the Hawaiian Postal Saving
Bank, is hereby assumed by the Gov
eminent of the United States, but the
liabilities of the United States in this
regard shall in no case exceed $4,000
900.
so long. however, as the existing
To-
cial relations of the Hawaiian Islands
are continued as hereinbefore provid-
ed, said government shall continue to
pay the interest on said debt
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
herein contained, shall be allowed to
enter the United States from the Ha-
waiian Islands.
"The President shall appoint five
commissioners at least two of whom
shall be residents of the Hawaiian Is.
lands, who shall, as soon as reasonab.
ly practicable, recommend to Con-
gress such legislation concerning the
Hawaiian Islands as they shall deem
necessary or proper
Section 2. That the commissioners
hereinbefore provided for shall be APP.
pointed by the President by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate
Section 3. That the sum of $780,,
600, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the Treasury not 9th
erwise appropriated, and to be imme
diately available to be expended al
the discretion of the President of the
United States for the purpose of car
rying this joint resolution into effect.
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which is fifteen months old, had an
attack of diarrhoea, accompanied by
vomiting. 1 gave it such remedies as