The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-10
THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT
BILL

such officers except the chief jus
tice and Justices OF he supreme
court and the Judges of the circuit
courts, who shall be removable by
impeachment only All such officers
shall hold office for four years aud
until their successors are appointed
aud qualified, unless sooner remov-
ed, except the chief justice and JUS
tices OF the supreme court, who
shall hold office during good be-
havior, and the judges OF the circuit
courts, whose terms Of Office shall be
six years, and except the commits
sioners of public instruction and
the members of said boardp, whose
terms of office snall be as provided
by laws OF the Territory Of Hawaii.
The manner of appointment and
removal and the tenure of ali other
officers shall be as provided by law;
and the governor may appoint or
louiONo du1 OlnSSi Wu'Nt oppOluo-
ment or removal is not otherwise
provided for.
The salaries of all officers or he
than those appointed by the Presi-
deut shall be as provided by the
Legislature, but those Of The chief
jusiic and Justices of the supreme
court aud judges Of the circuit
courts shall not be diminished dur
ing heir 'erm oi office.
Al or rs holdi office ia til
Haw" 't Islands at thu time this
Act Iskes effect shall, except as
herein OF herwise provide d, continue
to held their respective Offices until
such iiices become vacant, but not
bsyout the end Of the session of the
Senale, uoless reappointed as herein
provided, except the chief jnsii'e
aud associate justices of the sG-
preme court, who shall contiuue in
office until their respective offices
become vacant.
Section 80. The Judicial power
of the Territory shall be vested in
one supreme court, and in such in
ferior courts as the legislature may
from time to time establish.
Section SO The supreme court
shall consist of chief justice and
not less than two associate ju-liees;
provided, however, that in case Of
the disqualification or abselca of
any justice thereof, in any cause
pending he court, on th" trial and
deter mination OF said cause, his
place shall be filled as provided by
law.
Section 81. That the laws of Ha-
waii relative to the judicial depart
ment, including civil and criminal
procedure, except as amended by
this Act, are continued in force, sub
ject to modification by Congress or
the legislature. The provisions OF
said laws or any laws of the Repub-
lie Of Hawaii which require juries to
be composed Of aliens or foreigners
only, or to be constituted by i'm
paneling natives Of Hawaii only, in
civil and criminal cases specified in
said laws, are repealed, aud all ju-
ries shall hereafter be constituted
without reference to the race or
place of nativity of the jurors; but
no person who is not citizen of the
United States or who cannot under
standingly speak, read, and write
the English language, shall be a
qualified juror 10 any court of the
Territory Of Hawai- No plaintiff
or defendant in any suit or proceed
ing in court of the Territory of
Hawaii shall be entitled to trial
by jury impaneled exclusively
from persons of any race.
Section 85. That no person shall
sit as Judge or jurorin any case in
which his relative by affinity or by
consanguinity within the third de-
gree is interested, either as a plain