The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-24
REVEN|E@IIRKPECIED HEsB|LL IN CONFERENCE
THE TERRITORIAL ACT GOES no
COMMITTEE.
Senators Cullom, Morgan and Lodge,
and Representatives Knox, Hit and
Moon of Tennessee are Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 11.--A confer
ence of the two houses has been ordered
on the house amendments to the Ha-
waiian bill.
The conferees on the part of the Sem
ate are Senators Cullom, Morgan and
Lodge; those on the part of the House
of Representatives, Knox, Hit and
Moon of Tennessee, the latter being the
minority member.
A date for the conference has not yet
been determined upon.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-In the Sem
ate today the bill for the government
of Hawaii as passed by the House was
presented and, at the request of Mr..
Cullom, was ordered printed.
Mr.. Cullom said he would not ask for
a conference.
The principal amendments upon
which the conference committee will
bill received by Prof. Alexander, are
the following:
Section 55 Provided that no cor
poration, domestic or foreign, shall ac-
quire or hold real estate in Hawaii in
excess of one thousand acres; and all
real estate acquired or held by such
corporation or association contrary
hereto shall be forfeited and escheat to
the United States, but existing vested
rights in real estate shall not be inn
paired nor shall saloons for
the sale of intoxicating drinks be al
lowed.
Section go: All persons holding Of
fIce in the Hawaiian Islands at the time
! this act takes effect shall continue tc
hold their respective offices until their
successors are appointed and qualified
hut not beyond the end of the first ses-
| sion of the senate of the territory of
Hawaii unless re-appointed as hereir
provided.
1t shall be the duty of the surveyor
to report annually to the department oi
labor, and to the governor and legisla-
ture of Hawaii, the area in acres of al
holdings not less than one hundred
acres in extent, whether by grant
lease, or otherwise, of agricultural LAND
in Hawaii, by whom owned or held, the
character of the cultivation the num-
Ter of laborers employed on each hold
| ing the nationality of the laborers, the
daily weekly or monthly wages paid
and such other information as the de
partment of labor may prescribe.
Section SO; That the portion of the
public domain heretofore known as
/ crown Iand IS hereby declared TO have
been, on August ~, $685. and prioi
thereto, the property of the Hawaiian
Government, and to be free and clear
from any trust of or concerning the
same, and from all claim of any nature
whatsoever, upon the rents, issues am
profits thereof 1t shall be subject z
alienation and other uses as may b,
provided by law.
! Section 101: All Chinese and othei
Asiatics who came or were brought in
| to Hawaii since August 12, 1898, unde
any contracts or contract whereby
they bound themselves or are or wert
bound to any term of service, shall de
part therefrom and from the United
States, within one year from the dat,
Of the taking effect of this act; ant
any such person, being in Hawaii o.
elsewhere within the United State
after the expiration of said period
shall be dealt with as if found within
the United States in violation of tn
Chinese Exclusion acts: Provided
however, That no Chinese lahore
whether he shall hold such certificat
or not. shall be allowed to enter an.
state. territory. or district of the Unit
ed States from the Hawaiian Islands