Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-10
be selected by order of the Secretary Of

rom the sea and to the internal control
| f the health of the Islands shall ro-
main in the jurisdiction of the govern
nent Of the Territory of Hawaii, sub
ect to the quarantine laws and reglila-
| ions of the United States.
| Section 49, That all vessels carrying
Hawaiian registers, on the 18th day of
| August 1898, and which were owned
bona flde by citizens of the United
states, or the citizens of Hawaii to-
sether with the following named YES
sells claiming Hawaiian register, Star
Il France, Euterpe, Star of Russia,
| Falls Of Clyde, and Wilscott, shall be
| entitled to be registered as American
| vessels, with the benefits and privi-
| ,eges appertaining thereto, and the
| coasting trade between the islands
! aforesaid and any other portion of the
United States, shall be regulated in ac-
| cordance with the provisions of law
| applicable to such trade between any
two great coasting districts.
Section SO. That the portion OF the
public domain heretofore known as
Crown Lands Ia hereby declared to have
been on the 18th day Of August, 1898,
| and prior thereto, the property of the
Hawaiian government, ard to be free
and clear from any trust Of or concern
ing the same, and from all claim
OF any nature whatsoever upon the
rents, issues and profits thereof. II
shall be subject to alienation and other
uses as may be provided ny the law.
Section 100. That for the purposes of
naturalization under the laws OF the
United States residence In the Hawa-
iian Islands prior to the taking effect
of this Act shall be deemed equivalent
to residence in the United States and
in the Territory Of Hawaii, and the re-
quirement Of previous declaration Of
intention to become citizen of the
United States and to renounce former
allegiance shall not apply to persons
who have resided In said Islands at
least five years prior to the taking ef-
feet OF this Act; but MI other provi-
sions OF the laws Of the United States
relating to naturalization shall, 80 far
as applicable, apply to persons in the
said Islands.
Section 10l. That Chimes in the Ha-
waiian Islands when this Act takes
effect may within one year thereafter
obtain certificates of residence as re-
CURED by IAN Act to prohibit the COM
ing of Chinese persons into the United
States" approved May 5th, 1892 as
amended by an Act approved NOvem-
Der 8, 1893, entitled IAN Act to amend
an Act entitled An Act to prohibit the
coming Of Chinese persons into the
United States approved May 9Th.
1892" and until the expiration of said
year shall not be deemed to be I'M
lawfully in the United States II found
therein without such certificates. Pro-
vided, however, That no Chinese la
borer, whether he shall hold such GER
tificate or not, shall be allowed to en-
ter and State, Territory, or District Of
the United States from the Hawaiian
Islands.
Section 1902. That the laws of Ha-
wall relating to the establishment and
conduct of any postal savings bank or
institution are hereby abolished. And
the Secretary Of the Treasury, In the
execution Of the agreement of the
United States as expressed in an Act
entitled "A joint resolution to provide
for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States" approved July 9TH,
1898, shall pay the amounts on deposit
in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank to
the persons entitled thereto, according
to their respective rights and he shall
make all needful orders, rules ana
regulations for paying such persons
and for notifying such persons to pres
ent their demands for payment. So
much money as is necessary to DAY
said demands is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, TO he available
on and after the first day OF July, 1910,
no be ,l,,
none Of said demands shall bear in
terest after said date and no deposit
shall be made in said bank after sGid
date. Said demands OF such persons
shall be certified to by the Chief
Executive Of Hawaii as being genuine
and due to the persons presenting the
same, and his certificate shall be sealed
with the official seal of the Territory
shall be approved by the Secretary Of
the Interior, who shall draw his war
rant for the amount due upon the
Treasurer Of the United States, and
when the same are so paid no further
liabilities shall exist in respect of the
same against the Government Ut the
United States or Of Hawaii
Section 103. That any money OF the
Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank that
shall remain unpaid to The persons en-
titled thereto on the first day of July,
1900, and any assets of sail bank. shall
be turned over by the governm.rt Of
Hawaii to the Treasurer OF the United
States, and the Secretary of the Treas
ury shall cause an account to be start.
ed, as Of said date, between such gov
eminent Of Hawaii and the Urited
States in respect to said Hawaiian Pos
tal Savings Bank.
Section 1O4. This Act shall take eff
feet forty-five days from and after the
late of the approval thereof, excepting
only as to section 50, relating to appro-
priations, which shall take effect upon
such approval.