Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-16
WHAT THE SENATE DID
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JuUSS, attorney anu mdTSlldl Slldll uOlu
Office for six years unless sooner re-
moved by the President. Said court
shall have in addition to the ordinary
jurisdiction of district courts of the
United States, jurisdiction of all cases
cognizible in a circuit court Of the
United States. and shall proceed there
in in the same manner as the circuit
court. and said judge shall have and
exercise in the Territory Of Hawaii all
the powers conferred by the laws Of
the United States upon the judges OF
district and circuit courts of the Unit
ed States. Writs oil error and appeals
from said district court shall be had
and allowed to the Circuit Court Of
Appeals in the Ninth Judicial Circuit
in the same manner as writs Of error
and appeals are allowed from circuit
courts to circuit courts Of appeals as
provided by law, and the laws Of the
United States relating to juries and
jury trials shall be applicable to said
district court. The laws Of the United
States relating to appeals, writs of err
ror, removal Of causes, and other mat
ters and proceedings Of the United
States and the courts OF the several
States shall govern in such matters
and proceedings as between the courts
of the United States and the courts Of
the Territory Of Hawaii. Regular
terms Of said court shall be held at
Honolulu on the second Monday in
April and October, and at Hilo on the
last Wednesday in January Of each
year, and special terms may be held at
such times and places in said district
as the said Judge may deem expedient."
Salaries.
The salaries OF the supreme and as
sociate Justices are placed at $1,000 a
year. Judges Of the first circuit $4,000
a year, and judges of the second, third.
fourth and NTH circuits respectively,
$4,000 year. These with the COVER
nor's salary--s5, 900 a year. $4,000 a year
for private secretary and $500 for in
cidentals-the United States district
Judge $1,000 a year, U. s. marshal
$4,000, U. s. district attorney $4,000,
and secretary Of the territory $4,000,
are all paid by the United States.
Fishing Rights.
Opening fishery rights to the general
public Is placed in the hands Of attor-
ney general instead OF the Governor.
Molokai Settlement.
The provision placing part of the
expense Of maintaining the leper set
Element upon the United States is re-
tanned. In the House bill this settle
ment is left to the exclusive jurisdic-
ton Of the Territory.
Registry OF Ships.
Section 100 Is amended to read
That all vessels carrying Hawaiian
registers. August IL, 1898, shall be en-
titled to be registered as American ves-
sells with the benefits and privileges
appertaining thereto. And the coast
ing trade between the Islands aforesaid
and any other portion Of the United
States shall be regulated in accord
ance with the provisions of law appli-
cable to such trade between any two
great coasting districts"
The Crown Lands.
Section 101. THAT the portion of
the public domain heretofore known as
Crown Lands is hereby declared to
have been in August ~. 1898, and prior
thereto, the property Of the Hawaiian
Government, and to BIO free and clear
from any trust of or concerning the
same and of all claims Of any nature
whatsoever upon the rents, Issues, and
profits thereof and shall be subject to
alienation and other uses IS may be
provided by THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Postal Savings Bank.
Section 104. THAT the LAYS of Ha-
wall relating to the establishment aud
conduct Of any postal savings bank or !
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 Z,
1893, shall pay the amounts on deposit |
In the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank |
to the persons entitled thereto, accord
Ing to their respective rights, and he |
shall make all needful orders, rules
and regulations for paying such per-
sons and for notifying such persons
10 present their demands for payment.
So much money as is necessary to pay
said demands Is hereby appropriated,
out Of any In the Treasury not other
wise appropriated to be available on
md after July, 1900, when such pay
nents shall begin, and none OF said
demands shall bear interest after said
late and no deposit shall be made in
'aid bank after said date. Said de-
hands OF such persons shall be GER
.ified 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 7 territory and coun-
ersigned by its secretary, and shall
De approved by the Secretary of the
Interior who shall draw his warrant
or the amount que upon the Treasurer
If the United States, and when the
ame are so paid no further liabilities