Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
REDEEMING HAWAIIAN SILVER.
Favorable Report by the House Com
mittee on Territories.

mittee ON Territories.
The House committee on territories has
made a favorable report on a bill Oh. r.
7O9D providing that the silver coins that
were coined under the laws of Hawaii.
when the same are not mutilated or abraded
below the standard Of circulation appiica-
BILE to the coins of the United States. shall
be received at the par of their face value
In payment Of all dues to the government
OF the territory of Hawaii and of the
United States, and the same shall not again
be put into circulation, but they shall be
recoined in the mints as United States
coins.
When such coins have been received by
either government in sums not less than
400 they shall be deposited as bullion in
the mint at San Francisco, Cal, and shall
be recoined in pieces of the same denomina-
lions as nearly as may be. The superin-
tendent of the mint shall pay for such
COINS at their face value, to the proper
officer or agent of the government deposit
Ing the same, the sum so deposited, in
standard silver coins of the United States.
The expenses of transmitting the coins to
and from the Hawaiian Islands shall he
borne equally by the United States and the
government of Hawaii.
Any collector of customs or of internal
revenue of the United States in the Ha-
waiian Islands shall, If he is so directed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, exchange
that are in his custody as such collector
with the government Of Hawaii, or with
any person desiring to make such exchange.
for coins of the government of Hawaii, at
their face value, when the same are not
abraded below the lawful standard of cir
culation, and the treasurer of the United
States, under the direction of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. is authorized to de-
post such silver coins of the United States
as shall be necessary with the collector of
customs or of internal revenue at Homo
lulu or at any government depository for
the purpose of making such exchange I'M
der such regulations as he may prescribe.
Any silver coins struck by the govern
ment of Hawaii that are mutiated or
abraded below such standard may be pre-
scented for recoinage at any mint in the
United States by the person owning the
same or his or her agents, in sums of not
less than $50, and such owner shall be paid
for such coins by the superintendent of the
mint the bullion value per troy ounce of the
fine silver they contain in standard silver
coin of the United States. Silver coins
heretofore struck by the government Of
Hawaii shall continue to be legal tender
for debts in the territory of Hawaii. In ac-
Hawaii, until the first day OF January, 1903,
and not afterward.
No seigniorage, or mint dues, or charges
shall be made or retained for the recoin-
of Hawaii at any mint of the United States
under the provisions OF this act Any sill
yer certificates heretofore issued by the
government of the Hawaiian Islands. in
tended to be circulated as money, shall be
redeemed by the territorial government of
Hawaii on or before the first day Of Janu-
airy. 1904, and after that date 1t shall be I'M
lawful to circulate the same as money.
Nothing in this act contained shall bind the
United States to redeem any silver certifi-
Gates Issued by the government of Hawaii,
or any silver coin issued by such govern
ment. except in the manner and upon the
conditions stated In this act for the recoin-
age of Hawaiian silver.