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tives. The clause now reads: THAT
each voter for Representative may
cast vote for as many Representa-
tives as are to be elected from the
representative district IN which he
is entitled to vote" The CORES
ponding paragraph 10 the original
Senate bill read as follow: That
each voter for Representative may
cast as many votes as there are Re-
personalities to be elected from the
representative district ia which he
is entitled TO vote. He may cast
them all for one Representative, or
may apportion them among the sew
eral in such manner as he seea fit:
Provided, however, that any frac-
tional division of a vote shall be
void" This means that voters may
not mass their votes. II FIVE Repre-
sentatives are to be elected from a
given district, no voter can poll
more than one vote for any one can
didate. The minority, no matter
how large, could secure no represen
tation at all, except in case OF split
in the ranks of the majority.
The fifth paragraph OF the section
dealing with the qualifications OF
voters for Representatives has been
amended to read: "Prior to such
registration have paid poll tax OF
one dollar for the current year, due
by him to the Governments" in
stead Of "prior to such registration
have paid, on or before the 3lst day
of March next preceding the date OF
registration, all taxes due by him to
the Government"
Where the original Senate Bill
provided that the Governor shall
reside within the Territory" the
amended bill provides that he shall
be citizen of the Territory OF Ha-
vail" Precisely the same change
is made with regard to the secretary
of the Territory, who also lie to be
appointed by the President.
The section dealing with the dis
position of public lands has been
amended by the insertion of the
proviso: "Tbat all sales, grants,
leasep, and other dispositions of the
public domain, and agreements
concerning the same, shall be re-
ported in writing each month to the
Secretary of the Interior, who shall
have authority to confirm, reverse,
modify, suspend, and apnul any OF
said transactions. That all OF said
transactions so reported upon
which no action shall be taken by
the Secretary of the Interior within
sixty days from the filing of such
reports in his Office shall thereupon
and thereby be confirmed and rati-
fie1.
1.-THE Secretary of the Interior is
hereby authorized and required to
provide and promulgate the rules
and regulations relative to all con-
tests on the disposition of the pub
lie domain and appeals to him."
Franchises granted by the Gov
ernment between July 7, 1898, and
Sept. %, 1899, are ratified and con-
firmed. Judges, commissioners,
members of boards, inspectors, and
other officials to be appointed by
the President or the Governor are
to be citizens of this Territory.
The paragraph about the present
officeholders now reads as follows:
'All persons holding Office in the
Islands at the time this
act takes effect shall continue to
aold their respective Offices until
heir successors are appointed and
qualified, but not beyond the end OF
he first session of the Senate of the
Territory of Hawaii Unless reap
pointed as herein provided" The
original paragraph provided that
hey should continue to hold their
,ffices until such Offices become
'acant, but not beyond the end of
he first session OF the Senate, un.