The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-06
HAWAIIAN
BY BIRTH
Certificates Are
Once More
Issued.
TWO YOUTHS TO
GO TO COLLEGE
Method to Prevent False Swearing
in the Matter of Obtaining
the Coveted Papers.

Certificates of Hawaiian birth will be
house at San Francisco for the first
time upon the arrival of the Peking The
young men who will present them are
Pin Lin Chin and En- Sang Ching, who
leave in the ship today to enter the
University of California The certifi-
Gates We're issued on Saturday, upon
first which have been sent out of the
office of the Territory since the decision
which prevents action on the case of
fraud in obtaining the coveted paper.
There was some little trouble before
the transaction was complete. When
the certificates had been granted and
they were referred to the Bureau of I'm
migration and there was at once trou-
BILE. A subordinate wanted a different
form and rushed off to the office of the
the form be changed. This was not
done, as when the form was made up
there was reference made to the Treas
ury Department at Washington, and
while there could be no directions To Il
Territorial officer issued from that De
partment the letter which gave APPROX
al to the form advised that the issuance
continue in the form which had been
submitted.
With this tacit approval of form
there was no change made upon the re
quest Then there was a demand made
| that the certificate include a statement
| of what was to be done in the Unite
States by the young men, but there a
par was in the way, as the Territorial
officer could not use telepathic hand
| and insure his forecast Finally when
the certificates were sent out, in tripli-
cate, the issuance of the final authority,
in the shape of the wise. was made.
In view of the many requests for the
certificates of Hawaiian BIRTH the Ter
ritorial office has decided to again issue
them. This time Acting Governor
Cooper will himself guard against any
danger of fraud. Before this the proof
took the form of an affidavit, which was
be necessary proof taken before the
secretary. Miss Kelly, who has been
made a notary for the purpose of TAX
ing charge of the business There VIII
be in this manner proof of any false
swearing if such should be done, ana
prosecution would follow in such order
as to discourage any attempt to resur-
rect a Hawaiian-born Chinese for the
purpose of obtaining a certificate Of
birth which now is of added value
since it means American citizenship As
we'll In pursuance of his plan, Act
ing Governor Cooper has prepared the
following statement of his M. 1od Of
procedure, which will be promulgated
al once:
applications will be received FIR the
granting of certificates of Hawaiian
birth on Tuesday of eacn week wiaen,
accompanied by an affidavit setting
forth the facts relied upon by the
applicant, together with three full-face
photographs printed upon free silver
paper 3 inches by 81 inches. On the
receipt of the application a day Will be-
set for the hearing, of the same, at
which time the applicant will be re-
quired to appear in person, together
with at least two credible witnesses,
fer the purpose of substanttating the
claims set forth in his apple alton.