The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-01
COPIES OF
BILLS.

United STATES Senate Bill MS
relating to the retirement OF Hs-
waiian coinage and currency, in
troduced into the Upper House of Con-
gress by Senator Foraker OF Ohio Feb
ruary I. 1901. passed by that oody on
February 10, and which met an !gnomln-
son of the inability OF Delegate Robert
Wilcox to speak ntelligently upon H.,
was received yesterday by secretary OF
the Territory Cooper.
The bill was read twice and referred
TO the Committee on Pacific Islands and
Porto Rico. Again on February IL the
bill was reported to the Senate with AN
amendment MIR. Cooper says an error
has crept into the discussion upon the
bill In the House, as II was continually
referred to as redemption" of the
Hawaiian coinage. whereas II was in
fact "A substitution.
1t was stated in the bill that the gill
yer which was coined under the laws of
Hawaii, when the coins are not mutilat-
ed or abraded below the standard of
circulation applicable 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 De
put into circulation, but they shall be
recoined in the minis az United States
coins.
When such coins have been recei"SG
by either Government in sums not less
than $500 they shall be deposited IN the
mint at San Francisco and shall be re-
coined in pieces of the same denomina
tons as nearly as may be. 1t Is pro-
vided in the bill that the superintend-
ent of the mint shall pay for such coins.
at their face value. to the proper agent
of the Government depositing the same.
the sum so deposited, In standard sill
yer coins of the United States. The GOV
ernments of Hawaii and the United
States are to share equally the eN-
pense of transmitting the coins to and
from the United States.
a further provision is made that the
Hawaiian coins shall continue to be le
Hawaii, until January /, 1903, and not
afterwards. Silver certificates hereto
fore issued by the Hawaiian Govern
ment, are to be redeemed by the Terri
torial Government on or before January
], 1904, and after that date 1t shall be
unlawful to circulate the same as
money.
There is nothing in the Act that shall
bind the United States to redeem any
silver certificates issued by the Govern
ment of Hawaii. or any silver coin Is
sued by such Government, except in
the manner and upon the conditions
stated in the Act for the recoinage of
Hawaiian silver.
Mr.. Foraker's amendment was as fol-
lows
Sec. 8. That the collector of customs
for the District of Hawaii is hereby au-
thorized to deposit all collections made
by him in the designated depository of
the United States in the Territory of
Hawaii"
This last clause gives Collector of Gus
toms Stackable the authority he desired
in the disposition of all moneys received
at his office.
The sum of s257. 300 is in the appropria-
ton bill for the benefit of the Hawaiian
Naval Station. House Bill 1905 intro
duced into the Senate January 26, 1901.
has been read twice and referred to the
on Naval Affairs and on
February was reported by Mr.. Hale
with an amendment. Under the heading,
Depot for Coal" ito acquire land for
the Naval Station and harbor and chan
mel defenses at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
$50, 600"
Under the caption, Naval Station,
shop, $4,000; smithery
and foundry $4,000; commandments house
and stables. $4,000; extending office
building, $1,000; cottage for Waterman.
81, 800; grading and fencing, $4,000; 10
ton wharf crane, $500; water pipe sys-
TEN, $1,000 in the Naval Station, Ha-
wall; a total of SLOT 500