Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-28
STOP HAWAII LAND SALES
UNTIL CONGRESS CAN ACT

Washington. D. c.. April 14.-Rep.
resentative Robinson OF Indiana has
introduced the following bill for the
purpose Of meeting the decision re.
Gently made by the Department of the
Interior relative to lease and granting
rights OF way on public lands of the
Territory:
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the Unit.
cd States Of America in Congress as.
sembled, That section 70 of an Act
entitled An Act to provide a govern
ment for the Territory of Hawaii is
hereby amended so as to read as fol,
lows:
Sec. 70. That the laws of Hawaii
relating to public lands, the settlement
Of boundaries, and the issuance Of pat.
ents on land commission awards, ex.
cept as changed by this Act, shall con-
tinue in force until Congress shall 9th.
eIwise provide. That. subject to the
approval Of the President, all sales,
grants, leases, and other dispositions
O: the public domain, and agreements
concerning the same. and all fran.
chises Granted by the Hawaiian Gov,
crnment in conformity with the laws
oil Hawaii between the eth day of July
1898, and the 2sth day OF September,
1893, are hereby ratified and con,
firmed. In said laws land patent
shall be substituted for royal patent +;
commissioner Of public lands fol-
minister OF the interior agent OF
public lands and commissioners OF
public lands. or their equivalents;
and the words that | am a citizen OF
the United States. or that have de
claIed my intention TO become a clti
ger of the United States. as required
by law, for the words that | am a
citizen by birth tor Naturalization OF
tncRepublic Of Hawaii or that have
received letters of denization under
tie Republic OF Hawaii or that
have received a certificate of special
right of citizenship from the Repub,
l." of Hawaii. And no lease of agri
cultural land shall be renewed by the
Government of the Territory of Ha.
wall (nor shall any lease, sale, or 9th.
er disposition be made Of. or any
easement upon, over, or across the
public lands of the Territory be
granted to any corporation, associa.
ton, or individual until Congress shall
Otherwise direct. All funds arising
from the sale or lease or other dis
pOsal of such lands, heretofore made,
shall be appropriated by the laws of
the Government of the Territory of
Hawaii and applied to such uses and
purposes for the benefit of the inhab.
itants of the Territory of Hawaii as
ire consistent with the joint resolu.
ton of annexation, approved July It'll.
1898: Provided, That there shall be ex.
cepted from the provisions of this sec.
ton all lands heretofore set apart o,
reserved, by Executive order or or.
ders, by the President OF the United
States.
SEC, 2. That this Act shall take
effect from and after the date of the
approval thereof"
Speaking Of this bill Mr.. Robinson
said to the Bulletin correspondent:
THE bill H. II. 1853 introduced by
me in the House of Representatives
IS in direct line with the recommends
tions Of President Roosevelt's last
message to Congress. He said:
In Hawaii our aim must be to de-
vc!op the Territory on the traditional
American lines, We do not wish a
region Of large estates titled by chear