Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-27
COINAGE Bill PASSED
BY The SENATE AND
SENT To THE HOUSE
ELECTED Considerable Discussion ---IS
the Measure introduced by Senator
Foraker Legal Tender
Till 1904.

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The Senate on Wednesday last passed
Senator Foraker's bill in reference to F.,
Hawaiian silver coinage and silver Ger.
tifcates. There was considerable de.
bate on the measure and after passage
it sent to the House of Representatives
and referred to the Committee on Coin.
age, Weights and Measures. A bill
similar to this is one the calendar of
the House. The measure as passed
by the Senate is as follows:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit.
ed States of America in Congress as.
sembled. That the silver coins that
were coined under the laws of Hawaii,
when the same are not mutilated or
abraded below the standard of circu.
lation, 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 minis as United States coins.
Sec. 2. That when such coins have
been received by either Government in
sums not less than five hundred dol.
lars they shall be deposited as bullion
in the mint at San Francisco, Califor.
mia. and shall be recoined as 3ubsi-
diary coinage of the United States.
And the superintendent of said mint
shall pay for such coins, at their face
value. to the proper officer or agent of
the Government depositiug the same
the sum so deposited, in standard sill
yer coins OF the United States. The
expenses of transmitting said coins to
and from the Hawaiian Islands shall be
borne equally by the United States
and the Territorial Government of Ha
wall.
Sec. 8. That any collector Of Gus
toms or of internal revenue of the
United States in the Hawaiian Islands
shall, II he is so directed by the Secre
tary of the Treasury, exchange stand
ard silver coins of the United States
thta are in his custody as such collect
or with the Government OF Hawaii, OF
with any person desiring to make such
exchange, for coins OF the Government
of Hawaii, at their face value wher
the same are not abraded below tho
lawful standard of circulation, and tn,
Treasurer Of the United States, under
the direction OF the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to deposit such
silver coins of the United States as
shall be necessary with the collector
of customs or of internal revenue al
Honolulu or at any Government de
pository for the purpose of making
such exchange under such regulations
as he may prescribe.
Sec. 4. That any silver coins strucI
by the Government OF Hawaii that arr
mutilated or abraded below such stan
dard may be presented for rccoinag,
at any mint in the United States b,
the person owning the same, or his o
her agents, in sums of not less thar
fifty dollars, and such owner shall b.
paid for such coins by the superintend
ent of the mint the buIiion value pc
troy ounce of the fine silver they cor
tain in standard silver coin of tn
United States, and such bullion shall
be coined into subsidiary coinage O
the United States.
Sec. 5. That silver coins heretofor
struck by the Government of Hawai-
shall continue to be legal tender TO
debts In the Territory OF Hawaii, in
accordance with the laws of the Re
public of Hawaii, until the first day O
January, 1904, and not afterwards.
Sec. G. That any silver certificate
heretofore issued by the Government
of the Hawaiian Islands, intended L
be circulated as money, shall be re
deemed by the Territorial Government
of Hawaii on or before the first day o
January, 1907, and after said date /
shall be unlawful to circulate the sam
as money.
Sec. Z. That nothing in this Ac
contained shall bind the United State