The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-19

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" discussing uith Callfofela mse,hsfs
Wtsiilna Harliihr chinese nnd Jai.a
nNsf tonllr tabor w. n noiur inta
ihe sili aiian carefully and ielhne
them shat there 10 snms prospect of y
now treaty With china and that the
Japanese labor situation may also BE-
taken up lii iniimatus that the ln.
speciion ~ Chlnoso, coming 20 the
mainland, ON the other aide ai the
ports from which they sail. NAV be
undertaken The Californiaus think
there are some prospects Of checking
the japanese immigration. although n
IA felt here that the State Depart.
ment = efforts may bee directed 20 nj.
lcviating the political situation on the
Pacific Coast for the next campaign
ne much ~ for anything else.
KALANIANAoLE's SIX BILLS.
Delegate kalanianaole introduced
six bills yesterday, most OF them bills
that he introduced ut the last session
Of Congress. Ono of them was bill
20 relieve certain residents, who wish
ed TO become naturalized citizens IL
is the hill which United States Attor.
ney Breckons drew. The Delegate
submitted the matter TO Attorney Gen.
eral Moody, who thought Mr. Brock.
ons' bill preferable TO that drawn by
Mr. Robertson. The Delegate s bills
are as follows:
a Bill to amend section one hundred
Of can Act TO provide government
for the erritory of Hawai-"
BE it enacted by the Senate and
nf snNt 90 f,.s
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That section one hundred Of
the Act approved April thirtieth, nine
teen hundred, entitled, IAN Act to
provide n government for the Terri
tory of Hawaii be amended so as
to read as follows:
'Sec. 100. That for the purposes of
naturalization under the laws of the
United States residence in the Hawai-.
ian Islands prior to the taking effect
of this Act shall be deemed equivalent
to residence in the United States and
in the Territory of Hawaii, and the re.
quirement of n previous declaration of
intention TO become citizen of the
United States and to renounce former
allegiance shall not apply to persons
who have resided in said islands at
least five years prior to the taking
effect of this Act; but all other provi.
sions of the laws of the United States
relating to naturalization shall, so far
as applicable, apply to persons in said
islands. The circuit courts of the Ter.
ritory of Hawaii shall have and pos.
sess the jurisdiction, and the clerks of
such courts shall have and possess the
powers relative to declarations by
aliens of intention to become citizens
and admissions to citizenship of the
United States, had and possessed by
the courts, and the clerks thereof, emu
merated and named in section twenty.
one hundred and sixty-fve of the Re.
vised Statutes of the United States and
in the Act entitled AN Act to amend
the Revised Statutes relating to natur.
alization,' approved February first
eighteen hundred and seventy-six:
And provided further, That all decla.
ration and naturalizations and admis.
sions TO citizenship heretofore made by
or before any of said Circuit courts
or any of the clerks thereof, in accord
ance with the provisions of said section
twenty-one hundred AMI sixty-fve and
of said Act entitled An Act to amend
the Revised Statutes relating to natur.
alization, approved February first, eigh,
! teen hundred and seventy-six, are here
| by declared as legal and valid as if said
! circuit courts and the clerks thereof
had been specifically enumerated and
named therein and in this Act at the
time of the going into effect thereof -
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take eff.
feet and be in force from and after
its passage and approval.
A Bill to refund to the Territory OF
Hawaii the amount expended in main.
tanning lighthouse service on its coasts
from the time of the organization of
the Territory until said lighthouse
service was taken over by the Federal
Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the sum of twenty-three
thousand three hundred and ninety.
three dollars and sixty-nine cents be
and the same is hereby, appropriated
out of any money in the Treasury moi
otherwise appropriated, to be paid to
the Territory of Hawaii to reimburse
said Territory for money paid, laid out
and expended by said Territory in
maintaining lighthouses, bell buoys
and lighthouse service on its coasts
from the time said Territory became
territory of the United States until
said lighthouses, bell buoys, and light
house service were transferred to and
taken under the management and con
troll of the Light House Board
A Bill to ratify and confirm the sale
by the Territory of Hawaii of personal
and movable property coded and trims.