The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-04-19
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equal installments on and after the
first, thirtieth, and fiftieth days of the
session, and the sum of two hundred
dollars for each special session: Pro-
vided, That they shall receive no
compensation for any extra session
held under the provisions of section
|fifty-four of this Act"
Section 8. That section fifty-two
of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows
Section 81 That appropriations,
except as herein otherwise provided,
shall be made by the legislature"
Section 4. That section ffty-fve of
said Act is hereby amended so that
the part thereof relating to public
Indebtedness, and beginning with the
words nor shall any debt" shall read
as follows: Nor shall any debt be
authorized to be contracted by or on
behalf of the Territory, or any po-
litical or municipal corporation or
subdivision thereof, except to pay
the interest upon the existing indebt-
edness, to suppress instruction, or
to provide for the common defense,
except that in addition to any indebt-
edness created for such purposes the
Legislature may authorize loans by
the Territory, or any such subdivision
thereof, for the erection of penal,
charitable, and educational institu-
tions, and for public buildings, whar.
yes, roads, harbor and other public
Improvements, but the total of such
Indebtedness incurred in any one
year by the Territory or any such
subdivision shall not exceed one per
centum of the assessed value of the
property in the Territory or subdi-
vision, respectively, as shown by the
then last assessment for taxation,
whether such assessments are made
by the Territory or the subdivision or
subdivisions, and the total indebted
ness of the Territory shall not at
any time be extended beyond seven
lper centum of such assessed value of
property in theTerritory and the to-
tai Indebtedness of any such subdi-
vision shall not at any time be ex-
tended beyond three per centum OF
such assessed value of property in the
subdivision, but nothing in this Act
shall prevent the refunding of any
Indebtedness at. any time; nor shall
any such loan be made upon the Gre
dit of the public domain or any part
thereof; nor shall any bond or other
instrument of any such Indebtedness
be issued unless made payable in not
more than thirty years from the date
of the issue thereof; nor shall any
such bond or indebtedness be issued
or incurred until approved by the
President of the United States: Pro-
vided, That the legislature may by
general act provide for the condem-
nation of property for public uses, in
Guiding the condemnation of rights
of way for the transmission of wa
ter for irrigation and other purposes.
Section 5. That section seventy
three of said Act is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following:
"No person shall hereafter be en-
titled to receive any certificate of &C.
cupation, right of purchase lease
cash freehold agreement, or special
homestead agreement who or WHOSE
husband or wife shall previously have
taken or held any land under any such
certificate, lease, or agreement here
after made or issued, or under any
homestead lease or patent based
thereon; or who or whose husband OF
wife, or both of them, shall then owl
: other land in the Territory, the com.
bined area of which and the land II
question exceeds eighty acres; OIL
who is an alien, unless he has declar.
ed his intention to become a either
of the United States as provided by
law; nor shall any person who, hav.
ing so declared his intention, shall
hereafter take or hold under any such
certificate, lease or agreement, con.
tinue so to hold or become entitled tt
a homestead lease or patent of the
land, unless he shall have become {
citizen within five years after so TAX,
: ing.
= mo land for which any such certi,
ficate, lease, or agreement shall here
after be issued, or any part thereo
or interest therein or control thereof
shall, without the written consent O
the commissioner and governor
thereafter, whether before or afte,
homestead lease or patent has beef
issued thereon, be or be contracted
to be in any way, directly or indirect
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