The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-27

President for signature before the end
Of this week.
There were loud signs Of relief around
town yesterday in political circles when
the news came that the house at Wash
ington had reversed itself over night
and that the provisions Of the admin
istration 9 Man Power Bill, bringing
men up to forty.fve within the selec.
tive draft, are not to apply to members
Of state or territorial legislatures.
1t was generally agreed up and down
the political row that it would be a
constitutional infringement of the
rights of the Hawaiian Legislature to
insist upon the hwork or fight rule
there Of all places.
The Associated Press yesterday re-.
ported that the bill has passed the house
in its original form, with the numerous
attempts to amend knocked out. The
measure is now in the senate, where
it had been received more cordially
in the first place than in the house and
where it will doubtless also pass I'm
amended.
Pull Text Of Bill
The full text of the measure, as it
passed the house yesterday, is:
"Be it enacted by the senate and
house Of representatives of the United
States of America in congress Assem-
| bled:
81. That the second sentence Of
section two of the act entitled 'An Act
to Authorize the President to Increase
Temporarily the Military Establish
mcnt of the United States approved
May lS, 1917, be. and hereby is amend.
ed to read as follows:
"Such draft as herein provided shall
be based upon liability to military
service Of all male citizens and male
persons residing in the United States
not alien enemies, who have declared
their intention to become citizens, be-
tween the ages of 81 and 80, Is and 45
both inclusive, and shall take place
and be maintained under such regula
tions as the President may prescribe
not inconsistent with the terms of this
act; Provided, that the President may
draft such persons liable to military
service in such sequence of ages and al
such time or times as he may pre-
scribe, and provided further, that q
citizen or subject of country ueutra
in the present war who has declared
his intention to become a citizen OF
the United States shall be relieved
from liability to military service upor
his making a declaration, In accord
ance with such regulations as the PreSi
dent may prescribe, withdrawing hi
intention to become citizen Of thu
United States which shall operate anC
he held to cancel his declaration Ot
intention to become an American citi
zen and he shall forever be declared
from becoming a citizen of the United
States,
occupattonAl Exemption
"2. That the provision of section
four Of said act, persons engaged il
industries, including agriculture, fOunC
to be necessary to the maintenance o
the military establishment or the eff
fective operation of the military force
or the maintenance of national inter
est during the emergency be, and here
by is, amended to read as follows:
persons engaged in occupations o
rmployments found to be necessary T.
the maintenance of the military es
tablishment or the effective operation
of the military forces or the mainte
nance of national interest during tn
emergency.
80. That section four Of said act b
amended by adding at the end thereo
the following prOviso:
Provided, that nothing in this sec
ton contained shall prevent the Pres
ident, if he deems it advisable, frOr
8 appointing as member of a lOcu
board any person residing outside tn
subdivision or area in which such lC
cal bOrad has jurisdiction, or frOr
: transferring a member of one lOCu
board to another local board Outsid
the subdivision or area in which sue
person resides.
! Registration
"a. That section five of said act b.
and hereby il, amended to read az 70
lows:
"That all male persons between tn
ages Of (2l and 3O) Is and As, both il
.lusive, shall be subject to registr'
ton in accordance with regulations t
{ De prescribed by the President, an
Ipon proclamation by the President {
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