The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-08-12
Continued From Last Week.
Relating to Public Lands

~UOunudTltS, anu Jne issuance OF pat
ents on land commission awards, ex-
cept as changed by this Act, shall con
tinue in force until congress shall 9th
erwise provide. Subject to the ap-
prevail of the president, all sales,
grants, leases, and other dispositions
of the public domain, and agreements
concerning the same, and all fran
chises granted by the Hawaiian gov
eminent in conformity with the laws
of Hawaii, between the 18th day of
July, 1898, and the 2Sth day of Sep
TENDER, 1899, are hereby ratified and
confirmed. In said laws land patent
shall be substituted for royal patent;
commissioner of public lands for
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 l have de-
clared my intention to become a citi-
zen of the United States, are required
by law for the words that l am a
citizen by birth Cor naturalization) of
the Republic of Hawaii or that l
have received letters OF d~eniZation un-
der the Republic of Hawaii, or that
| have received a certificate of spe-
cial right of citizenship from the Re-
public of Hawaii
Agricultural Protection
"(d) No lease of agricultural lands
or of ~undeveloped arid public land
which is capable of being converted
into agricultural land by the develop
ment, for irrigation purposes, of either
the underlying or adjacent waters, or
both, shall be granted, sold, or re-
newed by the government of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii for a longer period
than fifteen years. Each such lease
shall be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder after due notice as pro-
vided in subdivision CHI of this sec
ton and the laws of the Territory of
Hawaii. Each such notice shall state
all the terms and conditions of the
sale. The land, or any part thereof so
leased, may at any time during the
term of lease be withdrawn from the
operation thereof for homestead or
public purposes, in which case the
rent reserved shall be reduced in pro-
portion to the value of the part so
withdrawn. Every such lease shall
contain a provision to that effect:
Provided, That the commissioner may,
with the approval of the governor and
at least two-thirds of the members of
the and board, omit such withdrawal
provision from the lease of any land
suitable for the cultivation of sugar
cane whenever he deems it advan-
tageous to the Territory of Hawaii.
Land so leased shall not be subject to
such right of withdrawal.
"(e) All funds arising from the sale
or lease or other disposal of public
lands shall be appropriated by the
laws of the government of the Terri
tory of Hawaii and applied to such
uses and purposes for the benefit of
the inhabitants of the Territory of
Hawaii as are consistent with the
Joint resolution of annexation, ap-
proved July 7, 1898.
Land Holdings Limited
"(f) No person shall be entitled to
receive any certificate of occupation,
right of purchase lease, cash freehold
agreement, or special homestead
agreement who, or whose husband or
wife, has previously taken or held
more than ten acres of land under
any such certificate, lease, or agree
ment made or issued after May 81,
1910, or under any homestead lease or
patent thereon; or who, or whose hus.
band or wife, or both of them, owns
other and in the Territory the COM
bined area of which and the land in
question exceeds eighty acres; or
who is an alien, unless he has de.
clared his intention to become a citi'
zen of the United States as provided
by law. Nc person who has so de
clared his intention and taken or held
under any such certificate, lease, OF
agreement shall continue so to hold
lease or patent of the land, unless he
becomes a citizen within five years
after so taking.
"(g) No public land for which any
such certificate, lease, or agreement
is issued after May 81, 1910, or any
part thereof, or interest therein OF
control thereof, shall, without the
written consent of the commissions
and governor thereafter, whether be
fore or after a homestead lease OF
patent has been issued thereon, be OF
be contracted to be in any way, di
rectly or indirectly, by process of law
or otherwise, conveyed, mortgaged
leased, or otherwise transferred to, OF
acquired or held by or for the benefit
of, any alien or corporation; or before
or after the issuance of a homestead
lease or before the issuance of a pat
ent to or by or for the benefit of any
other person; or, after the issuance
Of a patent, to or by or for the bene
fit of any person who owns or holds
or controls, directly or indirectly
other land or the use thereof the com
bined area of which and the land ir
question exceeds eighty acres. The
prohibitions of this paragraph shal
not apply to transfers or acquisition
by inheritance or between tenants il
common"
Sec. 3O5. The fourth and fifth para
graphs of section 70 of the Hawaiian
Organic Act are hereby amended b!
inserting "(h)" at the beginning o
the fourth paragraph and "f' at thu
beginning of the fifth paragraph.
Exte rminating Purchase Price
Sec. 3O6. The sixth paragraph o
section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic
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