Hawaiian Investigation: Report of Subcommittee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico on General Conditions in Hawaii ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - Hawaii |
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... question of legislation in the interest of the people and government of the Terri- tory of Hawaii . I feel that the presence of your committee in these islands for the purpose of investigating matters relating to this subject can not ...
... question of legislation in the interest of the people and government of the Terri- tory of Hawaii . I feel that the presence of your committee in these islands for the purpose of investigating matters relating to this subject can not ...
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... question , and may with the subagent the amount of such offered price in money , fee of ten dollars . The subagent shall thereupon notify the pa whom such offer is made of the nature of the offer and order t file with him their answer ...
... question , and may with the subagent the amount of such offered price in money , fee of ten dollars . The subagent shall thereupon notify the pa whom such offer is made of the nature of the offer and order t file with him their answer ...
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... question and in laying it before others , you bear the following few facts in mind : 1. The industries on which these islands depend for their commer- cial existence are sugar and rice , but mainly sugar . 2. The shipping , the extent ...
... question and in laying it before others , you bear the following few facts in mind : 1. The industries on which these islands depend for their commer- cial existence are sugar and rice , but mainly sugar . 2. The shipping , the extent ...
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... question for them to fail to comply with their part of the agreement . Much of our local trouble results from the too general use of the word " may " by Congress , instead of the word " must . " Had Congress made it compulsory that we ...
... question for them to fail to comply with their part of the agreement . Much of our local trouble results from the too general use of the word " may " by Congress , instead of the word " must . " Had Congress made it compulsory that we ...
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... question whether Washington could beat that record . Having , therefore , called attention to existing conditions and enu- Terated such facts as the limitation of this paper will permit , does it ot appear necessary that Congress should ...
... question whether Washington could beat that record . Having , therefore , called attention to existing conditions and enu- Terated such facts as the limitation of this paper will permit , does it ot appear necessary that Congress should ...
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according acres agricultural Ahualoa American amount application appointed approval board of county board of health bonds cane cents certificate of occupation charge Chinese coffee commission committee Congress county clerk county commissioners court Crown lands cultivation dollars duty EMMELUTH executive filed freehold governor Hamakua Hawaiian Islands hereby Hilo homestead lease Honolulu interest issue judge July Kalaupapa KAMEHAMEHA KAMEHAMEHA III Kauai labor Lahaina land patent legislature lepers leprosy lessee lots married matter Maui ment Molokai months Oahu Olaa Pacific Islands paid parties payment person plantation planters pounds premises present public lands Puukapu received Republic of Hawaii residence respectfully right of purchase Senator BALDWIN Senator CARTER Senator KALAUOKALANI September settlement sheriff subagent T. J. RYAN taro tax officers term Territory of Hawaii thereof tion trust United Waialua Waikolu
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Page 668 - Notary Public, in and for the County of State of Texas, John Jones, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same freely and voluntarily and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
Page 552 - States the absolute fee and ownership of all public, Government or Crown lands, public buildings or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipments and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining.
Page 552 - ... their management and disposition. Provided : that all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes.
Page 623 - ... on payment of ten dollars, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter the quantity of land specified: Provided, however, That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry; or, if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...
Page 552 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 440 - Any person owning or claiming lands which are divided by uiiinty lines, and wishing to have the same surveyed, may apply to the surveyor of any county in which any part of such land is situated...
Page 552 - The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian Islands, not enacted for the fulfillment of the treaties so extinguished, and not inconsistent with this joint resolution nor contrary to the Constitution of the United States nor to any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine.
Page 623 - ... the person making such entry ; or if he be dead, his widow ; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee; or in case of a widow making such entry, her heirs or devisee, in case of her death...
Page 552 - The Republic of Hawaii hereby cedes absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies ; and it is agreed that all the territory of and appertaining to the Republic of Hawaii is hereby annexed to the United States of America under the name of the Territory of Hawaii.
Page 622 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of. the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...