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1898
AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
ANNEXATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Joint Resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States.
Whereas, the Government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due
form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its
constitution, to cede 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 also to cede and
transfer to the United States, the absolute fee and ownership of all
public, Government, or Crown lands, public buildings or edifices,
ports, harbors, military equipment, 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: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That said cession is
accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian
Islands and their dependencies be, and they are hereby, annexed as a
part of the territory of the United States and are subject to the
sovereign dominion thereof, and that all and singular the property and
rights hereinbefore mentioned are vested in the United States of
America.
The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands
shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands; but the
Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for 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.
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.
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign nations
shall forthwith cease and determine, being replaced by such treaties
as may exist, or as may be hereafter concluded, between the United
States and such foreign nations. 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.
Until legislation shall be enacted extending the United States
customs laws and regulations to the Hawaiian Islands the existing
customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States and
other countries shall remain unchanged.
The public debt of the Republic of Hawaii, lawfully existing at
the date of the passage of this joint resolution, including the
amounts due to depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, is
hereby assumed by the Government of the United States; but the
liability of the United States in this regard shall in no case
exceed four million dollars. So long, however, as the existing
Government and the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian
Islands are continued as hereinbefore, provided said Government
shall continue to pay the interest on said debt.
There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the Hawaiian
Islands, except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be
allowed by the laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of
anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States
from the Hawaiian Islands.
SEC. 1. The President shall appoint five commissioners, at least two
of whom shall be residents of the Hawaiian Islands, who shall, as soon
as reasonably practicable, recommend to Congress such legislation
concerning the Hawaiian Islands as they shall deem necessary or
proper.
SEC. 2. That the commissioners hereinbefore provided for shall be
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
SEC. 3. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be
immediately available, to be expended at the discretion of the
President of the United States of America, for the purpose of carrying
this joint resolution into effect.
Approved, July 7, 1898.