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and in the Territory of Hawaii, and the requirement of a previous declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce former allegiance shall not apply to persons who have resided in said islands at least five years prior to the taking effect of this Act; but all other provisions of the laws of the United States relating to naturalization shall, so far as applicable, apply to persons in the said islands.

All records relating to naturalization, all declarations of intention to become citizens of the United States, and all certificates of naturalization filed, recorded, or issued prior to the taking effect of the naturalization Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, in or from any circuit court of the Territory of Hawaii, shall for all purposes be deemed to be and to have been made, filed, recorded, or issued by a court with jurisdiction to naturalize aliens, but shall not be by this Act further validated or legalized. [31 Stat. L. 161, as amended by 36 Stat. L. 448.]

This section was amended by an Act of May 27, 1910, ch. 258, § 9, by adding thereto the last sentence beginning with the words "All records," etc., making it to read as given in the text.

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Repeal. The provision of this section which authorizes the naturalization citizens of the United States of persons who had resided in Hawaii for five years prior to its taking effect, without a previous declaration of intention, was repealed by the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906, ch. 3592, 34 Stat. L. 596 (title

NATURALIZATION), which establishes a uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States, repealing all inconsistent Acts, and requires a declaration of intention in all cases except of persons who have served in the army or navy. U. S. v. Rodiek, (C. C. A. 1908) 162 Fed. 469, 89 C. C. A. 389.

[CERTIFICATES OF RESIDENCE FOR CHINESE.]

SEC. 101. That Chinese in the Hawaiian Islands when this Act takes effect may within one year thereafter obtain certificates of residence as required by "An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by an Act approved November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,' approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two," and until the expiration of said year shall not be deemed to be unlawfully in the United States if found therein without such certificates:

Provided, however, That no Chinese laborer, whether he shall hold such certificate or not, shall be allowed to enter any State, Territory, or District of the United States from the Hawaiian Islands. [31 Stat. L. 161.]

The Act of May 5, 1892, ch. 60, as amended mentioned in the text is given in the title CHINESE EXCLUSION.

Chinese immigration. There is nothing in this Act nor in the resolution of annexation, nor in any law of Congress, which would prevent the entrance into

these islands of Chinese legally resident in the United States and holding the certificates of registration provided for by statute. (1901) 23 Op. Atty.-Gen. 487.

[POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.]

SEC. 102. That the laws of Hawaii relating to the establishment and con duct of any postal savings bank or institution are hereby abolished. And the Secretary of the Treasury, in the execution of the agreement of the United States as expressed in an Act entitled "Joint Resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July

seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall pay the amounts on deposit in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank to the persons entitled thereto, according to their respective rights, and he shall make all needful orders, rules, and regulations for paying such persons and for notifying such persons to present their demands for payment. So much money as is necessary to pay said demands is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available on and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred, when such payments shall begin, and none of said demands shall bear interest after said date, and no deposit shall be made in said bank after said date. Said demands of such persons shall be certified to by the chief executive of Hawaii as being genuine and due to the persons presenting the same, and his certificate shall be sealed with the official seal of the Territory, and countersigned by its secretary, and shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall draw his warrant for the amount due upon the Treasurer of the United States, and when the same are so paid no further liabilities shall exist in respect of the same against the governments of the United States or of Hawaii. [31 Stat. L. 161.]

By an Act of May 19, 1908, ch. 175, 35 Stat. L. 165, omitted as temporary only and executed, the governor was authorized to certify demands for deposits of the character mentioned in the text on the death of claimant without executor or administrator, claims not presented within two years to be barred, and the balance after the payment of all certified claims to be applied to the reduction of the public debt of Hawaii.

[SURPLUS, ETC., IN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO BE PAID INTO UNITED STATES TREASURY.]

SEC. 103. That any money of the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank that shall remain unpaid to the persons entitled thereto on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, and any assets of said bank shall be turned over by the government of Hawaii to the Treasurer of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause an account to be stated, as of said date, between such government of Hawaii and the United States in respect to said Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank. [31 Stat. L. 162.]

[WHEN ACT TAKES EFFECT.]

SEC. 104. This Act shall take effect forty-five days from and after the date of the approval thereof, excepting only as to section fifty-two, relating to appropriations, which shall take effect upon such approval. [31 Stat. L. 162.]

An Act Relating to Hawaiian silver coinage and silver certificates.

[Act of Jan. 14, 1903, ch. 186, 32 Stat. L. 770.]

[SEC. 1.] [Hawaiian silver coins receivable for government dues.] That the silver coins that were coined under the laws of Hawaii, when the same are not mutilated or abraded below the standard of circulation, shall be received at the par of their face value in payment of all dues to the government of the Territory of Hawaii and of the United States, and the same shall not again be put into circulation, but they shall be recoined in the mints as United States coins. [32 Stat. L. 770.]

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SEC. 2. [To be recoined in United States subsidiary coins.] That when such coins have been received by either Government they shall be transmitted to the mint at San Francisco, in sums of not less than five hundred dollars, to be recoined into subsidiary silver coins of the United States, the expense of transportation to be paid by the United States. [32 Stat. L. 770.]

SEC. 3. [Exchange for United States coins.] That any collector of customs or of internal revenue of the United States in the Hawaiian Islands shall, if he is so directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, exchange standard silver coins of the United States that are in his custody as such collector with the government of Hawaii, or with any person desiring to make such exchange, for coins of the government of Hawaii, at their face value when the same are not abraded below the lawful standard of circulation, and the Treasurer of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized to deposit such silver coins of the United States as shall be necessary with the collector of customs or of internal revenue at Honolulu or at any Government depository for the purpose of making such exchange under such regulations as he may prescribe. [32 Stat. L. 771.]

SEC. 4. [Payment for mutilated coins.] That any silver coins struck by the government of Hawaii that are mutilated or abraded below such standard may be presented for recoinage at any mint in the United States by the person owning the same, or his or her agents, in sums of not less than fifty dollars, and such owner shall be paid for such coins by the superintendent of the mint the bullion value per troy ounce of the fine silver they contain in standard silver coin of the United States, and such bullion shall be coined into subsidiary coinage of the United States. [32 Stat. L. 771.]

SEC. 5. [To be legal tender until Jan. 1, 1904.] That silver coins heretofore struck by the government of Hawaii shall continue to be legal tender for debts in the Territory of Hawaii, in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Hawaii, until the first day of January, nineteen hundred and four, and not afterwards. [32 Stat. L. 771.]

SEC. 6. [Redemption of silver certificates.] That any silver certificates heretofore issued by the government of the Hawaiian Islands, intended to be circulated as money, shall be redeemed by the Territorial government of Hawaii on or before the first day of January, nineteen hundred and five, and after said date it shall be unlawful to circulate the same as money. [32 Stat. L. 771.]

SEC. 7. [Limitation of United States liability.] That nothing in this Act contained shall bind the United States to redeem any silver certificates issued by the government of Hawaii, or any silver coin issued by such government, except in the manner and upon the conditions stated in this Act for the recoinage of Hawaiian silver. [32 Stat. L. 771.]

Section 8 of this Act, making an appropriation for transporting coins, is omitted as temporary only.

An Act To provide for the disposition of certain property in the Territory of Hawaii.

[Act of May 26, 1906, ch. 2561, 34 Stat. L. 204.]

[Disposal of ceded property-confirmation of former sales-proceeds.] That all personal and movable property ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, may be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of in such manner as may be provided by the laws of the Territory of Hawaii: Provided, That all sales, leases, or other disposals of such property heretofore made by said Territory, under the authority of such laws, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and all moneys or revenues derived from sales or disposals heretofore made, or made under authority of this Act, shall remain the property of said Térritory. [34 Stat. L. 204.]

See further the Act of April 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 91, supra, p. 524.

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HEALTH AND QUARANTINE

I. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,. 534

II. SANITATION AND QUARANTINE, 542.

I. Public Health Service, 534.

Act of Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288 (" Public Health Service Act "), 534.
Sec. 1. Public Health Service - Former Laws Applicable-In-
vestigations Authorized, 534.

2. Salaries Longevity Allowance, 534.

R. S. 4802. Former Supervising Surgeon of Former Marine-Hospital
Service, 535.

Act of March 3, 1875, ch. 130, 535.

Sec. 1. Salary and Appointment of Former Supervising Surgeon
General, 535.

Act of Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 19, 536.

Sec. 1. Appointment of Medical Officers - Examination, 536.
2. Appointments and Promotions in Service, 536.

Act of March 3, 1891, ch. 541, 536.

Sec. 1. Surgeons Detailed for Duty in Bureau, 536.

Act of July 31, 1894, ch. 174, 537.

Sec. 1. Detail of Additional Medical Officer and Hospital Steward at Bureau, 537.

Act of March 2, 1895, ch. 177, 537.

Sec. 1. Detail of Two Hospital Attendants for Duty in Laboratory,

537.

Act of Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 265, 537.

Sec. 1. Leaves of Absence to Medical Officers, 537.

Act of March 3, 1901, ch. 853, 538.

Sec. 1. Hygienic Laboratory, 538.

Act of July 1, 1902, ch. 1370 (" Public Health and Marine-Hospital
Act"), 538.

Sec. 1. Former Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service -
Officers' Titles, 538.

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6. Chiefs of Divisions - Director of Laboratory, 540.

7. Conferences with State, etc., Boards of Health, 540.

8. Mortality, Morbidity, and Vital Statistics, 541.

9. President to Prescribe Regulations, etc.- Report, 541.

Act of Feb. 3, 1905, ch. 297, 541.

Sec. 1. Jurisdiction of Treasury Department, 541.

Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1484, 541.

Sec. 1. Annual Estimates for Service, 541.

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