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deem necessary for the protection of the public, and the buildings and machinery, with all appurtenances, to be erected, and general plant to be maintained in connection therewith, together with the offices, books, and accounts of the said persons or corporations shall be open to examination and inspection at all times by the superintendent of public works or his agent duly authorized for that purpose.

Limitations. "SEC. 8. It is further provided that the rights hereby granted shall cease and determine, if operations hereunder are not commenced by beginning the construction of buildings or other works for manufacturing or supplying such gas, or by laying pipes or other conduits in any of such streets, roads, or places within one year from and after the passage of this act, or within one year after the franchise hereby granted shall be approved by the Congress of the United States, should such approval be deemed necessary to the legality hereof; and also that such works shall be in operation and gas shall be supplied for the purpose of this act within two years after such work has been so commenced: Provided, That the rights hereby granted shall not be considered exclusive.

Grant not exclusive.

Amendment.

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SEC. 9. On the first day of July of each year there shall be payable to the treasurer of the Territory of Hawaii, for and on behalf of such Territory, two and one-half per centum of the gross receipts of said W .W. Dimond for all gas furnished to consumers under the terms of this act.

66 SEC. 10. This act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval.

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Approved this 15th day of April, 1903. "SANFORD B. DOLE, "Governor of the Territory of Hawaii." SEC. 2. That Congress, or the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii with the approval of Congress, may at any time alter, amend, or repeal said Act.

Apr. 21, 1904.

CHAP. 1407.-An Act Making appropriations for fortifications [H. R. 12446.] and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the [Public, No. procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for 130.] other purposes.

33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 234.

(Fortifications in Insular Possessions. See p. 50.)

Apr. 23, 1904.

CHAP. 1485.-An Act Making appropriation for the support of [H. R. 10670.] the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun[Public. No. dred and five, and for other purposes.

149.]

33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 259.

(Contract surgeons, on duty in Hawaii, transfer of pay. See p. 54.)

CHAP. 1486.-An Act Making appropriations for the Depart- Apr. 23, 1904. ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine- [H. R. 11825.] teen hundred and five.

[Public, No. 150.]

pt. 1, p. 276.

(Weather Bureau, salaries and general expenses in Ha-33 Stat. L., waiian Islands; Agricultural Experiment Stations, Hawaii. See p. 218.)

CHAP. 1622.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval Apr. 27, 1904. service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred [H, R. 12220.] and five, and for other purposes.

(Naval station. See p. 58.)

[Public, No. 181.] 33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 324.

CHAP. 1630.-An Act Making appropriations to supply de- Apr. 27, 1904. ficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June [H. R. 15054.] thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

(Chinese exclusion laws reenacted. See p. 219.)

[Public, No. 189.] 33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 394.

CHAP. 1762.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil Apr. 28, 1904. expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir- (H. R. 14416.] tieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

[Public No.
194.]
33 Stat. L.,

(Quarantine service; Surveys, Hawaiian Islands. See pt. 1, p. 452.' p. 220.)

(Bringing home remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees of the Army. See p. 63.)

CHAP. 1830.-An Act To ratify and confirm the present right of way of the Oahu Railway and Land Company through the military reservation of Kahauiki, Territory of Hawaii.

[H. R. 14500.]

262.]

pt. 1, p. 579.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Apr. 28, 1904. tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the deeds from the authorities of Hawaii, [Public, No. dated the twenty-ninth day of April, nineteen hundred 33 Stat. L., and three, and the fourth day of February, eighteen Right of way hundred and ninety-nine, respectively, to the Oahu Rail- through Ka way and Land Company, conveying a right of way forty tion confirmed feet wide for a railway of said company through the way and Land military reservation of Kahauiki, district of Kona, Oahu, Company, Hawaiian Islands, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and confirmed.

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to Oahu Rail

Feb. 3, 1905.

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION.

CHAP. 297.-An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, [H. R. 15895.] executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal [Public, No. year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for 40.] other purposes.

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 631.

executive, and

penses appro

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Legislative of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That judicial ex- the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriations. priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise. appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

Hawaii.

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TERRITORY OF HAWAII: For governor, five thousand dollars; secretary, three thousand dollars; chief justice, five thousand five hundred dollars; and two associate justices, at five thousand dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

For judges of circuit courts, at three thousand dollars each, so much as may be necessary, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.

For contingent expenses of the Territory of Hawaii, to be expended by the governor for stationery, postage, and incidentals, five hundred dollars, and for private secretary to the governor, two thousand dollars; for traveling expenses of the governor while absent from the capital on official business, five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.

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DISTRICT COURT, TERRITORY OF HAWAII: For the payment of the salaries of the judge, clerk, and the reporter of the United States district court for the Territory of Hawaii, at five thousand dollars, three thousand dollars, and one thousand two hundred dollars, respectively, nine thousand two hundred dollars.

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Mar. 3, 1905.

CHAP. 1402.-An Act Making appropriations for fortifica[H. R. 17094.] tions and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 135.]

33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 845.

(Fortifications in Insular Possessions. See pp. 68, 69.)

CHAP. 1405.-An Act Making appropriations for the Depart- Mar. 3, 1905. ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine- [H. R. 18329.] teen hundred and six.

[Public, No. 138.]

pt. 1, p. 861.

(Weather Bureau, salaries and general expenses in 33 Stats L., Hawaiian Islands; Agricultural Experiment Stations, Hawaii. See pp. 224, 225.)

CHAP. 1407.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic Mar. 3, 1905. and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, [H. R. 18468.] nineteen hundred and six.

(Relief and protection of American seamen. 225.)

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[Public, No. 140.] 33 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 915.

CHAP. 1443.-An Act To provide for the investigation of leprosy, with special reference to the care and treatment of lepers

in Hawaii.

Mar. 3, 1905. [H. R. 16914.]

[Public, No. 176.]

33 Stats L

pt. 1, p. 1009.

Hawaii.

to be es

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the Territorial government of Hawaii shall cede to Leprosy hosthe United States in perpetuity a suitable tract of land pital at Moloone mile square, more or less, on the leper reservation at tablished. Molokai, Hawaii, there shall be established thereon a hospital station and laboratory of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States for the study of the methods of transmission, cause, and treatment of leprosy.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Buildings. is hereby, authorized to cause the erection upon such site.

of suitable and necessary buildings for the purposes of

this Act, at a cost not to exceed the sum herein appro- Cost. priated for such purpose.

SEC. 3. That for the purposes of this Act the Surgeon- Treatment of General, through his accredited agent, is authorized to patients. receive at such station such patients afflicted with leprosy as may be committed to his care under legal authorization of the Territory of Hawaii, not to exceed forty in number to be under treatment at any time, said patients to remain under the jurisdiction of the said Surgeon-General, or his agent, until returned to the proper authorities of Hawaii.

SEC. 4. That the Surgeon-General of the Public Health Medical and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States is au- cers, etc. thorized to detail or appoint, for the purposes of these investigations and treatment, such medical officers, acting assistant surgeons, pharmacists, and employees as may be necessary for said purpose.

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SEC. 5. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury tion for buildnot otherwise appropriated, for the erection of necessary tenance. buildings and other equipment; and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for maintenance and pay of all officers and employees during the

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tion rules.

Extra pay to

tailed.

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.

SEC. 6. That the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, make and adopt regulations for the administration and government of the hospital station and laboratory and for the management and treatment of all patients of such hospital.

SEC. 7. That when any commissioner or noncommisofficers de- sioned officer of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service is detailed for duty at the leprosarium herein provided for, he shall receive, in addition to the pay and allowances of his grade, one-half the pay of said grade and such allowances as may be provided for by the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Mar. 3, 1905.

CHAP. 1465.-An Act To amend sections fifty-six, eighty, and [H. R. 18641.] eighty-six of "An Act to provide a government for the Territory [Public, No. of Hawaii," approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred. 198.]

33 Stats. L.,

Officials

ties.

pt. 1, p. 1035. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That of municipali section fifty-six of an Act of the Congress of the United Appointment States of America entitled "An Act to provide a governor election of. ment for the Territory of Hawaii," approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred, be, and the same is hereby, amended by the addition of the following: " and all officials thereof shall be appointed or elected, as the case may be, in such manner as shall be provided by the governor and legislature of the Territory."

Tenure of office, etc.

Supreme Court of the

to.

SEC. 2. That section eighty of the aforesaid Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following: "Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with the authority and powers conferred by section fifty-six of this Act as herein amended."

SEC. 3. That section eighty-six of the aforesaid Act be United States. amended by adding the following at the end of said secAppeals, etc.. tion: "Provided, That writs of error and appeals may also be taken from the supreme court of the Territory of Hawaii to the Supreme Court of the United States in all cases where the amount involved, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum or value of five thousand dollars."

Effect.

SEC. 4. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Mar. 3, 1905.

[H. R. 18467.] [Public, No. 214.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 1092.

CHAP. 1481.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes.

(Naval station, Hawaii; For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps, Hawaii. See pp. 69, 71.)

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