Chapter 3582. To amend the Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred
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CHAP. 3582.— An Act To amend the Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred. June 28, 1906. [[H. R. 18443](/us/bill/59/hr/18443).] [[Public, No. 331](/us/pl/59/331).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Hawaii. Provisions for government of. Vol. 31, p. 158, amended. That section eighty-five of an Act entitled “An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,” approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred, shall be amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 85. Delegate to Congress. That a Delegate to the House of Representatives of the United States, to serve during each Congress, shall be elected by the voters qualified to vote for members of the house of representatives of 551 the legislature. Such Delegate shall possess the qualifications necessary tor membership of the senate of the legislature of Hawaii. “Such election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Time of election. Monday in November of every even year and at such places as shall be designated by the secretary of the Territory.
The ballot for Delegate Ballot. shall be such as the legislature of Hawaii may designate, and until provision is made by the Territorial legislature the ballot shall be of pink paper and shall be of the same general form as those used for the election of representatives to the legislature. “The method of certifying the names of candidates for place on this Certifying names of candidates. ballot and all the conduct of the election of a Delegate shall be in conformity to the general election laws of the Territory of Hawaii.
“The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared Majority vote. by the governor duly elected, and a certificate shall be given accordingly. “Every such Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Representatives, Right of Delegate. with the right of debate, but not of voting. In case of a Filling vacancy. vacancy occurring in the office of Delegate, the governor of the Territory is directed to call a special election to fill such vacancy: *Provided, *Proviso*.
Restriction. however*, That no vacancy shall be filled which occurs within five months of the expiration of a Congressional term. “The legislature of the Territory of Hawaii shall have the right to Amendment. alter or amend any part of the election laws of said Territory, including those providing for an election of Delegate to Congress, and its action shall be the law, with full, binding force, until altered, amended, or repealed by Congress.” " Approved, June 28, 1906.