Statehood for Hawaii: Hearings Before ..., 75:2 Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 18 ..., October 6 to 22, 19371938 - 735 pages |
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Page 542 - That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
Page 543 - That the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated...
Page 524 - When used in this act the term " immigrant " means any alien departing from any place outside the United States destined for the United States...
Page 542 - That said convention shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of said State, first, that perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested, in person or property, on account of his or her mode of religious worship...
Page 232 - We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people.
Page 554 - States and its citizens in the industries and trade of said islands, and of the expressed desire of the Government of the republic of Hawaii that those islands should be incorporated into the United States as an integral part thereof...
Page 542 - April, 1889; and such election shall be conducted, the returns made, the result ascertained and the certificates to persons elected to such convention issued in the same manner as is prescribed by the laws of the...
Page 542 - The constitution shall be republican in form, and make no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color, except as to Indians not taxed, and shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
Page 525 - States to another through foreign contiguous territory, (5) a bona fide alien seaman serving as such on a vessel arriving at a port of the United States and seeking to enter temporarily the United States solely in the pursuit of his calling as a seaman...