Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/211

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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 339. 1900. 159 other places in the several islands as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. . i onsroms msrnior. Sec. 88. That the Territory of Hawaii shall comprise a customs dis- Cuswmsdistricttrict of the United States, with ports of entry and delivery at Honolulu, Hilo, Mahukona, and Kahului. CHAPTER 6.-MISCELLANEOUS. nnvnnnns Enom wnanvrzs. Sec. 89. That until further provision is made by Congress the {avenues from wharves and landings constructed or controlled by the Republic of W m°S' Hawaii on any Seacoast, bay, roadstead, or harbor shall remain under the control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii, which shall receive and enjoy all revenues derived therefrom, on condition that said property shall be kept in good condition for the use and convenience of commerce, but no tolls or charges Shall be made by the government of the Territory of Hawaii for the use of any such property by the United States, or by any vessel of war, tug, revenue cutter, o1· other boat or transport in the service of the United States. Sec. 90. That Hawaiian postage stamps, postal cards, and Stamped wQjS£$§*i°¤ ogftfsé envelopes at the post-oflices of the Hawaiian Islands when this Act stamps. P g takes effect shall not be sold, but, together with those that shall thereafter be received at such offices as herein provided, shall be canceled under the direction of the Postmaster-General of the United States; those previously sold and uncanceled shall, if presented at such offices ` within six months after this Act takes effect, be received at their face value in exchange for postage stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes of the United States of the same aggregate face value and, so far as may be, of such denominations as desire . Sec. 91. That the public · property ceded and transferred to the Disi><j¤ir§¤é¤¤fpub11¤ United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the (joint resolution of Eifliié §§§.,§d t° °h° annexation, approved Ju y seventh, eighteen hundre and ninety-eight, Vvl- 30, p. 750. shall be and remain in the ossession, use, and control of the government of the Territory of lilawaii, and shall be maintained, managed, and cared for by it, at its own expense, until otherwise [provided for by Congress, or taken for the uses and purposes of the nited States by direction of the President or of the governor of Hawaii. And all moneys in the Hawaiian treasury, and al the revenues and other propertv acquired by the Republic of Hawaii since said cession shall be and remain the property of the Territory of Hawaii. Sec. 92. That the following officers shall receive the following saxaues ts gownannual salaries, to be paid by the United States: The governor, five °‘”· °’°‘ thousand dollars; the secretary of the Territory, three thousand dollars; the chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory, five thousand five hundred dollars, and the associate justices of the supreme court, five thousand dollars each, and the judges of the circuit courts, three thousand dollars each. The salaries of the said chiefjustice and the associate justices of the supreme court, and the `udges of the ci1·- cuit courts as above provided shall be paid by the linited States; the United States district judge, five thousand dollars; the United States marshal, two thousand five hundred dollars; the United States district attorney, three thousand dollars. And the overnor Shall receive annually, in addition to his salary, the sum of gve hundred dollars for Stationery, postage, and ineidentals; also his traveling expenses while absent from the ca ital on official business, and the sum of two thousand dollars aunuagy for his private secretary.