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F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 3582,3583. 1906. 55] the legislature. Such Delegate shall ossess the qualifications necessary for membership of the senate of the legislature of Hawaii. "Such election s all be held on the first Tuesday after the first '"“‘°°‘°l°°“°“· Monday in November of every even year and at such places as shall be designated by the secretary of the Territory. The ballot for Dele- B““°‘· gate shall be such as the legislature of Hawaii may designate, and until provision is made b 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 lace on this c,$,f,§*_§ff;§;§ "““°°* °* 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 M“l°"“*' "°‘“· by {che governor duly elected, and a certificate shall be given according y. · "‘ Every such Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Represent- Rlg’}‘°‘ D°"*g“*°- atives, with the right of debate, but not of voting. In case of a Fu""? ""°°"°"· vacancy 0CC\11'1'il`lg in the office of Delegate, the governor of the Territory IS directed to call a special election to iill such vacancy: Pro- §f,‘Q",i§'{,’g,.,,,_ vided, lzawever, That no vacancy shall be filled which occurs within five months of the ex iration of a Congressional term. “The legislature of) the Territory of Hawaii shall have the right to ‘““““°‘"°“°‘ alter or amend any part of the election laws of said Territory, including those roviding 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election of Delegate to Congress, and its action shall be the law, with full, binding force, until altered, amended, or repealed by Congress?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. _ ` /GHAP. 3583.-An Act To prohibit shanghaiing in the United States. €g¤%%é79*fi Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢fRepreaewztatw}ves of the United [Public. No- $2-1 States of America in (bngress assembled, That whoever, with intent gglrpgggh m that any person shall perform service or labor of any kind on board of mama. ug P any vessel of any kind engaged in trade and commerce among the *‘°•'· 1*-**%- several States or with foreign nations, shall- First. Procure or induce or attempt to procure or induce another by ..,{'}"{’0‘“{’,{{E,E,'{Q‘f,'§.E}5 force, threats, or representations which the person making them knows ;r:§¤¤* ¤<> MM vw or believes to beuntrue, or while the person so induced or procured is intoxicated or under the influence of any drug, to go on board of any such vespeli d t to _ d th P 1 f i Secon . n uce or procure or at em t ID uce or rocure ano er °¤¤*Y °"*°°¤*¤$ by force or threats, or by representatibns known or believed by the hsiigunigdigeédwiii. in person making them to be untrue., or while the person so induced or procured is intoxicated or under the iniiuence of any drug, to sign or in any wise enter into any agreement to go on board any such vessel to perform service or labor thereon, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both. Sec. 2. That whoever shall knowinglv detain on board any such D¤*¤¤*i°¤· vessel any person induced to go on board. thereof or to enter into an agreement to go on board thereof by any of the means defined in section one hereof shall be punished as provided in section one. Sec. 3. That whoever shall knowingly aid or abet in the doing of ·“d*¤¤¤¤°¤*>°*'*"¤· any of the things declared unlawful by sections one and two of this Act shall be deemed a principal and gunished accordin ly. Sec. -1. That sections four, six, an twenty-four of giapter twenty- mf,’:§;*jv@§_°‘ ¤°**· eight of the Acts of Congress, aplproved December twenty-first, eighteen gc!. sc, pp. rss, 7;;:; hundred and ninety-eight, sha apply to all vessels engaged in the c;...§§ff” "”° S “ taking of oysters, anything in section twenty-six of said last-mentioned "°*· 3°· P- 7** Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, June 28, 1906.