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              HAWAIIAN   ISLANDS.	809


Article 38. The national ensign shall 
not bo changed, except by act of the 
Legislature.
Article 39. The King's private lands 
and other property are inviolable.
Article 40. The King can not be 
sued or held to account in any court or 
tribunal of the realm.
Article 41. There shall continue to be 
a council of state for advising the 
King in all matters for the good of the 
state, wherein he may require its 
advice, and for assisting him in 
administering the executive affairs of 
the Government in such manner as he 
may direct, which council shall be 
called the King's privy council of 
state, and the members thereof shall 
be appointed by the King to hold 
office during His Majesty's pleasure.
Article 42. The King's cabinet shall 
consist of the minister of foreign 
affairs, the minister of the interior, the 
minister of finance, and the attorney-
general of the Kingdom, and these 
shall be His Majesty's special advisers 
in the executive affairs of the 
Kingdom; and they shall be ex officio 
members of His Majesty's privy 
council of state. They shall be 
appointed and commissioned by the 
King, and hold office during His 
Majesty's pleasure, subject to 
impeachment. No act of the King shall 
have any effect unless it be counter-
signed by a minister, who, by that 
signature, mates himself responsible.
Article 43. Each member of the 
King's cabinet shall keep an office at 
the seat of Government, and shall be 
accountable for the conduct of his 
deputies and clerks. The ministry hold 
seats ex officio as nobles in the legis-
lative assembly.
Article 44. The minister of finance 
shall present to the legislative 
assembly, in the name of the 
Government, on the first day of the 
meeting of the Legislature, the 
financial budget, in. the Hawaiian and 
English languages.
Article 45. The legislative power of 
the three estates of this Kingdom is 
vested in the King, and the legislative 
assembly, which assembly shall 
consist of the nobles, appointed by the 
King, and of the representatives of the 
people, sitting together.


Article 38. The national ensign shall 
not  be  changed, except  by  act  of 
the Legislature.
 Article 39. The King can not be sued 
or held to  account   in    any   court   
or' tribunal of the Kingdom.
Article 40. There shall continue to 
be a council of state for advising the 
King in all matters for the good of the 
state, wherein he may require its 
advice, which council shall be called 
the King's privy -council of state, and 
the members thereof shall be 
appointed by the King to hold office 
during His Majesty'8 pleasure, and 
which council shall have and exercise 
only such powers as are given to it by 
the constitution.
Article 41. The cabinet shall consist 
of the minister of foreign affairs, the 
minister of the interior, the minister 
of finance, and the attorney-general, 
and they shall be His Majesty's 
special advisors in the executive 
affairs of the Kingdom ; and they 
shall be ex officio members of His 
Majesty's privy council of state. They 
shall be appointed and commissioned 
by the King, and shall be removed by 
him only upon a vote of want of 
confidence passed by a majority of all 
the elective members of the 
Legislature, or upon conviction of 
felony, and shall be subject to 
impeachment. No act of the King 
shall have any effect unless it be 
countersigned by a member of the 
cabinet, who, by that signature, 
makes him-, self responsible.
Article 42. Each member of the 
cabinet shall keep an office at the 
seat of Government, and shall be 
accountable for the conduct of his 
deputies and clerks. The cabinet hold 
seats ex officio in the Legislature, 
with the right to vote, except on a 
question of want of confidence in 
them.
Article 43. The minister of finance 
shall present to the Legislature, in the 
name of the Government, on the first 
day of each biennial session, the 
financial budget, in. the Hawaiian 
and English languages.
Article 44. The legislative power of 
the Kingdom is vested in the King 
and the Legislature, which shall 
consist of the nobles and 
representatives sitting together.
Article 45. The legislative body 
shall be styled the Legislature of the 
Hawaiian Kingdom, and shall 
assemble, biennially, in the month of 
May. The first regular session shall 
be held in the year of our Lord 
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

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