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January 18, 1900 By Mr. Graham: A bill (H. R. 6870) to House extend laws enacted by Congress for the v. 33 (1) Territories to our new islands - to the p. 971 Committee on Insular Affairs. January 20, 1900 Executive Communications, etc. A letter House from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending v. 33 (2) the transfer of the appropriation for the p. 1021 improvement of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to the Jurisdiction of the Navy Department - to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. January 22, 1900 The President pro tempore laid before the Senate Senate a communication from the Secretary of v. 33 (2) the Navy, transmitting information relative p. 1023 to the appropriation of $100,000 for im- proving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in accordance with the report submitted by Rear-Admiral Walker, United States Navy, June 11, 1894, and suggesting the desirability of transfer- ring that appropriation to the jurisdiction of the Navy Department; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. January 23, 1900 By Mr. Knox: A bill (H. R. 7091) relating House to Hawaiian silver coinage and silver certi- v. 33 (2) ficates - to the Committee on the Territories. p. 1106 GOVERNMENT OF HAWAII. January 24, 1900 Mr. PLAIT of Connecticut. I give notice of an amendment Senate which I propose to offer to the bill (S. 222) to provide a govern- v. 33 (2) for the Territory of Hawaii. I ask that it maybe read, p. 1112 printed , and. as the bill has been reported, lie on the table. The amendment was read, and ordered to lie on the table, and To be printed, as follows: Strike out section 95 and insert in liu thereof as follows: " That until further legislation by Congress the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States shall remain unchanged." Also strike out the following: "Sec. 87. 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 the legislature. The times, places, and manner of holding elections shall be as fixed by law. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor duly elected, and a certificate shall be given accordingly." January 25, 1900 Mr. Frye (Mr. Kean in the chair), from the Senate Committee on Commerce, to whom the subject was v. 33 (2) referred, reported a bill (S. 2708) to amend p. 1154 an act making appropriations for the construc- tion, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1899; which was read twice by its title.