Effect of referendum

SECTION 2. If the constitution shall be adopted by the electors and if a majority of all the votes cast for and against this ordinance favor its adoption, then the following shall become operative upon the effective date of the constitution:

"As a matter of immediate public necessity, to relieve economic distress among individual fishermen and those dependent upon them for a livelihood, to conserve the rapidly dwindling supply of salmon in Alaska, to insure fair competition among those engaged in commercial fishing, and to make manifest the will of the people of Alaska, the use of fish traps for the taking of salmon for commercial purposes is hereby prohibited in all the coastal waters of the State."

STATE CONSTITUTION OF HAWAII

DRAFTED AND ADOPTED BY THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII,
AND SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
S. 50, 85TH CONGRESS

TRANSMITTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS OF THE SENATE
BY HON. HENRY M. JACKSON, OF WASHINGTON

MARCH 28, 1957

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1957

PURCHASED THROUGH
EX. PROJECT

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman

FOREWORD

To the Members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate:

The committee and the Senate have before them S. 50, a bill to admit the populous and prosperous American Territory of Hawaii as a State of the United States. This measure was sponsored by the chairman of the committee and 24 other Senators of both political parties.

Section 1 of the bill provides for approval by the Congress of the State Constitution of Hawaii which was formed in a constitutional convention by delegates chosen at primary and general elections in the Territory early in 1950. The convention was in session from April 4 to July 22, and the painstakingly drafted document was signed by 62 of the 63 delegates. It was submitted to the people of Hawaii at the general election on November 7, 1950, and enthusiastically approved by a vote of 82,788 to 27,109.

The proposed Hawaii constitution was placed formally before the Senate on August 28, 1950, as a supplement to our committee's favorable report on H. R. 49, the Hawaiian statehood bill of the 81st Congress (S. Rept. No. 1928, pt. 2). In the 7 years since then the committee's supply of this report has been exhausted, and inasmuch as the Hawaiian constitution is now before the Senate for approval, I believe it is essential to have copies available for the members of the committee and of the Senate of the 85th Congress in connection with consideration of S. 50, 85th Congress.

This constitution was formed by delegates who were elected by the people of Hawaii and who represented all groups throughout the islands. The document is, therefore, illuminative of the aspirations and political maturity of the group of American citizens who are seeking admission into full and equal partnership in the Nation they have served so well in peace and in war. By it, the Members of the Senate may have a preview, so to speak, of the kind of State that would be admitted under the provisions of S. 50. It shows how thoroughly imbued with American political and cultural traditions are the people of Hawaii, and how closely their proposed State constitution follows both the Federal Constitution, which is specifically and unequivocally adopted, and the mandates of constitutional provisions of previous statehood bills.

HENRY M. JACKSON,

Chairman, Subcommittee on Territories.

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