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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 339. 1900. 155 ninety-nine, are hereby ratified and confirmed. In said laws *‘land Ch¤¤g° °‘ “>’mS· pntent" shall be substituted for "royal patent;" "commissioner of public lands" for " minister of the interior,” " agent of public lands,"' and "commissioners of public lands," or their eq)uivalents; and the words "that I am a citizen of the United States,’ or "that I have declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States, as required by law," for the words "that I am a citizen by birth (or naturalization.) of the Republic of Hawaii," or "that I have received letters of denization u_nder the Republic of Hawaii," or "that I have received a certihcate of special right of citizenship from the Republic of Hawaii."And no lease of agricultural land shall be granted, sold, tuggiigngf agriculor renewed by the government of the Territory of Hawaii for a longer ` period than five years until Congress shall otherwise direct. All funds ve1.zo,p.vso. arisingfrom the sale or lease or other disposal of such lands shall be appropriated by the laws of the government of the Territory of Hawaii an applied to such uses and purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Territory of Hawaii as are consistent with the joint resolution of annexation. approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Bm·z`cZed», There shall be excepted from the provisions of this sec- Prwwq. tion all lahis heretofore set apart, or reserved, by Executive order, or _€x°°*m°"' orders, by the President of the United States. COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. _C0mmissionerofAgggulture and Fores- Sec. 74. That the laws of Hawaii relating to agriculture and forestry, Laws eenunnen in except as changed by this Act, shall continue in force, subject to modi- f°r°°‘ fication by Congress or the legislature. In said laws “ commissioner Change er terms. of agriculture and forestry " shall be substituted, respectively, for "bureau," "bureau of agriculture and forestry," "commissioner," "c<z)mmissioners of agriculture," and "commissioners for the island of ahu." SUPERINTENDENT or PUBLIC worms. Sec. 75. That there shall be a superintendent of public works, who S&p¢¤¤te1gg¤g¤t_ of shall have the powers and duties of the superintendent of public works ga, lc wm " u m' and those of the powers and duties of the minister of the Interior which relate to streets and highways, harbor improvements, wharves, landings, waterworks, railways, electric light and power, telephone lines, fences, pounds, brands, weights and measures, fires and tireproof buildings, explosives, eminent domain, public works, markets, buildings, parks and cemeteries, and other grounds and lands now under the control and management of the minister of the interior, and those of the powers and duties of the minister of finance and collector-general which relate to pilots and harbor masters under the laws of Hawaii, except as chan ed by this Act and subject to modification by the legislature. In Change er terms. said laws the word “legislature” shall be substituted for "councils” gd the words "the circuit court" for "the Hawaiian Postal Savings ank." SUPEMNTENDENT or PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Sec. 76. That there shall be a superintendent of public instruction, sgpenngendenp of who shall have the powers and perform the duties conferred upon and SEHQQ _.,ml“S°"°"°“’ required of the minister of public instruction by the laws of Hawaii as amended by this Act, and subject to modification by the legislature. It shall be the duty of the United States Commissioner of Labor to Leborsmrisrics. collect, assort, arrange, and present in annual reports statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the Territory of Hawaii, especially in relation to the commercial, industrial, social, educational, and sanitary condition of the laboring classes, and to all such other subjects