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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 42. 1921. 117 " (c) The laws of Hawaii relating to public lands, the settlement of w§,§§n°mh“,§§°,g,$; §‘;‘ boundaries, and the issuance of platents on land commission awards, ’ ` exgflpt as changed by this Act, s all continue in force rmtil Con ess sh otherwise provide. Subject to the approval of the Presidgnt, all sales, grants, leases, and other dispositions of the public domain, and agreements concerning the same, and all franchises granted by the Hawaiian glovernment in conformity with the laws of Hawaii, · between the 7t day of July, 1898, and the 28th day of Se tember, S b t. t U 0, 1899, are hereby ratified and confrmed. In said laws ‘land) patent' terrffs. S I ° °° shall be substituted for ‘ royal patent ’; ‘ commissioner of public lands,’ . for ‘minister of the interior} ‘agent of public lands} and ‘commis— sioners of public lands,’ or their equivalpents; and the words ‘ that I am a citizen of the United States,’ or ‘ that I have declared m intention to become a citizen of the United States, as re uired gy law,' for the words ‘ that I am a citizen by birth (or naturcilization) of the Republic of Hawaii,’ or ‘that I have received letters of denization un er the Republic of Hawaii,’ or ‘that I have received a certificate of special rig t of citizenship from the Republic of Hawaii} Leasesm mtm, “ (d) No lease of agricultural lands or of undeveloped arid lpublic reads. land which is capable of being converted into agricultural land y the ,,¥_°L31*p‘ 15°*‘“”°“°' development, for irrigation ap-Iurposes, of either the underlying or adjacent waters, or both, sh be granted, sold, or renewed lg the government of the Territory of Hawaii for a longer period than _ teen years. Each such lease shall be sold at public auction to the highest idder after due notice as provided in subdivision (h) of this section and the laws of the Territory of Hawaii. Each such notice shall withdrawal for state all the terms and conditions of the sale. The land, or any part imasmaas, ac. thereof so leased, may at any time during the term of the lease be withdrawn from the operation thereof for homestead or public purposes, in which case the rent reserved shall be reduced in proportion to_the value of the art so withdrawn. Every such lease shall con- mm tam a provision to that effect: Provided, That the commissioner may, sugar éiasima. with the aplproval of the governor and at least two-thirds of the members of the and board, omit such withdrawal provision from the lease of any lands suitable for the cultivation of sugar cane whenever he deems it advantageous to the Territory of Hawaii. Land so leased d,§,$§f“bl°°”° “’"“` shall not be subject to such right of withdrawal. "(e) All funds arising from the sale or lease or other disposal of. mS"°“l°"“"°S‘ public land shall be appropriated by the laws of the government of the Territory of Hawan and applied to such uses an purposw for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Territory of Hawaii as are gonsistent with the joint resolution of annexation, approved July v°L °°·""°‘, 1898. . " (f) N o person shall be entitled to receive any certificate of ;,,gI’§,Y‘:’,,Y.i,°g°#`",,¥¤°§,l°,_Zj occupation, right of purchase lease, cash freehold agreement, or u$*°{_°gé,p_m muh special homestead agreement who, or whose husband or wife, has ai. ’ previously taken or held more than ten acres of land under any such certificate, lease, or agreement made or issued after May 27, 1910, or under an homestead lease or patent based thereon- or who, or whose husband or wife, or both of them, owns other land in the Territory, the combined area of which and the land in guestron exceeds eighty acres; or who is an alien,  he has eclared his intention to become a citizen of the United States as provided by law. No person who has so declared his intentron and taken or held under any such certificate, lease, or agreement shall continue so to hold or: become entitled to a homestead lease or apatent of the land, unless he becomes a citizen within five years ter so taking. "(g) No public land for which any such certificate, lease, or agree- ment is issued after May 27, 1910, or any part_thereof, or mterest st;1:lt•d· M therein or control thereof, shall, without the written consent of the ,d_ ‘°°"° "'°°°d`