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Eo Lono <hmawae2004>

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	THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM	319 jours il y a
	Aloha kakou, I have been adamantly reading Dr. Keanu Sai's finished dissertation on the United States occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom. I think this excerpt really states the message to the State of Hawai'i and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs exactly what FOREVER really meant as far as holding land goes. Linda Lingle and Ms. Apoliona-at-large should take a look at this factual historical document that Dr. Keanu Sai has compiled in full detail and learn a few things before they go traipsing into the courtroom. But have a look at this excerpt below where I've found find our quote we read today on the creation of the Great Mahele. If you want to read Dr. Keanu Sai's dissertation on THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM: BEGINNING THE TRANSITION FROM OCCUPIED TO RESTORED STATE for yourself take a look at: <http://www2.hawaii.edu/~anu/pdf/Diss...> Have a read and be enlightened. From the words of Kamehameha III himself. E mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono! Hale Mawae Eo Lono Whereas, it has become necessary to the prosperity of our Kingdom and the proper physical, mental and moral improvement of our people that the undivided rights at present existing in the lands our Kingdom, shall be separated, and distinctly defined; Therefore, We Kamehameha III., King of the Hawaiian Islands and His Chiefs, in Privy Council Assembled, do solemnly resolve, that we will be guided in such division by the following rules: 1—His Majesty, our Most Gracious Lord and King, shall in accordance with the Constitution and Laws of the Land, retain all his private lands, as his own individual property, subject only to the rights of the Tenants, to have and to hold to Him, His heirs and successors forever. 2—One-third of the remaining lands of the Kingdom shall be set aside, as the property of the Hawaiian Government subject to the direction and control of His Majesty, as pointed out by the Constitution and Laws, one-third to the chiefs and Konohiki(s) in proportion to their possessions, to have and to hold, to them, their heirs and successors forever, and the remaining third to the Tenants, the actual possessors and cultivators of the soil, to have and to hold, to them, their heirs and successors forever. 3—The division between the Chiefs or Konohiki(s) and their Tenants, prescribed by Rule 2nd shall take place, whenever any Chief, Konohiki or Tenant shall desire such division, subject only to confirmation by the King in Privy Council. 4—The Tenants of His Majesty's private lands, shall be entitled to a fee-simple title to one-third of the lands possessed and cultivated by them; which shall be set off to the said Tenants in fee-simple, whenever His Majesty or any of said Tenants shall desire such division. 5—The division prescribed in the foregoing rules, shall in no wise interfere with any lands that may have been granted by His Majesty or His Predecessors in fee-simple, to any Hawaiian subject or foreigner, nor in any way operate to the injury of the holders of unexpired leases. 6—It shall be optional with any Chief or Konohiki, holding lands in which the Government has a share, in the place of setting aside one-third of the said lands as Government property, to pay into the Treasury one-third of the unimproved value of said lands, which payment shall operate as a total extinguishment of the Government right in said lands. 7—All the lands of His Majesty shall be recorded in a Book entitled “Register of the lands belonging to Kamehameha III., King of the Hawaiian Islands,” and deposited with the Registry of Land Titles in the Office of the Minister of the Interior, and all lands set aside, as the lands of the Hawaiian Government, shall be recorded in a Book entitled “Register of the lands belonging to the Hawaiian Government,” and fee-simple titles shall be granted to all other allottees upon the Award of the Board of Commissioners to quiet Land Titles.
	posté par Eo Lono