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Corporate body
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1894 Constitutional Convention
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Dates of existence
1894-05-30/1894-07-05
History
According to the proclamation of January 17, 1893 by the Committee of Safety which abrogated the monarchy, the Provisional Government was intended to be an interim regime until the Hawaiian Islands were annexed by the United States. The subsequent withdrawal of the annexation treaty in the United States, along with increasing partisan strife over domestic issues, caused the leaders of the Provisional Government to seek more systematic procedures of governance. In the opening address to the Constitutional Convention Sanford B. Dole said, "The delay which the project of political union between Hawaii and the United States of America has experienced has brought up the question of modifying the present provisional system in order to give the Government a permanent form, and to more fully introduce the principle of representation by the people."
On March 15, 1894 President Dole approved Act 69 of the Executive and Advisory Councils, which provided for the convening of a Constitutional Convention, ·subject to the call of the President. It stipulated that the convention be composed of the President, members of the Executive and Advisory Councils, and eighteen elected delegates, and be presided over by the chairman of the Executive and Advisory Councils. The act further stipulated the qualifications for electors and delegates.
Pursuant to Act 69, on March 19, 1894. the Minister of the Interior issued a proclamation calling for an election of.delegates on May 2nd; on May 10th President Dole issued a proclamation summoning the members of the convention to convene on May 30, 1894.
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Act 69 of the Executive and Advisory Councils.
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Act 69 of the Executive and Advisory Councils.
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Proceedings of the Hawaiian Constitutional Convention
Executive and Advisory Council Minute Books
Maintenance notes
2021-08-23, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.