Privy Council of State

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Privy Council of State

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1845-10-29 - 1893-01-17

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The Privy Council, authorized by the Act to Organize the Executive Ministries on October 29, 1845, was composed of the executive ministers and governors of islands serving as honorary members. With the King in Council, it received foreign policy documents and approved the declaration of embargoes, orders of nobility, cutting of timber and use of coral reefs, prices for the sale and leases of government land, audit of internal taxes, the budget, assessment and minting of coins, regulations, compensation of teachers and diplomatic agents, granting of letters patent of denization, and appointments of the local officials. Ministerial proposals were presented in the Privy Council. The duties of the Privy Council lapsed when the monarchical government was abrogated by the Proclamation of the Committee of Safety on January 17, 1893.

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The Cabinet Council, by the Act I of Kamehameha ill in 1845, acted as a consulting body for policies of the executive ministries. It also received and directed the publication of diplomatic correspondence, directed the accreditation of Hawaiian diplomatic agents and commission of consular agents, approved departmental seals. Act 1 of the Executive and Advisory Councils of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, approved on January 20, 1893, vested the powers and duties of the Cabinet of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the Executive Council of the Provisional Government.

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The First Constitution of Hawaii Granted by Kamehameha ill, October 8, 1840.
Statute Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha m, King of the Hawaiian Islands, Passed by the Houses of Nobles and Representatives During the Twenty-first Year of His Reign. and the Third and Fourth Years of His Public Recognition. A.D. 1845 and 1846

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created and updated by C. Kellett, 2020-10-12.

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