Whereas the said homesteaders either transferred or surrendered their original homesteads and, under the advice of and concurrence and agreement with the then commissioner of public lands of the Territory of Hawaii, entered into homestead agreements a second time; and

Whereas section seventy-three of the act of Congress of August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as amended August first, nineteen hundred and ten, provides that

"No person shall hereafter be entitled to receive any certificate of occupation, right of purchase lease, cash freehold agreement or special homestead agreement who or whose husband or wife shall have previously taken or held any land under any such certificate, lease, or agreement hereafter made, or issued, or under any homestead lease or patent based thereon."

Be it resolved by the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii, the House of Representatives concurring, That the Congress of the United States is hereby memorialized to authorize the governor of Hawaii to ratify the agreements of the following-named persons made with the commissioner of public lands of the Territory of Hawaii, and to issue land patents to those who are living up to the terms of the agreements when the same have been completed, and to issue land patents to those who have already complied with all of the terms of their agreements, and to ratify the land patents already issued. The following are the agreements of homesteaders who are in process of proving up:

The following are the agreements of homesteaders who have proved up and are awaiting patents:

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The following are homesteaders who have already been granted land patents:

SENATE OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII,
Honolulu, Hawaii, April 21, 1917.

We hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was this day adopted in the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii.

CHAS. F. CHILLING WORTH,

President of the Senate.

O. P. SOARES,

Clerk of the Senate.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII,

Honolulu, Hawaii, April 26, 1917.

We hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was this day adopted in the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii.

H. L. HOLSTEIN,
Speaker House of Representatives.

EDWARD WOODWARD,

Clerk House of Representatives.

Copy of cablegram from Gov. Pinkham, of the Territory of Hawaii, to the Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain homestead agreements in that Territory filed with the report of Committee on the Territories on H. R. 5115 and asked to be made a part thereof:

[Radio via San Diego, Cal.]

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Meyer,

Washington.

HONOLULU, January 31.

Rivenburgh and Acker drew bill 5115 which corrects errors of former land commissioner in 26 homestead agreements and if passed by Congress effectual legislative concurrent resolution No. 17, April 26. I recommend favorable action.

PINKHAM, Governor.

Copy of letter from Secretary Lane to Hon. William C. Houston relative to certain homestead agreements in the Territory of Hawaii filed with report of the Committee on Territories on H. R. 5115 and asked to be made a part thereof:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, February 6, 1918.

DEAR MR. HOUSTON: Your letter of January 29, 1918, has been received, inclosing with request for an expression of views thereon H. R. 5115, entitled, "A bill to authorize the governor of the Territory of Hawaii to ratify the agreements of certain persons made with the commissioner of public lands of the Territory of Hawaii, and to issue land patents to those eligible under the terms of said agreements.

In response thereto I have to state that the necessity for the enactment of the legislation contemplated in the bill is fully set forth in the accompanying copy of senate concurrent resolution 17, introduced in the senate of the Ninth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, which was adopted by the senate April 21, 1917, and concurred in by the house of representatives of the Territory April 26, 1917. A copy of this concurrent resolution was presented to the United States Senate on June 9, 1917, and printed in No. 66, volume 55, of the Congressional Record, Sixty-fifth Congress, first session, pages 449-450.

Hon. L. E. Pinkham, governor of the Territory, was called upon for an expression of his views on the bill, and there is hereto attached a copy of a cablegram dated January 31, in which he recommends that it receive favorable action.

Upon consideration of the facts presented I recommend the favorable action of your committee on the measure.

Cordially, yours,

Hon. WILLIAM C. HOUSTON,

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary.

Chairman Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives.

FEES FOR CLAIM AGENTS.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1918.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. DENT, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the

following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 12769.]

The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12769) relative to fees for claim agents, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass with the following amendment:

On page 2, line 4, after the word "imprisonment," strike out the period and insert a colon and add the following:

Provided, That if after the expiration of one year the Government of the United States has failed to act upon such claim or if within such period the Government of the United States has rejected any such claim, then the provisions of the act shall not apply.

This measure is recommended by the Secretary of War.

ESTABLISHMENT OF "DRY" ZONES.

SEPTEMBER 7, 1918.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. WEBB, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the

following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. J. Res. 172.]

The Committee on the Judiciary having had under consideration the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 172) authorizing the President to establish zones in which intoxicating liquors may not be sold, manufactured, or distilled, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pass.

The above is the unanimous recommendation of the Committee on the Judiciary. The wisdom of this proposed legislation is apparent especially when considered in connection with the known and pressing demand for the maximum production from mines, munition factories, shipbuilding plants, and other plants for war material.

It was brought to the attention of the committee that munition plants in certain localities were being seriously interfered with by the traffic in intoxicating liquors. This traffic when engaged in close to any of the plants producing material for the war is generally regarded as a hindrance to maximum production.

The resolution is approved by the Acting Secretary of War, Benedict Crowell, and its speedy passage strongly urged by him.

The following letters addressed to the Secretary of War present a strong argument for the necessity of the proposed law:

The SECRETARY of War,

Washington, D. C.

DULUTH, MINN., September 3, 1918.

DEAR SIR: The Minnesota Steel Co. owns and operates at Morgan Park, in the western end of the city of Duluth, a plant devoted to the manufacture of steel products, with a daily capacity of 30,000 tons, which products are used exclusively in the manufacture of munitions of war and other fabrications necessary to the conduct of the war. The plant property of this company comprises approximately 1,600 acres of land, and the company expended in and about the construction of said plant and its appurtenances the sum of $25,000,000. The employees of the company now number 3,500 men, and the plant is operated continuously both night and day. This company is under contract to continue the manufacture of the foregoing steel products for the