Volume 40 · 604
Public Law 65–97
Granting to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii additional powers relative to elections and qualification of electors.
Approved June 13, 1918
Statutory text
An Act
Granting to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii additional powers relative to elections and qualification of electors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii be, and it is hereby, vested with the power to provide that, in all elections authorized to be held by the organic act of the Territory of Hawaii, female citizens possessing the same qualifications as male citizens shall be entitled to vote.
Sec. 2.
That the said legislature is further hereby vested with the power to have submitted to the voters of the Territory of Hawaii the question of whether or not the female citizens of the Territory shall be empowered to vote at elections held under the laws of the Territory of Hawaii.
Sec. 3.
That all provisions of the organic act of the Territory of Hawaii restricting the right to vote to male citizens which are in conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4.
That this Act shall take effect and be enforced from and after its approval, and shall be held to apply to both Territorial and municipal elections.
Approved, June 13, 1918.