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Public Law 75–485

To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes.

Approved July 10, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

To enable the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize the issuance of certain bonds, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Territory of Hawaii, any provision of the Hawaiian Organic Act or of any Act of this Congress to the contrary notwithstanding, is authorized and empowered to issue bonds in the sum of not to exceed $4,029,000 of the character and in the manner provided in that certain act of the legislature of said Territory, enacted at its regular session of 1937, entitled “An act to provide for public improvements.”

Character of bonds, maturity, payments, etc.

Such bonds may be either term or serial bonds, maturing, in the case of the term bonds, not later than thirty years from the date of issue thereof, and, in the case of the serial bonds, payable in sub-stantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years and the last installment to mature not later than thirty years, from the date of such issue. And said act

Legislative art confirmed.

of said legislature is hereby ratified and confirmed, subject to the provisions of this Act: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained

Proviso.

Changes allowed; disposition of balances.

shall be deemed to prohibit the amendment of said act of said Territory by the legislature thereof from time to time to provide for changes in the improvements authorized by said act or for the disposition of unexpended moneys appropriated by said act, and that said bonds may be issued without the approval of the President of the United States.

Approved, July 10, 1937.

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