Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

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“Constitution of American Samoa”, published in 1960, is a work by . It explores elements such as American Samoa, Legislature and the United States.

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ A delegate from Swains Island shall have the qualifications of a representative except that in lieu of residence in a county he shall have been a bona fide resident of Swains Island for at least one year next preceding his election.
No person who shall have been expelled from the Legislature for giving or receiving a bribe or being an accessory thereto, and no person who shall have been convicted of a felony, shall sit in the Legislature, unless the person so convicted shall have been pardoned and have had restored to him his civil rights. ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ SECTION 2. NO DEPRIVATION OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS: No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
SECTION 3. POLICY PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION: It shall be the policy of the Government of American Samoa to protect persons of Samoan ancestry against alienation of their lands and the destruction of the Samoan way of life and language, contrary to their best interests. ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ Each House shall sit upon its own adjournments, but neither House shall, without the concurrence of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which it may be sitting. ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be passed.
SECTION 14. SPECIAL OR EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES NOT TO BE GRANTED: The power of the Government to act for the general welfare of the people of American Samoa shall never be imapired by the making of any irrevocable grant of special or exclusive privileges or immunites. Special acts conferring corporate powers shall not be enacted. Corporations may be created under general laws, but all such laws may be amended or repealed. ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ A person elected to fill a vacancy or appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy shall take office upon his taking the oath of office and shall hold office during the remainder of the term of his predecessor.
SECTION 14. PUBLIC SESSIONS: The business of each House, and of the Committee of the Whole, shall be transacted openly and not in secret session.
SECTION 15. READING – PASSAGE OF BILLS: No bill shall be passed until copies of the same with amendments thereto shall have been made available for the use of the members ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ No such legislation may conflict with treaties or international agreements of the United States;
(c) The annual budget shall be as presented to the Congress of the United States subject to such allocations among departments and activities as may be made by the Governor as a result of increases or decreases in the amount of grant funds approved by the Congress, and the Governor shall inform the Legislature of his actions in this regard at its next regular session. ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

“ No person holding any other public office shall be eligible during his continuance in such office for membership in the Legislature.
SECTION 4. MANNER OF ELECTION: A Senator shall be elected in accordance with Samoan custom by the county council of the county he is to represent. ”

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Constitution of American Samoa (1960)

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