Executive Order 121

Hon. John Hay,

Secretary of State

You will notify the President of Hawaii that the Government of Hawaii has no power to make any sale or dispose of the public lands in the Islands. That all proceedings taken or pending for such sale or disposition should be discontinued and that if any sales or agreements for sale have been made since the adoption of the Resolution of Annexation the purchasers should be notified that the same are null and void and any consideration paid to the legal authorities on account thereof should be refunded.

William McKinley.

Executive Mansion,

Washington, D. C., September 11, 1899.

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By the President of the United States of America.

EXECUTIVE ORDER.

The President of the United States hereby directs that all proceedings taken or pending for the sale or disposition of the public lands in the Hawaiian Islands shall be discontinued; and that if any sales or agreements for sale of said public lands have been made since the adoption of the resolution of annexation, the purchaser shall be notified that the same are null and void, and any consideration paid to the local authorities on account thereof shall be refunded.

In witness whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

Washington, Sept. 11, 1899.

William McKinley,

By the President:
Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary of State.