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    30/10/2018 Constitution of American Samoa ­ Wikipedia

    Constitution of American Samoa
    The Constitution of American Samoa is the constitution that defines the government of American Samoa.

    The  original  Constitution  was  adopted  by  a  constitutional  convention  and  was  signed  by  the  68  members  of  the
    convention and United States Secretary of the Interior Fred Andrew Seaton on 27 April 1960 and became effective 17
    October 1960. [1][2]  A  Constitutional  Convention  of  American  Samoa  in  Fagatogo  begun  on  26  September  1966  and
    approved several amendments, [3] which were approved in a referendum in the general elections in 1966, promulgated
    by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall on 2 June 1967, and became effective 1 July 1967.

    To prevent the Secretary of the Interior from appointing an Attorney General independent of the elected Governor, [4]
    the  United  States  Congress  passed  a  law  in  1983  mandating  that  amendments  to  the  Constitution  be  made  by
    Congress alone. [5]

    The Ratification Act of 1929 was joint resolution of the United States Congress that ratified the Treaty  of  Cession  of


    Tutuila  of  1900  and  the  Treaty  of  Cession  of  Manuʻa  of  1904,  which  ceded  the  islands  of  Tutuila  and  Manuʻa,
    respectively, to the United States and now form part of American Samoa. [6] As such it is one of the basic Constitutional
    documents of American Samoa.

    See also
    American Samoan constitutional referendum, 2010

    References
    1. Leibowitz 1980, p. 254.
    2. Leibowitz 1989, p. 420.
    3. Leibowitz 1980, pp. 254­255.
    4. Leibowitz 1989, p. 423.
    5. Pub.L. 98–213 (http://legislink.org/us/pl­98­213), 97 Stat. 1459 (http://legislink.org/us/stat­97­1459), enacted
    December 8, 1983, § 12 at 97 Stat. 1462 (http://legislink.org/us/stat­97­1462), codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1662a (http
    s://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/48/1662a)
    6. U.S. Government Accountability Office (September 18, 2008). American Samoa: Issues Associated with Some
    Federal Court Options (http://www.gao.gov/assets/130/121189.pdf) (PDF) (Report). U.S. Government
    Accountability Office.

    Leibowitz, Arnold H (1980). "American Samoa: Decline of a Culture". California Western International Law Journal.
    10: 220–271.
    Leibowitz, Arnold H (1989). Defining Status: A Comprehensive Analysis of United States Territorial Relations (http
    s://books.google.com/books?id=s1NEdqvtd3IC&pg=PA420). ISBN 978­0­7923­0069­4.

    External links
    Text of the Constitution of American Samoa (http://www.asbar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id
    =1961&Itemid=177) from the American Samoa Bar Association

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Constitution_of_American_Samoa&oldid=856463752"

    This page was last edited on 25 August 2018, at 11:48 (UTC).

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