The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-17
CHAPTER XIV.
OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS.

Sec. $40. The kingdom shall be divided into four
judicial circuits. as mt present constituted, that is to
The first circuit shall consist of the Island of Oahu, whose seat
ofjustice shall be at Honolulu; the second circuit shall consist Of
of justice shall be Al Lahaina, on the Island Of Maui; the thi !
circuit shan consist of the Island of Hawaii, whose seat of justice
shall be at lilo and Waimea; the fourth circuit shall consist OF
the Island of Kauai aud Niihau. whose seat of justice shall be at
Nawiliwli, on the Island of Kauai.
Sec. 81. The terms of the respective circuit courts
shall he held as follows, that is to say:
In the first circuit, on the first Tuesday of August in each
year; in the second circuit, semi-annuaily. on the second Tues,
day of June, and the second Tuesday OF December; IN the third
circuit, on the first Tuesday of September in each year; in the
fourth circuit, on the first Tuesday of May in each year.
Sec. S72. 1t shall be duty of one of the justices of
the Supreme Court to attend and preside over each
term of the Circuit Courts; and the expenses of any justice OF
the supreme Court IN attenaiag, ho,uing, ana elusnin ~
the expenses of said courts.
Sec. S7S. If one of the Justices of the Supreme
Court shall fail to attend any Circuit Court at the
time at which it is appointed to be held the sheriff or some cir
cult judge shall open the court and adjourn the same rom day
Of the third day. such circuit judge or sheriff shall adjourn the
court without day.
Sec. S74. All persons bound to appear at any cir
cult court, which shall have failed, as mentioned in
the last preceding section, shall be bound to appear az the next
term of said court
See. S75. The seals of the several circuit courts
shall be those already devised, and now in use by
Sec. SIS. His Majesty the King, by and with the
advice of the Privy Council, shall appoint a sufficient
number nIs Of circuit i jddg is;1 not s ssSseh hing THREE asSe. TOR %rr each v dod'1 nal
hayior, subject, however, to removal rs provided in the Consti-
tuition
Sec. SIT. Each circuit judge, when there is only
one in a circuit, shall receive an annual salary Of IF
tscn hundred dollars, and shall make a regular tour of his cir
cult at leas, twice every year, for the trial of appeals at cham
beers; and each circuit judge, when there is more than one in the
circuit for which he is appointed, shall receive an annual salary
of eight hundred dollars; which salaries shall be paid by month";
ly payments, out of the treasury of the kingdom.
Sec. S7s. The circuit judges shall have power in
their respective circuits, to hear and determine, at
hamhers. all appeals made to them by any party from the deci-
sion Of any district or police justice, within their jurisdiction.
Sec. 1873. To constitute a circuit court, in either of
the judicial circuits, at least one circuit judge of such
circuit shall be associated on the bench with a justice Of the SUI
preue Court provided, however, that in case of the inability Of
all the circuit judges Of the circuit to attend, the Justice of the
Supreme Court in attendance may hold the court alone.
Sec. $50. The respective circuit courts shall have
original jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil
suits between individuals. OF in which the government is plain
one hundred dollars. and appellate jurisdiction in all such suits
when the amount claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars.
They shall have power to hear and determine all private actions
arising withint cir Jurisdiction. sounding in consequential injury
or damages, without limit as to amount Of claim. They shall
ment aud of possessions; to admeasure dover; to affiliate bas-
tsrds; to grant warrants OF summary arrest and Imprisonment;
issue commissions for the examination Of foreign or domestic
Witnesses; to depute the power OF administering aths: to change
pending before them, to some other circuit: to grant coutinuances
a ID postponements; to grant wits OF hobeos corpus; TO enlarge
tract, and grant divorces and separations, for legal causes, and
decree ahmony; and to decree the foreclosure Of mortgages upon
real estate CT chatti property.
Sec. 68l. The criminal jurisdiction Of the circuit
courts shall be co-extensive with the circuits Ar
which they are created 1t shall be appellate from the distriet
and police courts thereof IN all cases cognhable before taose
pfeme Court
Sec ss2. The jnrisdicsion of - circuit cours
shall n1 not extend e ss s s spsssssS!e q ns sa iises
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