The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-13

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ciplI feature u II, and Is - follows
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oz-u.eraas every person ae--ary tl-r--l, --asr before ar ~
tr - a-- sz4ln- raa-sal - ara-.-=a.a Lard aer sr
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The desscration Of the repo-s Of the dad is q
crime which in every civilized country Is severely
punished: but after inquiry. We 4, not find that
any clUse existed calling for the enactment If
such = law here. The native population are al
most -everent in the care Of their dead. No one
IN this foreign community, which receives - many
sick. nurses them and kindly follows them u q
Strangers grave, viii wlutynly and =. wilfully'
violate their Gr4yes. Or can It be that the pro-
p,-er If the bill saw iutur. Medical Colleges
rising near each Of our a,iss. which would create
= demand for subjects for dissection thai would
tempt some mean soul u " snatch q hgdy. The
bill did not originate from = Honolulu member,
who might bs supposed u have in view the pro-
lection u our renovated cemetery. nor. as We can
learn, was 1t Ut the desire Of the Trustees Of that
Association, for they find themselves 4 little en-
barrlssed BY the law, not knowing # they have
.. legal right" u make some necessary removals
Of long buried dead, in carrying out tie plan Of
arranging lots.
Again, the bill has but . single object-the
ti-inteTring " removing any human body from
any L. burial place'-an ofense which We don't
think any one Is likely 70 commit. there being no
motive 70 it. and quite too much work about il:
but fails to provide for the mutilation OF d etacing
Of tomb stones, the injuring of trees. flowers Of
shruJbery. fences and walls. in and about burial
places, which Is much more to be aTpreheuded
from some careless or mischievous hand. We
noticed in the reports Of legislative proceedings
1t the time. some provision Of the kind such - We
now suggest. Where Is 1t? May this not be emu
merated among, 70 say the least, unnecessary
laws, for e%nacting that which needed no prohibit
ton. and emitting 70 enact what ought 70 have
been prohibited.
3o--An Act FOR The relief o.: certain kgnohisis whose names
APPEAR in the division q lands from kauelsmeta III
The preamble recites that, . whereas certain
konohikis who were entitled u lands under the
division Of 1913, have for various causes failed to
obtain their awards from the Land Commission
within the time specified by law. and for that
reason are destitute :" and the law enacts that
the Minister Of the Interior may grant awards 70
all k3nohikis 'rho hare faisd 10 receive thc same
from the Land Commission. provided their names
appear N the Nahelc Book Of 1S+S that the
Minister may appoint lis lst ami 2nd clerks u be
"a R.trI r, hear and Elrdr n1l aryiirarinn- fIa
Minister being responsible for their acts that
notice shall BE- given e. aher in the native news
paper or in the P0lynesiqH." calling upon all
kon0hikis or their Representatives 70 present their
claims on or before the last day Of June. 1859, or
be forever barred that such titles shall BE- less
than allodial, subject 70 Communication Of govern
ment right. and mag Be awarded by name OF sur
vey not, however, u conflict with any award Of
the land Commission and that this law goes
into immediate operation.
We thought, we even hoped, that the vexed
business Of quieting land titles in this kingdom
was completed. - The Board Of Commissioner
T. quiet Land Titles was instituted in that
mythical structure now displaced by the New
Civil Code ycleIed the Statute Laws, Yol.I,"
in the year 1916, and all claims were required 10
be entered within two years from publication Of
the Boards public notice .'Or be forever barred.
The following year the duration Of the Board was
extended. In lS4S 1t was again extended for
such period Of time Us should be necessary for the
examination and settlement Of all claims pre-
scented, and with power 10 appoint sub-COmmis-
siOners upon the other islands 70 aid in taking
testimony. In 1854 was passed an Act TO pro-
vii. for the dissolution Of the Beard on the last
day Of March, 1855, but with tender regard to
certain konohikis, who possibly were represent
ell IN the legislature. there was passed, some
twenty DAYS afterwards, an Act for their relief,
a. sJIne Of them had, d. from accidental causes
failed to present their claims within the time pre-
scribcd by law. and had thus been barred. au-
th0rizing them to enter their claims. The .. ko-
had also been favored in 1852 with an
authorizing the granting to them Of titles to
Ahupuaas or His of land by their proper
names. by natural boundaries without surveys,
50 that there was every facility offered t. these
men 70 get all they were entitled to in the half
dozen wears Of the Boards existence. Yet it
seems that . certain of them have, from . yari-
Jus causes, failed 10 get all they " are entitled
and : for that reason are destitute" Que
ry-what reason? And twO years more are
granted TO them to get their own. Ii Is 10 be
hoped that no e accidental or = various causes .
nav intervene again to render them destitute" !
md for the third and last time, :. forever bar
hem Of their Inheritance. 1t Is 4 question Of !
giving land. now belonging to the government.
L will not affect individuals. No land that has -,
previously awarded by survey can be inlu- ,
need by the decisions of the new Board. =
This term =. konohiki," which We have been /
lsing 50 freely, will need explanation to our
-eaders abroad, and TO not 4 few Of those resident.
Let it suffice to say that the konohiki was a spe- -
lies Of :. Landlord" under the ancient Hawaiian
.egine. IL waslord over tenants. peasantry. and =.
subject 70 his superior chief NJ t. the king. With :.
hem and with him there was - kind Of joint =
ownership in the land. While the allodium :.
-ested in the Sovereign, the subject had his rights :.
md proportion Of enjoyment, which the common
Of the land would not allow the chief 20 dis =.
5ossass him of without cause. To 60 further ~
y2uII lead to IN interesting but lengthy discus !
ION of that elaborate leudAl system which grew >,
Ip here among a people who had never heard Of =
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