The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-10-02

out charge, at all times when called upon, give adj
vice and counsel to the Ministers, Governors, the
Marshal, Sheriffs, Collectors, Justices, and other
public officers, in all matters connected with their
public duties, and otherwise aid and assist them in
every way requisite to enable them to perform those
duties faithfully. .
Section 9. 1t shall also be the duty Of the said
Attorney General to give counsel and aid to poor and
oppressed subjects Of the King, and 70 assist them IN
obtaining their just rights without charge; provided,
however, that he shall not be obliged to render such
aid, counsel and assistance, unless requested so to do
by the King, or by some one of the Kings Ministers
or Governors.
SECTION 10. The said Attorney General shall be
present at the regular terms of all the Courts Of
Record, in each Judicial District, and shall visit the
several islands at such other times as the public good
and the furtherance of justice may require.
SECTION IL. The said Attorney General shall,
on or before the first Monday Of January in each
year, make report to the Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court, setting forth particularly the amount and
kind Of official business done by him in each Circuit
in the year preceding; the number Of persons prose-
cuted, the crimes and for which such
prosecutions were hal, the results thereof, and the
punishments awarded against any person convicted
thereon; and generally he shall present in said re-
ports plain and particular statements Of the criminal
business of each Circuit.
To enable him to make such reports, ii shall be the
duty Of the Circuit Judges, District Judges, and Of
other public officers when requested, by written re-
port on the first day Of December of each year, to
furnish him with such Information in relation thereto
as they may possess
Section II. Said Attorney General shall not re-
ceive any fee or reward from, or in behalf of, any
person or prosecutor, for services rendered in any
prosecution or business 10 which il shall be his official
duty to attend; nor be concerned as counsel or attor-
ney for either party in any civil action depending
upon the same state Of facts.
SECTION l3. He shall account with the Minister
Of Finance. every three months, for all fees, bills of
costs, fines, penalties and other moneys received by
him by virtue of his Office.
SECTION IA. Said Attorney General shall, when
required, give his opinion upon questions of Law sub
mitted to him by the King, either branch of the
Legislature, or the head of any department.
SECTION Is. The said Attorney General shall re-
ceye such salary as may be voted him, from time to
time, by the Legislature, which shall be paid to him
out Of the public Treasury in equal monthly pay
ments, in full for all services rendered by him.
SECTION 1G. The Attorney General with the ap-
prevail of the Chief Justice, may appoint a Deputy
for each Of the other judicial districts, for the acts of
whom he shall be responsible.
SECTION II. All the duties imposed by existing
laws on the several District Attorneys are hereby re-
quired to be performed by the Attorney General, and
the chapter 23d of the Civil Code, from section 1850
TO 1895, as well as all other laws or parts of laws in
contrariety to this Act, are hereby repealed.
SECTION Is. This Act shall take effect from and
after the thirteth day of June, 1862.
Approved this I'D day Of August, A. d. 1862.
Amelia.
RAAHUNASU.