The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-27
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Charter of the Hawaiian Steam
and General Inter-Island
Navigation Company.

To PROMOTE INTER-I=LASD C|OMHUSICATION
BE- IT ENACTED, By the hing, The No5Ies and
Repr.ssafafres cf tie HaJraiiGH LIGHds, an
LEGISLATURE COuHai GsSHHbted;
AErIcLE l.. That Robert {. Jani5n, William
l. Green, and their associates successors and
assigns. are hereby constituted Il body corporate
under the name Of the Hawaiian Steam and Cen
crJl Iutcr-I-land Navigation Company, for and
during 4 tenn Of twelve years from the date Of
tue passage Of this Act. with all the rights priv
iI-ge= and immunities secured to Incorporated
Companies by the Act relating 70 Corporations,
and subject % all the provisions thereof.
ART. , The said Company shall have the ex-
elusive privilege Of running Il steamer or steam
or between the several ports and islands Of the
Hawaiian Kingdom, for the term Of twelve years
from date, with the exemptions and privileges
granted, or which may be hereafter granted, to
national merchant vessels.
AEr. .. The said Company shall have the
privilege Of obtaining water from the Govern
IIsut tanks. free Of charge, for the use Of their
steam vessel or vessels, Tor the term Of twelve
years a. aforesaid.
Arr. 1. The said Company shall have the
privilege, for the term Of twelve years from date
hereof, Of having the exclusive right, free Of
charge. Of - Government wharf on the Espla-
made, which shall be kept in repair at their ex-
I-nse, and set apart by the Minister Of the In
terror fer the use Of their steamer or steamers,
for landing passengers and freight, and also for a
coal depot; and their steamer or steamers shall
Nbh ihAF N|si-LiilG IittIlot-Y - DJIL t4dIEt-. anu no
taxes shall be laid on such Company for such
steamer or steamers rs they may employ during
the time aforesaid, or for their wharf property,
coal, or other material employed by the said
Company in prosecuting the enterprise of steam
Navigation. But it Is expressly enacted that the
privileges by this Act granted to the said Steam
and General lnteT-Island Navigation Company,
shall not enure To their benefit, nor shall this
Act become a law, until the Hawaiian Steam
Navigation Company may have surrendered their
charter 10 the Minister Of the Interior and can
ceilcd the same.
Art ). Ill Goals or other materials for the
production Of steam, and all machinery neces-
sary for the use Of any of the said steamers, shall
be- imported free Of duty, and the vessels in which
said coal or other materials are imported. shall
b. free from harbpr-dues, provided they do not
take on board any other article Of traffic or COM
mcrCs or any passengers.
AFT. g.. The said steamer or steamers shall be
registered under the Hawaiian aag, on the APP
Piicatinn of the Agent OF said Company, who
shall BE- q resident Of the Kingdom, and said
steamer or steamers shall enjoy ali the privileges
and be- subject TO all the laws affecting cOasting
vessels of this Kingdom, with such exceptions as
are herein specified and 1t is hereby expressly
understood and declared that the right Of towing
and Juggling IS not included in the foregoing
articles
AR. !. In order to secure the foregoing
privileges, the said Company shall have employed
IN said inter-islaud navigation a good and sub
stautIal steamer, of not less than 200 tons bur
den, within fifteen months from the date of the
passage Of this Act, and which said Company
shall keep employed for the said purposes con-
tcmplIted in this charter.
ART. s. IL shall be the duty of the Agent Of
said Company To make n quarterly exhibit Of the
state Oi tire CUmpIDy's affairs To the Minister of
the Interior and when it shall appear that they
are enabled to pay quarterly dividends of three
per cent, or at the rate of twelve per cent.
per annum on the stock, then said Com
Pany shall Introduce and maintain n second
steamer. 70 be employed as in this Act provided.
ART. 9. In case the said steamer shall be
lost. or If, In consequence OF the provisions Of
Article > they may have placed two steamers on
their route, either of the said steamers shall be
lost during the term Of this monopoly, the Agent
Of the said Company shall, within four months
after such loss. give notice u the Minister of the
Interior that IL l. the intention of the said Com
Iauy shall replace the boat within fifteen months
from tile date of said loss, and in default thereof
this grant shall be void.
Arr. l0. Said Company shall carry the pub
lie mails between all the ports and places their
vessels visit, free Of charge, and safely deliver
the same to the person directed, and always sub
Jcct % all postal laws, always giving seasonable
notice OF the time and place of departure.
ART. H. The sud Company may own sailing
vessels under the Hawaiian flag, and run them in
the cuasting trade, but said vessels are to have
no privileges or exemptions not possessed by
other Hawaiian sailing vessels.
NEr. Il. That whenever the words steamer
or steamers are used in this Act, they shall be
deemed 10 mean vessels propelled by steam. hot
air. Or machinery of any kind other than sails.
ABr. 13. 1t Is hereby expressly understood
and declared that the Supreme Judicial Court of
this Kingdom shall have full power to examine
and adjudicate on the fultillment of the terms
and conditions and obligations OF this charter by
sud Company, and on having due notice of time
and place fixed by said Supreme judicial Court
tor SAID examination, and on proof satisfactory
- the said Court that the terms. conditions and
obligations have not been complied with. said
Court shall have power, at their discretion, to
ahrIdse or modify the privileges of this grant. or
declare the same forfeit.
Approved { is 18th day of July. \. u. 1862.
KAMEHANEIA.
hNNUUWANT.