The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-08-11
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all very brief, not excepting the Appropriation
Bill. OF these enactments seven relate to changes
in salaries OF are FOR the pccuniary relief Of in
diyidual-three relate to adultery and divorces,
and the balance are mostly slight amendments
to laws passed at previous sessions, the whole
constituting tine most Insignificant, and beagarly
collection ever enacted by any Hawaiian Lesisla-
ture. The herculean task Of passing them, which
required eighty and odd days, ought to have
taken not more than as many hours. We insert
herewith a list Of them, by their titles
I-AS AcT 10 render Legitimate Children born
Out Of wedlurA. when their parents shall marry
subsequent 90 their birth.
AS AC To permit Divorced Persons to marry
again.
3-AS ACT to amend Scct-. IIGs and 1863 Of the
Civil Cvde-of Criminal Prosecutions.
AN ACT to amend an act To tx 10" salary Of
the second Associate Justice of the supreme
Court. and amend Section 80 Oi the Civil Code.
j-AS AcT To amend the law relating to Adultery
and FOrIicJtiyn.
6.-A> Acr to amend Chapter .. Sec. ., Of the
Penal CDde-As,ault and Battery.
~ AC 10 amend sec. / OF AN act entitled Il" an
Act To- regulate the carrying of Passengers be-
tween the Islands oi this Kingdom approved
the 10th day Of January. y. ID. IS6j.
S.-AS ACT To amend sec. Il Of an act entitled
an Act To repeal Chap. 10 OF the Civil Code,
and TO regulate the bureau Of Public instruc-
ton. approved January 10. \. ID. ISGj. rcgulat-
ing the time for which children may be- placed
ut the ReiOrmatOry and Industrial school.
9.-AN ACT relating to Escheats of Kulcanas.
IO.-AN ACT to exempt Volunteer Soldiers from
II-AN Acr to increase the Salary of the Circuit
Judge of Oahu.
I2.-AN Act to indemnify the Minister of Finance.
lJ-AN ACT Ia permit publications III Hawaiian
to be- imported free Of duty.
II-RE~ULrTION authorizing the Minister Of FL
nance to pay u portion Of tue debts OF His late.
Majesty.
IJ.-RES0LUrIoN authorizing the Minister Of Fl
nance to pay Queen Kalama $1,000. III addition
To her salary.
1G-AFPEorEL,rIoN BIZ. for the years 1866.
IT.-AN ACT To amend sec. 3Sl of the Civil Code.
relating to weights and measures.
IS.-AN ACT to amend the law relating to the
holding of Elections.
I9.-Ay Acr to authorize the Minister of Finance
to negotiate a loan for certain purposes.
2O.-AN ACr to amend Sect. 9li of the Civil Code
of the duration of Office of District Justices.
2l.-AN ACT defining the duties OF the Attorney
General.
22-REsnLrTIox. relating to the salary for the Cir
cult Judge OF Damn.
The first fifteen enumerated Will be found on
our fourth page. The first two laws passed, 1t
is thought, will operate favorably on the classes
to whom they refer. Under the old statute no
divorced person could marry under three years,
and it has long been the opinion OF our best
Judges. that it was an unwise restriction, tending
to create more evil than good. Under the new
law any person divorced can marry at once on
producing proof of such divorce having been
given.
The third, eleventh and twenty-second enact
ments relate to salaries of the Second Associate
judge on the Supreme Court Bench and to that
of the Circuit Judge. both being increased.
The sixth Act is slight amendment of the
=. u. D-,.1 cod. r.lpriuy IN assault
and battery. in which the old law was supposed
to be too indefinite for the conviction Of persons
arraigned under it though if we may judge Of
the particular case which led to the amendment,
(thlt of the sailor a~rraigned i'll April for assault
committed on board one of the whalcShips in
port.) the fault was not - much in tho law As in
the acting Attorney General.
The act to amend the passenger law passed at
the previous session Of the Legislature, Suspends
its enforcement for six years, OF until January,
1872. Il WAS an unwisr law, and has produced
much i'll feeling on the part OF Hawaiian seamcn
towards foreign captains. 1t is probable that
the benefits and increased safety which it was
supposed likely to insure, are more than offset by
the evils it has produced. Before 1872, we trust
that Il more liberal sentiment will prevail to-
NslE4~ lstilNt S'HiEl'I- dllA ttiAb AA| INV WI 'S
repealed altogether. 1t il but justice that the
money which was exacted from foreign captains
should now. that the law is suspended. be re-
funded to them. VI good can ever come from
the retention If money taken under the circum-
stances.
The Act 20 amend the law regarding the term
for which Juveniles may be sentenced to the
E~yfyrmatory school, extends the term to two
years. From ali we can gather this school has
proved q great failure, and natives dread nothing
more than that their children be consigned to
it, which Is said - be done for the most trivial
mi-dsm,auors; and sometimes. on q mare Prcfc1f.
they are torn from their parents and thrust in
this institution, which Is nothing more OF less
than an aVpsndlgs Of the Reformed Catholic
Mission. supported 1T the expense of the State.
IL j. questionable whether 1t has done any good
or ever will, - long a. conducted n now, while
it i a bill Of expense on the nation.
The new law relating - e>chelts of kuleauus,
aTp,ars To be- a just one. All landowners know
that every large tract of pasture or cane land.
= covered ~ numerous small - kuleana>'' OF
native house lots and faro patches. These are
frequently "a source Of great v~exation to the
owner Of the large tract or ~ahUpuGa. who holds
= Hf4il W ilAHusittH tenure WIN tAt NAIVE.
Under this new law. when a native dies leaving
no heirs. the tide rcverts 10 the owner of the
ahuTuaa. OF course. all large land owners.
foreigners or chiefs, Will share alike the benefit
Of it.
The law u exempt volunteer soldiers from
;azation Is also a wise one. Firemcn have long
been exempted from taxes, and this law places
volunteer soldiers on n par with them, free from
all personal taxes. and allows each to own two
horses free Of tlx-a very important considera-
ticn with a kanaka. A. volunteer soldiers are
to be called out on every public occasion,