The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-01
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Laws
Passed by the Hawaiian Legislature
Session Of 1865.
i laws

AN ACT
To amend Sections 4I22, 423 and I25 Of the Civil
Code
BE Ut ENACTED, by the King. and the Legislative
Assembly Of the Hawaiian Islands, In the Ie,-
isature OF the Kingdom assembled:
SEcrIoS I. That Section 422 Of the Civil Code
De-, and the same is hereby amended, by striking
out the words - The Director shall be ex osio =
In the fret line Of said sectiOn and inserting the
words - The Minister Of the Interior or any per-
by him duly appointed, shall be the sD
that the section will read follows:
- SECTION I'D The Minister Of the Interior.
or any person by him duly appointed, shall be
the Keeper Of the Public Stamp, which IL shall
DE his duty tO impress upon all documents reluir-
Ing To be stamped, upon the payment of one dol
lar for each impression, that il to say: All deeds
mortgages, leases and other conveyances OF real
estate, all chattel mortgases, all maniests entries
permits AMI other documents exhibits required
by law Mt the Custom House, all official and other
bonds, all licenses, all powers Of Attorney, art-
eles Of eopaTtnershp, letters trstamentary and of
administration, letters Of guardianship. all petit
tiOns to the Supreme Court any Circuit Courts
all summoo-es, attachments other processes Of
the Supreme or Circuit Courts, all Government
Commissious, all charters, private public, and
all patents
SECTION .. That Section 423 Of the Civil Code
be, and the same IL hereby amended, by striking
out the words - Director of the Government
Prcss," and inserting the words .s The Minister
OF the Interior or such person by him duly ap-
pointed, that the section will read as follows
- SErTIoS 423. Said stamp shall be the same
that adopted in the year 1916, and now in Use
by the Minister Of the Interior or such person by
him duly appointed
SECTION 3. That Section 42j of the Civil Code
be. and the same is hereby amended, by striking
out the words - The Director Of the Government
Press, i'm the first line, and inserting the words
% The Minister OF the Interior such person by
him duly appointed" and by striking out the
words q ka Luna Pai, +" in the eighth line OF the
Hawaiian version, that the section will read rs
follows:
SECTION 425. The Minister Of the Interior or
such person by him duly appointed. may impress
the stamp upon blanks. and furnish them the
Courts. Executive Departments. Collectors Of
Customs, members Of the Bar and others, n the
public convenience may, from time to time. re-
quire, upon receiving one dollar for each stamp
Pr0rided, h0trersT, that the Collector General of
Customs. AMI other public Officers required to
stamps in the execution Of their duties, shall
be entitled To receive them without such payment,
they giving receipt therefor, and being bound to
account for the use and proceeds OF the same to
the proper department, in their returns, "a re-
quireI by Law
SECTION 4. This Act shall become law from
and after the date Of its passage; and all laws
and parts Of laws in eontraventiOn to the prOvi-
sions OF this Net are hereby repealed.
Approved this l3th day Of May, 1868.
kAMEHAMEnA r