The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-09-12
n PACIFIC
Commercial AOOtrtistr.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER II.
SESSION LAWS--IS7A.
Az ACT

N AL
Authorizing The Minister Of the Interior 10 grant to
Osuers 0f Mills for Tie Manufacture Of Sugar,
Licenses 10 Distiil Spirituous Liquors
Be IL enacted by the King, &c
SIC. /. The Minister Of the Interior is hereby
authorized 10 grant 10 any owner or owners Of any
mill for the manufacture Of sugar, n license TO distill
spirituous LIQUOR subject 70 the conditions and restric-
ti0ns hereinafter set forth.
src. 2 All persons applying for a license under
this Law, shall before receiving The same hle a bond,
Tin form similar 10 the follo1ing,) the game being
always subject to the approval Of the Minister Of the
Interior.
Know all men by these presents that We. -,
principal, and --. surety. are held and firmly
bound unto the Minister Of the Interior for the use
Of the Hawaiian Government in the penal sum Of one
thousand dollars, lawful money, to be levied on our
respective Joint and several property in case the con-
ditions hereinafter set forth shall be violated.
For the Just and full payment of which We hereby
Jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, exec
utors, administrators and assigns.
Sealed with our seals and dated this - day d
A. d. 1S-
The condition Of this obligation is as follows:
That, whereas, the above bounden principal has this
day applied for a license to distill spirituous LIQUOR in
accordance with the law enacted on the day oil f.
Is. and has complied with the requisitions OF the
said law. and has consequently become entitled 10 a
license 70 distill spirituous liquor in accordance with
the statute n such cases made and provided, for the
term Of five years from dste; Now, therefore, if dur
ing the continuance Of this license the said -
shall not contribute 10 the violation Of any Of the
laws Of this hl0gQOm nor Nl0laIe any OF the C0lQt-
tons Of his license, copy Of which is hereto annexed.
then this obligation shall be void, otherwise upon
proof being made to the satisfaction Of q common
magistrate without the Intervention Of q jury, the
penalty mentioned in this bond shall be forfeited and
the license Of the said - this day granted shall
be void.
Given under our hands and seals the day and
year above written.
In the presence Of
SIC. 3. Such license shall be valid for the space
OF FIVE years, and before granting such license, the
Minister Of the Interior shall demand and receive at
the hands Of the applicant for the benefit Of the Royal
Exchequer the sum Of fifty dollars, and at the expi-
ration Of one year from the date Of said license the
licensee shall pay fifty dollars further. and so on at
the expiration Of each year during the time Of the
license.
SIC. 4. All spirits manufactured by authority of
this law. shall pay when withdrawn for consumption
in this Kingdom an excise equal TO the specific duty
that is now, or may be hereafter levied on spirits of
like strength of alcohol of foreign manufacture i'm
ported into this Kingdom. If Withdrawn for export,
the said spirits shall be subject to the same surveil-
lance and restrictions 10 which liquors Of foreign
manufacture are now, or may hereafter be subjected
when Withdrawn for re-exportation.
SEC. 3. All s%pirituous liquor manufactured under
the authority Of this law shall be delivered into the
charge and keeping of the Custom House authorities,
and shall 30 remain until lawfully Withdrawn for
consumption or expectation by a permit of the Col
lector General Of Customs or his deputy, and all the
expenses Of storage shall be paid by the owner of
such spirits in like manner as though the same we're
Of foreign manufacture and had been imported into
this country.
SEC. 6. The licensee, or the manager of the plan
tation, or some person acting for and on behalf of
such licensee or manager and acquainted with the
facts, shall report to the Minister of the Interior, and
to the Collector General Of Customs, the quantity OF
spirits manufactured by him and delivered TO the
Custom House authorities. each quarter and oftener
il required, and shall at the same time subscribe an
oath as follows or to the following effect:
/ solemnly swear that the report hereinabove sub
scribed by me, contains q true account Of al the
spirituous liquors manufactured by me or by my
authority on this plantation during the time set forth
shall subject one SO subscribing it TO all the pains
and penalties of perjury, provided the report 80
sworn TO shall be proved to be untrue.
SEC. Z. Any persons introducing for consumption
any spirits manufactured under the authority Of this
Act, without paying the excise thereon, shall be liza
bic to the same penalties as though the same had been
/ s~muggled, and if any such person be an owner or an
employee in a distillery the apparatus Of such dstil-
lery shall be liable to confscation and sale for the
benefit Of the Public Treasury.
SEC. 8. His Majesty the King in PFivy Council
shall have authority to make from time to time such
regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions OF
this enactment, which He, upon the advice Of a ma
iority Of those present at any duly called meeting of
His said Privy Council, may deem requisite for tina
protection of the revenue.
SEC. Q. Whereas the bond provided for in the
second section of this Act runs for a long time, the
surety may withdraw upon giving two months notice
to the Minister Of the Interior, and to the principal,
and il shall be the duty Of the principal in such o
case TO supply another surety, and upon his failing
30 10 do hs license shall be void.
Approved this 18th day Of July, A. D. 1874.
KALAKAUA Il.