The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-08-26
AN ACT

AN All
For the encouragement and Aid of any Company
now Incorporated, or that may be hereafter Incor
porated, for the Transmission of Intelligence by
Electricity.
Be it enacted BY The King and the Legislatre Assembly
cfhe Haraiian IsIands in the Legislature Of the
Kingdom assembled:
SEC. l. The Minister of the Interior is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to permit and allow any
company now Incorporated in any foreign country,
or that may be hereafter incorporated in this king
dom or any foreign country, for the transmission of
intelligence by electricity to construct lines of tele
graph upon and along the highways and public
roads and across the lands and waters of this king
dom, by the appropriation of any trees growing by
nature, by the erection of the necessary fixtures,
including posts, piers, abutments or bridges, for
sustaining the cords or wires of said lines pro-
vided the same shall not be so constructed as to
incommode the public of said road or highway,
orinjurously interrupt the navigation of said waters
SEC. 2. The Minister of the Interior is hereby
authorized TO take up and set apart for the use of
such telegraph company or companies sufficient
land and premises for telegraph stations and other
needfu uses in operating said telegraph line lines
and to grant every facility for the landing of sub
aqueous cables, telegraph cord wires, Instruments
apparatus, and al and every article goods, wares
and merchandise appertaining to the building Of
such telegraphic line lines and the transmission
of intelligence by eectrcity and such articles and
merchandise shall be exempt from duties, and the
vessel or vessels chartered or otherwise specially
engaged in the laying maintenance of telegraph
c line lines, shall beexempt from all port charges
except pilotnge.
SEC. 8. If any person over whose lands said line
lines shall pass, upon which posts piers or abut
ments shall be placed, or standing trees appropr-
ated, or such PERSONS lands shall be taken for pub
lie by the Minister OF the Interior for necessary
stations and other needful uses in operating said
teegraphic lines, shall consider himself aggrieved
or damaged thereby, upon sworn application to the
Minister of the Interior, the said Minister shall ap-
point three disinterested persons who shall besworn
before entering upon the duties of their office, and
any one of whom shall have power TO administer
oaths 10 act as commissioners to ascertain aud de-
termine upon the compensation to be made to the
owner or owners, person persons Interested, for
the taking or injuriousIy affecting such real pro-
perty as may be required for such telegraph line or
lines.
SEC. f. The said commissioners or majority Of
them shall determine upon the compensation pro-
per to be made to each OF the parties claimant and
interested and upon fling of the certificate of their
finding and appraisement with the Minister of the
Interior the said Minister is hereby authorized to
pay to such owner or owners persons interested,
the sum Of money to which he may become entitled
by reason of such appraisement, eh.sum of money
to be drawn upon any funds in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
SEC 5. The Minister of the Interior, on recelv-
ing the certificate of appraisement, may pay to the
commissioners such reasonable compensation as be
may determine upon, and shall have power to fill
any vacancy in their number from death or other
wise.
SEC 6. Any person who shall unlawfuIly and In
tentionay pJure modest or destroy any of the said
lines, posts piers, abutments, the material
property belonging thereto, shall on conviction
thereof be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars or Imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding
one year. both at the discretion of the Court be-
fore which the conviction shall be had.
SEC. q This act shall take effect and become 0
law from aud after the date of its approval
Approved this 4th day of August, A. D. 1874.
KALAKAUAR R.