The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-15
The Water Supply.

The subject Of an increased water supply
for the city Of Honolulu, is one that has of late
years forced itself upon the attention of all.
This Journal has in past years persistently
urged ON successive Ministries the necessity OF
providing for the growing wants of the city in
this important particular. The purchase by the
government of the control of the upper part of
Nuuanu valley, whereby the whilome "cow
pasture" became a reservoir of pure water, was
one of the results of the agitation. We learn
that the present Ministry is fully alive to the
fact that it is absolutely necessary to provide
for future contingencies by building new reser-
voirs to supplement the one now in use. Par
ticulars as to location and capacity will be given
in due time. Meanwhile the Minister of tue
Intererior has ordered the publication for gen.
eral information Of the law in regard to the
taking possession by him of q whatever land
or water may be required for the use of the
Honolulu Water Works" The law was origi-
nally passed in 1860, but amended in 1874 and
again in 1873, whereby its scope was consider
ably enlarged. The following is the law in
full
IN ACT-To authorize te Minister ofthe Interior TO
take possession Of tchafeuer Land and Water may be re-
CURED for the use Of tAe Ronotuta Battr Works.
BE it enacted. By the King, the Mobiles and Representatives
Section /. The Minister OF The Interior is hereby author
Act. TO enter upon md take possession Of, and hold for the use
of the Government, such land and water, real estate and prop.
erty, as may be required for the use and maintenance OF the
Honolulu Water Works. for laying down pipes and dams, reser-
reservoir on The land Of Kahoolane, in the district OF Honolulu.
along the said land of kahOOkane and up the ravine Of the Nuu
extending from the said old reservoir, in a nearly direct line to
sEc. 2. The Minister Of the Interior shah appoint three
competent and disinteres,ed parties, who shall be sworn before
entering upon the duties of their Office, aud any one Of them
shah have power to administer oatAs, to act as commissioners
to ascertain and determine upon the compensation to be made
to the owner or owners, person or persons interested; for the
taking or injuriously affecting such land and water, real prop
eFLy, as may be required for the said works;
ten notice, notify the owners and others interested in the
land and water. real property, proposed TO be or affected,
to meet them, within thirty days thereafter, at some conven-
after the Commissioners shall proceed with dispatch TO take
what testimony may by them be deemed necessary, and after
majority Of them, shall determine upon the compensation
proper to be made TO each of The parties claimant and In
SIC. 4 The said Commissioners, or a majority of them,
terror, within such reasonable time after their appointment,
as may be fixed upon by the said Minister, a certificate
of their finding and appraisement, in which the land and
water, real estate and property so valued, and TO be taken,
convenient accuracy and certainty.
SEC. 5. Upon the filing of the certificate, as provided 10
the preceding section, the Minister of the Interior is hereby
authorised to pay to the persons named in said certificate, the
out Of the appropriStion for the the n L Il Water Water worEs, and
TO take possession of and occupy all land and water, real
to hold and use the same for the benefit of the Honolulu
Water Works: Provided always, that either party feeling
to the Supreme. Court of the Hawaiian Islands at the first
vided in civil cases. And further provided, that such appeal
shall not prevent the Minister of the Interior from proceeding
with the works, or retaining or taking possession of all land
and water property mentioned and valued in the said certif-
SEC. 6. The Minister Of the Interior, upon payment beiag
made or rendered to all the parties entitled TO payment under
c n q of he se0s sme 81 shall al he er reco S5a IN tbe oN:e a o9 = The oe Ranfsl
f Ta Of q = an = with u ,S ore Ike 10 eGa a 1 ~ 4 q !, W q a ne esssdI
of conveyance, in fee simple from the said owners and parties
SEC. Z. The Minister of the Interior shall. on receiving
the certificate Of aPpraisement, pay to the Commissioners
and he shall have power to fill any vacancy in their number
SEC. S. This Act shall take effect from and after the
a. Approved W his 18th day of August, A. D. 1850.
KA~MEHAMEHA
KAUFMAN.
IN AcT-To Amend Section 1 Of an act entitled "An
possession Of phateuer Land and Water may be required
for the use Of the Honolulu Water Works, approved the
18Th day Of august, n ID. 1850.
BE it enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly Il
the Hawaiian Islands in the Legislature Of the Kingdom
SECTION 1. That Section / of an Act entitled an Act to
authorize a tn, Minister aI5 Gats Of 4 Interior p. 1dOr,t to take ak possession i Of
Honolulu Water Works, approved the 18th day OF August,
" SEC. l. The Minister of The Interior is hereby authorized
empowered, in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
10 e GoTe qPGne guc snf land T and waller u r eau estate HSS a an properly PC ~
NAV be required for the use and maintenance Of the Homo
lulu nI " Water Works. for laying down pipes, building dams,
and tanks on and through the lands extending from
the reservoir on the land of Kahookane, in the district OF
and thence mauka to the ridge OF mountains lying
between the district of Honolulu and the district OF Kaueohe
IN the Island Of oahu. and any where between the ridges that
bound Nuuanu Valley"
Approved this 18th day of July, A. D. 1874.
KALAKAUA Il.
IN 4CT-To amend Sec tion l Of an Act entitled "An
Act TO authorize the Minister IF the Interior 10 take
Possession of Whatever Land and Rdter may be required
tor the Use Of he Honolulu Water Works" approved on
the lsth August, 1860, and an ended the 18th July, 1874
Be IL enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of
the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature Of the Kingdom as
sembled
SECTION 1. That Section Of an Act entitled I" An Act to
authorize the Minister Of the Interior to take possession Of
whatever land and water may be required for the use of the
Honolulu Water Works." approved the 18th August, 1860,
and amended the 18th July, 1874, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows
.SEc.l. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized
and empowered, in accordance with the provisions Of this Act,
10 enter upon and take possession of and hold for the use of the
Government, such land and water, real estate and property,
saving and excepting the water springs Of Kunawai, Wailua-
kio. and Kanewai, as may be required for the use, maintenance,
Increase, and development of The Honolulu Water Works, in
the way of laying water pipes, digging water leads, building
dams and reservoirs, and reserving forest land, or land for the
growth of forest vegetation, on the southren and western slopes
Of the Konahuanui range of mountains in the district Of
Honolulu, and lying between and including the eastern side OF
Palolo Valley and the western side Of Kahhi Valley, with all
spurs and gulches of the said slope between the said limits"
Approved this 3rd day Of August, A. ID ISIS:
KALAKAUA II.