The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-16


To Amend Article 6 Of the Civil Code and
Chapter IS of Session Laws of 1878 relat-
ing to the Postal Laws of this Kingdom
BE 1T by the King and the
Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian
Islands in the Legislature of the Kingdom
assembled
SECTION /. That Section 398 of the Civil
Code is hereby amended to be read as fol-
lows:
SECTION 39S. The Postmaster General
shall appoint Postmasters in such port,
cities, towns and villages as the public
wants may require. He may also by and
with the consent of the Minister of Interior
fix and arrange the compensation of said
Postmasters in cases where from the nature
Of the services rendered by them it may be
reasonable or needful to allow them such
compensation.
SECTION 2. That Section 4O1 of the Civil
Code is hereby amended to read as follows
SECTION 4O1. No ship or vessel arriving
at any port of these Islands where a Post
office Is established, shall be permitted to
report, make entry or break bulk until the
master or commander shall have delivered
to the Postmaster at such port all letters di-
rected to any person or persons within this
Kingdom, which under his care or within
his power shall be brought in such ship or
vessel except such as are directed to the
owner or cOnsignee of the ship or vessel, and
he-POstmaster To whom such letters shall
be delivered shall pay to said master or
commander as remuneration therefor such a
sum of money as by the rules and regula-
tions of the Universal Postal Union may be
necessary, and it shall be the duty of the
Collector or other officer of the port en-
powered to receive entries of ships or yes
sells to require from every master or COM
mandcr of sIch ship or vessel IN oath OF
affirmation purporting that he has delivered
all such letters except as aforesaid. And if
any commander or master of any ship or
vessel shall break bulk before he shall have
complied with the requirements of his Ar
ticle, he shall on conviction thereof before
any court forfeit for every such offence "a
sum not less than one hundTed dollars nor
more than five hundred dollar=, and in de
fault of payment his vessel shall he liable
to seizure, condemnation and sale in order
to satisfy such penalty. The master or
agent of any ship or vessel about to leave
any port of this Kingdom for any foreign
port shall give due written notice of the
day and hour of tile intended dep rtnre to
the Postmaster of such port, and shall make
oath or affirmation of such notice before
the Collector of the port before receiving
clearance papers.
SECTION 3. That Section 404 of the Civil
Code be and the same is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That Section 413 of the Civil
Code is hereby amended to read as follows
SECTION 413. For the greater security of
letters and other mailable articles posted
for transmission in the mails of this King
DOM, the General shall be and
he is hereby authorized and ordered to es-
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of such letters and other mailable articles
on application of parties passing the same,
and require from such parties the prepay
ment Of u registration fee of ten cents on
every such letter or article, provided how
ever that such registration shall not render
the POst-ofice department or its revenue
liable for the loss of such letters or articles
or the contents thereof as far as the inter
island mails are concerned. But in case of
the loss of a registered letter or article sent
in any foreign mail-eXcepting, however,
in CAGES of force majeure-the Postmaster
General Is hereby authorized and directed to
pay as an indemnity the sum of ten dollars
for each and every letter and article thus
lost as provided by the rules and regulations
of the Universal Postal Union.
SECTION 5. That class 2 of Section 4 of
Chapter Is of Session Laws of 1878 is hereby
amended to read as follows
CLASS 2. On all newspapers, pamphlets,
almanacs, calendars, corrected proofs, hand
bills, magazines, maps, sheet music, occa-
sional publications mot bound) posters and
other publications mot bOund) designed
primarily for advertising purposes or free
circulation, one cent for each four ounces or
fraction thereof; where such matter is sent
to or received from any foreign country, two
cents on each two ounces or fraction there
of. Newspapers published in the Hawaiian
Islands and mailed from the Office of publ
cation to the subscribers, free in the inter
island mails.
SECTION 6. The Postmaster General by
and with the advice and consent of His
Majesty the King i'm Privy Council, is here
by authorized to adopt and adhere to any
and all the rules and regulations now
adopted, and ia force or that hereafter may
be adopted by the Universal Postal Union
whether or not the said rules and regula-
tiOns shall or may cause an increase or de-
crease in either the income or expenditure
of the POSt-bffice.
SECTION z. This Act shall take effect
and become a law from and after the date
of its approval.
Approved this 9TH day of August A. ID.
1882. septic 1t) KALAKAUA REX.