The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-02-10
sY AUTHORITY.

KING:
Being DESTROYS of c1memorating tn
gsent OF Our Coronatj. to The Throne c
hawaii, and of mar-stlng Our apprecia
uon of services rend ed to Our country an
Ourselves, to Ouysuccessors, and to Gu
people; and havip for this purpose resolve,
to establish an oder of Merit, do by virtu,
OF the authors in Us vested by the 35tl
Article of Or Constitution. decree as fol
lows
ARTICLJ 1.-The Order of the Crown o
Hawaii IL hereby established for the re
eOmpepss of distinguished merit and ser
vices rendered to the State, or to O1rselve:
or Our successors.
ARTICLE 1.-THE reigning Sovereign
shal At all times, be the Grand Master O
the Order, or whoever shall i'm His name,
or by special commission preside as such.
ARTICLE IH-The Order Of the "Crown
of Hawaii shall consist Of seven grades:
LIST Class-Grand Cross.
o2nd >, Grand Officer.
sn,r.7d - Commanders.
be SOL. . Officers.
y.arsofb, Companions.
Honolulu. 4 LIST Class-Gold Medal.
Upset md End ~CIass-SiIver Medal, Civil.
annuaIIyICLE IV.-Tbe number of the Fist
JOr Grand Crosses shall not exceed
DePary The number Of the End Glass or
Grand officer shall not exceed twenty-five.
The number of Commanders or 3rd Glass
shall not exceed thirty. The number Of
Officers that Of t~hirty-five, and Companions
forty-fve. The Gold Medals are for those
who have served twenty wears in the Mill
tary. and the Silver Medals for those who
nave served twenty years in the Civil Ser
vice of the country.
ARTICLE V.-The Decoration of the
Order granted to foreigners shall not be
reckOned in the number of the above Arti-
cles set forth.
ARTICLE VI.-The administration of the
affairs of the Order is committed to an Ex-
ecutive Committee, the nomination of
which We reserve to Ourselves and Sue
cessOrs. One of the Executive Council
shall be the Grand Chancellor of the Order,
the nomination of whom we reserve to Our
selves and to Our Successors; and there
shall likewise be a Secretary and Treasurer
nominated by Ourselves or Our Successors
from among the member of the Executive
Committee. wis shall assist the Grand
Chancellor; and the signature of the said
Secretary shall be equivalent to that of the
Chancellor i'm case of absence or illness
ARTICLE VII.-Distinetion of all Glasses
of the Order shall be granted without NOM
nation, on the personal decision of the
Reigning Sovereign alone. And such de-
cisiOn of the Sovereign to- such appointment
may be siven i'm the Executive Council of
the Order or otherwise
ARTICLE VITI.-The Grand Council shall
consist of all the members of the Order
resident within the Kingdom, and shall be
- a.. IGf 1nU of m
airy, or any other day appointed by the
Sovereign, unless said day shall fall on
Sunday, i'm which case the meeting shall
take place Oh the day previous or OIL the
Monday following; andit shall be the duty
of the Chancellor to cause due notice to be
given Of the hour and place of such meet
ing.
ARTICLE IX--ExtTaOrlinary meetings of
the Grand Council will be held at any time
when the Sovereign may desire it; but the
Grand Chancellor will give notice of such
meeting at least twenty avs previous to
the day appointed for meeting.
ARrICLE X.-The Grand Council shall be
the Council on which the Sovereign viii
alter or add to any regulations of the Order
should IL be found inexpedient for any
reason that the Grand Council should meet
on the LIST day Of January, the Chancellor OF
the Order will give written notice of the
stponeme to all members residing in
the Kingdom.
ARTICLE XI-ShouId any member be
guilty of any conduct which may render
his expulsion from the Order advisable, he
shall be tried before the Grand Council
duly convened. Any person so a~rraigned
shall have reasonable notice IN writing OF
the charges so preferred against him, and
shall have every opportunity to defend him
self. and shall be finally, IL the charges pre-
ferred against him be proved, condemned
and deposed only on a vote of a majority of
those present voting by ballot III |
ARrIcLE XII.-Should any member, be
ing within the city of Honolulu, or within
or where the Grand Council is called to be
convened, when duly notified, fail to
attend the Council, or neglect to send, in
writing, a sufficient cause or excuse there
for. he shall pay to the Treasurer a fine OF
twenty dollars.
prrcE XuI.-The Chancellor shall be
tbaK eeuer of the Seal OF tine Order, which
aid seal shall be impressed upon all
Dinlomas of the Order and the Diplomas
hal be countersigned by the Chancellor,
or In his absence by the Secretary, or In case
of the absence of both, by some Ferson espe-
ciaIIv authorized by the Sovereign from
among the member Of the Order holding
,ha -.ok az Grand OFFICER To sign for the
Chancellor.
ARTICLE XIv.-The Insignia OF the Order
hall he for the Grand Cross. a Maltese
C-oss with the Arms of the Cross enameied
in white. On the shield is a figure OF a
crown in gold. around the edge Of the shield
- lords aOrder Crown Of Hawaii" Be
tween the arms of the Cross and shield are
liver rays, with a. Gordon Of white aud
hIns 1ibbon. and suspended on the end of
the Gordon under a bow a cross Of the grade
of knight Commander.
The Insignia for Grand Officer shall be a
.,sr 81 one quarter of an inch less in diane
than the Grand Cross, with a Gordon of
u,hits and blue ribbon an inch less in width
-.L - aho Grand CrDss-but Without