The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-08-07

Clerk of the Supreme or Circuit Court the may
he which shall be noted in the Mechanics Lien Record
SECTION s. The liens hereby provided may after
demand and refusal of the amount DUE or upon
neglect to pay the upon demand, be enforced
bv proceedings in any court of competent jur1s-
diction by service of summons, as now practced
Such summons shall set forth the ordinary allega-
tions in assumpst and in addition thereto note
that lien has been filed Before proceeding to trial,
the defendant shall be served with detailed peclca-
ton of the claim provided that no such specification
shall have been furnished before proceedings were COM
menced Judgment upon such proceedings shall be as
in ordinary cases. and may be enforced by execution as
now allowed In case the contract for services or
material upon which the lien has accrued shall have
been directly with the OF the property an attach
ment NAV issue in connection with the suit upon the
fling of bond of indemnity to the said owner IN such
sum as the Magistrate or Court may fix. If it shall
appear that such bond is insufficient the Magistrate or
Court shall cause bond to be filed for greater
amount or with additional security
SECTION 6. Whenever the work or material for which
lien is filed shall be furnished to any contractor tor
use as set forth in Section the owner may retain from
the amount payable to the contractor sufficient to cover
the amount due or to become due to the person
sons who filed the lien.
Approved this fourteenth day of July, A. D. 1888.
KALAKAUA REX.
By THE KING:
L. A. THURsToN,
Minister of the Interior.
To AMEND SECTIONS !, g. s. Is AND 25 OF AN ACT EN-
TITLED GAN ACT TO REGULATE PROCEEDINGS IN BANK
RUpTcY IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS," APPROVED THE
29rH DAY OF AUGUST, 1884, AND TO ADD TWO NEW
SECTIONS TO SAID ACT TO BE CALLED RESPECTIVELY
SECTIONS "a AND 15A
Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislature Of the
HQoaiiau Kingdom:
SECTION l. That Section / of said Act be and the
same is hereby amended by adding after the word
creditor" the following, cor creditors the total of
whose claim or claims shall amount to- and by striking
out after the word creditor the words to the amount
Of so that said section shall read as follows:
"SEoToN l. Every person owing debts to the amount
of five hundred dollars who shall refuse fail to make
payment Of any of his just demands for ten days after
the same shall mature who shall depart the King
dom with the intent to hinder delay or defraud his
creditors who shall secrete himself keep his house
to hinder delay defraud avoid his creditors or to
hinder or delay the service of legal process for the col
lection OF any debts or VINO snail make any IIauoulehU
or secret conveyance of his property to any person or
persons or make any secret removal other dsposi-
ton of his property for the purpose of hnderng delay
ing or defaudng his creditors may upon the petition
to any Justice of the Supreme Court by any creditor or
creditors the total of whose claim claims shall
amount to two hundred and fifty dollars be declared
bankrupt"
SECTION g That Section of said Act be amended so
as to read as follows:
SECTION s. After the filing of the petition and bond
as provided in Section the Justice shall fix time for
hearing the alleged bankruptcy and notice of such hear
ing shall be made by serving copy of the petition upon
the party petitioned against by leaving copy Of
such petition with agent person transactng the
business of the alleged bankrupt at the last known
place of residence of the alleged bankrupt in such
other manner as the Justice shall direct