The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-07-25
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

BE it Enacted By the King and the Legislature Of the
Ho'caiion Kingdom.
SECTION l. The Minister of the Interior is hereby
authorized to appoint three competent persons for each
port OF entry IN the Kingdom, any other place, II
necessary, who shall be designated Commissioners of
Agriculture, and from time time, when such Offices
become vacant to appoint competent persons to Till the
same.
One of the three members of each commission shall
be appointed chairman majority of the members OF
each commission shall constitute quorum, and have
power to act
SECTION q 1t shall be the duty of such Commissioners
to seek to prevent the introduction into this Kingdom
OF any plant disease blight insect pests injurious to
any tree trees, plant plants vegetaton and to
seek to exermnate any such diseases blight insect
pests now existing or hereafter introduced.
They shall have the power to enter upon any premises
where they have reason to believe there is any tree
plant, vegetation affected with any disease, blight
insect pest and to take all reasonable and proper steps
to prevent the spread of any such disease blight
insect pest and after due trial uch trial to be not
longer than ten days. it is found by said Commissioners
of them, that the trees plants vegetation
not be cured the blight destroyed that then and in
such he or they may order the same destroyed.
SECTION g. The master of any vessel entering any
port of this Kingdom from foreign port on which
there shall be any plant to be landed in this Kingdom
shall Immediately upon arrival notify the customs
officers of such fact and such officers shall at
the Commissioners to be notified and shall not permit
the plant any of the soil containers coverings
connected with the same be removed from the vessel
until of the Commissioners shall have in
spected and passed the
SECTION a. Whenever after careful examination and
attention Commissioner shall have reason to believe
that any plant imported from foreign port is affected
with any disease, blight insect pest, he shall report
the to at least other Commissioner and if any
two of such Commissioners shall decide that such plant
is affected they shall such plant to be utterly
destroyed, together with it's contaner and coverings
and shall dispose of the SOIL if any, in which such plant
was imported in such shall destroy any dis
ease blight insects which may be in the same.
SECTION s. 1t shall be the duty of every person to
report Immediately to the nearest Commissioner any
tree plant or vegetation about his premises
or the premises of another which he shall have
to believe affected with disease blight insect pest
SECTION g. The Commissioners for the Island of Oahu
subject to the approval of the Minister of the Interior
may make such regulations for the Kingdom as they
Judge necessary for the public safety in the prevention
of the introduction spread of plant diseases blight
and inspect pests Due notice of all such regulations
shall be given in the Hawaiian English, Portuguese,
Japanese and Chinese languages.
SECTION Any person violating any of the provisions
OF UnlS ACU, OF Oh vi
ers after the same shall have been duly approved and
published shall be deemed guilty of msdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof before any police District
Magistrate shall be fined not than one hundred
dollars
SECTION s. The Commissioners shall continue in
office during the pleasure of the Minister of the INTERIOR
and shall without pay but they be allowed
such reasonable expenses the Minister of the Interior
shall approve.
SECTION For the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this Act the Commissioners of Agriculture
for the Island of Oahu shall be and hereby invested
with full power to apporton and disburse all sums of
money that shall be appropriated by the Legislature for
this purpose All drafts upon the public treasury for
expenditures under this Act shall be drawn by the
Chairman of the Commissioners for the Island of Oahu,
and countersigned by the Minister of the Interior.
SECTION TO- This law shall take effect from the date
of its passage
Approved this 18th day of July A. D. 1890.
KALAKAUA REX.
By KING:
G. n. SPENCER,