The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-11-11
AN ACT
To FACILITATE THE COLLECTION OF DEBTS FROM Gov
EMINENT BENEFIoIARIEs

Be it Enacted By the King and the Legislature of the
Ha,oaiian Kingdom:
SECTION |. Any officer or employee or other person
in the service of the Hawaiian Government in receipt
Of or entitled to salary stipend wages annuity
pension from the said Government any Department.
Board Bureau thereof SHALL for the purposes of this
Act and of any proceedings hereunder be known and
described as Government Beneficiary, hereinafter
denominated such Beneficiary.
SECTION q The salary, stipend wages, annuity or
pension of such beneficiary may be attached for and
applied in the payment of his debts in the manner
prescribed in this Act
SECTION g. The creditor of such beneficiary may
bring his suit against his debtor and his petition
declaration allege to the best of his knowledge: 1.-The
Office or employment held or pursued by such benef-
CARY under what Department. Board Bureau of
Government, where he is resident and where chiefly
employed; 2The amount of the monthly salary, wages
stipend the annual salary pension annuity
of such beneficiary; 36The name and location of the
officer of Government through whom such beneficiary is
accustomed or entitled to draw his salary stipend
wages, annuity or pension.
SECTION A. In his prayer for process such creditor
may include request to the Court Magistrate issu
ing the to insert therein direction to the officer
serving the to leave true copy thereof (which
shall be attested by the Marshal his Deputy, some
Sheriff. Deputy Sheriff Captain of Polce( with the
officer in whose hands the salary stipend, wages
ty pension of such debtor sought to be attached
provided in Section of this Act such officer being
hereinafter named the Garnshee.
SECTION s. Service of such copy upon such garnshee
may be made in any of the manners here described
namely If he i've have Office in the district in
which such process issued by the officer handing such
copy to him in person. by leaving it in his Office in
charge of deputy clerk other employee or
attachee of such Office if he live in district other than
that in which such process issued by handing such
copy him in person by depostng it in the nearest
postoce in sealed envelope post paid and addressed
to such officer at his accustomed post-of6ce. ~
SECTION g. In case of service upon such garnishee if
served by officer, his certificate of such service
specifying the particulars thereof shall be pina taee
proof of such service and shall be ample for the pur
poses of Section of this Act from the time when such
copy shall be handed to- be left in the Office of such
garnshee, or shall reach him or his Office by mail
SECTION z Service of process upon such beneficiary
may be made has been usual shall be provided in
the case of civil suits in general
SECTION s. It shall not be incumbent upon such gar
nishee to appear any Court file any to such
process but the trial of such suit may proceed all
respects as though sucn arnsnee mad not been included
in the suit But from the time of the service of such
copy upon such ganishee it shall be unlawful for him
to pay cause permit to be paid to such beneficiary
as shall be named in such copy than seyentyfve
per cent of the salary stipend wages annuity PEN
sion which shall then be- shall thereafter become
DUE owing payable to such beneficiary, until the suit
against him shall have been Withdrawn dismissed or
the Judgment obtained against him. therein if any,
shall have been fully paid with legal interest thereon
either of which events as the may be, shall be
certified by the Court in before which suit or pro-
ceedng has been pending The amount or amounts
withheld from such beneficiary in pursuance hereof
shall be deemed sequesered in the hands of the Gov
ernment from the time of such service such garni
shee Provided that shall be thus sequestered
in advance of final Judgment than shall be sufficient to