The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-20

Rules and Negotiations IoE LcPoA7 So
Kokuas Living at the Leper Settle
ment on MoIokai, Promulgated in
Accordance to section 5 Il of Chapter
xxxiiI of the Laws of 1870, and Sec
ton of Chapter Xxi. OF the Laws OF
1888.
SECTION ALI lepers and kokuas are
required to live in an orderly and peace
able manner, and to respect the laws oil
the Hawaiian Islands as well as the
rules and regulations OF the Board OF
Health and lawful orders of the Super
intendent.
SEC. 2-Lepers SHALL not leave the
settlement except on an order from the
Board of Health, under penalty OF pun
ishment by fine not to exceed twenty
five dollars (s25), or imprisonment not
to exceed thirty days with or without Ia
Dor as the case may require.
SEC. 3-Lepers shall not scale or climb
up the pals without permit from the
superintendent, and then not beyond
the limits prescribed by the Superintend-
ent.
SEC. 4-Lepers and kokuas shall not
enter or live on the kuleanas or In the
houses owned by the kamaainas at ka-
laupapa or other portions of the settle
ment. Any person violating any OF the
above rules will be liable to fine not
exceeding (s2O) twenty dollars, or i'm
prisonment with or without labor for
term not to exceed (40) forty days.
SEC. 5-All able-bodied lepers are re-
quired to keep the surroundings OF their
houses clean and to whitewash or cause
to be whitewashed the houses In which
they live, which are not painted with
oil paints, inside and outside, twice
year at intervals of six months, for which
lime and brushes will be furnished. On
failure of lepers to comply with this rule,
without showing good cause, the work
will be done for them at their expense.
SEC. 6-Noises after nine O'Clock in
the evening and disturbances OF the quiet
Of the night are forbidden under pen
atty OF fine not to exceed five dollars,
or imprisonment with or without labor
not to exceed ten days.
Sec. THE inmates of the homes or
hospitals shall conform to the rules and
regulations made by those in charge of
the said homes or hospitals, under PEN
atty of dismissal from the same.
SEC. S-Lepers are permitted to build
houses for their own use, and to select
building sites. subject to the approval OF
the Superintendent of the Settlement;
provided, however, that if at any time
the Board o. Health desires any such
land for any purpose, the Board shall
have the right to remove any house
moving shall be borne by the Board and
the Board shall pay to the owner OF the
house all actual damage caused him by
reason of such removing.
Sec. 9-They may sell or give away :
devise by will such housea-h.,,t only for
IurEnahsi; - naEEISLTE>=~~-, u"S oiiy iOi
the use and occupation OF other lepers,
and with the knowledge and approval OF
the Board of Health.
Sec. 10-No leper shall be permitted
to build or own more than one dwelling
house.
SEC. 11-Property LETT by lepers who
have died without leaving will, and
who have no legal heirs at the settle
ment will be sold at public auction, and
the proceeds, after Geducting the lawful
expenses, will be remitted to the Presi-
dent of the Board Of Health for the
benefit of the legal heirs of the deceased /;
and If, after due advertisement in an
English and Hawaiian newspaper, no
lawful claimant shall appear, such pro-
ceeds, after deducting the expense OF
advertising, shall be turned over into
the public treasury as government reali-
zations.
SEC. 12-Lepers may leave their per-
sonal property aud effects at the settle
ment by will, but only by written will,
signed in the presence of not less than
two witnesses, one of whom shall be the
Superintendent of the Leper Settlement,
or other officer authorized by the Super
intendent.
SEC. 13-After the death of leper, no
claim for services rendered him will be
allowed, unless proofs are produced, that
the deceased in his lifetime verbally
acknowledged such service in the pres
ence of a credible Witness, or may have
been by him acknowledged in writing,
signed in the presence OF the Superin-
tendent or other officer authorized by
the Superintendent.
Sec. 14-Lepers trusting one another
do so entirely at their own risk, as they
will not be assisted in collecting claims
by the Board of Health or the Superin-
tendent.
Sec. 15-Lepers are allowed to plant
on the lands of the Board of Health, and
to dispose OF their crops without giving a
share to the Board or paying for the use
of the lands. They may select grounds
suitable to the crops they intend to raise,
subject, however, to the approval OF the
superintendent. But no one shall be
allowed more land for his or her own
uee than he or she can cultivate; mol
shall he or she be allowed to transfer such
planting ground to another without the
knowledge and consent of the Superin.
tendent; provided, however, any person
to whom land for planting has been
assigned who neglects to plant on the
same shall forfeit his or her right to the
said land, and such planting ground NAV