The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-01
ACT Ia.
An act Relating to the Settlement
of Boundaries of Lands, Provid-
ing for the Appointment Of Com
missioners Of Boundaries, and
to Define Their Duties.

to Define Their Duties.
Be it enacted by the Executive and
Advisory Councils Of the Republic of
Hawaii:
Section /. 1t shall be the duty of the
President of the Republic, with the APP
prevail of the Cabinet, to appoint one or
more Commissioners of Boundaries to
hold office during his pleasure; and he
shall have power, with such approval,
TO fill vacancies caused by death, re-
moval. or other cause. There shall not
be more than one Commissioner for each
judicial circuit, and the same person
may be appointed for one or more cir.
cults.
Section .. All owners of Ahupuaas
and portions of Ahupuaas, Ills and por-
tions of Ills and other denomination of
lands within the Hawaiian Islands,
whose lands have not been awarded by
the Land Commissioners, patented or
conveyed by deed from the King or
Government, by boundaries decided in
such awar, patent or deed, may file
with the Commissioner of Boundaries
/ for the circuit in which the land is sit
uated, an application to have the bound
aries of said land decided and certified
| to by said Commissioner or his successor
| in Office. The application shall state the
name of the land, the names of the ad
/ Joining land or lands, and the names of
the owners of the same where known,
and it shall also contain general des-
cription, by survey or otherwise, of the
boundaries as claimed
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
Commissioner, on receipt of such appli-
cation as above provided, TO notify the
owner or owners of the land, and also
those of the land adjoining. of the time
when he will be prepared to hear their
case. Further, it shall be the duty of
the Commissioner to advertise for not
SIS than three weeks in at least one
English and one Hawaiian newspaper a
notice OF the locality to be adjudicated
on and the date and place of hearing.
The Commissioner shall receive at such
hearing all the testimony offered; shall
go on the ground when requested by
either party, and shall endeavor other
wise to obtain all information possible
to enable him to arrive at Il just decision
as to the boundaries of said lands.
Upon giving a decision, the Commits
sioner shall therein describe the bound
aries decided on by survey, by natural
typographical features, or by permanent
boundary marks, or partly by each; and
he shall have the power to order such
surveys and marks to be made or erected
as he may consider necessary, at the eX-
pense of the parties in interest, but he
shah in no case alter any boundary des-
C bed by survey in any patent or deed
from the King or Government, or in
any Land Commission Award.
Section 4. Any party deeming him
self aggrieved by the decision of the Com.
missioner may appeal therefrom to the
Supreme Court within thirty days from
the rendition of the decision, and with
in said period shall pay all costs accrued
and shall deposit with the Commissioner
a good and sufficient bond to the Clerk
of the Supreme Court, in the sum of one
hundred dollars, conditioned for the
payment of costs further to accrue in
case of defeat; provided however, that
any landowner absent from the Repub-
lie, and not represented by an authori
zed agent within the Republic shall
have the right OF appeal for one year
from the rendition of said decision.
Section 5. Whenever any person