The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-07

SEC. l. The Commissioners of Pub
lie Lands are hereby authorized and
instructed to cause to be surveyed and
set apart, from time to time, suitable
portions of the public lands for the oc-
cupation of such persons as may de-
sire to obtain homesteads under this
part of this act. Such lands shall be
selected only from agricultural and
pastoral lands and shall be laid out In
lots of not over one hundred acres in
first class agricultural land, not over
two hundred acres in second class agri-
cultural land, not over two acres in
wet land, not over six hundred acres
in first class pastoral land, not over
twelve hundred acres in second class
pastoral land, and not over four hum
dred acres in mixed agricultural and
pastoral land. Convenient roads as to
grade and direction shall be surveyed
connecting such lots with a public
road.
SEC. 2. Upon the completion of any
such survey, a board Of appraisers,
consisting of the Surveyor General,
the sub-agent and the surveyor of
such lots, or if the sub-agent has acted
as the surveyor, q board Of appraisers
consisting of the Surveyor General
and the sub-agent, shall appraise the
same in their discretion at q reasona-
BILE market rate, and report such ap-
praisement to the commissioners by q
written statement clearly referring to
the lots by number as laid out in the
chart of the survey. And the surveyor
shall furnish the commissioners with
copy of such chart, upon which is
clearly marked in figures, within the
lines defining each lot, the amount Of
the appraisement thereof in dollars
and cents, and q similar copy to the
sub-agent, provided that such ap-
praisement may be modified by the
commissioners. Such charts of sur
vey shall be open to public inspection
during business hours, without charge.
SEC. 8. The agent of public lands
shall thereupon give public notice, in
the English and Hawaiian languages,
In newspapers published in such lam
guages respectively, and If he deem it
advisable In any other language in
which newspapers in the Republic are
published, declaring such lots to be
open for settlement according to the
provisions therefor in this part of this
Act.
SEC. 4. Any person over eighteen
years of age, who intends to be a per-
manent resident Of the Hawaiian ISL
ands, who is under no civil disability
for any offense, who is not liable for
delinquent taxes, who has not made
false declaration in applying for land
under this Act, who has not suffered
forfeiture of land for non-performance
Of condition under this Act, who has
not surrendered a certificate OF occu-
patton cor a lease I'm perpetuity with
conditions unperformed under this
Act, who does not own in his own
right in fee any agricultural land not
classed as wet land, nor any pastoral
land in the Hawaiian Islands, and who
is not ON applicant for any other in
teIest In land under the provisions of
this Act, may apply for one of the said
lots for his own sole use aud benefit,
either as q right of purchase lease or
as Il cash freehold.
Provided, however, that any quail
fed person may apply for Que lot OF
wet land in addition to land of any
other description already applied for
or acquired by him under this part of
this act, where such wet land is in the
neighborhood of such other land; and
Further provided, that any person
who owns less than one hundred acres
u first class agricultural land, or less
than two hundred acres Of second
CLASS VI ACSS Ahhh
six hundred acres of first class
pastoral land, or less than twelve
hundred acres Ot second class pastoral
| land, which is not subject to a condi-
tion of residence. and who owns i'm fee
no other agricultural nor pastoral
land, except wet land, shall be COM
peteut to acquire under the provisions
Of this part of this Act so much addi-
| tional land of the C'ass already held
10y him IA together with such land
shall rot exceed in the aggregate the
above mentioned maximum quantity
| for such class; ar shall I've competent
| to acquire additional land of some
other dpscriptiuu, except wet land, In
| the ratio ot twelve parts of second
class pastoral luud, six pa - of Htst
class pastoral laud, Ur two parts of
! second class agricultural lsrd to one
part of first class agricultural Iand,
sufficient To make IA, such ma Nimum
| quantity relatively, according 10 the
class of the new land applied for. and
Further prOvid, that 10 married
woman shall he competent tn apply
| for land under this part of this Act
unless her marriage status shall have
| been affected by q degree ot annul.
| ment, separation or divorce; anu
further provided, that II the applicant
is an unmarried person he shall not be
| permitted TO acquire over seventy-hve
per centum of the respective maxi