The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-18
SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATIONS.

Section 70. Ia case eight or more
| persons who are qualified to apply foI
| homesteads under this part of this Act
| shall form themselves into a settle
| ment association, and apply for hold
| ings in one block of land, the commits
| sioners may in their discretion cause
| to be surveyed lots in one block cor
responding in number to the number
| of persons forming such association, in
agricultural or pastoral land or both,
according to the provisions of this
Act.
Section rs. The provisions of this
| part of this Act shall be followed in
the settlement of such block of land,
and shall apply to all matters relating
to the occupation thereof, and the
rights and obligations of the Govern
ment and the lessees and freeholders,
provided that the notice by the agent
Of public lands declaring such land
open for settlement shall be directed
to such settlement association, and
shall be in one language only; and
further provided that, in case of the
surrender or forfeiture of the holding
Of any member of such association,
such holding, if declared open for set
tlement, shall be open to any appli-
cant under the provisions of this part
of this Act.
Section II. If any lot of such block
of land shall be left for three months
after such block is declared open for
settlement without being taken up by
any member of such settlement asso-
citation, the same may be declared
open for settlement by any applicant
under the provisions of this part of
this Act, or may be disposed of in any
other manner provided in this Act, or
may be reserved for public uses or
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missiOners.
Section rs. In case of a vacancy
occurring in the membership of set
tlement association by the death,
resignation or expulsion of a member
who has not acquired holding in
such block, such vacancy may be
filled by the association with the ap-
proval of the commissioners.
Section 70. An application OF a set
lement association for block of land
shall contain list Of the names, age,
members, whether married or un-
married, and the area which each
member desires to acquire.
OLAA RESERVATION.
Section so. Any person holding
land situate in the Ahupuaa Of Olaa,
District of Puma, on the Island OF Ha-
waii, under lease from the Commis-
sioners of Crown Lands, not reserving
rent for the first three years Of such
lease, may at any time after the first
payment of rent, when all the condi-
tions of such lease to be performed by
the lessee previous to such time, shall
have been substantially performed by
him, receive from the Sub-Agent
upon applying therefor and paying to
him the requisite deposit money a
Right of Purchase Lease or Freehold
Agreement at the option of the appli-
cant, for any portion OF his leased
premises not over a hundred acres in
extent lying not less than two hum
dred and fifty feet from the Volcano
road, and with a front toward the
Volcano road if contiguous thereto not
longer than the front of a fifty acre lot
as laid out by the Olaa survey
provided, however, that every
Right of Purchase Lease or Free
hold Agreement furnished upon such
an application for premises contiguous
to and fronting toward the Volcano
Road shall include a strip connecting
such premises with the Volcano Road
and approximately at right angle
thereto, which shall be located as the
applicant shall desire, and shall be not
over four hundred feet wide. Upon
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Lease or Freehold Agreement by such
person, the premises therein described
shall be thereafter free from the stipu-
latiOns of such Crown lease, which
shall, however, remain in full force rs
to the balance of the premises de-
ecribed therein.
Section 81. Upon the application of
any corporation which at the date of
the approval of this Act is in posses