Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-25
DIRECTIONS TO SHIPPERS.


and Wilscott. shall be entitled to be
registered as American vessels, with
the benefits and privileges thereto, and
the coasting trade between the Islands
aforesaid and any other portion Of the
| United States, shall be regulated In ac-
cordance with the provision Of law APP
plicable to such trade between any two
great coasting districts.
Citizenship and Standardization
ership of Vessels in Hawaii.
Sec. 100. That for the purpose OF
naturalization under the laws Of the
' United States residence in the Hawa-
iian Islands prior to the taking effect
of this Act shall be deemed equivalent
to residence in the United States and in
the Territory of Hawaii, and the re-
quirement of previous declaration of
| intention to become citizen OF the
| United States and to renounce former
allegiance shall not apply to persons
who have resided in said Islands at
least five years prior to the taking eff
feet of this Act; but al lother provi-
sions Of the laws of the United States
relating to naturalization SHALL as far
as applicable, apply to persons in the
said Islands. tSee sec. 4, supra.)
When the Act will Take Effect.
Sec. 1O4 This Act shall take effect
forty-five days from and after the date
of the approval thereof, excepting only
as to section 50, relating to appropria
lions. which shall take effect upon such
approval.
On compliance with law, vessel de-
scribed in section 90 may be registered,
enrolled and licensed or licensed. as
the case may be, at the home port as
defined by the regulations, Treasury
Department, 1892, whether in Hawaii
or elsewhere in the United States, and
notwithstanding that such vessel may
have been built otherwise than in the
United States. Section 4132 of tho
Revised Statutes Is not applicable TO
such vessels.
Trade between the United States and
Hawaii will be carried on in registered
or enrolled and licensed or licensed
vessels, of the United States, only.
The regulations governing the
coasting trade between the great coast
| ing districts in the United States are
applicable to the trade between the
| Islands aforesaid and any other por-
| ton OF the United States. These regu-
lations provide that previous 20 the
departure of the vessel, the master
| shall deliver to the collector residing at
the port where such vessel may he, II
there Is one, otherwise to the collector
Of the district compromising such
port, or to a surveyor within the dis
trict, as the one or the other may re-
side nearest to the port at which such
vessel may be, duplicate manifests of
| ha hnl
or II there is no cargo on board. shall
so certify; and II there are any distilled
spirits, or merchandise Of foreign
growth or manufacture on board. other
than what may by the collector be
deemed sufficient for sea stores, shall
specify in such manifests the marks
and numbers Of every cask, bag, box,
chest, or package containing the same,
with the name and place OF residence
Of every shipper and consignee Of such
distilled spirits. or merchandise Of for
eign growth or manufacture and the
quantity shipped by and TO eacn; that
the manifests or certificates shall be
subscribed and sworn to by him; that
he shall also swear, before the solicitor
or surveyor, that such merchandise OF
foreign growth or manufacture was, TO
| the best of his knowledge and belief,
legally imported, and the duties there
upon paid or secured; or. II spirits dis
titled within the United States, that the
| duties thereupon have been duly paid
or secured. Upon the performance of
these provisions, and not before, the
collector or surveyor Is required to GER
| tify the same on the manifests or GER
tificates, one of which he must return
to the master, with a permit thereto
annexed, authorizing him to proceed to
the port of his destination.
The regulations as to entry provide
that the master of every such vessel
shall deliver to the collector residing
at the port where she may arrive, IL
there be one, otherwise to the collector
or surveyor in the district comprehend
ing such port, as the one or the other
may reside nearest thereto. II the col
/, lector or surveyor reside at a distance
not exceeding five miles within twen-
ty-four hours, or, IL at greater dis
lance, within forty-eigh: hours next
after his arrival, and previous to the
unlading of any of the goods brought
in such vessel, the manifest Of the
cargo, if there be any, certified by the
collector or surveyor Of tue district
from whence she last sailed; and shall
make oath, before the collector or sur
veyor, that there was not when he
sailed from the district where his
manifest was certified, and has hot
been since, and Is not then any more or
other merchandise of foreign growth or
manufacture, or distilled spirits, If
there be any, other than sea stores, on
board such vessel, than is therein men
toned; and II there be none such, shall
so swear; and il there be no cargo on
board, shall produce the certificate of
the collector or surveyor of the district
from whence she last sailed that such
is the case. Thereupon such collector
or surveyor must grant permit for
unladinp the whole Or nhrt of such