The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-04

THE HAWAIIAN STAR,
The Court is authorized to entertain
claims for actual losses of property
only, and claims for speculative or con-
sequential damages, or for rents, loss
of the use or occupation of property, or
loss of profits through the interruption
Of business, will not be considered.
A majority of the Commissioners
shall constitute a quorum and may hold
Court for the transaction of business,
! but all final judgments, as well as in
terlocutory rulings, must be concurred
in by three Commissioners.
The Court shall have power to APP
point a clerk, whose duty it shall be
to keep a record of all claims filed, pro-
ceedings had thereon and the final
judgment entered by the Court and to
receive all moneys paid into Court, who
shall give a bond in the sum of 81 OOG
to the Minister of Finance for the
| faithful accounting thereof. to be ap-
proved as to sureties by the said Min
lister, and who may administer oaths
and afTirmations.
The Court shall have authority to
employ one or more stenographers and
such interpreters as may be necessary,
and all evidence transcribed from the
notes taken by said stenographers
shall be considered the final record,
subject to correction, of evidence taken
on each claim. 1t may also appoint
bailiff and janitor.
In case of a vacancy in the Court the
same shall be filled by the President OF
the Republic of Hawaii by a new ap-
pointment, and in case any Commits
soner is unable to sit at any time for
causes, as applicable to judges OF the
Circuit Courts, and the presence of such
Commissioner is necessary to consti-
tute a quorum of the Court, his place
shall in like manner be temporarily fill
ed, and the person so appointed shall
receive the compensation due to the
position during the time he so acts.
The Court shall have power to make
rules for the conduct of the work be-
fore it within the scope of it's author
ity.
The Commissioners may administer
oaths and affirmations.
The Court shall have Jurisdiction to
hear and determine all claims founded
upon actual losses caused by the burn
ing of Chinatown in Honolulu, which
are filed before the LIST day of June,
A. D. 1900, according to the general
principles of law applicable to Hawai-
ian courts, except as the same may be
modified by the provisions of this or
der.
The said Court shall sit in Honolulu,
holding one session, which shall be
opened as soon as practicable after the
publication of this order and public
notice shall be given of the time and
place of converting. The said session
shall continue as long as may be nee
essary for the prompt disposition of
the business of the Court, provided that
brief adjournments may be made from
time to time.
The said Commissioners and the off,
GERS and employees of the said Court
shall be entitled to receive such pay as
may be provided by the Council OF
State.
No person shall file or prosecute in
the Court of Claims any claim for or
in respect of which he or any assignee
of his has pending in any other Court
or before any Department in Washing
ton, before the Congress of the United
States, or the Legislature of Hawaii,
any suit, process, plea or petition with
relation thereto.
All claimants and persons admitted
to practice in the existing Courts of
the Republic of Hawaii shall be en-
titled to appear and represent claim
ants before this Court
The said Court shall have the same
power now possessed by the Circuit
Courts as at present established, to
compel the attendance of witnesses, to
compel the production of books, papers
and accounts, to administer oaths, to
punish persons guilty of contempt be-
fore the Court, and to do all such other
acts and to take all other steps neces-
sary to carry into effect all the powers
hereby granted or which may be neces-
sary for the promotion of justice in
matters pending before it.
Each claim must be brought before
the Court by the person who was the
owner of the property destroyed at the
time of the destruction thereof, by an
itemized statement in the English lam
guage of the loss sustained, the situa-
ton of the DropertV at the time of its