The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-02

Be it enacted By the Legislature of Territory of
SECTION l. A Commission of five disinterested and
petent Citizens Territory of Hawaii of whom at least
one shall Attorney of the Supreme Court shall be
to hear and investigate all claims
for damages may presented by who suffered
loss property destruction under orders of the Board
of Health or in by said Board
with suppression of the Bubonc Plague in the
Territory Hawaii by the spreading of the confagraton
of January 20th 1900
SECTION q The Governor shall days after
passage this Act nominate such Commissioners, which
shall be subject the confirmation of the Senate
the Territory and of the said Commissioners shall be
appointed the Commission by the Governors and
the Senate shall fail confirm nomination, the Gov
within three days after such rejection submit the
of another other nominees The Governor shall have
power any which may from time time
Commission subject to the confirmation of the Senate
of Territory if be then in session.
g. The said Commission shall give public notice
organization that such claims for damages be
presented filed for it's consideration, by publication of
such notice in the English and Hawaiian languages.
SECTION A. The Commission shall, in daily public session
during hours may designate and
place. place shall given
Herewith render their decision and judgment of allowance
modification disaowance of any claims submitted to them
SECTION s. The Commission shall have power TO appoint
Clerk stenographer Baf and Interpreters shall have
the power which conferred the Circuit Courts
the attendance witnesses production of
books papers, and punish guilty
tempt and make all rules and regulations for
duetng it's business Each and the Clerk of the
Commission shall authorized to
take affrmatons
after rendering it's deci
upon the claims submitted decision
entered in Record of Judgments which judgments shall be
signed by majority Commissioners such udg
ments shall be final and appeal lie therefrom
The judgment shall show
1. Date of judgment.
Date of filing claim which it is rendered.
B. Name of claimant where assignment of the claim
has been made, the of the Assignee.
Kind of property alleged to have been damaged de-
stroyed
5. The facts found and the amount by
mission.
SECTION z. No claim for speculative consequential
damage, loss of of property, loss
profits through interruption of business any loss
cept for the destruction of direct damage property by
fire removal shall be considered by the COMMISSIONS
shall such claim be considered at all unless presented to
and filed with the Commission within four months of the pub
LEGATION provided for in Section of this Act
SECTION s. All claims shall be filed in duplicate by the
Claimants their ssgnee and shall be verified by their
respectively if claimant be deceased minor
the claim shall be presented by his legal representative
SECTION 8. Each claim shall contain temized statement
in the English Hawaiian language the sustained
the date of the loss and how occurred the of the
property lost and its situation at the time of its ios
the loss of destruction of damage building
he of the of the land whereon it stood and the
nature of the interest the Claimant his Assignee
building. In of the for which the
property insured the the insurer much
Insurance was paid thereon shall Be stated.
SECTION TO- The judgments recorded provided in
ton OF this Act shall be paid of the following appro