The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-10
FIRE CLAIMS:

about to be crowned with complete
success.
The act provides as follows:
'In the House of Representatives De-
cember H. 1902, Mr.. Knox introduced
the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Claims and order
ed to be printed afterwards rccommit-
ted to the Committee on Territories.
A BILL:-To pay in part judgments
rendered under an act of the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of Hawaii for
property destroyed in suppressing the
bubonic plague in said Territory in
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and
nineteen hundred, and authorizing the
Territory of Hawaii to issue bonds for
the payment of the remaining claims.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled That the sum of one million
dollars is hereby appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, to pay in part the
judgments rendered under an act Of
the legislative assembly of the Terri
tory of Hawaii by the fire claims COM
mission of that Territory for property
destroyed in the suppression of the bu-
bonic plague in said Territory in the
years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine
and nineteeng hundred.
Sec. 2. That the governor and Sec
retary of said Territory are hereby au-
thorized to issue the bonds of that
Territory in such sum, not exceeding
five hundred thousand dollars, as, to-
gether with the money hereby appro-
priate1, may be sufficient to pay all of
said judgments. Said bonds shall be
payable in gold coin of the United
States of America of the present stand
ard weight and fineness, shall bear in
terest at the rate of four per centum
lper annum, payable semi-annually,
and be redeemBble in not less than five
years and payable in not more than
| fifteen years from the date of issuance.
The principal and interest of all bonds
shall lie exempt from any and all tax
es, and the payment thereof shall con-
| stitute charge on the revenues of the
Territory of Hawaii. Said bonds shall
| be sold at not less than their face val
ue, and the proceeds thereof shall be
applied to the payment OF the judg-
ments aforesaid and to no other pur-
pose, and they shall be of such form
| and denominations and be issued and
sold under such rules and regulations
as the Secretary of the Interior shall
prescribe.
Sec. 3. That under no circumstan-
ces shall any such judgment claimant
or anyone claiming through him, be re-
quired to pay, nor shall any attorney
Or agent be entitled to charge, demand,
or receive, directly or indirectly, more
than ten per centum upon the amount
recovered as compensation for services
or labor of any kind or character in
the prosecution or establishment OF the
claim, and in cases of contracts or
agreements providing for payment of
less than ten per centum the payment
| shall not be Increased above the per-
centage so agreed upon Before any
such judgment shall be paid hereunder
| the governor of said Territory must
certify that the same is genuine and
was duly rendered in pursuance of the
act of the legislative assembly of the
Territory; and the payment of said
judgments shall be in full satisfaction
and discharge of any and all claims or
demands against said Territory or the
United States on account of any prop
erty destroyed in the said suppression
of the bubonic plague"