The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-20

An Act to pay in part Judgment
rendered under an act of tn,
legislative assembly of the Territory o.
Hawaii for property destroyed in sup.
pressing the bubonic plague in said
Territory in eighteen hundred and nine.
ty-nine and nineteen hundred. and au-
thorizing the Territory of Hawaii to
issue bonds for the payment of the re-
naming claims.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-,
bled. That the sum of one million dol
lars is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated. to pay in part the judg-
ments rendered under an act of the
legislative assembly of the Territory of
Hawaii by the fire claims commission
of that Territory for property destroy
ed in the suppression of the bubonic
plague in said Territory in the years
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and
| nineteen hundred.
Sec. 2. That the governor and secre-
tary of said Territory are hereby au-
thorized to issue the bonds of that Ter
ritory in such sum. not exceeding five
hundred thousand dollars, as. together
with money hereby appropriated, may
be sufficient to pay all of said judg-
ments. Said bonds shall be payable in
gold coin of the United States of
America of the present standard weight
rate of four per centum per annum,
payable semiannually, apd be redeem
able in not less than five years and
payable in not more than fifteen years
from the date of issuance. The princi-
pal and interest of all bonds shall be
exempt from any and all taxes, and
the payment thereof shall constitute a
charge on the revenues of the Territory
of Hawaii. Said bonds shall be sold
at not less than their face value, and
the pTOEtCQS SUdll Dc dpPllGO
to the payment of the judgments afore-
said and to no other purpose. and they
shall be of such form and denomina-
tions and be issued and sold under such
rules and regulations as the Secretary
of the Interior shall prescribe
Sec. 3. That under no circumstances
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
agreements providing for payment of |
less than ten per centum the payment !
shall not be increased above the per-
so agreed upon. Before any
such judgment shall be paid hereun-
der 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
demands against said Territory or the
United States on account of any prop
,rty destroyed in the said suppression
II the bubonic plague
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take eff
ect from and after its passage.
Approved. January 20. 1903.
Below are the rules and regulations
governing the issue and sale of per
ent bonds of the Territory of Hawaii
lnder the Act of Congress approved I
January 20. 1908:
Department of the Interior,
Washington, March 2. 1903 s
BY virtue of the authority contained q
a the Act of Congress entitled AN Act r
D pay in part judgments rendered un- I
er an act OF the Legislative assembly c
{ the Territory of Hawaii for property e
estroyed in suppressing the bubonic L
Iague in said Territory in eighteen a
undred and ninety-nine and nineteen a
and authorizing the Territory a
f Hawaii to issue bonds for the pay S
tent of the remaining claims APPROX n
4 January 20. 1903, the following reg c
Iations are promulgated governing the C
ale of bonds of the Territory of Ha- p
ali to be issued by the Governor and
ecretary of said Territory under the p
oove mentioned Act of Congress. a
As soon as practical hereafter the V
overnor of the Territory of Hawaii o
lall give public notice that sealed s.
will be received at the office O.
the Secretary of the Territory of D