The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-29

approaches, not to exceed the sum of
one million dollars: Provided, That such
building shall be erected on any public
site in said city, provided there is in
said city such suitable public grounds
for said public building. In the event
of no such public grounds being avail
able, then proposals for the sale of land
for said site shall be invited by public
advertisement in one or more of the
newspapers of said city of largest cir
culation for at least twenty days prior
to the date specified in said advertise
ment for the opening of said proposals.
Proposals made in response to said
advertisement shall be addressed and
mailed to the Secretary of the Treas
ury, who shall then cause the said pro-
posed sites, and such others as he may
think proper to designate, to be eX-
amined in person by an agent of the
Treasury Department, who shall make
written report to said Secretary of the
results of said examination and of his
recommendation thereon and the rea-
sons therefor, which shall be accom-
panied by the original proposals and
all maps, plats, and statements which
shall have come into his possession re-
lating to the said proposed sites.
If, upon consideration of said report
and accompanying papers, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall deem fur
Their investigation necessary, he may
appoint commission of not more than
three persons, one of whom shall be an
officer of the Treasury Department,
which commission shall also examine
the said proposed sites and such others
as the Secretary of the Treasury may
designate, and grant such hearings in
relation thereto as they shall deem
within thirty days after such examina-
ton, make to the Secretary of the
Treasury written report of their con-
clusion in the premises, accompanied by
all statements, maps, plats. or docu-
ments taken by or submitted to them
in like manner, as hereinbefore provid-
ed, in regard to the proceedings of said
agent of the Treasury Department; and
the Secretary of the Treasury shall
thereupon finally determine the loca-
ton of the building to be erected.
The compensation of said commits
sioners shall be fixed by the Secretary
of the Treasury but the same shall not
exceed six dollars per day and actual
travelling expenses: Provided, however,
That the member of said commission
appointed from the Treasury Depart
ment shall be paid only his actual
travelling expenses.
A Bill to ratify, approve, and confirm
an act duly enacted by the legislature
of the Territory of Hawaii, to authorize
and provide for the maintenance and
supply of fuel and Illuminating gas and
its by-products in Honolulu.
Whereas the legislature of the Terri
tory of Hawaii did, by an act duly
passed at the nineteen hundred and
three session thereof, authorize w. w.
Dimond, his associates, SUCCESSORS, and
assigns, to manufacture and supply
fuel and Illuminating gas and it's by
products in Honolulu; and
Whereas the governor of said Terri
tory did approve said act on the fif-
teenth day of April, nineteen hundred
and three; and
Whereas the Act of Congress to pro-
vide a government for the Territory
of Hawaii, approved April thirtieth,
nineteen hundred, provided that the
leg stature of the Territory of Hawaii
shall not grant to any corporation, as
soc,aiion, or individual any special
privilege or franchise without the ap-
proval of the Congress of the United
States Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
III use of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the act of the legsla-
ture of the Territory of Hawaii entitled
AN act to authorize w. w. Dimond,
his associates, and assigns to manu-
facture and supply fuel and illuminat-
ing gas and its by-products in Honolu-
Ill.," approved by the governor of the
Territory April fifteenth nineteen hun
dred and three, be, and the same is
hereby ratified, approved, and confirm
ed, the said act being in Words and
figures as follows, to wit:
"ACT NUMBERED THIRTY.
"An act to authorize w. w. Dimond,
his associates, successors, and assigns,
to manufacture and supply fuel and
gas and its by-products
in Honolulu.
"Be it enacted by the legislature of
the Territory of Hawaii, That w. w.
of Honolulu, island of oahu,
Territory of Hawaii his associates,
successors and assigns, or such cor
as he or they shall cause to be
Incorporated under the laws of the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii Che or they being
referred to as w. w. Dr.
mond, are hereby authorized and en-
gas for use as a fuel. for Illuminating
purposes, and otherwise, In Honolulu,
which, for the purposes of this act,
shall be held to include all that portion
Of the island of Oahu extending from
the westerly limits of Moanalua to the
extremity of said island,