Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-05-06
approval.
Approved this 26th day of April, A. d. 1905
G. r. CARTER,
Il Governor of the Territory Of Hawaii.

IL Governor of the Territory Of Hawaii
---. ACT e5. 49,
AN ACT
To AMEND SECTIONS 20oG 20e1 2oo3 OF CHAPTER 1873
REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, RELArixo 70 Sux.'
MARY PROCEEDINGS RscovKs PossEssIos OF LAND,
AND ADDING New Section THEsrro TO Bs KNowx As
SRcrIoN 2097 A.
Be Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawa
SECTION l. That Section 5000 of the Revised Laws of Ha
wall is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2O90 The person entitled to the possession Of the
premises may apply to any District Court by written
plant setting forth his of action and such District Court
shall hereupon issue writ in the form used for original
in civil actions in such court whereby the
defendant shall be summoned the complaint Of the
plaintiff for that the defendant the of the
lands tenements in question: describing those which behod
unawfuy and against the right of the plaintiff and other
declaration shall be recognized issued Such
ton be brought and district where the
lands and premises in question: any part thereof
situated Provided of the defendants shall be
found and served with such district such
premises be in the and occupancy of corporation
such service may be made within such district any drec
tor or the manager Of such corporation.
any defendant cannot be found and served within such
district service be made upon such defendant in any part
of the Territory, and the trial Of the action shall be delayed
pending such SERVICE and during days thereafter provided
that such trial need be delayed for this purpose after the
appropriate officer shall return and certify the that
any defendant named in such be found within
the Territory. If defendant individually sued any d.
manager of corporation which shall be made de-
PENDANT in such action shall hold residence within such district
such action may be brought in district within the Judicial
Circuit where such premises any thereof situated the
election of the plaintiff"
SECTION @ That Section 2Oo1 of the Revised laws Ha
waii is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Secton 2O91 Such summons shall be served either:
l. By delivering the defendants to whom shal be d.
reced and each of them (where there than
and director the of defendant corpora
on who be found within the district where such premises
thereof situated wherein such action has been
mence true copy of the complaint and of the in
such action and at the time showing him them the
original copy thereof certified to be such, the hand
of the District Magistrate of such district
In the that defendant cannot be found and
served herenabove in this Section provided within such dis
trc service may be made any district in the Territory
If it shall appear by the certificate and return of the
appropriate officer in the of defendant that such de-
PENDANT Ike found served with process within the Ter
ro service such defendant be made according to
the special order Of the District Court but such order shall in
any include direction to such officer to leave true and
aesed copy of such complaint and with agent
manager luna other employee of mature years of
such defendant provided such agent manager luna
other employee be found upon such premises if
upon said premises then elsewhere within such district and
such order shall further include direction to afx in
spcous place upon such premises upon the wall of
shop dwelling other building thereon and if there bs
such building then upon other permanent object
thereon fence such true and aested copy of such
complaint and and trial shall be had except by
of all the defendants until days after such copies
shall have been delivered affixed in this paragraph pro-
vided And such magistrate SHALL before making such ORDER
diligently inquire whether such defendant has any agent 9th
representative without such district and within the Terri
tory and if it shall appear that such defendant has such agent
other representative such order shall further require that
and atesed copy of such complaint and be de-
posted postage paid in the post office nearest to such District
Court addressed to such representative wherever he
may be within the Territory"
SECTION 3. Section 2O03 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii
is hereby amended to read follows:
Secon 2O93 Any District Court before which such action
may be pending for the recovery premises may upon
request of either party adjourn the hearing of the suit for the
of enabling such party to his witnesses when
shall appear be necessary but such adjournment shall in
exceed ten days unless upon consent of all parties Pro
vded however, that the trial of such action shall proceed
without the of defendants until ten days after service
of complaint and summons in this Chapter provided
where service has been made upon all of the defend
ants within the district where such action is pending"
SECTION A. Section is hereby added to Chapter
1873 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii be known Section
2O97 A., and to read as follows:
"Secton 2O97 A. Nothing in Section 1851 of the Revised
Laws of Hawaii shall be construed abrdgng the right of