The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-30
LAND LAW OPINION.

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LAND LAW OPINION.
The opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral in the matter of allowing filings
on village lots and agricultural tracts
as proposed for the settlement asso-
! Citations is adverse to the plan, the Law
specifying that an application may be
made by one individual for one lot
The opinion in full was received by
Sub-Land Agent Williams and is as
follows:
In reply to your request for ar
opinion as to whether or not you, as
Commissioner of Public Lands, have a
right to survey and set apart portions
of public lands in such a manner that
intending settlers under the provisions
of Sections 313 to 316 may take up as
one holding two lots, one house lot,
and the other an agricultural lot in the
immediate vicinity of the house lot,
but not actually a part of the same,
I would advise you that the statement
in your letter in which you call the
attention of this department to lines
| to IL, Section 316 Revised Law, and
wherein it is provided that applicants
may apply for one lot, is complete
answer to your request in this connec-
| ton.
Section 313, Revised Laws, provides
| that you may, with the approval of the
| Governor, cause to be set apart suita
| BILE portions of public lands for the
occupation of such persons as may de-
| sire to obtain holdings under the right
of purchase leases and cash freeholds'
portion of the Public Lands Act. Sec
! tion 313 further provides that such
| lands shall be selected only from agri-
cultural and pastoral lands and shall
| be laid out in lots of not over 100
acres in first-claSs agricultural lands,
! etc.
Section 316, Revised Laws, as stated
by you. provides that any qualified
person who is not an applicant for any
other interest in land under the pro-
visions of the land laws, may apply
| for one of said lots for his own use
| and benefit, either as a right of pur-
chase lease or as a cash freehold.
1.-THE words one of said lots mean
a compact parcel of ground. A tract
| OF agricultural land, say 25 acres in ex-
! tent i'll conjunction with a two-acre
| tract not connected herewith, could
not by any construction be deemed
one lott
The opinion is signed by Deputy At
torney General Milverton and is ap-
proved by E. C. Peters, Attorney Cen
eral.
BAD EGGS CONVICTED.
Antoine Lopez, ten years: F'lorian
Garcia eight years: Ramon Bias, eight
years-such was the sentence passed
by Judge Parsons of the Fourth Cir
cult Court on the three Porto Ricans
for their brutal robbery of the Japa-
nese Ugiro, at Olaa. last March 10.
The trial commenced on Friday last
and was finished on Saturday, when
the jury brought in verdict OF
guilty, and sentence was passed Mon
day afternoon.
J. u Smith, who had been appoint
ed to defend made the best of very
bad case, but the evidence as marshal
ed by Assistant County Attorney Aluli
was altogether too strong. The first
two prisoners mentioned broke into
Urigo's house at 3 a. m, stole trunk
containing a quantity of clothing and
passed it out to the third man. whose
sentence as an accessory was the same
as the others except that Lopez, the
ringleader, got an extra couple OF
years.
lowed by a worse crime, for which
Lopez and Garcia are yet to be tried.
BRITHER SCOT FETED.
The members of the Hilo Burns Club
were the very enthusiastic hosts of
Robert Forbes of Waiake9, and his
bride on Saturday evening at the
rooms in Spreckels block. The club
turned out in full force, and what with
merry songs, splendid dancing, speech
making of particularly high order,
and excellent eatables and drinkables.
the occasion was made a joyous one.
Mr. and Mrs Forbes had spent their
honeymoon at the Volcano and were
captured on their return to town. The
big clubrocm was filled when they ar
rived, and there they were formally
presented with marble clock and
dinner set. while Mrs. Forbes was
given a special cut-glass set by the
members of the club. Forbes, who is
eloquent enough when it comes to play
ing the pipes, was almost lost for
words when it was a matter of thank
ing his friends on behalf Of himself
and his bride. An impromptu concert
followed, speeches of most congrat- |
uiatory nature coming between songs.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
The excavation for the foundation of
the new High School building, carried
down to the solid rock. depth of be-
tween and 8 feet, and that for the !,
basement, were finished some days |
ago Engineer Tom Cook considers
it a mistake not to make fun base
ment under the building, as the ex-
pense of excavating would be small. |
the earth is needed in grading-up and |
the basement room could be advan- |
tageously used.
ITEMS
Mrs. Albert Horner of Paaui1o is Wis
iting Mrs. Jarret T. Lewis in this city. !
She expects to leave soon for Cali
fornia, in company with her two sons,
who return to ST. Matthew's College
at Burlingame
D. Thaanum foreman of the Herald
office, arrived back from six months
trip to Denmark by the steamer Maui