The Hawaiian star., 1906-04-28
NEW RULE FOR
COURT FUNDS

GRAND JJRN'S INVESTIGATIONS
CAUSE PROMULGATGON OF A
NEW ORDER.
A new rule for the handling Of Cir
cult Court funds was promulgated by
the First Circuit judges yesterday. IT.
is understood to be a result of the
Grand Jurys investigations OF the de-
partment, in connection with the Kel-
lett alleged embezzlements and other
matters. The rule is as follows:
"AI moneys hereafter paid into
court shall be delivered forthwith by
the clerk who receives it to the clerk
of the Judiciary Department, by whom
it shall be deposited forthwith in the
First National Bank Of Hawaii to the
credit of the clerk of the judiciary
Department. and it shall not be with
drawn from the bank except upon
drafts signed by him and countersign-
ed by a judge of the court.
/ "All moneys heretofore paid into
court and not paid out to the parties
entitled thereto, including moneys now
in the said bank to the credit of the
Circuit Court of the First Circuit, shall
be paid over Immediately to the clerk
of the judiciary Department to be dis
posed of as provided i'm the case of
moneys hereafter paid into court; the
account of the court with said bank
shall be closed and the order requiring
deposits to the credit of the court is
repealed.
Proper books of account including
cash book and ledger, shall be kept by
the clerk of the Judiciary Department,
in which shall be entered all transac-
tions i'm regard to such moneys.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY,
-. r. DE BOLT,
"W. ]. ROBINSON"
Judges of the Circuit Court of the
First Circuit.
Honolulu, r. H, April 27, 1906
This rule supercedes a rule made by
Judge Humphreys shortly after he took
the bench, as follows:
1T is hereby ordered that all moneys
paid into court whether voluntarily as
by way of tender, or upon the order
of one of the judges, shall be immedt-
atey deposited by the clerk receiving
Bank of Hawaii. to the credit of the
Circuit Court of the First Circuit, and
such moneys hall not be withdrawn
from the said bank except upon
draft of one of the judges of this
court and attested by clerk of the
court and the seal of the court. 1t is
further. ordered that a copy Of this rule
be furnished the said bank and that a
copy of the same be pasted in the pass
book to be furnished the court by said
bank
"a. 5. HUMPHREYS,
First Judge.
Promulgated Octobed 49, 1906
The Humphreys rule served to sep
arate Circuit Court funds from general
department funds with which they
. were mixed up when he made the rule
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; business, or open a shop, if she choose
and transact business with customers
, in the ordinary way the only stipula-
5 ton being that against her signature
! on any document must be added the
} words Queen of England"
One of the most curious points about
= Queen AleXandra's position is that She
! is not recognized in law as a married
t woman. A law was passed in Georgian
e times to this effect because it wa:
l found that the King had so many af
fairs of his own to attend to that h,
D could not be troubled with those o
l his wife. Accordingly today the Queer
= is the only woman in the country wht
lis not amenable to the married wo
mans property act" and whateve
' debts she might incur she alone woulc
.be responsible for them and her cred
ftors would have 10 claim whateve
upon the King.
This law seems ambiguous when
is remembered that the King cannot b.
sued in a court of law, but so it re
mains. Queen Alexandra is therefor
represented in the courts by her owl
attorney general and solicitor general
This, however, has not always been tn
case In former times the Queen Con
sorts debts We're the Kings, and m
one could legally recover them, bu
then her financial affairs were man
aged differently.
Her husband was paid so much
year by the state, and he allowed he
whatever he liked to spend AS oftei
as not he allowed her nothing at all
with the result that the consort wa
compelled to contract debts which coult
not be recovered and so became un
popular William III, however, alter
ed all that. He allowed his consor
One-tenth share Of all money derive
by the grant of a franchise and tn
same amount from the revenue of tn
crown lands, and this pocket money
which ran into large sum every year
was called Queens money.
1t was not until William " came t
the throne that Queens money wa
done away with, and the present excel
lent system of 4roviding the Quee