Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-08
BYAUTHORITY
ACT 1926.
AN ACT
RELATING TO POUNDS.

BE Enacted By the Legislature Of the TERRITORY Of Havai
SECTION t. ESTABLISHMENTS notice 1t shall be the duty of
the Board Of Supervisors Of each county be
structed and apart suitable incosue Enclosures in
each district Of the county for the mpoundng of estray, and
give notice of all pounds established of any change of
location Of pounds existence any newspaper published
in the county in the English and Hawaiian languages.
Section 2. Pound Masters, appointment, removal The
Board Of Supervisors shall appoint suitable persons have
charge of said pounds and such pound shall be governed
by such rules the law may prescribe The Board OF Super
Fsos may at any time remove amy such pound master for
failure neglect to properly perform the duties of his Office
publishing the for such removal if requested to do
by the person removed. pom the petition of twenty-five
payers of any district making charges against any
pound MASTER and asking for his removal the said Board of
Supervisors shall such charges be investigates and
it, upon Investigation, shall appear that such pound master
shall have failed neglected to properly perform the duties
Of pound MASTER the Board of Supervisors shall remove him.
SECTION 3. Accounts, reports Every pound master shall
keep accurate of the business done at his pound
book open public inspection, which book shall be provided
by the Board of Supervisors and he shall make monthly
turns, under oath, to the Board of Supervisors showing his
receipts and disbursements.
SECTION t. Duties compensation. The pound master shall
be responsible for the aekepng and proper of any esy
committed his charge and shall receive for his services fifty
cents for every day that such estay is mpounded from the
of such ostray excepting for sheep and goats for which
he shall receive tive cents per head day lie shall give the
esays sufficient quantity of food and water and any pound
master who shall abuse neglect estrays in his charge
shall forfeit the pound fees which he would otherwise have
been entitled and shall also be liable the thereof for
damages The Board Of Supervisors may however, give such
pound such salary may be deemed sufficient to be
paid out the county funds in which case, all fees collected
under the provisions of this Section after payment of necessary
expenses of detenon shall be accounted for and be deposited
with the County Treasurer county realization
SECTION 5. Application for mpounding No pound master
shall receive estrays until the person wishing mpound the
same shall have signed his a statement setting forth
the number and species Of estrays, locality respasscd upon
of such estrays if together
with the date which they taken and the amount OF
damages and expenses claimed Blanks for such statements
shall be printed and bound i'll book form and furnished to the
pound price by the Board Of Supervisors and
shall be open to the inspection Of the public.
SECTION g. Animals from other districts No pound mas
shall receive into his pound any animal seized for repas
any other district provided there is pound established III
such other district
SECTION T. Estrays If any horse, mule hog, sheep
goat cattle shall be found large and upon the
land of the person having charge of such anma or
found doing damage to the property of private individuals
of the government such animal shall be regarded
estIaY within the meaning of this Act.