Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-09

new form of conditions upon which
land will be sold in the future. He
has been in consultation with Land
Commissioner Pratt, Attorney Gen
eral Hemenway, and Secretary of the
Territory Mott-Smith for the last few
days relative to the new scheme
which, after careful study of the
mainland laws, as compared with
ours here, and after picking out the
features which have proven good in
both, has been evolved.
| The new land sales agreement is
one that is suited for typical Hawaii
land, and for some land that is fitted
for only one phase OF agriculture, one
out-of-the-ordinary other agreements
will have to be formulated. The con-
ditions of the new agreements are
modelled to n great degree after those
that are in use on the mainland on
the land which is being reclaimed.
The amount of land that will be CIV
en- under these agreements will vary
according to the kind of land. Gov
ernor Frear had the following to say
of the special agreements:
"The object of the conditions are
to make 1t as easy as possible for q
bona fide settler to secure land for
settlement and cultivation. and as
hard as possible for the mere specu-
lator to get 1t. We have therefore
heightened the time that must elapse
before a title can be secured. This
will make 1t less and less tempting
for the mere Spectator. or the man
who simply wants to get the land to
sell to someone else. We have re-
duced the percentage of arabic land
that must be in cultivation in the
early years to an amount that any
bona fide settler would naturally be
expected to bring under cultivation.
Instead OF requiring house to cost
"a certain amount to be built on the
land, during the first year he can
live In any kind of a house he choos-
es, a grass house IL he wants to, and
devote more of his available resources
to cultivating the land and to bring
ing 1t into state where 1t will sup
port the settler.
Under the form of agreement that
has been in use the settler must have
D per cent. Of the arabic land under
cultivation at the end of the second
year, and fifteen per cent. additional
at the end of each subsequent year
until the end OF the sixth. when he
must have 10 per cent. of the arabic
land under cultivation. Under the
new form 10 per cent. only is re-
quired to be under cultivation at the
end of the second year and so per
cent. at the end of the sixth.
Instead OF three and a half years
residence during the first six years,
five years residence during the first
ten years is required, thus giving the
settler more leeway at the time he
needs 1t most"
The following Is the new form of
agreement as 1t has been formulated:
Territory of Hawaii. Special Agree.
ment No. -. (sale on time payment) +.
This agreement, made this :. day of
............, 190..., by and between
...........,. Commissioner of Public
Lands OF the Territory Of Hawaii
hereinafter called the Commissioner,
and .......... OF ........, County of
.........., Territory Of Hawaii, here.
matter called the Purchaser,
Witnesseth: That Whereas the
Commissioner, with the consent OF the
Governor Of Hawaii, has set apart for
sale at public auction, under Part w,
Section H. of Land Act 1895 (Section
276, Revised Laws OF HawaiD, upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, that certain land designated
as Lot No. ...., Government Survey
Registered Map No. go. :, situated at
.........., County Of .........., Ter
ritory of Hawai-, more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
And Whereas at such auction sale,
previously advertised as required by
law and held In ........, Territory of
Hawaii, on the 80. day OF .........,
l9O..., said .............. being the
highest qualified bidder, became the
purchaser OF said land for the sum of
........ dollars, and has this day
paid to the commissioner the sum of
........ dollars. being five (5) per
cent. of said purchase price, as re.
CURED by the conditions of said sale.
Now Therefore, the commissioner,
In consideration Of the above pay
ment, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, and of the covenants
and conditions hereinafter set forth
to be observed and performed by the
purchaser, hereby authorizes and EN-
powers the purchaser to take mmed-
ate possession of said land and to oc.
cupy and use the same subject to the
following covenants and conditions.
In addition to the five 60 per cent.
paid as aforesaid, the purchaser shall
pay to the commissioner five 90 per
cent, of the purchase price two (2)
years after the date of sale, and five
80 per cent. of the purchase price at
the end of each year thereafter until
the entire purchase price shall have
been paid; provided, however, that