The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
OTHER LEGISLATION.
MULTIPLE HOMESTEADING.

OTHER LEGISLATION.
MULTIPLE HOMESTEADING.
The policy of the land law system
being to create homes upon the land,
the Commission recommends that no
applicant should be permitted to take
more than one lot for homestead pur-
poses. After an applicant has once
exercised his right, he should not be
again allowed to apply. This provi-
sion should also extend to those who
have applied have been awarded lots,
and have abandoned their agreement
without a bona fide effort to fulfill all
of its terms. Such a provision tends
to prevent speculation and carries out
the true doctrine of the homestead
law; that the land is taken for home,
and not to enter on and sell, and
again enter on and sell. That no hard
ship may be visited on those who
have already taken land, not knowing
that such a provision might be there
after declared to be law, and which
knowledge might have Influenced
them in their choice of land, the Com
mission deems it advisable that such
provision apply 20 such applications
or titles perfected on such applications
as may be made from and after Jam
uary 1, 1909 Neither wife when nus
band has applied, nor husband when
wife has applied, should be permit
ted to make application.
CITIZENS.
Only citizens or those eligible to be-
come citizens should be considered as
eligible to make applications for gov
eminent land. Those eligible for citi-
zenship must in the case of the Home
stead Agreement nave become citizens
! before the expiration OF the term of
their agreement and in all cases be-
fore a patent is issued to them, other
wise the land should be forfeited to the
government. Neither aliens nor the
wives of aliens should be permitted to
apply for, acquire or own or hold by
llease or otherwise any government
land or rights under any of the land
laws of the Territory relative to gov
eminent lands. In this connection the
Commission recommends that the
form of oath set forth in Section BAT
R. L. H. be amended so as to include
persons applying for land under the
Homestead Agreement and also so as
to contain declarations that the appli-
cant is applying for the ;and with the
! intention in good faith OF making the
land his homestead and not for the
purpose of speculation and that the IT,
tie which he may acquire will inure
to no other person than himself.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The Commission recommends tina
the laws be so amended as to give the
Governor the power to promulgatt
such rules and regulations as may be
necessary and proper for the purpose
of carrying the provisions of the
Land Act as amended into full force
and effect Such a provision may be
found in the Reclamation Act of June
II, 1902, passed by the Congress oil
the United States. (32 Stat L. 1881
! SHARING IN INCREASE PRICE ON
FORFEITURE SALE.
The Commission recommends the
repeal of that portion of Section 27'
} r. l.. H. which provides that the pur'
chaser may share III the increase oil
! advance on the original price of th'
Z land itself upon a sale on forfeiture o
the agreement. Such a provision pro
notes speculation and offers all IN
, ducement in many instances for tn
J settler to abandon the land, allow tn
: same to be sold on forfeiture sale
profit by the increase and Almost Who'll
hly ignore the conditions of this agree
5 ment. With a liberal administrator
of the law in regard to the assignment
of agreements and the extension o
5 time within which to fulfill condition
] of agreements, all caseA of forfeitur
: tending to cause hardship to the set
t tier may he avoided.
s CLASSIFICATION AND SURVEY.
= Many of the causes of complain
e against the land laws and of failure Q
e the homesteader to make success {
: his venture have arisen through a
d improper classification of lands. Lald
= have been opened FOR settlement 70
/. certain purposes which were not sui.
d able for the purposes for when the
Il were opened. The Commission find
e that the surveys of lands and class
IS fication of the same suitable for sci
i Element purposes, are very incomplet,
II Such data is deemed of the utmost in
!. portance and the Commission ACCORD
e ingly recommends that an approprif
Il ton of $4,000 be made for a con
IS plete survey and classification Of gov
l. eminent lands, more particularly III
n developed land suitable for hom'
stead purposes in such detail thu
IS there will be shown the classes an
character of the land in small area
This work will require not only I'll
E. services of surveyors, but also the Sc
ic vices of men competent 10 classify II
e land under the several heads provide
n by the alnd act In this connectiC