The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-19

shall violated shall forthwith forfeited
of public land and be recovered BY Terri
action OF eectment other appro-
pirate proceeding And noncompliance with the of any
such certificate lease agreement of the law applicable
thereto shall work forfeiture OF all rights Hereunder and
entite the with the approval of governor
with without legal process notice demand previous
entry possession and thereby determine the estate
Provided That the limited for compliance anv such
may be extended by the commissioner with
approval upon its appearing that effort has made in
good faith to comply Herewith
The persons entitled take under such certificate
agreement may be determined by drawing or lot
public notice hereinafter provided lot not
taken or taken and forfeited or any lot or part thereof sur
rendered with the of the commissioner which is here
by authorized be disposed of application less
agreement without further notice The notice any SALE
drawing allotment of public land shall be by publication
for oerod of not less than sixty DAYS in one or more nes
papers of general circulation published in the Territory
The commissioner with the approval of the may
give who has who and whose predecessors
have improved parcel public land and resided
thereon not less than years Immediately preceding the date
of application preference right purchase
parcel and such adjoining land reasonably be required
for home fair price to be determined by three disin
eresed appointed by the governor the determine
deemed just and reasonable be dsregarded.
"The commissioner may Also with such approval issue for
on or person persons corporation representing it,
patent for parcel OF public land occupied continuously for
not less than heretofore and still occupied by
church site under the laws of Hawaii.
mo sale for other than homestead purposes and
change by which the Territory shall convey land exceeding
either forty FIVE thousand dollars in value and
lease of agricultural land exceeding forty area
shall be made without the approval of twohird of board
appointed provided eighty of this Act and until
the legislature otherwise provides said board shall consist
OF members and its members be appointed for of
four years.
"A lands in the possession of Terri
tory shall hereafter be managed by the commissioner except
such shall be set aside for public purposes hereinafter
PROVIDED all sales and other dispositions of such land shall be
made by the commissioner under his direction, for which
necessary the land be transferred to his
department from other department by direction of the
and all and deeds of such land shall issue
from the Office Of the commissioner who shall countersign
a thereof. o
Territory in exchange for other lands that subject to the
lands laws of Hawaii amended by this Act shall, except
otherwise provided the subject
to such laws if they had previously been public lands of
public purposes withdrawing the same shall be made by
the and lands while aside for such purposes
roy The commissioner hereby authorized perform any
and all prescribe forms of oaths and with the approval
and said board make such rules and regua
tons be and proper for the purpose of
the provisions of this section and the land laws of Hawaii
into full force and effect"
repealed
Sec 7. That section eightyfour of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec "a. That person shall as judge juror in
any case in which his relative by affinity by consangnty
within the third degree interested either plaintiff
defendant in the issue of which the said judge juror has,
either directly through such relative pecuniar in
terest; shall judge which
he has been counsel appeal from decision
judgment rendered by him. and the legislature of the Terri
tory may add other OF disqualification to those herein
enumerated"
Sec 8. That section ninety-one of said Act is hereby
Sec o. That, except otherwise provided, the public
property coded and transferred to the United States by the
Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation,
approved July seventh eighteen hundred and nineeight
shall be and remain in the possession and control of the
government OF the Territory OF Hawaii and shall be main
tanned managed and cared for by it. its until
otherwise provided for by Congress- taken for the uses
and purposes OF the United States by direction of the Pes
dent OF the of Hawaii And any such public
property taken for the and purposes of the United
States be restored previous status by direction OF
the Presidents and the title such public property IN
the and of the Territory for the OF
water electric and other public works penal charitable
scientific and educational Institutions cemeteries hospitals
parks highways wharves landings harbor improvements,
public buildings other public purposes required tor any
such purposes be transferred to the Territory by drec
ton OF the President and the title any property trans
ferred to the Territory may thereafter be transferred to any
city other political subdivision thereof by direction
OF the when theeunto authorized by the legislature
Sec That section ninetytwo of said Act hereby
amended to read follows:
Sec That the following officers shall receive the fol-
lowing annual salaries be paid by the United States The
governor, thousand dollars the secretary Of the Terri
tory five thousand dollars the chief justice of the
OF the Territory six thousand FIVE hundred dollars the
justices of the supreme thousand dollars