The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-05
FIND KNOTS IN
HOMESTEAD LAW


for homesteads He said also that every
applicant was given due consideration
whenever the legal requirements we're
complied with
Campbell said that when applicants
called for division Of one tract the
commissioner had a right under the law
to retain the lands applied for and
grant other property eventually as goo
and situated in the same community.
Something Is Wrong.
Trent said he believed Campbell had
misconstructed the law, and that if
Campbell had not mistaken its meaning,
the law itself was faulty Chairman
Jacob Brown suggested that the in
depreciation of that phase of the law be
left to the attorney.general. Judge An
drade said he believed the law was
plain. and that the commissioner had
discretionary power.
Campbell explained that the law had
not been applied arbitrarily and that
every applicant would be treated fairly.
Trent said he was not so deeply con.
cerned about what the present commits
sioner was doing but he wanted to
safeguard the public interests in the
future as well as during Campbell s
) tenure Of office.
Big City Tract Opened.
At the instance of Commissioner
Campbell all members present-Tient
Brown, Andrade and Dwight-voted TO
open the new tract of government land
formerly known as the Kuwili fshponds
in Iwilei. The tract contains about
eleven acres and will be divided and
. Icpl1t,r,1nI s,4 1n4. &C ~ g.,
with all necessary streets and alleys
This property was a bog two years
ago, when Campbell began the work of
reclamation. Now it has been filed in,
and the board expects to receive a good
price for it. The usual advertisement
3 was waived. The lots will be sold out
\ right.
Victims of Technically.
The Bishop Estate asked that lot
of $4,000 square feet near the old Kau.
makapili church lot be put up for sale
at public auction.
!: In discussing the application, Mr.
Trent said a Hawaiian womP1 had lived
on portion of the lot for about forty
years, or at least it had been held by
one family for that length of time. and
that the occupants had paid taxes on
the property, believing they had clear
title to it. Some time ago several Chi
nese agreed to purchase the lot, but
when they investigated the title they
learned there had been no transfer by
ID the monarchy and the equitable owner:
II, had to surrender it to the government
S. without any recourse.
). Action upon the application of th
s Bishop Estate was deferred in orde
u that the board may be satisfied there i
V. no means of giving the Hawaiian, al
% opportunity to get a part of the lot be
- fore it is transferred to other persons.
= Mccand!ess Wants Lot.
Y, j. s. McCandless applied to the boar,
<, for a public sale of three.quarters o
Q. an acre adjoining his property and be
J. ing part of the old reservoir reserva
ton. McCandless said he thought tn,
ii lot was worth 5000 an acre. He said il
p his letter that he wanted to square hi
\. own property. The board deferred ac
IA ton.
a The board resolved to exchange ] 8,
5, 700 square feet of land on the Island OF
r Hawaii for 1885 square feet at Kaha
$, ma, Koolauloa, Oahu, in compliance witt
IS the application of Mrs Mary L. Foster
Inc lduu dCNulItu Is 10 Dt uStu .IOl
II public purposes.
N Get Tract From Queen.
q The board approved the proposed eX
- change of $4,000 square feet of Ian,
near the Palolo road for similar trac
+r in the same locality owned by Quee
r | Liliuokalani, the acquitted tract to b
h. used for road purposes
/ Mrs. j. V. Marciel asked to have
ILL - I a..
~ put up and sold at auction, in order tina
90 she might have n chance to purchase
to build upon. The sale was authorized
- Relative to the application of tn
"a Kwa Sin Society for a threeacre trad
y, in the Kula district, Chairman Brow
!, er read a letter from the attorney gener'
NJ saying there was nothing of record I
"o show the society was a religious organ
Oh ization. Action upon the applicatio
vi, was deferred.
rs. +. j. Kester's application for the sa
A. of twenty acres of waste land in Wal
cd, nae was approved and the sale of Il
nd lands by Campbell was authorized, pr
Irs "idcd there is no growing timber on Il
r.. land
E. Campbell was authorized to sell
c. half-acre lot MT Kalaupoko, The app
EN-, cation was fled by Henry Peters,
ka. An application for the sale for ca
lhl, of a lot from the Haula homestead
Kaalua was turned down because {
G. board intends to let all that tract
col. as homesteads. The application W
Sr.. made bv Abram Kakai.
ma The board authorized the eXchan
q of a small tract of unsurveyed land
eft the Island of Maui for lot adioini
A the Royal School property, upon t
on,. application of T. b. Lyon. The lot
L. valued at about $500, aGs
w, f. Sanborn asked for the sale
four hundred acres of pasture land
80 Kauai, and his request win be eompli
- with il, after the land has been adv
'S.s' tised, it is ascertained there is no
90 mand for il by would-he homesteade
~. The board meets on the afternoon
ays August 20 to hear the demands n
'3n' complaints in connection with the f
distribution of lands under the n
o,5 law. The members Of the board exp