The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-29

said or to aid or abet such leaving
whenever it shall appear that the per-
son, persons or corporation against
whom the injunction is sought are
without sufficient property liable to
execution within the Territory of Ha-
wall to respond in damages for said
inducing, enticing or persuading SER
wants or laborers to leave their en-
ployment as aforesaid or for aiding
or abetting such leaving as aforesaid
or otherwise that the complainant is
without plain, adequate and COM
plete remedy at law
Regulating Emigrant Agents.
A third bill which made it's appear
ance in the legislature is the follow
] ing:
Section 1. Any person who indi-
vidually or acting through or for an
other or others, is engaged in solicit
ing, inducing, procuring or in hiring
laborers to go beyond the limits of
the Territory of Hawaii, whether I'M
der promise of employment or other
wise, shall be deemed an emigrant
agent within the meaning of this act.
Section 2. No person shall ENGAGE
in business as an emigrant agent with
out first obtaining a license from the
Treasurer of each county or city and
county in which such business is en-
tered into or carried on. No such
license shall be issued until the appli-
cant therefor shall have complied with
the following conditions:
First: He shall file with said
Treasurer a sworn statement of the
person or persons employing him and
the place to which it is proposed that
laborers shall be sent or taken and of
the nature, terms and conditions of
the employment or inducements to be
given laborers he may recruit
Second. He shall file with said
Treasurer a bond in the penal sum of
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars $685.
00000) running to said Treasurer and
his successors in office conditioned
that he will in all respects comply
with the provisions of this act and
that he will satisfy any judgments
which may be rendered against him in
any actions either at common law or
under statute for enticing, inducing or
persuading laborers from their en-
ployers or for inducing labOrers to
break their contract of employment
Third: He shall pay an annual
license fee of Five Hundred Dollars
$500 OO). Every such license shall
be issued subject to all rules, regula-
tons, conditions and restrictions
which may be subsequently imposed
by law.
Section g. Every emigrant agent
shall before any laborer recruited by
him leaves the Territory of Hawaii reg
lister in the office of the Treasurer
the name, age, nationality of each lab
orer recruited by him, the name and
address of the last employer of such
laborer, and the date and cause Of his
leaving his employment, together with
statement of the proposed place OF
/ employment, if any, the nature, terms
Z and conditions of the employment
promised and inducements offered to
said laborer together with certificate
of some person qualified as an inter
prefer that such statement has been
by him read to such laborer in the
language of his nationality, A charge
of fifty cents (5Oc) shall be made fol
each name so registered
Section 4. Every emigrant agent
shall give a bond in the sum of One
Hundred Dollars ($1OO .OO) to each
and every laborer recruited by hin
conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of any contract or promise made
with or given to any labOrer so re
cruited. A duplicate original of eacf
and every bond shall be filed in the
office of said Treasurer before sale
laborer leaves the Territory of Hawaii
together with receipt of the labore
showing that said bond has been de
livered to him.
Section 5. No emigrant agent shall
recruit and take away from the Terri
: tory of Hawaii any minor without tn
written consent of the parents o
f. guardian of said minor and said emt
grant agent shall file a copy of SAT-
written consent in the office of sal
y Treasurer.
70 Section 6. Any bonds given or re
of quired under the provisions of thi
act shall be subject to approval bot
as to form and sufficiency by sal
Treasurer, but no such bond shall b
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