Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-15
Marriage License Commission
ers to Number of $50 Mil
Have Permits Revoked
BUT ONE OFFICE WILL
BE OPEN AFTER NOV. ]
New Order Of Things Expected
to Result in Loud and
Long Protests

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cupid's easy course In the territory
IN directing his pr0teges To his agents
who are known BY their signs as CON
missioners to grant marriage licenses
Is 10 be made much more difficult. II
other words, about $50 commissions
10 issue marriage licenses are TO be
cancelled the first Of the month.
Territorial Treasurer Conk'lne
made this announcement today, hax.
ing sent notices to the coDmiss sioners
that their licenses are to be revoked.
Acting on the advice OF Attorney
General Th6yer. beginning with the
first Of November there will be only
one commissioner 10 each judicial
district.
Thomas TreadWay win be the only
man authorized 10 issue marriage u
censes II HonoIulp after the first Of
the month. IN place Of there being
SO agents on Oahu. there win be but
six-one h Honolulu, one In Eva, one
IN Waianae, one In Waialua, one In
Koolanloa and one IA Koolanpoko.
with the exception Of Treadway, all
the commissioners on the island are
deputy tax assessors The same Is
true on the other islands. with the ex-
cepfion Of MoIokai, where n. r. Hitch.
cock and J. d McYeigh are the com.
missioncre.
Protests Are Expected.
Loud protests are expected p be
heard when the news Of the feroca'
tiont Il heard. Many Of the co1nmis.
el0ns were Is<1e1 n the early days q
the terfilory end small fortunes have
been made out of . few while r.
ether cases they have been dikused or
the holders have died
conkl'nf.t action WAS llf1t cohsld-
erred when c1ses of Erete misuse q
The kconlnissI6ns reached him. AZ
different time. Ne h6b found where
Inc commissions have been used as !
means of graft 81 fofcing persons te
marry a fear of prosecution on 3
criminal charge
On oct. IL. ctRkline sent notices
TO ali the peri holding commits
sions that after tie 6rst Of the month
their right 10 grant marriage licenses
would be. dancelIed. and ! few days
later he made the new appointments
which are given below.
During the last session Of the legis
{ lature, section 1107 Of the Revised
Laws was amended so that Il nov
reads that persons wishing to marTy
must obtain . license from the com
missioner IN the district in which tht
marriage is to be celebrated Form
erly, the statute read that It should
be obtained from q commissioner II
the district
Il was upon the meaning Of tn.
amendment thai Thayer was aslxet
to give an opinion He advised tha
as tae word ''the" had been ssubstitut
cd for "a, 2 II plainly meant that thers
was to be but one commissioned to !
district.
Improvement Of System.
While there may be loud protests
heard against the change. at the sarls
time II Is already being recognized
that the change will be an improve
ment over the present system as
better and closer check can be KEEP
on the acts Of the commissioners
s"I have received many complaint
OF the present system stated Conk
ling. In many cases commission
or has granted license to persons no
OF legal age; and have heard of In
stances where graft was practiset
through the medium Of the commits
S sion. =
The following are the new commits
sioners, whose appointments hav
been made by Conkling under date o
October l3:
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City and County of -Thos
Treadway, Honolulu: s.. Il. Kekuma
no, Eva; w. D. Holt. Waianae: Ed
ward Hore, Waialua: Joseph KekukI
Koolauloa; Henry Cobb Adams. Koo
laupoko.
County Sof Hawaii - Fl. J Lyman
Puma: George Dawson, Kau; g. II
w. Hitchcock, Hamakua; L. p. Lir
coin. South Kona; James Ako, Mort
Kona; Moses Koh, South Kohala; v
p. McDougall. North Kohala; w. g
Kaihenui, South Hilo; E. Kaeha Ks
iva, North Hilo.
County OF Kauai Charles Blak'
Thine: M. r. Teyes, Hawaiian: ]
X. Kapuniai. Waimea; L. B. Bore
iko. Hanalei; A. G.. Kaulukou, L
hue
County Of Mauai Jas. N. X. Kt
ola. Wailuku; Geo. III. Dunn, Laha
ma: w. n. Haia, Hama; Edgar Mo-
ton, Makawao: H. r. Hitchcock, Mt
1okai
County of Kalawao J. d. MI
Weigh, Kalaupapa.
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