Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-18
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THE DISPOSAL OF OR SALE OF
ALL MONEYS, GOODS. WARES
AND MERCHANDISE REMAINING
UNCLAIMED IN THE CUSTODY
OF THE SHERIFF. OR or ANY
DEPUTY SHERIFF., OR TO THE
SEVERAL DISTRICT aAG1S-
TRATE3 IN The CITY AND
COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
Be 1t Ordained by the People Of the
City and County OF honolulu:
POWER TO SELL LOST OR. IN
CLAIMED GOODS.
Section l. Ii shall be the duty CT
the Sheriff OF the City and County OF
Ronolulu and Of the several District
Magistrates. on the first Monday in
January and the first Monday in July.
IN each year, to deliver on account.
verified by oath, to the Mayor and
Board OF Supervisors. OF all moneys.
goods. wares and merchandise then
remaining unclaimed in the custody
OF the Sheriff. or any of his Deputies,
or OF any District Magistrate respect
lively. and Immediately thereafter to
give notice once a week. for four sue
cessiye: weeks, BY publication, in fhe
English language. in one newspaper
Of general circulation, published and
circulated in the City and County of
Honolulu: and also to post In a con
sPicaOus place, OF the postoffice" and
at the. Court house OF the district
where such sale shall take place,
copies OF such printed notice to all
persons interested or claiming such
property, that unless claimed by the
owner, with satisfactory proof of such
ownership, before specified day the
sare will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder. On the day, and
at the place specified in said notice.
all property remaining unclaimed, ex-
cept money. shall be sold at auction
by the officers as aforesaid, or under
his direction. If any goods, wares,
merchandise or ehattels of a perish
allie nature, or which shall be eXpen-
siye to keep, shall at any time remain
unclaimed in the custody of said Off
Ger, it shall be lawful for said officer
to sell the same at public auction, at
such time and after such notice as to
him shall seem proper. The said Of
ticer shall Immediately after the sale
OF any property in accordance here
with, pay to the City Treasurer, as
aforesaid, all moneys remaining I'm.
claimed in his hands as such officer,
and all moneys received by him upon
such sale. - ~gz=,.:.
PROPERTY TO BE DELIVERED TO
CLAIMANT-WHEN.
l. Section 2. 1t shall be the duty Of
said officer, whenever he shall OBJ
tain possession of any stolen or lost
property, on his receiving satisfactory
proof Of the ownership of such prop
erty, to deliver such property to the
owner thereof, OF. his duly authorized
agent, on his paying all necessary
and reasonable expenses which may
have been incurred for the pres
erVation or sustenance of such
property. But no. property shah
be sold L., or delivered in pursu.
ance of this or the preceding
section, II the Sheriff or any City and
County Attorney, rtany Court OF Dis
trict Magistrate shall direct that it
shall remain unsold or delivered for
the purpose of being used as evidence
in the administration of justice.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND
. OPIUM, EXCEPTED.
Section 8. The foregoing sections
shall not be construed to provide for
the sale of Intoxicating liquors with
out the payment OF a license fee, or
the giving of a bond as required by
Act 119 of the Session Laws of 1907,
or to sanction the sale of opium.
OPIUM AND fLIQUOR-HOW DIS
POSED OF.
Section 4. Prior to making his
ssIni-annual report, the Sheriff shall
collect all the opium in the hands OF
himself, or any. Deputies in any dis
trict in one central locality, and shall
destroy the same by fire or other
effective means in the presence Of
the District Magistrate of Honolulu.
/ Whenever statutes shall render I'M
lawful the sale of liquor in posses
sion of the Sheriff, he is hereby Az
thorized to destroy such liquor in the
presence of the District Magistrate of
Honolulu.
The Sheriff shall include a report
Of such proceedings in his report.
WHEN EFFECTIVE.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall
take effect from and after the date
Of its approval
Introduced by
JOHN MARKHAM,
Supervisor.
Date of Introduction, December Is,
1918.
At Regular Meeting of the Board
Of Supervisors of the City and Coun-
ty of Honolulu, Territory Of Hawaii,
held on Tuesday, December Is, 1913,
the foregoing Bill was passed on First
Reading and ordered to print on the
following vote of said Board:
Ayes: Cox, Markham, Mcclellan,
Pacheco, Petrie, Wolter. Total s.
Noes: None
Absent and not voting: Hardesty.
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