The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-09-25
NEW LAND BOARD D
DOES BUSINESS
Or. J. H. Raymond Is Elected
Chairman and W. C. wilder
Vice Chairman

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The new land board met yesterday,
organized and got down 70 work, clear
ing up the accumulated business Of its
Item weeks holiday.
DIR. y. IT. Raymond was elected chair.
man, VIC. Wilder viee.chairman, and
Jacob y. Brown secretary. The other
members present were W, n. @. Camp.
bell. Bruce Cartwright Jr and ,. w.
Wnldron.
win Follow Precedsnts
Mr. Brown, as the only hold-oger
member, was asked 20 explain the meth,
ODDS Of procedure In the Transaction Of
Lusinesa II was voted 10 follow the
iprecedents established.
The new members showed that they
have a good understanding OF the law
1.-THE land board Is ON intermediary body.
Inppointed by the Governor under. con.
Igressional author.=ation. It's function
y to stand betwsen the Governor aud
the land Commissioners and the people,
IN seenre equitable administration Of
the land laws Of the Territory Its
puiborty ard scope OF action are semi
iudicials While the members Of thu
land board are appointed BY the Gov.
ernor, they are constituted the sole
orbiters Of their own method Of pro
cednre, within the law,
Members Discuss Policy
Speaking IN regard to the policy 10
he adopted, Doctor RAYMOND said that
the toard must be very careful in al
matters concerning the alienation OF
the public domain. While the board
will ask the advice OF the land CON.
missioner, II is not bound to ACCEPT his
recommendations.
Y. W. Waldron said that the board
should be rs nearly absolutely certain
OF facts relating 10 values OF public
lands as IL is possible t. become. J. r.
Brown soid that the law intended tho
land board 10 be cheek on the actions
Of the Governor and land commissioner,
and that IL is independents Of both.
While the land commissi fler's recon-
lamentations would be considered. II was
not necessary that there should be any
recommendation on his part 10 bring
mt tiers before the board. I'D. Tucker,
who was present, disagreed with Mr..
Brown, but the latter's opinion was mp
held by the other members.
n Applications Deferred
The application Of o. T. Shipman for
a twenty.one years lease Of $4,000
acres Of grazing land in Puma, for
which he offered $3.50 per annum, ora
rental Of two thirds Of a cent per mere,
after long discussion was deferred until
more specific information as to the
jcharacter of the land can be secured.
The application Of Henry Lyman for
le,00Q,Rcre lease 10 Duna at $50 per
annum took the same course. .ireA
After DIR. j. II, Raymond had with,
drawn as chairman and as a member,
the board recommended that Sub-Leud
Agent w. o. Aitken Of Maui be asked
for a report on the proposed exchange
IOf eleven Rcres NJ ma surrounding 90
Iold 'Bshpond ut Kualapa KalihI. on u
2 PefoHse ny; for the two-aera, school lot
owned by Doctor Raymond & rnnch at
Ulupalakua. This exchan9e Is rechm
lmended by VI. w Kinney, superintend
cut Of public jnstfOciion The sch0ol
] b0Nse. teachers, cottage and court house
I lat ulupalakua are ON. Raymond = land,
flor which the government does NOT even
hold a lease The land offered IN ex.
change at Kinney = suggestion, Is the
plot Of govefnment land where the
ranch daughter house Is located. w.
"a iC. Wilder assumed tlF chair while this
exchange was being discussed.
1. sundry Remnants Sold
b. Five remnants Of government land 10
lie the Fort street extension district Were
h ordered put up Mt auction, also PauOa
remnant, aud n 10000 square foot
5, slice located inside one OF the
n blocks out in the Palama district Ten
ID cents q square foot viii be the upset
price on all Of these. These odd.
shaped remnants Of government land
+, have been discovered by thefsurveyor
y generals department In the course OF
e the mapping of the city.
/, I At the request Of the Apokaa Sugar
~ Company 2.65 acres of cane land viii
- be leased for Ave years Mt '$l4.50.
:. The Mattos lease of forty -four acres
" Of pasture land IN South Hilo at SIS
was approved, A small eocoanut grove
J. in Puma was leased to Mrs. Conradt
" for $40 per annum. rts
IS, The board approved a twenty-one
year lease Of right Of way for pipe.
ii line to the Pioneer Mill Company The
to company win pay $2ls per annnm for
42.6 acres.
Ia LunpahOshOs Sugar company had It's
ns lease Of 100 acres OF Kaiakea extended
le five years al 1895. Robert Hind gets
ut three acres for tanks and hay bafIIs az
r. PuuwaawAa AT &25 per acre, and Hawl
he plantation a three-aere reservoir site
n at $40 per acre. .alg n js
WIN Sci Camp sites il
Va -Four Hawaiian Agricultural camp
IN sites, three In Wood Valley and one al
I'd Moaula will be offered at auction at
rs $500. The total area is GAIA acres.
or They also get a twentyfone year lease
u, of thirtytwo acres of flnme right or
o. way at $500 per annum.
hutchinson Plantation Company gets
a fifteen year grazing lease of seven
alleged ashomestead,' lots at Kaunn.
~ mano. for $3.50. J. d. Tucker said that
~ the government has vainly endeayorel
10 TO get anyone TO take these lots. The
area totals 473 acres
IVY A 52-aere lot at 29.miles, Olaa, win
p' be leased or twenty cents per acre. A
"a 250.aere barren ridge a nile above Pll.
koo, Molokai will be offered at aue-
gn ton.
lis The offer Of s70 for a 500 square foot
remnant at Nappopoo by II. Haekfeld
m x COMPANY was aceopted 4stt