Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07
By AUTHORITY.
ORDINANCE NO. 50.


AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF OR SALE OF
ALL MONEYS. GOODS. WARES
AND MERCHANDISE REMAINING
UNCLAIMED IN THE Custody
OF THE SHERIFF. OR OF ANY
DEPUTY SHERIFF. OR TO THE
SEVERAL DISTRICT MAGIS.
TRATES 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 ]. 1t shall be the duty Of
the Sheriff OF the City and County Of
Honolulu 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 week, for four sue
cessive weeks, by publication. in the
English language. in one newspaper
Cf general circulation. published and
circulated in the City and County OF
Honolulu; and also TO post in a con-
spicuous place, at 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 a specified day, the
same viii 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 chattels Of perish.
able nature, or which shall be expen-
siye to keep, shall at any time remain
unclaimed in the custody Of said Off.
Ger, Il shall be lawful for said officer.
20 sell the same at public auction, at
such time and after such notice as to.
him shall seem proper. The said of
ficer 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. -.
PROPERTY no BE DELIVERED TO.
CLAIAdANT-WHEN.
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, or his duly authorized
agent, on his paying all necessary
and reasonable expenses which may
have been incurred for the preser1
walton or sustenance Of such property.
But no property shall be sold or deliyi
cred In pursuance of this or the pre-
cedIng section, If the Sheriff or any
city and County Attorney, or any
Court OF District Magistrate shall di7
rect that II shall remain unsold or De-
liYered FOR the purpose Of being used
as evidence in the administration Of
Justice
INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND
OPIUM, EXCEPTED.
Section 5. The foregoing sections
shall not be construed to provide for
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors with
out the payment Of q 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 LIQU0R-HOW DIS
POSED OF.
Section. 4. Prior to making his
semi-annuaI 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 auS
thorized to destroy such liquor in the
presence OF the District Magistrate Of
Honolulu q
The Sheriff shall include a report
C. such proceedings in his report.
WHEN EFFECTIVE. l
Section 8. This Ordinance shall
take erect from and after the date of
its approval
Introduced by
JOHN MARKHAM,
-. Supervisor!
Date of Introduction, December 16,
1918.
Approved this S0th day of Decem-
Der. a. d. 1913.
~-. Mayor.
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CORPORATION NOTICE. 2.