Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11

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PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTITUTE
TION. MAINTENANCE AND OP-
GRAFTON OF A STREET RAIL
WAY OR RAILWAYS IN THE DIS
TRICT OF, HONOLULU. ISLAND
OF OAHU DULY ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF THE RE-
PUBLIC OF HAWAII JULY SEW
ENTH. ONE THOUSAND. EIGHT
HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT
| WHEREAS. the Legislature Of. the
Republic of Hawaii did. by an Act duly
| passed on the seventh day of July,
one thousand eight hundred ninety
eight, authorize Clinton G. Ballentyne
| and others, their associates and as
| signs, or such CORPORATION as might
be organized by them, to construct,
maintain and operate a street railway
CT railways in the district of Homo
| lulu. Island of Oahu; and:
| WHEREAS, pursuant to said Act
the said Clinton G. Ballentyne and
| others did organize a corporation, as
provided in said Act under the name
of the HONOLULU RAPID TRANSIT
e. LAND COMPANY. which, since said
date, has been exercising said fran
chise: and
WHEREAS, the Act of Congress to
provide government for the Terri
tory of Hawaii. approved April thir-
tieth. one thousand nine hundred. pro-
yided by the 73rd section thereof that
said franchise, with others. should he
ratified and confirmed, subject to the
approval of the President of the Unit
ed States: and
WHEREAS, such approval was CIV
en- by William Mckinley, President.
on June twenty-fifth, one thousand
nine hundred, to said franchise as
then held by said Honolulu Rauid Tran
sit & Land Company; Now, therefore.
Be is Enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Unit
ed States Of America in CONGRESS as
sembled, That the Act of the Republic
of Hawaii duly enacted July seventh,
one thousand eight hundred ninety
eight. entitled can Act to Authorize
and Provide for the Construction,
Maintenance and Operation of Street
Railway or Railways in the District
of Honolulu. Island of OAHU" APPROX
ed by the President of the United
States under the authority of an Act
to provide government for the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, approved April thir-
tieth, one thousand nine hundred, rati.
flying and confirming said franchise,
subject to said approval, is hereby
amended as follows:
Section /. Section of said Act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
DEFINITIONS. -. 81. ~
3 Section l. Wherever in this Act
the following words occur they shall
be held to have the force and mean.
ing herein set forth unless the con-
text clearly indicates otherwise: /
Said association and others shall
represent and mean Clinton G. Ballen-
tyne, Frederick ]. Lowrey, Theodore
F. Lansing, James A. Kennedy,
Charles S. Desky, Joseph A. Gilman,
James F. Morgan, George r. Carter
and J. HI. Soper, their associate and
assign, the Honolulu Rapid Transit &
Land Company, the corporation organ
lied by said associates. ....
Executive council shall refer to and
mean the Public Utilities Commission
of Hawaii. r.. ..-.
Minister of the Interior shall refer
to and mean the Public Utilities Com
mission of Hawaii -.. ..
Railway shall refer 70 and mean
the rails, tracks, roadway, with it's
appurtenances, appliances and con-
nections to be placed in streets, roads
or places on the Island of Oahu, as
by this Act provided, or to such rails,
tracks, roadway, etc, of any other
corporation as may be in existence or
that may hereafter be laid.
Honolulu or District of Honolulu
shall refer to and mean all of that
ed in the judicial, educational and
taxation district, now. defined by law
as the District of Honolulu or 'Ho-
nolulu District =.. .~.
Corporation and Company shall
refer to and mean the Honolulu Rapid
Transit G. Land Company and it's sue
cessors and assigns, the holder of the
franchise herein granted
Public Utilities Commission shall
refer to and mean the Public Utilities
Commission of Hawaii. -. |
Board of Supervisors shall refer to
and mean the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of Honolulu"
Section 2. Section of said Act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. The right is hereby
granted to the Honolulu Rapid Transit
& Land Company, a Hawaiian cor
poration, and to it's successors and
assigns to construct, lay down, main
tain and operate railway, either sin
gle or double track. or partly single
and partly double, with such curves,
switches, turnouts, poles, wires, under
ground or overhead conduits, and such
other appliances and appurtenances as
may from time to time be necessary
for the use and operation thereof,
along and upon such streets, roads and
places in the District of Honolulu,
upon the Island of Oahu, Territory
of Hawaii, as are now occupied by the
railway of said Company, and along
and upon such other streets, roads
and places within said District of Ho-
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