Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-27
BY AUTHORITY.
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
ISSUANCE OF HAWAIIAN BIRTH
CERTIFICATES.

In accordance with the provisions OF
/ Chapter -. Revised Laws Of Hawaii.
49,. the following regulations are
hereby made respecting the issuance
ii certificates OF Hawaiian birth:
! ORIGINAL CERTIFICATES.
|. All applications for certificates
o. Hawaiian birth shall De b. petition
! addressed 10 the Secretary OF Hawaii,
signed and sworn TO by the appliCar
! Il over the age OF sixteen years, or if
| under the age OF sixteen years, by
| parent or guardian of such applicant;
snail set forth CirCum stantially all the
facts upon which the application is
| based; and shall be accompanied by
aifidavitS Of at least two credible wit
/ nesses, other than the parents CT the
] applicant, cogniZant OF the TACT OF the
Hawaiian birth, family and life his
tory OF the applicant
2. All applications with accom-
ranying affidayits shall be filed
! in the office OF the Secretary
OF Hawaii in duplicate. To each
| application there shall be at
tached a clear photograph OF the APP
! Plicant taken within one month prior
to the date of the application, printed
on silver or other durable or non-fad
ing paper, two inches by two and one
| half inches in size, and. in addition
| thereto at the same time that the APP
| rGcatiOn is filed, there shall be filed
IN said office two unmounted prints
OF such photographs.
;. No application will be considered
unless the same is made upon the
| forms furnished free of charge by the
| Secretary of Hawaii; all applications
must be carefully and neatly prepared,
and all facts required TO be stated
| therein must be stated fully and in
detail
4. Each application shall be accom-
| panied by a deposit of five dollars,
which sum, if the application is
granted and a certificate is issued, will
| be retained by the Territory; other
wise it will be returned to the appli-
cant.
| }. No certificate will be issued to
minor under the age of two years.
6. Applications may be received
| through the mails at any time during
| office hours, but NO application will
be received otherwise except on Tues
day or Thursday of each week be-
| tween the hours of 9 a. m. and p. m.
Hearings of applications from Oahu
! may be had on Tuesday and Thursday
of each week between the hours of 8
a. m. and 4 p. m. in the Office of the
| Secretary of Hawaii, Executive Build
| ing, or on such other days or at such
other times as to the Secretary or his
appointee may appear eXpedient or
/ necessary. The times and places for
hearings of applications from islands
other than Oahu shall be such as may
| be set from time to time by the Secre-
tary or his appointee.
7. Applications will be heard in the
order of their filing unless for good
reason the Secretary or his appointee
! shall otherwise order.
8. No application will be heard IN
less the applicant and the witnesses
| whose 1affidavits shall have been filed
are present. The applicant and the
Witnesses shall be examined under
cath as to their knowledge of the
facts regarding the applicant.
8. No application viii be granted
| or certificate issued except after a
fpll hearing of witnesses and examina-
ton of witnesses and other evidence.
10. At hearings, the examination of
| witnesses, method of proof. kind of
evidence and all matters and transac-
tons connected with the hearing shall
be controlled and conducted by the
Secretary or his appointee.
II. The original of every applica-I
ton, record of testimony and other
| evidence shall be kept on file in the
Secretary's Office and a duplicate
thereof transmitted to the Inspector
in charge of immigration, Department
OF Labor, at the port of Honolulu.
RENEWAL CERTIFICATES.
IL. Any persons to whom a certifi-
cate shall have been issued may, after
a lapse Of not less than five years
from the date of such certificate, Sc
cure a renewal thereof upon applica-
ton to the Secretary, and satisfactory
proof to him or his appointee that
the person applying therefor is the
same person to whom the original GER
tificate was issued. Any renewal GER
| tificate may be again renewed after
| the lapse of not less than five years
from the date of renewal.
| Ii. No application for a renewal
certificate will be received except
upon blank forms, which will be fur
nished free of charge by the Secre-
tary of Hawaii.
Until such time as the Legislature
shall otherwise provide, the sum of
$500 shall be charged for the issu-
ance of any renewal certificate.
IA. Ali applications for renewal
certificates shall be filed in the Office
| of the Secretary of Hawaii in dupli-
cate. To each application there shall
be attached a clear photograph of the
applicant taken within one month
l.rior to the date of the application,
printed on silver or other durable or
non-fading paper, two inches by two
and one-half inches In size; and in
addition thereto there shall be filed
| in said office, at the same time that
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