The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-22
TEXT OF LANDD|LL
REACHES HONOLULU

1 ID
! The text Of the bin providing for 4
number Of csanges In the established
land laws Of the Territory, as intro
duced into the present session of con
gross by the Delegate, has been re,
ceivcd in Honolulu. The bin would act
aside land in the Territory for home.
stead purposes, and also for laying out
homesteads in the Islands. The text of
! the measure follows;
Be it enacted by the senate and
house Of representatives Of the United
states Of America In congress Assem-.
BLEED, that section .seventy.three of an
act entitled ffAn Act to provide n
government for the Territory of Ha.
waii, approved April thirticth, nine
teen hundred, as amend cd on April sec.
ond, nineteen hundred and eight, and
on May twenty.seventh, nineteen hun.
dred and ten, be, and il is hereby
amended by striking out the word
Fifteen between the words ''longer
period than" and the word "years /"
in the first paragraph of said section
seventy-three and inserting in lieu
thereof the word twenty: by strik.
ing out the words homestead orr
between the words 81" from the operation
thereof for'' and the words "public
purposes " in the FIRST paragraph of said
section seventy.three; by striking out
the ninth and tenth paragraphs of said
section seventy-three and inserting in
lieu thereof the following: 81
alt shall be the duty of the commits
sioner Of public lands, upon the appli.
cation of the board of public lands and
by and with the consent of the Gov.
ernor, on or before the fifteenth day of
January of each year. to cause to be
surveyed and set aside for. homestead
purposes such amount Of the available
lands of the Territory as in his Judge
ment may be necessary to provide
hOmesteads for all bona fide applicants
therefor having the qualifications Of
homesteaders, and in laying out any
homestead the commissioner of public
lands shall include therein an amount,
not exceeding eighty acres in area,
sufficient to support thereon an ordi.
nary family, and all necessary expenses
for surveying and opening any such
JANUS ipi hOmtsltdu fudll DC DHl0 TOT
out of the funds of the Territorial treas
ury derived from the sale or lease of
the public lands, which funds are here
by made available for such purposes.
All applications for hOmesteads shall
be made in the first instance to the
board of public lands, which board shalt
inquire into the bona fides and dualif- |
cations of each applicant and report its
findings and recommendations thereon
to the commissioner, and no patent or
other final evidence of title shall be
issued for any homestead land unless
the same be, first approved by said
board of public lands and the Governor
Of the Territory
Upon the application of the board
of public lands, and by and with the
consent and approval of the Governor,
the commissioner of public lands shall
lease, in such tracts or areas as the
Governor and board of public lands
may deem advisable, and upon such rem.
tai and for such term, not exceeding
twenty years, as the Governor and
board of public lands may determine
to be for the best interests of the Ter
E1tory, so much of the public lands of
INC Ierrltory as may not be required
to provide for homesteads as aforesaid.
All leases of such lands shall be sold at
public auction and shall contain a pro-
vision that upon the expiration of the
leasehold tenure or any extension there
of (Which extension shall in no case ex-
eeed the time necessary to mature and
harvest crops growing at the time snid
leases expire by limitation) all i'm
proyements and betterments of every
kind and nature on the leased lands
shall revert to and become the prop
erty of the Territory. Such leases
shall also contain such other reasonable.
provisions and covenants as the Cover.
nor, board of public lands, and commits,
sioner may determine and require"
Sec. :. That this act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its
approval, and all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby re.
pealed 90.