Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 148, 26 June 1894 — HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS

CO.NSTITUTION and LV\VS Fraine(l bv tho Missionarios. LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Fartbermore. let every man who possesses a fnrm in the Hawaiian kingdom labor industriously with the expectation of therebv securing his own personal interest, aud also of promoting the welfare and peaee of the kiugdom. Those meu who have no land, not even a garden nor any plaee to coltivate, and yet wish to labor for the parpose of obtainiug the object of their desire, may apply to tho land agent, or tho Govcrnor, or the King for auy pieee of lan.l whieh is not already cnltivated by another person, aud snch places shall be given them The landlords and King ahall aid such perspns in their necessities, aud they sball not go to the field labor of the King and landlords for tho teno of three %ears, after wh eh they shall go I>ut if neithor tho iandlords nor Kicg reuder them any aid until they bring snch uncultivated ground iuto a good state of cultivalion, and thev eat of the products of tbe land without any ai.l, then the\' shall not for four years be required to go to thō field on the labor days of the king, nor of the landlords. After these years they shall go to tho field and uiso pay taxes Uut the poll ta\ they shall always pay. If any landlord wishes to transfer or loase any portion of his fields or uucultivated grounds, and tho land agent object. he has a right to do so. if ho designs to cultivato ii himself. But if he w«it a year and do not do it theu tho objections of the land agent become groundlessnnd he shall P ay all the loss snstained by the laodlord in conse<iaence of his objectious. lt is furthermore rccommended that if a landlord perceivo a considerab!e portion of his Iaud to be unoccupied, or ui»— cultivateU, and yet is suitable for cnltivation. but is in pos- ! session of a single man, that the landlord divido out t!i it land equally between all his tenants. And if they aro uu • able to cultivate the whole, theu the landlord may tako possessiou of what remains for himself, nnd seek now tenants at his discretion. 7. Or RESiDCT3i L\nds. All residnum lands whieh have bceu separatod bv tho chiefs as residuums from the main plantatioa, district or state. are now to be restored to that portion of laud to whieh thev formerly belonged. Let the occnpancy an.l bnsiness of eaeh state. district, plantation and farra be de,ir aod distinct, eaeh by itself Let no one tako that whieh belongs to another. for this is the statnte in relation to such ]>er»ons. —lf any one takes the residaurn whieh belongs ! to another, then the farm of him who took the residQatn sh»ll be given to the owuer of the residnum. Snch is tho penaltv of those who seize residnums, tl»eir farm sha!l bo, given to those whoee residuums were seized. % Tbis edict does not apply to those pieces of gronnd whieh bave been merely appropriated as bnilding iota, and hons« yards; nor doea it apply to those pieeea of groond whieh havo been set apart as tbe royal demesne Iands, for snch divisions were not taken as residnnms. Nor does tbe edict applv to places whieh bave been takeo by the cbiefs for tho pnblic interests of the King. Res»daoms proper. whieh were taken as snch are the only ones to bo restored. not bowever those residnams whieh were taken previons to the conntry’s becoming snbject to Kamehameha I. I On Hawaii, these are the residnntns to be restored, those whieh have been seized since the battle of ilokaohai —on i Maui all that bave keeo taken ainee the battle of Kaawaapali—oo Oahu ali since the battle of Nuaana —on Kaoai all sioce tbe friend!j meeticg of Kaamaalii with Kapiehameha L, on shipboard. Bat possessors of honse lots that »re large like farm gardens. mnst aid the owners of the farms from whieh they were taken, in payment of tbe yearly ta». I /Tn Rf Aia/inuAl, i