Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 181, 6 August 1894 — HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS

CONSTITlTION and LAWS FramtHl bv the Missiouaries. LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. — 2. If he be agaia seeu living in the samo idle manner after he bad beeu pnnished, then he shall be put to hanl labor for one year. 3. If a man Iive in idleness because he haveuo land. then his destitntion ahall be examined and if he be faultless he shall not bo punishcd. But land ehall be given him as tbo law require. By this law, men and boys are forbidden to run in orowJs after now things. Whosoever Joes this in an indecent manner shall be pnnished thus; he sliall bo taken to the houso of contraement and remain till he pay a rial, and bo sont at liberty. The same a!so with those who obey not tha poliee officer when he proclaims a prohibiton, It shall therefore be the dnty of the polieo officers to watch carefully around the markets and places of puhlie resort, that they may discover who tbey are who crowd after strangers, for these aro indolent auJ Iazy persons. Let them be taken beforo tho judges aud tried, and when eonvicted let them be puuishej according to the requirements of tbis law. If thfe law be prodaimed in any village or distnct, the day of its proclamation shall be the day of its taking efiect at tbat plaee, but even if it be not proclaimed, it shall nevertheless take efiect on the first Jay of September of tho present year, at all places on tbese Hawaiian Islands. This laV having received the_approbation of the Noblos anJ Reprenseutative Bodj*, we baro herennto sct onr namea this twenty-third day of Apnl in the year of onr Lord one thousaud eight hnndred und forty-one, at Lahaina. Mam. (Signed.) KAMEHAMEHA III. KEKAULUOHI CH.\PTER XVIII. LAW RESPECTING APPRENTICESHIP. It is a business of profit and beneficial to the country for men aud chiidren to learn tbe various hanJy crafts. auJ new kinJs of business. anJ profitable traJes, whieh relieve general necessity. It is thereforo we J for tho parent to givo up his child to learn snch hanJy crafts, and it is well too for the mun of m»ture years to go of his own accord and leam the same. As tl.e Nobles and Ropreseutative BoJy have reflected on tho subject. they have thought proper to give such persous the protection of law. anJ have thereforo agreed to the f<Jlowing eJicts: 1. If a parent wish to give up his ehiU to learn a traJe, it is well for tho parent anJ Uie teacher of his ehiU to agree togctber in writiug, and let it be specified in the writing how many yeurs the ehiU shall learn, how he shall live, and wh.it sha!l be the pay. 2. If the ehihl be indolent and disregarJ tho Jirections of his master, or ueglect the bnsiness. or conduct badly> the ehiU shall be brongbt to trial, and if it appear tbat ha has condncted as above. or has violated the matual written agreement, then the ehihl shall pay all damage su.stainetl | . by his master. He shall paj it in labor, and the time be shall labor ahall be propo tioned to the damage, to be dei cided by the judges. 3. The same also of tbe teacber of the ehiU, if he eonduct improperly, or uo not ieaeh the ehiU accordmg to the agreement, or if he violate that agreement then he shall pay all damage snstaincd by tbe cbild or parent, to be decided by the judgcs. IIf this law be proclaimed in any village or district, then the day of its proclamation shall be tbe day of iU taking efiect at that piaee, but even if it be not proclaimed, itsbali nevertbeless take efiect on tbe first Jay of Septcmber of tbe present year, at all placos on these Hawaiian Islands. All the words of tbis law having been approved by tha Nobles and Representative Body, we bave berenuto set our namea on this seventeentb day of May, in the year of our Lord one tbousand eight baodred and forty-one, at Lahaina, ManL (Signed) KAMEHAMEHA III. KEKhULUOHI. CHAPTER XIX. LAW RESPECTING LOST AND FOUND GOODS. I Men often snffer misfortunes witbout any faolt of theirs, wherefore it ia proper for tbe law to aid tbose wbo are ' ibns acfortunate. AIl misfortanas whieh the law ean relieve it sbould relieve. lf a man's property be lost witboat hia knowledge, it is well for the law to fnm sh the means of obtaining it. And if one find the iost property of anotber, it is well for the law to spec;fy tbe coorse of procedure, lest there should be difficulty. Where!ore, in a eouueil of the Nobles und Representativo Body, all the words of this law were approved. (To Be Coniinutd.j