Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 184, 9 August 1894 — HAWAII’S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII’S “BLUE” LAWS

CONSTITl'TIO.N and LAWS Frame(l bv tho Missiouaries. I LAWS of tlie HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 8. When the pareut Jio3, thon the ehikl ie the hoir. if there be any ehihl Iiving. Tho paront Juring his Iife time may sell his persona! estate to whosoever ho pleases. But the lanel and all property on the Iand shall dcscend to the ehikl. If lie bave maoy children, they all shall inhent it together. Though if the parent while ho is liviog and in sound mind, make a writteu will, he may boqueath his land to whom he pleases. When he dies the heir shall exhibit the wili to the King, and if the Supreme Judges percfeive that there was a real fault in tho will, they shall correct it, lest tho»o to whom the property justly belongs should be left destitute, and those possess the proi>erty to whom it does not belong. If this law be proclaimed in any vil!aga or district. the day of its proclamation shall be the day of its taking etfect at that plaee, bnt even if it bo not proclaimed, it shall nevertheless tako etfect ou the first da3’ of September of tho present year, at all places on these Hawaiiau Islands. All the words of this law having recoived the approbation of the Houso of Nobles and Representative Rody, we bave hereunto set onr names on this twonty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, at Lahaina. Maui. (Signed) KAMEHAMEHA III KEKAULUOHI. CHAPTER XXII. LAW RESPECTING DEBTORS. It is of vast importance to mon ongaged iu trade that eaeh party fulfil the agreeraent. If either fail, trade is embarrased, aud the pnhlie is mjured, wherefore in a eouneil of of the Nobles and Representative Body, the following law was enacted: 1. If one man be in debt to another and do not eaneel it at the time agreed npon, and on that aeeouni the creditor becomes anxious and fear lest he shouki not obtain the debt, he may then go to either of the jndges who will thereupon attach the property of the debtor, but not removo it, he will raerely plaee the property nnder Lis protection, after whieh no one ean take the said property withontIeavo from tbe jndge. 2. If the debt be not paid within thirty day». then tho property shall be sold at aneiion for the payment of it, and tbe jodge shall receive his fees ont of the said property bnt uot out of tbe debt. Bat if the debtor be sufl’ering somo misfortune from the providence of God,"he shall tben be al!owcd a fnll year, and the property sball not bo sold at anction until the expiration thereof. But at that tirae, if the debt be not cancelled it shall bo sold. If tho raoney received for the property exceed tbe amonnt of tho debt and tbe judgo‘s f5es, the balance shall be restored. Xothing shall be taken uojastly, and nothing wasted. 3. If any one in a fraudutent manner become indebted to another and do not pay the debt. or if one heeomo f imous on account of his frequently contracting debts and not paying tbem, and bave no property with whieh topay, he shall then be put to hard labor for a length of timo proportioned to tbe araount of debt, whieh shall bo decided by the jndges. For regalations respectiug the payment of interest, seo Law respecting debts and usnry, page 101. lf this law be proc!aimed in anv viilage or district, the day of its proclamation sh«ll be the day of its taking erfoct in tbat plaee, bot even if it b« not proclaimed, it shali nevertheless, iake effect on tbo first day of September of the present year, at all plaeea on these Hawaiian lslamis. AIl the words of tbis law baving been approved by the Hoose of Nob!es and also by the Representative Bo<ly we bave hereunto set oot names on this eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one tbousand eight hnndred and forty-one, at Lahaina, Maui. (Signed) KAMEHAMEHA III KEKAULUOHI. CHAPTER XXIII. A LAW RESPECTING TH£ HIBE OF LABOR. Labor hire, as well as other kiods of hire has at the present time heeome an exU}nsive busine3s. There are persons who ohlain their whole liviag aud propertv by Iabori ing for hire. Tho law does not condemn that bosiness, !or it is proper. Tbe law prolects it It would be a sad thing for the commonity. if the law did not give protection to him who labors £or hire. Wher«foro, in a eonnei! o! the Nobles anu Representative Body, the followmg law was enacted: (To Be OwUinimL)