Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 186, 11 August 1894 — HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS

CONSTiTUTION and LAWS l’nimeil bv the Missiouaries. 4LAWS of tlie HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. When tho pnblic become acquainted with their partncrship, or see the printed or written notice. then if any of the companv make a promise to any individual, then that pn>mise is the promise of tho company. Thus if any ono of tliem contract a debt and decease, then the remaining part of the company shall pay all his debts. So also if any porson heeome indebted to ono individual of thecompany, and thut individnal decease, then payment shall be mado to the snrviving raembcrs of the company. Snch are the regolations concerning partuership. This law shall tako etfect on the first day of Sopteinbor of the current year, at all places on theso Hawaiian Ialands. And all persons heretofore uuited in partnership, and eoutinuing their uuion after that dato, shall bo bound by this law. AIl the words of this law having received tho sanction of the Nobles aud of the Representatives, wo havo heronnto set our names on this eighteenth day of May, in the year of onr Lord ouo thonsand eight hundred and forty one. at Lahaiua, Maui. (Signod) KAMEHAMEHA III. KEKaI LUOHl. CHAPTER XXV. OF CRIMES NOT PARTICULARLY DEFINED BY LAW Men commit raany crimes whieh aro not dofinitely npeeifiod in tho law, and it is not possible for the law to defino particularly every spccies of offeuse, whereforo tho Nobles and Representatives have agreed to the following regulations: 1. If a man commit a crirae of such a nature that it ia not clear what particr.lar statute applies, then the judges shall reflect on tbe nature of the crime and tho kind of punishment whieh woukl formerly havo been inflicted; he shall also consider the principles of the Iaws now in exi*tenee, and shall pass such sentence on the criminal as in his opinion the gerneral principles of tho now system require. 2. Futhermore, all persons accessory to the c jmraissiou of crime, shall be pnnished in the same manner as the priucipuls, unless their crirae bo particularly defiued in some other law. Whenever this law shall be printed and the jndges boeome acqnainted with it, it sha!l then tako eflect on all places in theso Hawaiiao fslands. This having received the sanction of the Nobles and R«presentatives we have heronnto set onr name» on this eighteenth day of Mny. in the year of oar Lord. one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. al Lahaina, Mmi. (Signed,) KAMEHAMEKA III. KEKAULUOHI. CHAPTER XXVI. LAW RESPECT1NG THE LABOR OF CRIMINAL AND IHE AVAILS THEREOF. At the presem tirae mneh evil resnlts from the iaboring of a great nnmber of crimiuals ut tho same plaee. Cnrainals are made to subserve th6 inlerests of individnals, and on aeeonnl of tbe great uumber who labor at tho sarae plaee, tbey are in high spirits, and great evils resnlt from tbe practice. Wherefore, in a eooneil of the Nobles and of the Representutieve Body, the following law was enacted; ■ 1. If a man be made to serve at bard labor on aeeonnl of crime, be sball not work for nny particnlar chief, be shall be employed on national works- Tho following is properly nalioeal work, viz; tbe rnaking of roads. and fences for tbe roads, prisons, labor on fort». and otber works whieh are not for the private intorest of any particnlar cbief or individual person. 2. If a man be made to serve at any productive bnsiness. it is well, bnt when the avails are realized, they shall be devoted to tbe pobl:c works of the natioo. Snch ineome may properly be devoted to the payment of government debts, to the payment of tax officers. the pnrchase of gnns, powder, paying for roads, or sopplying prisons. Malea and females shall not be uade to labor together, nor shall they s!eep in the same house. nor in the same yard, they shall be entirely separate. •L Females shall not be made to serve at labor appropriate only to males, nor at any labor inappropriate to fama!es. The beating of tapa, the braiding of mats, braiding of hats, sewing, twisting fish lines, weaving nets, and snch like labor as is appropriate to females. Those are the works at whieh females ahall be employed. Bnt no pregnant womau ahall be made to serve at hard labor.

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