Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 194, 21 August 1894 — HAWAII’S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII’S “BLUE” LAWS

COXSTIHT!ON and LAWS Framed bv tlie Missionarios. * LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. CHAPTER XXVIII A LAW T0 TROMOTE THE QUIET 0F THE MGHT. Wbereas it has become a roal evil that inany persons by tnaking loud noise iu the night so disturb tho rest of quiet persons that they cannot sleep; and wberoas innoceut porsons are thus made to surfer through the fault of the guiltv and whereas it is the bnsiness of the law to relieve the distresses of the people aud protect tho injured, therefore at a eouneil of the XobIes and of tho Representative Botly. the following law was enacted: 1, All loud hallooiug and other noiso bv night are taboo. lf one eall loudly to another by night. after niue o’eloek, and that too without good reason for thus calling, or mako a noise witbout a reason for it, or sound an instrumcnt unuecessarily, that man commits a fault, and shall bo fined from one to five dollars, according to the magnitudo of his ofiense; and if the poliee officers or judgos think it necessary to confine him in prison till morning, they mav do it. 2. This statute applies to all who go about in a riotoos ortumultuous mannerby night, and it appliee to every kiud of noise whieh disturbs the rest of those who slecp. But if a man be in straitened circumstances, ho may eall a!oud, as in eaae of fire, or if there be any other just reason for the noise, it may be made, but thore shall be no hallooing or uoise, uuless there be a necessity for it. If this law be proclaimed in any village or in any discrict, then the day of its proclamation shall bo the day of its taking erfect at that plaee, but if it be not prodaimed, thon the first day of September of the current yoar, shall be tho day of ita taking erfect at all placos on those Hawaiian Islands. All the words of this statute having been fully approved both by the House of Xobles and Houso o£ Ropregontatives, we have therefore set onr names herounto on this sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and forty-one, at Lahaina, Maui. (Signed) KAMEHAMEHk III. KEKAULUOHI. CHAPTER XXIX. A LAW RESPECTIXG GAMBL1XG. Whereas there are raany people who neglect profitablc business, whieh would be of advantage to themselves, their children and the country, and spend their tirne in employ raents whieh waste their propcrty and do injury to their cbildren, it therefore becomos the duty of tho law to ward off these ovils and seek to promoto tbe greatest goo*l. Tbese are the reasons for enacting the fo!lowing law; 1. If two persons gimbio and one win of other; if tho sum be actnally paid down before the faco. they ahall eaeh pay a fine equal to tbe full amouni of the wager. Bat if they merely mako mention of property as a mere symbol, then tbey shall eaeh pay a fine of five dol!ars. But if the property tbus symbolicalIy mentioned U very amall, then tbe fiae may be diminished in proportion to the vaiue of the property apokea of. 2. *If the gambiing ba done ou tue sabbath day thea the fine shall be doub!e what is mentioned in tbe first section. 3. If cbildren beJow the age of fourteen years gamble. then the punishment shall be committed to the parcnts, bufc if they do not inflict any, then tho law will be applīeahle, lf this law be proclaimed in any village or district. then the day of its proclamation shall be the day of its taking effect in that plaee, bot even if it be not procluimed it ahail nevertheless take effect on the first of September next. This law has received the approbation of the Honse o£ Xobles and Hoose of Representatives. We have thorefore subscribed our names on this eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thonsand eight hnndred and fortyone, at Lahaina, Maui. (Signed) KAMEHAMEHAIII. KEKAULUOHI. (To Be Coaiinued.) *