CHAPTER XXX. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1280 OF THE CIVIL CODE, AS AMENDED BY Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. The paragraph beginning with the seventy fifth line of Section 1280 of the Civil Code in the English version, and the one hundredth line in the Hawaiian version as amended by Chapter 24 of the Laws of 1882 is hereby amended to read as follows: "The fees of witnesses and the fees of jurors for the verdict returned in each case, shall be taxable items in the bill of costs to be paid by the losing party." SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. Approved on this 29th day of August, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER XXXI. AN ACT RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE SHERIFFS. Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. Each of the several Sheriffs of the Kingdom. shall have the power to suspend any constable in his guberna torial district from his office; and, with the approval of the Governor to dismiss any constable. SECTION 2. This Act shall become law from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 29th day of August, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER XXXII. AN ACT To Fix the COMPENSATION OF PILOTS AT THE PORT OF HONOLULU. Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. The compensation of the Pilots at the Port of Honolulu shall be as follows: For all mail steamers of one thousand tons register or upwards, fifty dollars in and same out; for all transient steamers of one thousand tons and upwards seventy-five dollars in and same out; for all vessels of war two dollars per foot on draught of water in and out; for all sailing vessels under two hundred tons register, one dollar and a half per foot in and out; all other vessels and steamers five cents per ton in and same out; for anchoring vessels outside twenty dollars, if brought into harbor this charge shall be reduced to ten dollars; for any detention on board a vessel for more than twenty four hours the compensation shall be seven dollars per day. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect and become a law from and after the date of its approval, and all laws or parts of laws opposed to or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved this 29th day of August, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER XXXIII. AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING OF STEAM RAILROADS ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized, with the advice and consent of the King in Privy Council to grant Chas B. Wilson and...... .... his associates and successors, upon their fulfilling the necessary conditions therefor, as provided by the corporation Act of the Kingdom, a Charter of Incorporation, which shall in terms, confer npon such Corporation the privilege for the term of thirty years of constructing and operating entirely at the expense of such corporation without any subsidy or allowance from the Hawaiian Treasury, steam railroads for carrying passengers and freight, of not less than thirty inches gauge under the powers, rights and liabilities set forth in an act to promote the construction of railways, the same being Chapter 29 of the Laws of 1878, as amended by Chapter 41 of the Laws of 1880 as follows: "From the south easterly side of Fort Street in said Honolulu at its junction with Halekauila Street easterly along said Halekauila Street and the back bay of Honolulu harbor across the flats makai of King Street to Waikiki and through Waikiki to Kapiolani Park and through Kapiolani Park on to Niu, passing makai of Diamond Head and from some point on the north westerly side of Maunakea street makai of King street in said Honolulu, westerly makai of King street, to and along the shore of Pearl River Lagoon to any point at or near the said lagoon." SECTION 2. Such steam railroads shall not be constructed with any grade over the rate of eighty feet per mile nor with any curve on less than a three hundred feet radius. SECTION 3. The railroads shall not run so near the public road, except at necessary crossings as to interfere with the same or as to make the use of the public road with horses insecure; nor shall the railroad to Kapiolani Park cross the Waikiki road in more than one place on the route; and snch rules and precautions for the crossing shall be required in the Charter as will secure the safety and convenience of the public. SECTION 4. The construction and equipment of the railroads must be approved by the Minister of the Interior by and with the advice of the King in Privy Council. SECTION 5. The Charter shall define by survey the entire route of railroads provided for by this Act, which survey must be approved by the King in Privy Council. SECTION 6. The said Corporation shall, within one year from the date of their charter, begin the construction of that part of the said steam railroad lying between said Fort street and the Kapiolani Park, and shall within two years from the date of the Charter complete and furnish with rolling stock, and open to the public such section of the said road lying between Fort street and Kapiolani Park, and after the expiration of three years from the date of the charter this privilege for all that portion of the proposed lines not at that time occupied by track shall be forfeited. SECTION 7. Except as herein otherwise provided, the rights and privileges mentioned in the foregoing sections are granted to the said Charles B. Wilson and his associates and assigns upon such terms, conditions and restrictions as are now imposed or may hereafter be imposed by the Laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom in relation to the matter of construct ing and maintaining railroads in this Kingdom, and a strict compliance on the part of the said Charles B. Wilson his associates assigns and successors with all the provisions of such laws is hereby required. SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect and become a Law from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 29th day of August A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER XXXIV. AN ACT GRANTING TO WILLIAM R. AUSTIN AND HIS ASSOCIATES THE Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. The right is hereby granted to William R. Austin and his associates and assigns or such corporation as may be incorporated or organized by him or them to construct, lay down, maintain and operate for the term of thirty years from the passage of this Act, a single track street railway with all the necessary curves, switches and turn-outs or double track street railway through such of the streets mentioned in this Act as may be permitted by the Minister of the Interior, by and with the consent of the King in Privy Council, along and upon the following streets in the City of Honolulu, commencing at the junction of King street and Nuuanu street, thence easterly along King street and the Waikiki road to Kapiolani Park; from the aforesaid junction |