} one thousand dollars as the same may be required, to defray the expenses of criminal prosecutions until the usual appropriation for that purpose shall have been made. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from its approval. Approved this 6th day of May, A. D. 1884, KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER III. AN ACT DEFINING THE OWNERSHIP OF TURKEYS, PHEASANTS, QUAIL, Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. All Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Peafowl, Geese or Chickens running wild and at large on lands in this Kingdom, shall belong to and be the property of the owner or owners of such lands. SECTION 2. This Act shall become a law from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 9th day of June, A. D. 1884. CHAPTER IV. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A POLICE JUSTICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF LIHUE, ISLAND OF KAUAI. Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. One of the District Justices appointed for the district of Lihue, Island of Kauai, shall by appointment be Police Justice for the said district; and he shall have the like authority and jurisdiction in the Fourth Judicial Circuit, as is now, by law conferred upon Police Justices in other Judicial Circuits. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its approval. Approved this 13th day of June, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER V. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTIES SITUATE IN THE DISTRICT OF KONA, ISLAND OF OAHU, KNOWN AS "HONOLULU HALE" AND "LEAHI," FOR ACCOUNT OF THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT. 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 Finance is hereby authorized to pay out of any money in the Hawaiian Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the warrants of the Minister of the Interior, the following sums, to wit: "For the purchase of the property situate on Merchant street at the head of Kaahumanu street in the city of Hono lulu, known as "Honolulu Hale," the sum of twenty-seven thousand six hundred dollars ($27,600). "For the purchase of the property situate in the district of Kona, Island of Oahu, and known as "Leahi" or " Diamond Head," with a total area of seven hundred and twenty-nine acres, more or less, the sum of three thousand, three hundred dollars ($3,300).” SECTION 2. This Act shall become a law, from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 13th day of June, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER VI. JOINT RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, the Appropriation Bill for the Current Biennial Period is still pending in this Assembly and it is important that immediate provision be made for the promotion and encouragement of Japanese immigration. Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be and hereby is appropriated from the public monies for immediate use in the promoting of Japanese immigration. Approved this 26th day of June, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER VIL AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN SETTLEMENT OF THE POSTAL MONEY ORDER ACCOUNT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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 Finance is hereby authorized to pay the warrant of the Minister of the Interior for the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to enable the Postmaster General to settle the Postal Money Order Account between this Government and the Government of the United States of America. SECTION 2. The said sum of twenty-five hundred dollars shall be charged to the account of Postal Money Orders in the Finance and Interior Departments. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect immediately. Approved this 30th day of June, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER VIII. RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, heretofore there were issued Government Bonds E. Number 250 for the sum of $500, and Bond I. Number 141 for the sum of $200, and Bond I. Number 139 for the sum of $200, and Bond I. Number 240 for the sum of $200, and Bond O. Number 264 for the sum $100, and Bond O. Number 265, for the sum of $100, to Edwin Jones and his legal heirs of Lahaina, Maui, making a total of $1,300 And while said Bonds were in his possession they were stolen and became lost, therefore; Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: That the Minister of Finance be instructed to re-issue Government bonds to Mr. Edwin Jones and his legal representatives, in place of the Government bonds that were lost as specified above and to pay the interest on said bonds, provided, however, that the said Minister of Finance shall not issue said bonds until security be given to the said Minister, to indemnify the Government from any loss occasioned by the bonds lost being presented for payment. Approved this 11th day of July, A. D. 1884. KALAKAUA, REX. CHAPTER IX. JOINT RESOLUTION. Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: The Minister of Finance is hereby authorized to pay to the Treasurer of the Queen's Hospital the sum of seven |