Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 150, 28 June 1894 — HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS

C0NSTITUT10N and LAWS Framed bv the Missionaries. * LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 2. ResPECTING thf. Taboo‘d Fishino Growds. On Hawaii, the Albicoro. On Kaoai. the Mullei of Hnleia, Anehola, Kahili anJ Hanalei, and the sqoid and fresh water fish of Man», tho ! permanent shoal fish of Niihau. and all the transieni ahoal i fish from Hawaii to Niihau, if in sulficient quantitv to fi• I two or more canoes, bot uot so smail a »|uantity a> to tx• I one eanoe on!y. But if the fishermen go an 1 borrow a largō ! eanoe, tbat all the fish may be put iuto one, theu thero shall be a duty opon them. On the above conditions there shall be a government duty ! on all the transieut shoal fish of the islands. 1he tax otlicor shall lay a protective t..boo on those fish for his Majeaty tho King, and when tbe proper timo for tuking the fish arrivca, then the fish shall be divided in the sarae manner as thoso whieh are undor the protective taboo of tbo landIonls. If the tax officer seizo all the fish of the fisbcrmon. and leave none for tbose who take them ; then he shall pav a fiuo of teu dollars, and sha!l huve nothing raore to sav respect iug the royal taxes. But if the order for seizing a.; tho fnh ’ of the fishermon was from the Govornor, then ho shad no louger be Goveruor, though he may hold hiaowu land.s,and | the tax ofticor shall not be turned out of office. At the pro[>er time the tax ofticer may lay a protective taboo on ad the King’s fish, and Ihe laudlords all around the island. | But it is"not proper that the officer should lay the tab.»o for i a long time. The best course is for the officer to give provious uotice to the fishermen, and theu the eommon peoplo | and the landlords to fish ou tha same day. Thus the ngbtj of all will be protected. But no restrictions whatev©r sh«ll by any moans bo Iaid on the sea withoat the reef even to the deepest oeean. Though those particular fish whieh the general tax officer prohibits, and tbose of the landlords whichswim into thoso ! S eas, are Uhoo. Tbe fiuo of those who take prohibited fish is specified above. I 9. Advice to the Govehxobs and La.vdlobds. It shall be the duty of thoso to whom tbe King gives landa to see that they do not establish other landlords uuder | themselves but over the people. Let that business eome to an end. The establishing of a moltitnde of laudlords over the same tenant. tbe>traveling of the peoplea gre »t distance to tbe work of their landlords, aod thereby leaving aii thn i a tfairs of their lands in a bad condition, tbe harboring of a multitude of sluggards, and women too who do noth ng. Iho chiefs and the landlords grinding their tenants. tb8 4 making of feasta by bigher ranks. for the purpose of getting tho property of'the P oor; the taxing of those people who desire to do busiues8 with their Iandlonls. and thatjtoo by the disirict and land agents, and without any fault on tbe part of the people, tbe landiords forcibly nrging the'people to trado contrary to their wiahee, the nnequal punishment of crirainals by the jndges—the proper name for those tbings mentiuned in thissection is-thieTish seizure, anjo«t oppresaion, imposing nnjast bnrdens-av»rice. Tbese are tbe weallhdestroying blasts whieh impoverish the kingdom. Tbi« conduct of the Governors and beadsof district3, and chiefs, ahail cease. Let no enminal »ct of the kind be done hero»fter; for lo'. these are the blasts of the land! Let none of 1 the Undlords under the King. »nd none.of the Iand ag»nts onder tbem do «ny of »11 the tbings forbidden in thia I»w. If »ny one of the persons spoken of in tbis edict do »ny of tbe things forbidden in this law, he shall pay all damages sasUined by him to whom be does the dam*ge. »nd if be eonlinne to do thos, bisfine sb»ll be, that be ahail no longer be a l«ndholder in these isl«nds, aud be sh«ll be fined to half tbe amount of Ihe property whieh w«s songhl; aneh i» the fine of those who set «side the directions of this aeeiion.' (To Be CofUinued. /