Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 153, 2 July 1894 — HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAWAII'S “BLUE” LAWS

:C0NSTITUTI0N and LAWS Framed bv tlie Missionaries. - LAWS of tbe HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 13. Of Laying New Re.stbiotions. AJ1 the Governors &re horeby forbidden to lay new burdens of their own inventions on the lands. When yon eondemn any one unjnstly, do not lay the hlnme on the laws of the kingdom, and when you Iay the grievous burdens on ; the people. do not cast the hlame on his majesty tbe Kiog, i nor on the law: do not bebave thus, lest even the country ! people rise up before you and e\pouud to you the meuning ! of tbis book. Wherefore execute none of your own pecnliar plans unless the King first subscribe his name to what you wish to say to the people. The proper course is whoa any Governor perceives that some new crime is becoming prevalent, or perhaps makes some discovery whieh may be of valne to the kingdom, or to the people, if carried into oxeculion, for him then to give noliee of his discovery to all the Governors, and when they signify their approbation, then present the same to the King. and if he suffix bis namo, then it becomes a law of the kingdom, for it is mueh better to execute such plaus as will not be condemaed by any of the ! sections of this law that plan having been formed for the j benefit of tbe kingdom, and heeu unanimously approve<l. But those Governors, land agonts, landlords and cbiefs who set aside tbe edicts of tbis hook whieh regulate the taxes of tbe whole kingdom, and punme a course. unjast, ; burdensome to the poor, and oppressive to those who labcr in employments to increase your wealth, a courso to ronder destitute those who patiently endnre fatigue and thescorching rays of the suu. who pretend thatyouroppression of the people is in accordance with the word of God; who puniah the crimes of tbe Iower c'asses in a manner at varience witb the meaning of the law; who lay taboos on those employments by whieh tbe people seek to enn'eh thems'-ives, eapecially if you perceive that a nnmber of men »re eng*ged in tbe same employment, and make it profitab!e, then yon monopolize it to yoarselves and forbid any to engage in it unless they pay a tax to you; wbo lay uneqaal Uhooe to enrich one class while they impoverish otbers who shouU be equally enriched while they do well; those agents of the general tax gatherer who eompel the people who are dostitute of money and pork to pay their taxes in articles whieh do not grow upon tbe land; and the compelling tfae peoplo to go a great distacce to labor for their Iaodlords; whosoever of you does any of the things forbidden in this sec-tion, be sball pay all damages, and if be persevere in sach a coarse, be ahall forfeit one thiid part of all his lands. If be afterwards eonlinue to pursue tbe same course be shall forfeit another third, and if he eoniinue still, be sball forfeit the remainder. the eleventh section.3 Tbese laods, thos forfeited, the King will give, to those indn»trioas pereons who conform to this law. Sach sball be ths paniahmeai o£ those high minded persons who set aside tho reqoisitions of this law respecting the property of the kingdom.

(To Bt Continu4d.)