AN ACT TO AMEND "JOINT RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE THE VISITS OF WHALERS," PASSED JUNE 15th, 1847. Approved May 26th, 1853. BE IT ENACTED, by the King, the Premier and Nobles resident near His Majesty: SECTION 1. That section eighth of "Joint Resolution to Encourage the Visits of Whalers," passed the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Done at the Palace, this 20th day of September, A. D. 1852. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE TO PAY CERTAIN SUMS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1853. Approved May 23d, 1853. WHEREAS, no provision was made by the Legislature of 1852, for the support of His Majesty's Privy Purse or Royal State, after the 31st of March, 1853, and whereas His Majesty's dignity and comfort may be endangered by any delay to make such provision: Therefore BE IT ENACTED, by the King, the Nobles and the Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: That the Minister of Finance be instructed to pay out of the Treasury, in anticipation of the General Appropriation Bill for 1853, and until June 30th, 1853, the sum of eight hundred and thirtythree and one-third dollars, monthly, on account of His Majesty's Privy Purse, and the further sum of three hundred and thirty-three and one-third dollars, monthly, on account of His Majesty's Royal State. 3 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE IMPORT DUTIES OF CERTAIN KINDS OF MER. CHANDISE. Approved May 24th, 1853. BE IT ENACTED, by the King, the Nobles and the Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That there shall be levied on all goods, wares and merchandise imported into this Kingdom, from any port in China or the Phillipine Islands, a duty of fifteen per cent. ad valorem upon the invoice cost thereof; provided, however that no more than five per cent. duty shall be levied on the article of Rice, and further provided that this shall not be construed into a repeal of any part of "An Act levying specific duties on sugars, syrups of sugar and coffee, passed June 6th, 1852. SECTION 2. The increase of duties provided for in the first section of this Act, shall not affect goods, wares or merchandize, which are the growth or manufacture of any foreign country having a treaty with this Kingdom. SECTION 3. In order to prove that any goods, wares or merchandize, imported into this Kingdom, from any of the ports of China or the Phillipine Islands, are the growth or manufacture of some other country having a treaty with this Kingdom, it shall be necessary for the person entering the same at the Custom House, to present to the Collector of Customs a certificate to that effect from the resident Hawaiian Consul, or in default of such Consul, from the Consul or Commercial Agent of such other country, at the port in China or the Phillipine Islands, from whence such goods, wares or merchandize shall have been brought to this Kingdom; and the person entering the same at the Custom House, shall make oath that such goods, wares or merchandize are not the growth or manufacture of China or the Phillipine Islands, to the best of his knowledge and belief. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect at the expiration of six months from the date of its publication in the Polynesian newspaper. AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO ERECT JAILS ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. Approved May 26th, 1853. BE IT ENACTED, by the King, the Nobles and the Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. The Minister of the Interior, with the consent of the King in Privy Council, shall appoint three Commissioners to erect Jails or Prisons on the Island of Oahu, who shall serve without pay. SECTION 2. The Minister of the Interior, with the consent of the King and Privy Council, as above, shall fill up all vacancies that may occur, by death, resignation or otherwise. SECTION 3. The Commissioners shall select and procure suitable sites for two jails, the one for male convicts, the other for female convicts, to be situated on the Island of Oahu, and not less than one mile apart, and they shall cause to be erected thereon, with as little delay as possible, such buildings and enclosures, as they shall deem necessary for the safe keeping, correction and employment of the convicts. SECTION 4. The Commissioners shall, if they deem it necessary, cause to be erected, in some central spot in the town of Honolulu, a lockup for the temporary detention of deserters from ships, and of parties awaiting examination before any of the courts. SECTION 5. The Commissioners, or any two of them, are authorized, in the performance of the duties prescribed in the 2d, 3d and 4th sections of this act, in the name of the Minister of the Interior, for the Government, to purchase the real estate necessary for the jail sites, to advertise for plans, specifications and proposals, and to make contracts for the supply of materials and labor for the execution of the whole, or any part of the work. |