steamship, overtaking any other, shall keep out of the way of the overtaken ship.

ARTICLE 21. In narrow channels every steamship shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard of such ship.

ARTICLE 22. Where by the above rules, one of two ships is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course.

ARTICLE 23. In obeying and construing these rules, due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary, in order to avoid immediate danger.

No ship, under any circumstances, to neglect proper pre

cautions.

ARTICLE 24. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look-out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.

RESERVATION OF RULES FOR HARBORS AND INLAND NAVIGATION.

ARTICLE 25. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of a special rule duly made by local authority relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland navigation.

SPECIAL LIGHTS FOR SQUADRONS AND CONVOYS.

ARTICLE 26. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the Government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war, or for ships sailing under convoy.

Approved this 30th day of July, A.D. 1880.

KALAKAUA R.

CHAPTER II.

AN ACT

TO AMEND CHAPTER XXXIX OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1874, BEING AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AT WAR AND THE NAVY."

Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled:

SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 39 of the Session Laws of 1874, being "An Act to abolish the office of Secretary at War and of the Navy," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is authorized to draw from the Government Treasury the several appropriations as set apart for the King's Guards, the Band, Flags and Salutes and the Volunteers, and pay over the appropriation for the King's Guards to whomsoever the King may appoint to receive the The appropriation for the Band, Flags and Salutes shall be paid to the Governor of Oahu. The appropriation

same.

for the Volunteers shall be paid to the commanding officer of each volunteer corps, and the said Minister shall account for such disbursements biennially to the Legislature."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage, and all rules and regulations, laws or parts of laws inconsistent or in contravention herewith, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved this 30th day of July, A. D. 1880.

KALAKAUA R.

CHAPTER III.

AN ACT

TO PROVIDE FOR THE SANITARY CONDITION OF DWELLING HOUSES. WHEREAS, on account of the over-crowding of persons in certain localities, it is expedient to provide for the sanitary condition of dwelling-houses and their surroundings, therefore,

Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled:

SECTION 1. Every house or tenement used or occupied as a dwelling for lodgers or contract laborers shall be kept by its owner in good repair, with the roof water-tight, and shall have the capacity of not less than three hundred cubic feet of space for each adult, or nine hundred cubic feet for one man and woman and two children.

SECTION 2. The yard and grounds about all dwellings shall be well drained and kept free from rubbish of every description, with a closet or privy, also to be kept in repair by the lodging-house keeper or employer of laborers, for every six adults.

SECTION 3. Every owner or keeper and every other person having the care or management of a lodging-house or of a dwelling for contract laborers, shall at all times when required by the Board of Health or its agents give free access to such house or any part thereof.

SECTION 4. Every lodging-house keeper or employer of laborers who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this Act shall pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

SECTION 5. Every person who shall keep his dwelling in so filthy a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, or who shall refuse or neglect to remove any nuisance or substance he may have caused or placed in the vicinity of the dwelling he occupies or any other dwelling, or shall commit any nuisance in any stream or thoroughfare, shall on conviction pay a fine not exceeding three dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor for any term not exceeding thirty days.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect ninety days after its passage.

Approved on the 9th day of August, A. D. 1880.

KALAKAUA R.

CHAPTER IV.

AN ACT

TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF PILOTS AT THE PORTS OF KAHULui, Maui, and HILO, HAWAII.

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 ports of Kahului, Maui, and Hilo, Hawaii, shall be as follows:

One dollar and fifty cents per foot on the vessel's draft

coming into port, and the same for going out of port. For anchoring any vessel off the said ports of Kahulai and Hilo, ten dollars; provided that the pilot be not detained on board longer than twenty-four hours, and for all detention on board beyond that time five dollars per day.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect and become a law from and after the date of its publication, and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved this 9th day of August, A. D. 1880.

KALAKAUA R.

CHAPTER V.

AN ACT

TO INDEMNIFY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE.

WHEREAS, it appears from the Report of the Minister of Finance that the following expenditures were advised by the Privy and Cabinet Councils, viz.:

Amounting to the sum of seventy-five thousand five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-six cents.

AND WHEREAS, the Minister of Finance requests to be discharged from further liability on account of, said expenditures, therefore,

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 Minister of Finance and all others