SECTION 1. A like jurisdiction with that conferred upon the Supreme and Circuit Court and Police Courts of Honolulu, Hilo and Lahaina, is hereby conferred upon all Police and District Courts of this Kingdom in all cases of felonious assault by knife, sword, sword-cane or other dangerous weapon injurious to life excepting the cases hereinafter mentioned as being excepted. SECTION 2. In cases where the offense is not of a highly aggravated character the said Police Courts may punish the offender by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and by imprisonment not exceeding two years; but in cases where such punishment would be inadequate, the offender shall be committed for trial according to existing provisions of law. SECTION 3. This Act shall become a law from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 13th day of August, A. D. 1880. KALAKAUA R. CHAPTER XI. AN ACT To AMEND SECTION 498 OF THE CIVIL CODE. 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 498 of the Civil Code as amended by an Act approved the 1st day of August, A. D. 1878, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 498. For taxation, educational and judicial purposes the several islands shall be divided into the following districts: "The island of Hawaii shall be divided into eight districts, as follows: 1, Hilo; 2, Puna; 3, Kau; 4, South Kona; 5, North Kona; 6, South Kohala; 7, North Kohala; 8, Hamakua. "The islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe shall be divided into six districts, as follows: 1, from Kahakuloa to Ukumehame, including Kahoolawe, to be called the Lahaina District; 2, from Waihee to Honuaula inclusive, to be called the Wailuku District; 3, Kahikinui, Kaupo, Kipahulu, Hana and Koolau, to be called the Hana District; 4, Hamakualoa, Hamakuapoko, Haliimaile, Makawao and Kula, to be called the Makawao District; 5, Molokai; Lanai. "The island of Oahu shall be divided into five districts, as follows: 1, From Maunalua to Moanalua inclusive, to be styled the Honolulu District; 2, Ewa and Waianae, to be styled the Ewa District; 3, Waialua; 4, Koolauloa; 5, Koolaupoko. "The islands of Kauai and Niihau shall be divided into six districts, as follows: 1, from Nualolo to Hanapepe inclusive, to be styled the Waimea District; 2, from Ili of Elieli to Mahaulepu inclusive, to be styled the Koloa District; 3, from Kipu to Hanamaulu inclusive, to be styled the Lihue District; 4, from Waialua to Moloaa inclusive, to be styled the the Kawaihau District; 5, from Lepeuli to Honopu inclusive, to be styled the Hanalei District; 6, Niihau." SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in contravention herewith are hereby repealed. Approved this 13th day of August, A. D. 1880. KALAKAUA R. CHAPTER XII. AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTIONS 118 AND 119 OF THE CIVIL CODE AS AMENDED BY AN ACT APPROVED ON THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY of June, 1868, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 118, 119 AND 120, AND TO REPEAL SECTION 121 OF THE CIVIL CODE." Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled: SECTION 1. Sections 118 and 119 of the Civil Code as amended by an Act approved on the twenty-second day of June, 1868, entitled "An Act to amend Sections 118, 119 and 120 and to repeal Section 121 of the Civil Code," shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved this 13th day of August, A. D. 1880. KALAKAUA R. CHAPTER XIII. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN THE POLICE AND DISTRICT COURTS," APPROVED ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1878. 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 10746 of the Act regulating the practice of Law, aoproved on the 5th day of August, A. D. 1878, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 10746. The said license shall be for the term of two years, and shall be valid in all the Judicial Circuits of the Kingdom. The fee for a license shall be five dollars for the first issue, and two dollars for each renewal thereof. Such license may be in the following form: 66 66 ... .Court. ..........Esquire, having been examined, and found duly qualified and of good moral character, is hereby licensed to practice in the Police and District Courts of all the Judicial Circuits of the Kingdom as an Attorney at Law for the term of two years from date. SECTION 2. This Act shall become a law from the date of its approval, and all laws and parts of laws in contravention herewith are hereby repealed. Approved this 13th day of August, A. D. 1880. KALAKAUA R. CHAPTER XIV. AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE STEAM NAVIGATION BETWEEN HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO. 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 the Interior on behalf of the Hawaiian Government is hereby authorized to contract for a term not exceeding ten years, with individuals or incorporated companies, for running efficient and sea worthy steamships of not less than fifteen hundred tons each, and registered ander the laws of this Kingdom, between Honolulu and San Francisco, in consideration of which there shall be paid to said individuals or companies a sum not exceeding Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars per annum, provided that no such contract shall be executed without the consent of His Majesty the King in Privy Council, and such contract shall require under suitable penalties, that trips shall be regularly run, not less frequently than twice each month from each end of the route, that the running time shall not be more than nine days from port to port, and that the rate demanded for first-class passage shall not exceed Seventy-Five Dollars for every passenger, and that the rate of freight upon ordinary merchandise from either port shall not exceed five dollars per ton and five per cent. primage, and that the rate of freight on specie shall not exceed one-half of one per cent., and that the mails shall be carried between said ports free of charge to the Hawaiian Government or the Post Office Department. SECTION 2. Said individuals or companies shall have and be entitled to all the privileges and exemptions to which foreign steam lines are now entitled by law. SECTION 3. The Minister of Finance is hereby authorized and required to pay such subsidy to the contracting parties, out of any money in the Public Treasury, not otherwise appropriated by law. Approved on this 13th day of August, A. D. 1880. KALAKAUA R. CHAPTER XV. AN ACT TO LICENSE THE SLAUGHTER AND SALE OF PORK. 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 the Interior shall at any time license for the term of one year, any applicant to Slaughter 4 |