sifornia pnal lity . * UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW LIBRARY LAWS OF HIS MAJESTY KAMEHAMEHA IV., KING OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, PASSED BY THE NOBLES AND REPRESENTATIVES, AT THEIR SESSION, 1855. HONOLULU: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT. 1855. SESSION LAWS, AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE LEGISLATURE OF 1855. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives, of the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. There shall be set apart by His Majesty's Minister of Finance, out of the money in the Treasury, the sum of eight thousand dollars, for the expenses of the two Houses of the Legislature, with- out waiting for the general Appropriation Bill of this year. SECTion 2. The House of Nobles and the House of Representatives shall be at liberty to draw on the Minister of Finance, at their discre- tion, for any sums of money, within the amount above specified, to meet their expenses. It Approved April 2lst, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. RELATING TO PORT OF HILO. SESS. AN ACT RELATING TO THE PORT OF HILO. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and the Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: That, from and after the passage of this act, the same privileges in regard to the shipping of native seamen, and to the discharge of For- eign and native seamen, that now are or may hereafter, be conferred by law, on the Ports of Honolulu in the Island of Oahu, and Lahaina in the Island of Maui, be, and the same are hereby conferred likewise on the port of Hilo in the Island of Hawaii. Approved this <28th day of April, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. K A AHUM AM; . TO PROVIDE A POLICE COCRT FOR HILO. AN- ACT TO PROVIDE A POLICE COURT FOR THE PORT OF HILO. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. One of the District Justices for the District of Hilo Isl- and of Hawaii, shall be Police Justice for the Port of Hilo, with the same powers and jurisdiction which now are, or may hereafter be con- ferred by law upon the Police Justices of Honolulu and Lahaina. SECTION 2. The Police Justice of Hilo shall be appointed in the same manner as the Police Justices of Honolulu and Lahaina. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and become a law from and after the date of its passage. Approved this 3d day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMKHA. VICTORIA K. KAAUUMA.NU. RELATING TO THE CENSUS. SESS. AN ACT RELATING TO THE CENSUS. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. The act entitled " an Act in regard to the Census," and' approved by the King on the llth July, 1851, is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and become a law, on the day of its approval by the King. Approved this 7th day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. 1855. T0 INCORPORATE THE SAILOR'S HOME SOCIKTV. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE HONOLULU SAILORS' HOME SOCIETY. WHEREAS, an association was formed on the 20th of November 1854, in the City of Honolulu, under the name of " the Honolulu Sailors' Home Society," for the purpose of improving the social, moral and religious condition of seamen, resorting to this port, by the estab- lishment and maintenance of a Home of good character, from which all intoxicating liquors shall be excluded, and by such other means as shall be deemed proper, and whereas the said association have petitioned for an act of incorporation in order more fully to effect the purpose. Therefore: BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Wobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That Elisha H. Allen, Richard Armstrong, Ichabod Bartlett, Chas. H. Butler, Wm. St. Maur Bingham, Samuel N. Cas- tle, Samuel C. Damon, John li, Geo. B. C. Ingraham, Wm. H. John- son, Gerrit P. Judd, Wm. L. Lee, George M. Robertson, Thomas Spencer, J. T. Waterhouse, H. M. Whitney, H. I. H. Holdsworth, and J. E. Chamberlain, and their associates and successors, be and are hereby incorporated, and made a body politic, under the name of " the Honolulu Sailors' Home Society," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be % impleaded, appear, prosecute and defend to final judgement and execution; and in their said corporate "capacity, they and their associates and successors forever, may take, receive, have and hold in fee simple or otherwise, lands, tenements and hered- itaments, by gift grant or otherwise, and may also take and hold by donation, bequest or otherwise*, personal estate, and the said real or personal estate shall be faithfully appropriated to the purpose and ob~ ject of establishing and maintaining a Sailor's Home as aforesaid, and not otherwise ; and the said corporation may have a common seal, which they may alter or renew at pleasure. SECTION 2. Any person contributing one dollar annually, shall be a member, arid by the payment of fifty dollars shall be a life member. g TO INCORPORATE THF, SAILOR'S HOME SOCIETY. SESS. SECTION 3. The control and disposal of the funds, property and Es- tate of the Society, and the direction of all its concerns shall be vest- ed in a board of trustees, consisting of eighteen persons residing in Honolulu, who shall be chosen by the members of the society at its annual meeting, and the Trustees last chosen shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen, ten of whom shall be a quorum at any meeting regularly convened. The Board of Trustees shall be divided into three classes, of six each. One class shall go out at the end of each year, but shall be re-eligible. The said Board shall have power to elect from their own number a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Executive Committee of three, and to ap- point such other Committees as shall from time to time be deemed necessary. The Board shall also have power to fill vacancies in its own body, occasioned by resignation, death or any other circumstance. At the annual election the twelve Trustess remaining, shall have power to nominate twelve candidates, from whom six may be elected hy the Society to fill up the Board, and the present officer* of said Board, shall continue in office until their successors are elected. SECTION 4. The Board of Trustees shall have power to appoint their own meetings, form their qwn rules of business, and employ such other means for accomplishing the object of the Society, as in their judgement, its exigencies may require, keeping regular minutes of their proceedings. SECTION 5. The conveyance of any Real Estate, or a lease thereof, may be made with the concurrence of two thirds of the Trustees pres- ent at any meeting duly called. SECTION 6. The property of the Society is alone liable for the pay- ment of its debts and liabilities, it being hereby expressly declared that no personal liability is incurred by its members. SECTION 7. All contracts and deeds which the said Board of Trus- tees may lawfully make and execute, signed by their President and countersigned by their Treasurer, and sealed with the common seal of said corporation, shall be valid in law to all intents and purposes. SECTION 8. This act shall take effect from and after the day of its passage. ^prorfd, thix 7lh day of May, 1855. KAMKHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHTMANI;. 1Q55. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. AX ACT TO REMODEL THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. BE IT E.VACTED by the King, the Nohles anil Representatives oj the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for His Majesty the King, to abolish the office of Minister of Public Instruction, and appoint and commis- sion a board of Education, consisting of a President and two Direct- ors, to hold office during the King's pleasure, which board shall have the entire charge and control of the Department of Public Instruction, shall superintend the execution of all the laws relating thereto, and said President by and with the advice of said Directors, shall dis- charge the several duties heretofore imposed upon said Minister. SECTION 2. All the members of the board aforesaid shall reside at the seat of the Hawaiian Government, it shall have the power to make its own by-laws, not in contravention of the laws of this Kingdom, ' O shall keep regular records of its proceedings and the President shall make a full report of the business and transactions of the Department to the Legislature of each year, through the Minister of the' Interior. SECTION 3. The President aforesaid shall keep an office or place of business at the seat of government, shall sign all official documents of the Board, in order to their validity, shall have a seal of his De- partment, and be entitled to employ a clerk. He shall use his best exertions to promote the interests of education and morality on the the Islands, and the general objects of the Department, and shall re- ceive such salary as the Legislature shall determine, but the Direct- ors aforesaid shall receive no compensation for their services. SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws of this Kingdom in conflict with this act, are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect on the 1st day of July next. Approved this 7th day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. j<) EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS ON OAHU. SKSS. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. BE IT EXACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the //a- wd'tian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That from and after the date of the passage of this Act, and un.til the erection of suitable prisons en the Island of Oahu, to meet the requirements of the " Act relating to Prisons, their gov- ernment and discipline," passed in the year 1851, all male convicts sentenced by the several Courts of the Island of Oahu, to impiison- ment at hard labor, shall be in the keeping of the Marshal of the King- dom, and his Deputies, under the orders of the Governor of Oahu, who shall employ them on any public works which may from time to time be designated by the Minister of the Interior or the Secretary at War. SECTION 2. Should the labor of such Prisoners not be required, at any time, in the performance of work for the Government, it shall be the duty of the Marshal of the Kingdom to hire them out to labor for private individuals, with the consent of the Governor, upon such terms, and to be employed at such kind of labor, as he may approve. Pro- vided, however, that such Prisoners shall not be so employed as to prevent their being locked up within the prison every night. SECTION 3. When such prisoners are employed on any Govern- ment work, the expense of maintaining them shall be defrayed out of the appropriation made for such work; and when they are employed to labor for private individuals, the expense of maintaining them shall be defrayed out of their earnings; and when they are not employed in either of the above modes, the Marshal may employ them in any way he may deem expedient, and the expense of maintaining them shall be defrayed by the government. Approved this 7th day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. 1855. RELATING TO ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTA- TIVES OF THE PEOPLE. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the JVoblts and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That the words "or any other cause," in Section 2, of the Act entitled " an Act to amend the law relating to the election of the Representatives of the people," passed in the year 1851, be and the same are hereby expunged; and the word " or " is hereby inserted between the \vords " resignation " and " death " in said 2nd Section. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the day of its passage. Approved this lith day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. FOR THE *UTKES:SIO.\ OF PROSTITUTION. SESS. AN ACT FOn THE SUPPRESSION OF PROSTITUTION. WHEREAS, large numbers of young females belonging to the remote Districts of the Kingdom, are in the habit of frequenting the sea- ports, particularly during the fall shipping season, for the purpose of prostitution: AND WHEREAS, this evil practice is calculated to spread disease and death among the people, thereby contributing to their rapid decrease in number. Therefore: BB IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That from and after the date of the passage of this Act, it snail be lawful for the Police and District Justices of Honolulu and Lahaina, and the District Justice of Hilo respectively to cause to be arrested and brought before them, any female that may be complain- ed of by the Sheriff or Prefect of Police as being a prostitute, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Justice that such female is a prostitute, and that her father, mother or other guardian, reside in any other district than that in which such Justice has jurisdiction, or that such female has left her native district and come to reside within the district where such Justice has jurisdiction, for the purpose of prostitution, then such Justice may order such female to return to her parents or guardian if she have any, or to the district from whence she came, within forty-eight hours from the time of such order; and if such female be found within his district after the expiration of such period of forty-eight hours, the Justice may punish her by imprison- ment at hard labor, or solitary confinement for a period not exceed- ing thirty days upon the first complaint, and upon any subsequent complaint for a period not exceeding sixty days. It shall be the duty of all Judicial and Police Officers, School Inspectors and School 1855. FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PROSTITUTION. 13 Teachers, to inform the Police Justices of the seaports aforesaid, of any females belonging to their respective districts whom they may Mispect of having resorted to said seaports for the purposes of prosti- tution, that they may be dealt with as hereinbefore provided. Approved this \Hh day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMAXU. 14 RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY. SESS. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY, PASSED JUNE 16TH, 1848. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That Section Thirtieth of "An Act relating to Bank- ruptcy," passed June 16th, 1848, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. After the passage of this Act, appeals may be taken from the decisions of the Commissioner* in Bankruptcy in all cases decided by them to the Supreme Court of this Kingdom, provided that the appellant give notice of appeal within five days after the decision rendered, and within ten days after such decision file with the said Commissioners a good and sufficient bond, in the penal sum of One Hundred Dollars, conditioned for the payment of all costs arising from said appeal, in case the said appeal shall not be sustained in the Su- preme Court. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect from and after the day of its passage. Approved this Htk day of May, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. T0 PROVIDE REVENUE. AN ACT TO PROVIDE REVENUE FROM IMPORTS, AND TO CHANGE AND MODIFY EXISTING LAWS IMPOSING DUTIES ON IMPORTS. BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1 . That, in lieu of the duties imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now be exempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected and paid on the goods, wares and mer- chandise herein enumerated and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the following rates of duty; that is to say, On Spirits, Liqueurs, Cordials, &.C., mentioned in Schedule A, of the strength of proof Three Dollars per gallon, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength. On Wines mentioned in Schedule B, a duty of One Dollar per gallon. On goods, wares and merchandise mentioned in Schedule C, a duty of fifteen per centum ad valorem. On goods, wares and merchandise mentioned in Schedule D, a duty of ten per cent, ad valorem. On goods, wares and merchandise mentioned in Schedule E, a duty of five per centum ad valorem. . SECTION 2. S. SCHEDTLE D. Iron or Steel, Axes, Hatchets, Ballast, Buoys, Windlass-Nippers, Trypots, Whale and Seal Irons, Anchors, Stoves, Lances and Bomb Lances, Hand-Cuifs, Tacks, Trace-Chains, Iron Pipe, Wire Cl..tl>, manufactures of Wool, Linen and Cotton not otherwise provided for; Beef and Pork Tongues, Hams, Lard, Game arid Vegetables inclosed in sealed cans or otherwise, Butter, Cheese, Leather and manuftu-tures of leather, Hides, Fish fresh, salted, dried, smoked or pickled; Doors and Sashes, House Frames, Bunting, Britannia, Ha:d, Hollow, Tin, Zinc and Wooded Ware hot otherwise provided for; Cloihhur ready made, and wearing apparel of every description; Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Hose not otherwise provided for; Blacking, Corks, Compo- sition, Copper, Tin, Zinc, and Yellow Metal not otherwise provided for; and nails of the same; Cordage, Cambooses, Chronometers, Davits, Ship's Tackle arid Stores not otherwise provided for; Oars, Twine, Tarred Paper, Candles, "Camphene and burning fluids of every description not otherwise provided for; Pitch, Tar, Rosin, Lamps, Lanterns, Scales, Pumps, Carriages, and parts of Carriages, Wagons, Carts, Whips, Wheels, Spurs, Yokes, Safes, Vaults, Trunks not otherwise provided for; Vinegar, Wax, Sperm, Whale, Seal, Porpoise and Blackfish Oil, Neatsfoot and Cocoanut Oils, Marbles, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Lines, Nets, Grindstones, Glass, Hops, Live Stock not otherwise enumerated; Slates, Solder, Sand Paper, Spy- Glasses and Telescopes, Cutlery of all kinds, Orleans, Alpacca, Ale- pine, Barage, Balzorine, manufacture of Worsted or Cashmere, or of which they shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for; Brooms and Brushes of all kinds, Furniture and Upholstery not other- wise provided for; Clocks and parts of Clocks, Belts, Shawls not oth- erwise provided for; Paper Hangings, Matting, Soda Fountains., Honey, Medical Drugs, Roots and Leaves, and medicinal prepara- tions not oilu>rwisc provided for; Surgical Instrument?. ScHEDt I.E E. Blacksmith's, Caulkei's, Cooper's, Carpenter's, Shoemaker's, Ma- chinist's and Turner's Tools; Chain Cable, Nails, Rivets and Spikes of Iron of all kinds, Iron Ho>ps, manufactures of cotton not otherwise provided for; Flannel of whatever inateriiil. Blankets of all kind<, TO PROVJUJJ3 Colmvgs, Crash, Duck and Canvass, Osnaburgs, Boats, Lumber, Hewed, Sawed and Rough; Casks and Barrels, Staves, Books, print- ed and blank; Stationery am! Paper of all kinds not otherwise pro- vided for; Brick, Cement arid building materials of all kinds; Bags and Bagging. Furnaces, Monuments, Spars, Walrus Teeth, Paints of ail kinds, Turpentine, Linseed and other oils used in painting, Var- nish, Putty, Soap, Rice and Paddy, Thread net otherwise provided for, Hydraulic Rams, Wood. Coal, Ice, Alcohol when introduced for medicinal or mechanical purposes, in accordance with the Act passed August 16th, 1854. SCHEDULE F. Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Plants, Roots and Seeds for planting and sowing not otherwise provided for; Machinery of all kinds, Steam Engines, Mills, Coffee Cleaners, Rice Hullers, Plows, Hoes, and other instruments of husbandry imported by any agriculturalist or bodv of agriculturalists, and not intended for sale; animals for im- proving the breed in this kingdom, all produce of Hawaiian Fisheries, Professional Books, Instruments, implements and tools of trade, old and in use of persons from abroad, and not intended for any other person or for sale; goods, wares and merchandise exported to a for- eign country and brought back in the same condition as when export- ed, upon which no draw-back has been allowed;' household effects and wearing apparel, and other personal effects in use, not merchandise; also all goods imported free by Christian Missionaries and Foreign Ministers, and Whale Ships under the present laws. Approved this 14th day of May, 18">5. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHCMAM . TO IXSTITL'TE HOSIMTAI^ l-dll TIIC Sl'JK rOUK. AN ACT TO INSTITUTE HOSPITALS FOR THE SICK POOR. >, WHEREAS, past experience and daily repeated observation show the necessity and duty of the public to provide Hospitals for their re- lief, where they may receive kind nursing and skillful attendance; and that the said Hospitals may become schools where a certain number of intelligent Hawaiians selected for that object, may be instructed in medical science and the cure of the numerous diseases now prevalent and that are constantly on the increase: Therefore, BE IT ENACTED, by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized to es- tablish two Hospitals for the sick poor, being natives of this kingdom, one at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, and one at Lahaina, Island of Muni, which Hospitals shall be under the immediate supervision of the Board of Health, in conjunction with the Governors of the Islands on which said Hospitals are established. SECTION 2. That the Minister of the Interior, at his discretion, can cause a Hospital to be established on Hawaii, and also one on Kauai, under the same regulations that may govern those established on Oahu and Maui. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of said Board to make rules and regulations for the government of said Hospitals, which shall be sub- milted to the King in Privy Council for approval, and which shall be published for general information. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect from and after the day of its passage. Approved this 25/fo day of May, .#. D. 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. OF AN ACT DECLARING THE PERIOD AT WHICH ALL SUBJECTS OF THE KING CEASE TO BE MINORS AND BECOME OF LEGAL AGE. BE IT ENACTED, by the King, the Nubles and Representatives of the Ha- leniian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION I. All male persons residing in this kingdom who shall have attained the age of twenty years, and all females who shall have attained the age of eighteen years, shall be regarded as of legal age and their period of minority to have ceased. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect and become a law on the day of its approval by the King. Approved this 1st day of June, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. i;r.!. \TI.\I; TO TAX coi.i.r.i'Toj:- 5 AM> KM'.MLKATOI;.*. S;->S. TO REGULATE TTli-; PAY O? TAX C 1LLFCT >RS AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN LNLJMERATOil OF ALL PERSONS AND ANIMALS LIABLE TO TAXATION. Bn IT E.VACTED, by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. His Majesty the King is hereby authorized to appoint annually, on or before the first day of July, an Enumerator for each Taxation District of this kingdom, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the Minister of Finance, to make, on or before the first day of September, a faithful enumeration of all persons and animals in his district liable to be taxed, and to make a tax list of the same, classified according to a blank form to be furnished by said Minister. SECTION 2. *Each Enumerator on his appointment shall take and subscribe before a Police or District Justice the following oath, a cer- tified copy of which shall be immediately forwarded by the magistrate before whom it was taken to the Minister of Finance: " I, , being appointed to make an enumeration of all persons and animals liable to taxation in the District of , Island of , do solemnly swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of said office. So help me God." SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of each Enumerator to call once at the usual place of business or residence of every tax payer for the purpose of ascertaining accurately the amount of taxes such person is liable to pay; and if any person when called upon by the Enume- rator shall decline or refuse to give a list of persons residing with him, and animals in his possession, liable to be taxed, or shall refuse to make oath to the accuracy of said list when given, then it shall be competent for said Enumerator to make a list of said persons and an- imals liable to taxation, according to the best of his knowledge, and include the same in his enumeration, which shall be binding upon the person so declining or refusing as aforesaid. !>;-.-> RELATING TO TAX COLLCCTOK.S ANIi ;-:\f.M F.K A Tol.'S. ._>:J SECTION 4. The Enumerator is authorized at his discretion to ad- minister the following oath to any person who shall give him a list of persons and animals liable to taxation, viz: " You solemnly swear that the list of all persons residing with you and of animals in your possession liable to taxation, which you have given me, is true. So help you God." Any person refusing to take the oath aforesaid, shall be fined a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor for a period not exceeding thirty days, on being convicted of the offense before any District Justice. SECTION 5. Whenever the Enumerator calls for a list as aforesaid, and no person shall be found to furnish said list, the said Enumerator shall leave a notice at the house or place of business of the person so called upon, requiring said person to furnish him a list of all persons residing with, and all animals in hi3 possession liable to taxation, within twenty days, and in case said list is not furnished within twenty days as aforesaid, then it shall be competent for the Enumerator to make out such list according to the best of his knowledge, which shall be binding upon the party so failing to furnish a list as aforesaid. SECTION 6. It shall be the duty uf each Enumerator on or before the first day of September in each year, to complete and deliver to the Governor of the Inland in which his district is located, two certi- fied copies of the Tax List made out by him, as above prescribed, one of which copies shall be immediately forwarded by the Governor to the Minister of Finance. SECTION 7. Kach Enumerator, who shall have faithfully discharged the duties of his office according to law, on presenting his Tax List completed to the Governor of the Island in which his district is locat- ed, shall be paid by the said Governor's draft on the Hawaiian Trea- sury, a compensation for his services equal to five per centum of the amount of taxes for his district as shown by the Tax List so made out and delivered as aforesaid. SECTION 8. Each Tax Collector, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall annually file with the Governor of the Island in which his District is located a bond to the Minister of Finance, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties according to law, with two sureties to be approved by the Governor of the Island in a penal sum 04 RELATING TO TAX COLI.KCTOK8 AND KN I'MKRATORS. $K.SS. equal to the amount of taxes to be collected by him, as shown by the Tax List, a certified copy of which bond shall be immediately for- warded by the Governor to the Minister of Finance. SECTION 9. The Governors of the several islands shall deliver to each Tax Collector of their islands respectively, having filed his bond as aforesaid, a copy of the Tax List for his District, and the Tax Col- lector shall proceed immediately to collect the taxes in his District according to said list. SECTION 10. Each Tax Collector in the discharge of his duties, shall call on each tax payer at his residence or usual place of business, in the month of September, October or November, after the Tax List has been delivered to him, and demand payment of the taxes made out against said tax payer in the list aforesaid; and if any tax payer cannot be found when thus called upon, the Collector shall leave with some person at his usual place of business or at his residence, a writ- ten or printed notice that he has called to collect the taxes of said tax payer, in which he shall state the amount of the same and date of the time of his calling as aforesaid, and that unless said taxes are paid within twenty days from the date of said notice that he will pro- ceed to collect the same according to law. SECTION* II. If any person shall neglect to pay his taxes, or refuse when called upon by the Tax Collector, until the last day of Novem- ber of each year shall have elapsed, then the Tax Collector is au- thorized to sue him before the District Justice of that District, and if the suit is sustained he shall pay the taxes sued for, and one dollar besides for costs' for the benefit of the Royal Exchequer; but he can appeal from the decision of the District Justice. SECTION 12. It shall be the duty of each Tax Collector on or before the first day of December in each year to pay over to the Governor of the Island in which his District is located the amount of taxes by him collected, and any Tax Collector who shall have failed to do so at the specified time, or within ten days of said time, shall be liable to forfeit ten per cent, of the amount of compensation hereinafter provided for his services as Collector, which forfeiture shall be at the discretion of the Governor aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the Minister of Finance to prosecute the bond of any Collector who shall have failed to pay over to the Governor of the Island in which his District is located, the amount of taxes by him collected, on or before the first day of January. RtL,.\ilXG TO TAX COLLECTORS AXT) EXPMERATORS. ->.- SECTION 13. It shall be the duty of the Governors to hold the Tax Collectors responsible for the full amount of taxes specified in their several Tax Lists, unless they shall file with the Governors a sworn list containing the names, places of residence and amount of taxes due from each person in their several districts, from whom, after using due diligence, they were unable to collect the taxes; in which case the Governors are hereby authorized to deduct the amount of taxes- in the list so sworn to, from the amount of Tax List, and hold the Collector responsible only for the balance. SECTION 14. Each Tax Collector who shall have faithfully discharg- ed the duties of his office, and shall have paid on or before the first day of January to the Governor of the Island in which his District is located, the amount of taxes by him collected, shall be paid by the Governpr's draft on the Hawaiian Treasury a compensation equal to ten per cent, of the amount of taxes by him collected and paid over as aforesaid; provided, that the compensation paid to the Tax Collect- ors of Kona, Oahu, and Lahaina, Maui, shall not exceed seven and one-half per cent, of the amount of taxes collected and paid over by them. SECTION 15. It shall be the duty of th'e said Tax Collectors to pay over to the School Treasurers of their respective Districts the whole amount of school taxes collected by them in their respective Districts, and the said Tax Collectors shall take receipts from the said School Treasurers of the money so paid by them, which receipts shall be passed over to the Governors of their respective Islands as vouchers of the amount t so paid over by the said Tax Collectors to the said School Treasurers. , . , SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of ^its publication in the Polynesian newspaper and Elele Hawaii. SECTION 17. All parts of the existing laws in conflict with the pro- visions of this Act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved this &th of June, A. D. 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA. K. KAAHUMANU. 4 BELATING TO PORTS OF ENTRY. SESS. AN ACT REVISING A PORTION OF THE ACT MAKING THE PORTS OP HILO, KA- WAIHAE AND KEALAKEKUA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII, AND WAIMEA ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAl, PORTS OF ENTRY. Bl IT ENACTED by the King, the .Yofe/es and Representatives of the Ha- waiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION 1. That the words, in the Act making the ports of Hilo, Kawaihae and KealakeKua on the Island of Hawaii, and Wairnea on the Island of Kauai, potts of entry, ' and Waitnea on Kauai" be stricken out, and the words "and Koloa on Kauai" ^be inserted in their place. SECTION 2. This Act shall go into effect on the day of its final passage. Approved this 7lh day of June, 1855. KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. 1855. RELATING TO WAIKAHALULU WATER LOTS. AN ACT TO ALTER AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO THE WATER LOTS CALLED WAIKAHALULU, MAKAI OE THE FORT OF HONOLULU. BE IT ENACTED by (he King, the JYobles and Ike Rtpresentalives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled: SECTION I The word '' semi annual" iit the close of the 5th S To authorize the Minister of Finance to negotiate a Loan . .'HI To amend the Statutes regulating the proceedings in Courts of Law, ;;l To regulate the Shipping and Discharge of Native Seamen, ;;2 Respecting the Reservoirs and Hydrants in the city of Honolulu, 34 Providing for a New Market in the city of Honolulu, 35 Relating to the Public Health, 30 To regulate the Shipping of Foreign Seamen in the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina, 3r. demands than those which may be made upon the like effects or property belonging to Native Subjects. In the same case, debts between individuals, public funds, and the shares of companies, shall never be. confiscated, sequestered, or detained. Jirticle 14. The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, residing in the Hawaiian Islands shall not be disturbed, persecuted, or annoyed on account of their religion, but they shall have perfect liberty of con- science therein, and shall be allowed to celebrate Divine Service, ei- ther within their own private houses, or in their own particular Churches or Chapels, which-they shall be at liberty to build and main- tain in convenient places, approved of by the Government of the said Islands. Liberty shall also be granted to them to bury in Burial Pla- ce* which, in the same manner, they may freely establish and mam- tain, such Subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, who may die in the said Islands. In the like manner, Hawaiian Subjects .shall enjoy, within the Dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, perfect and unrestrained lib- ei'ty of conscience, and shall be allowed to exercise their religion pub- licly or privately, within their own dwelling houses, or in the Chapels and places of Worship appointed for that purpose agreeably to the system of toleration established in the Dominions of Her said Majes- ty, Article 15. In case there should at any time be established Brit- ish .Mail Packets, touching at a Port of the Sandwich Islands, a British packet Agent shall be permitted to reside at such port, and to collect, on account of the British Post Office, the British Sea rate of Postage which may be hereafter fixed for the conveyance of Letters by British Packets from the Sandwich Islands to any other place to which those Packets may proceed. Such British Mails Packets shall have free access- to the Ports of the 'Sand_wich Islands, and shall be allowed to remain to refit, to re- fresh, to land passengers and their baggage, and to transact any bus- iness connected with the public Mail Service of Great Britain. They shall not be subject in sueh ports to any Duties of tonnage, harbor, light-houses, quarantine, or other similar duties, of whatever nature or under whatever denomination. Article l(j. If any ship of war or merchant vessel, of either of the Contracting Parties, should be wrecked on the coasts of the other, such ship or vessel, or any parts thereof, and all furniture and appur- tenances belonging thereunto, and all goods and merchandise which shall be saved therefrom, or the produce thereof, if sold, shall be faith- fully restored to the proprietors upon being claimed by them or by 59 their duly authorized Agents; and if there- are rio such proprietors or agents on the spot, then the said goods and merchandise, or the pro- ceeds thereof ns \vell as ail the papers found on boartl such, wrecked ship or vessel, shall he delivered to the British or Hawaiian Consul in whose district the wreck may Have taken place; and such Consul, Proprietors, or agents shall pay orily the expfenses inetrrred in the preservation of the Property, together with the rate of salvage which would have been payable in the like case ot a wreck of .a national vessel. The goods and merchandise saved from the .wreck shall not be subject to duties, unless cleared feu- consumption. dfrfielf 17. In order that the two contracting parties may have the opportunity of hereafter treating and agreeing lipon such other ar- rangements as- may tend still further to the improvement of their mu- tual intercourse, and to the advancement of the interest of their re- spective Subjects, it is agreed that at any time after the expiration of seven years from the date of the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, either of the Contracting parties shall have the right of giving to the other Party notice of its intention to terminate Arti- cles 4, 5 aud 6, of the present Treaty; and that at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by Either party from the other, the said Articles, aad all the stipulations con- tained therein, shall cease to be binding on the two Contracting Part- ies. Article 18. The present Treaty shall be ratified and the Ratifica- tions shall be exchanged, at Honolulu, HI Ten Months, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipolentaries have signed'the same, and affixed thereto their respective Seals. Done at Honolulu, this tenth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (L. s.) ROBERT CRICHTON WYLLIE. IL. s.) WILLIAM MILLER. And whereas, We have fully examined all the points and articles, thereof, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council of State, We have confirmed and ratified the foregoing Treaty, and We do confirm and ratify the same, in the most effectual manner, promising on Our faith and word as King, for Us and Our successors, to fulfil and ob- serve it faithfully and scrupulously in all its clauses. in faith of which We have signed this Ratification with Our own Hand, and have affixed thereto the great Seal of Our Kingdom. Given at Our Palace at Honolulu the 6th day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and in the twenty-seventh of Our Reign. KAMEHAMEHA. KEONI ANA. ( L - S By the King and Kuhina Nui. R C. WYLLIE. 60 EXCHANGE OF RATIFICATIONS* Tlic undersigued having iriet together for the purpose of exchan- ging the Ratifications of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, be,t\yeen Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Ha- waiian Islands, concluded and signed at Honolulu on the 10th day of July 1851 ; and the respective Ratifications of the said instrument having been carefully compared, and found to be exactly conformable to each other, the said exchange, took place this day in the usual form. In witness whereof, they have signed the present certificate of Ex- change, and have affixed thereto their respective Seals. Done at Honolulu, the sixth day of May, 1852. L. s.) ROBERT CRICHTON WILLIE. ^. s.) WILUAM MI LEER. ROYAL RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM AND THE FRF. HANSEATJC REPUBLIC OF BREMEN. KAMEHAMEHA III., King of the Hawaiian Islands, to all whom these Presents shall come, greeting : Whereas a Treaty of 'Friend- ship, Commerce and Navigation between Us and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, was concluded and signed at. Honolulu, on the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, by the Plenipotentiary of Us, and the specially authorized Consul of the suid Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Vvhich Treaty is word for word, as follows: % It being desirable that a general Convention and instrument of mutual agreement should exist between the Hawaiian Kingdom 'and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the following Articles haver, [for that purpose, and to that intent; been mutually agreed upon and signed between the Government of the Hawaiian Islands and that of Bremen. Article 1. There shall be perpetual peace and amity between His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, his Heirs and Successors., and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, arid those who may succeed in the Government thereof. Article 2. The citizens of Bremen residing within the dominions of the King of the Hawaiian Islands, shall enjoy the sa.me protection in regard to their civil rights, as well as to their persons and proper- ties, as native subjects; and the King of the Hawaiian Islands en- gages to grant to the citizens of Bremen, the -same rights and privi- liges which now are, or may hereafter be granted to, or enjoyed by any other foreigners, subjects of the^rpost favored nation. In the event of any subject of either of the two contracting part ies, dying without Will or Testament, in the Territories of "the other contracting party, the Consul General, Consul, or Acting Crthsul of the State to which the deceased may belong, shall, so far as the laws of each country will permit, take charge of the property which the deceased may have left, for the benefit o,f his lawful heirs and credi- tors-, until an Executor or Administrator be named, according to the laws of the country in which the death shall have taken place. Article &. The protection of the King of the Hawaiian .Islands shall be extended to all Brenren vessels, their officers and crews, within the Harbors and Roads of His Dominions. In time of war they shall receive all possible protection against the enemies of Bre- 9 61 nffeu. In case of shipwreck, the local authorities and officers of the King, shall use their otrnost exertions to succour them and secure them fi'oin plunder. The salvage dues shall be settled according to the general law of -salvage, and, in case of dispute, shall be regulated by Arbitrators chosen by both parties,. Article 4. The desertion of seamen belonging to Bremen vessels shall be severely repressed by the local authorities, who shall empldy all means at their disposal, to arrest and confine deserters, and the lawful' expenses shall be defrayed by the Captain or Owners. In such c'ases no unnecessary severity is to be used, and due notice is to be immediately given to the Bremen Consul, agreeably to the Vlth Article of this Treaty. Article 5. Bremen citize'ns shall be allowed to reside or settle on any part of the Dominions of the King of the Hawaiian Islands, upon obtaining a document certifying that they are worthy persons, from the Brejneai Consul* whose duty k is, not to give any such documents to others than bona fide citizens of Bremen. In the case of Bremen sailors wishing to remain on the Islands, permission shall be pre- viously obtained of the Government by the Bremen Consfll. Article 6. It is agreed that the Bremen Consul shall be instructed to zealously attempt to settle amicably, and extra-judicially, all diffi- culties arising with Bremen citizens ; and that when any case is brought before the Court, of foreign causes, the presiding Judge shall with the least possible' delay, communicate knowledge thereof to the Bremen Consul, also that wheH Bremen sailors or citizens, are com- mitted, in consequnce of police, or other offences, information shall be conveyed to him forthwith, by the Prefect or other officer of the police. Article 7. ' No productions of Bremen, or any other gotds on board of, or imported in Bremen ships that can be .imported by other foreign ships, shall be prohibited, nor pay more than those duties levied on goods of the most flavored nation. Any augmentation in the rate of duties levied on goods, shall not take effect nor be enforced, until eight calendar months after the first public notification of such change. . Article 8. Bremen merchandise and property, or goods imported in Bremen ve'ssets, liaWe to an entrance duly higher than 5 per cent, ad .valorem, shall be allowed to be bonded, paying only the usual transit duty. Article 9. All Bremen vessels shall have the right, and privilege, of disposing of their cargo.es, or any part thereof, at all, or any of ^he Ports of the Hawaiian Dominions, now.open, or that may here- after be opened to foreign commerce, and to take in any produce of the Hawaiian Islands, which they xnay receive in payment of such cargoes. But they shall not be ajlowed to take any goods or merchandise or freight tr.om one island or port to another, such coasting trade being restricted to bottoms sailing under the Hawaiian flag. Article lO. The subjects of His Majesty- the King of the Hawaiian Islands, shall in their commercial relations, or relations of any other nature, with the Free Hanseatic city of Bremen and her dependencies be treated on the footing of the most favored nation. Done at Honolulu, this seventh day of August, 1851. (Signed) R. C. WYLLIE, [L.S.] Minister of Foreign Relations. (Signed) STEPHEN REYNOLDS, [L.S.] Under Special Authority, from the Senate of Bremen. Additional Article. This Treaty shall not -be permanently binding till it receive the ratification of His Majesty the King of fhe Hawaiian Islands, and of the Sen-ate oflhe Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, but in the mean while, for the sake of Breme'nVessels, or, citizens arriving it is mutually agreed that it shall take effect provisionally from tins date. Done at Honolulu, this seventh day of August, 1851. (Signed) STEPHEN REYNOLDS. [L s.] Under Specia) Authority, from the Senate- of Bremen. (Signed) R. C. WYLLIE, [L.S.] Minister of Foreign Relations. And whereas, We have fully examined' all the' points and Articles thereof, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council of State, We have confirmed and ratified the foregoing Treaty, and We do confirm and ratify the same in the most effectual manner, promising on our faith and word as King, for Us and Our successors to fulfil and observe it faithfully and scrupulously, in all its clauses. In faith of which We have signed this Ratification with Oar own hand, and have affixed thereto the Great Seal of Our Kingdom,. Given at Our Palace, at Honolulu, this -twenty seventh day of March, in the year of Our Lord one [Seal of State] thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; and in the twenty-ninth year of Our R.eign. (Signed.) KAMEHAMEHA. (Signed) KEONI ANA. Countersigned by the KING ANp- KUHINA* Nui. R. C. WYLLIE, Minister 'of Foreign Relations. TREATY WITH THE KINGDOMS OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY. WE, KAMEHAMEHA IT, b> the Grace of God, King of'the Hawaiian Islands, make known That His late Majesty King Kamehameha III, having authorized a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, with an additional article thereto annexed, between the Hawaiian Kingdom, and the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, which was concluded, signed and sealed on the first of July, 1852, by our respective plenipotentiaries, viz. : On His behalf, Robert Crichton Wyllie, Esquire, His Minister of Foreign Relations, His Secretary at War, and of the Navy, Mem- ber, of His Privy Council of State, Member of the House of Nobles and Chairman of the Commissioners of His Privy Purse, and on behalf of His Majesty Oscar, King of Sweden and Norway, of the Goths and Vandals, Monsieur Christian Adolphe Virgin, His Majesty's Chamberlain, Post Captain in His Majesty-'s Navy, Knight of the order of the Sword, and of the order of St. Stanislaus of Russia, of the second Class, which treaty and its additional article are word for word as follows : It being of great advantage to establish relations of friendship and com- merce between the Kingdoms of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Nrrway and the Kingdom of His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, the undersigned, having exchanged their powers, mutually admitted as sufficient, have agreed, on the part of their respective sovereigns, to conclude a treaty of Friendship, Commerce and A'ariga- gation, as follows : Article 1. Theje shall be perpetual friendship between His Majesty the King 'of the United Kindoms of Sweden and Norway, His Heirs and Successors, -and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, His Heirs and Successors, and between their respective subjects. Article- 2. There shall be between all the dominions of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty, and the Hawaiian Islands, a reciprocal free- dom of commerce. The subjects of each of the two contracting parties, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely to come with their ships a.nd cargoes, to 'all places, ports and rivers, in the territories of the other, where trade with other nations is permitted. They may remain and reside in any part of the said territories, respectively, and hire and occupy houses and warehouses, and may trade, by wholesale or retail, in all kinds of produce, manufactures 6.5 and merchandise of lawful commerce, enjoying the same exemptions and privileges as native subjects, and subject always to the same laws, and established customs, as native subjects. In like manner the ships of war of each contracting party; respec- tively, shall have liberty to enter into all harbors, rivers, and places, within the territories of the other, to which the ships of war of other nations are or may be permitted to come, to anchor there, and to remain and refit, subject always to the laws and regulations of the two countries respectively. The stipulations of this article do not apply to the coasting trade, which each contracting party reserves to" itself respectively, and shall regulate according to its own. laws. Article 3. The two contracting parties hereby agree, that any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce, or navigation, which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to (he subjects or citizens of any other state, shall be extended to" the subjects- or citizens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the concession in favor of that other state shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional. Article 4. No other or higher duties shall be imposed on the im- portation into the dominions of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty, of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Hawaiian Islands ; and no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the im- portation into the Hawaiin Islands of-any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty's dominions, than are or shall be payable on the like article, being the growth, produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. Nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the territories of either of the contracting parties on the exportation ^>f any article to the territories of the other, than such as are, qr may be payable, on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country. No prohibition shall be imposed upon the importation of any article, the growth, produce or manufacture of the territories of either of the two contracting parties, into the- territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles, beipg the growth, produce or manufacture of any other country. Nor "shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation of any article, from the territories of either of the two contracting parties to the territories ot the other, which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like articles to the territories of all other nations. Article 5. No other, or higher duties or charges on account of tonnage, light, or harbor dues, pilotage, quarantine, salvage in case of damage or shipwreck, or any other local charges shall be imposed in any of the ports of the Hawaiian Islands on Swedish and. Norwe- gian vessels, than those payable in the same ports by Hawaiian ves- sels, nor in the ports of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty'" 36 territories, on Hawaiian vessels, than shall be payable in the same ports on Swedish and Norwegiajn vessels. Article 6. The same duties shall be paid on the importation of any article which is or may be^ legally importable into the Hawaiian Islands,, whether such importation-shall be in Hawaiian or in Swedish and Norwegian vessels ; and the same duties shall be paid on the importation of any article which is or may be legally importable into the dominions of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty, whether such im- portations shall be in Swedish and Norwegian, or in Hawaiian vessels. The same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of. any article which is or may be export- able from the Hawaiian Islands whether such exportation shall be in Hawaiian or in Swedish and Norwegian Vessels ; and the same duties shall be paid, and the same bounties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation of any article which is or may be legally exportable from His* Swedish and Norwegian Majesty's Dominions, whether such exportation ' sh.all be in Swedish and Norwegian, or in Hawaiian vessels. Article 7, Swedish and Norwegian wlfale ships shall have access to the ports of Hilo, Kealakekua and Hanalei in the Sandwich Elands, for the purpose of refitment and refreshment, as well as to the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina, which two last mentioned potts only are ports of entry for all merchant vessels ; and in all the above named ports they shall be permitted to trade or barter their supplies, or goods, excepting spirituous liquors, to the amount of two hundred dollars ad valorem, for each vessel, without paying any charge for tonnage or for harbor dues of any descriptionj or any duties or im- posts whatever upon the goods or articles so traded Or bartered. They shall also be permitted with the lil^e exemption from all charges for tonnage and harbor dues, further to trade or barter with the same ex- ception as to spirituous liquors, to the additional amount of one thou- sand dollars ad valorem, for each vessel, paying upon the additional goods and articles so traded and bartered no other or higher duties than are payable on like goods and articles when imported in national vessels and by native subjects. They shall also be permitted to pass from port, to port of the Sandwich Islands for the purpose of procuring refreshments, but they shall not discharge their seamen, or land their passengers in the said Islands, except at Honolulu and Lahaina, and in all the ports named in this article, Swedish and Norwegian whale ships shall enjoy in all respects 'whatsoever all the rights, privileges and immunities which are or may be enjoyed by national whale ships, or by whale ships of the most favoured nation. The like privilege of frequenting the three ports of the Sandwich Inlands named in this article, which are not ports of entry for mer- chant vessels, is also granted to all the public armed vessels of Sweden and Norway. But nothing in this article shall be construed as author- izing any Swedish or Norwegian vessel having on board any disease -usually regarded as requiring quarantine, to enter during the contin- 67 ustnce of any such disease onboard, any ports of the Sandwich Islands other than Honolulu or, Lahaiua. vlrticlt 8. AU merchants, commanders of ships and others, the subjects of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty, shall have full liberty in tiie Hawaiian islands, tall be at liberty to build and maintain in convenient places, approved of by the government of the said Islands. Liberty shall also be granted to them to bury in burial places, which in the same manner they may freely establish and main- tain, such subjects of His Swedish and Norwegian iMajesty, who may die in the said Islands. In like manner Hawaiian subjects shall enjoy within the dominions of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty perfect and unrestrained liberty of conscience, and shall be allowed to exer- cise their religion publicly or privately, Vithin their own dwelling houses, or in the chapels or places of worship appointed for that pur- pose agreeably to the system of toleration established in the dominions of His said Majesty. Article 15. All vessels bearing the flag of Sweden or of Norway in time of war shall receive e,very possible protection, short of actual hostility, within the ports and walers-of His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands ; and His Majesty the King ot Sweden and Norway engages to respect in time of war the neutral rights of the Hawaiian Kingdom and to use his ood offices with all other powers, having treaties with His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, to induce them to adopt the same policy -towards the Hawaiian Kingdom. Article 16. If any ships of war or merchant vessel, of either of the contracting parties should be wrecked, on the coasts of the other, such ship 'or vessel or any parts thereof, and furniture and appurte- nance belonging thereunto, and all-goods and merchandise which shall be saved therefrom, or the produce thereof, if sold, shall be faithfully restored to the proprietors upon being claimed by them, or by their duly authorized agents, and if there are no such proprietor or agents 10 70 on the spot, then the said goods or merchandise, or the proceeds thereof, as well as ail the papers found on board such wrecked ship or vessel shall be delivered to the Swedish and Norwegian or Hawaii- an consul in whose district the wreck may have taken place, and such consul, proprietors or agents shall pay only the expenses incur- red in the preservation of the property, together with the rate of salv- age which would have been payable' in the like case of a wreck of a national vessel. The goods and merchandise saved from the wreck shall not be subject to duties, unless cleared for consumption. Article 17. In order that the two contracting parties may have the opportunity of hereafter treating and agreeing upon such other arrangements as may tend still further to the improvement of (heir mutual intercourse, and to the advancement of the interests of their respective subjects, it is agreed that at any time after the expiration of seven years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, either of the contracting parties shall have the right of giving 1 the other party notice of its intention to terminate articles 4, 5 and 6 of the present treaty ; and that at the expiration of 18 months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, the said articles, and all the stipulations contained therein shall cease to be binding on the two contracting parties. Article 18. The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Honolulu in eighteen months, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Honolulu this first day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Signed, R C. WYLLTE, Signed, C. A. YIRGIN. Hr. H. M.'g Minister of Foreign Relations, Chamberlain to His M. the King of Swe- Member of His Privy Council of State den and Noi-way, Post Captain in the R. and of His House of Nobles. Swedish Navy, Knight of the Royal [L. S.] order of the Sword and of the Imperial Russian order of St. Stanislaus. [L. S.] ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. This treaty shall not be considered as permanently binding until the ratifications have been exchanged as provided for in article eighteen, but it has been agreed that from this date, all the benefits under it shall be extended to all the subjects of His Swedish and Norwegian Majesty, their commerce and navigation. Done at Honolulu this first day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Signed, R. C. WYLLIE, Signed, C. A. VIRGIN. ' '[L- S-] ' [L. S.] And whereas, We, Kamehameha IV., have fully examined all the points and articles thereof, by and with the advice of Our Privy Coun- cil of State, We have confirmed arid ratified the foregoing Treaty, and 71 We do confirm and ratify the same in the most effectual manner, promising, on Our faith and word, as King, for Us and Our successors, to fulfil and observe it faithfully and scrupulously, in all its clauses. In faith of which, We have signed this Ratification with Our hand, and have affixed thereto the Great Seal of Our Kingdom. Done at Q ur Palace of Honolulu, this fifth day of April, in the year of Our Lord, 1855, and the first of Our reign. [L. S.] KAMEHAMEHA. VICTORIA K. KAAHUMANU. By the King and Kuhina Nui. R. C. WYLLIE, Minister of Foreign Relations. University of California SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1388 Return this material to the library from which it was borrowed. Scithe 5*