Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 304, 18 September 1894 — HAWAII'S "BLUE" LWAS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S "BLUE" LWAS

/ C0NST1TUTI0N and LAWS l’mmwl bv tlie Missionnrxes. % LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. CHAPTER XXXIX. A LAW RESPECTING DRUNKENXESS KSTABLI5HED 1N THE VEAU OF # OUR LORD l>3 r ). 1. We prohibit Jrunkcnness. Whoevor tlrinks ?piritaou.li»iuurs and becoxcs intoxicateil, and g>os through thc strcct riotousl} r . abusing those who tnay fall in his way, he is guilty by this law. He ahall pay six dollars in raoney, or in othor propertyof the samo value, and for want thereof he shall be wh’.pped twonty four lashes, or be condemued to labor one month, or bo imprisonod ono month, at the expiration of whieh he shall be dischargeiL* 2. If thointoxicated porson, or a riotons person not iutoxicated, breaks down a fer.ee he shall pay one dollar for eaeh fathora, bo the sarao moro or less. And if the otfendor does not4nako redress according bi his onactment, h« ahall uhuikAhe fonce whieh |ho has broken down. Bnt it thc breach in a fence, or in a house be small —for this law is applieahle to honses also —the fino likowiso ehall bo small, and if tho nggressor refuses to pay it shall bc imprisoned ona month and then liborated. This is the punishment for damaging a fence or a house. 3. Wheu the individual who daraages a fonce or a housy pays the amounl forfeited by hiscrimo to tno owner, he tho owner shall pay to tho jndgo one fonrth of every dollar, whieh the fence breaker, or the hou=e breaker shall pay. (Signed) KAMEHAMEHA III. KEKAULUOHl. CHAFTEB XX. A LAW REGULATING THE SALE OF gARDENT SPIRITS. Whoreas wē have soen that drinking of ardent spirits and and other intoxicating liquors is of the groatest injury to our country ; therefore I with roy chiefs bavo songht tor tho means of soppressing it. 1. We prohibit all selling of spirit; by any person whatsoevor, either oponly or secretly, without written !icense. Whoever is detected »elling, or doing contrary tothis law. shall befinedfifty dollars; and if hesell ag \in he »hall befine-l one hundrod dollars; thus shall tho finebe increase*i by tho additioa of fifty dollars for evory repetition of the ōffense, to the utmost violation of this law. 2. If however any person , wbether foreigner or native, sell spirits bv the barrel or large cask, he will not bo amenable to this law, but any person who sells in any smaller qnantity, will be lia’ole to the penalty. 3. Any house having been licensed for retailing 9pirits, may aell by the glass, bnt not by any|larger measure; and its doors must be closed by ten o’eloek at night, and visitors mnst go away until morning. And on Sunday such bouse shall not be opeaed from ten o’el-oek on Saturday nigbt until Monday morning. 4. We prohU>it dronkenness in tbe Iiceose. If any one, wbetber foreiguer, oi native, drink and become drunk at such honse, tbe owner of the house where he got drunk shali Ihe following fine. Ten dollars for ihefirst offans?, twenty dollars for tne second, and tbus the fine will bo increased by the additition of ten doIhrs for evory repetition, to the extent of bis misdemeanors. o. Tbe offiicers appointed to tbU dnty will watch, and they will quietly observe wbat is going on in the said honses. Let no one obstrnct them in their dnty. 6. Any honae licensed for selling spirits, and conductingt in a manner at varianca wilh this law, on conviction bave its licanse tak»n away and it will not ba give i bick again. (Sigued.) KAMEHAMEHAIII. Lahaiua, March 20, 1535.