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Act 76. Witnesses before License Boards.

Act 77. Hunting with Firearms.

SECTION 4. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with and repugnant to this Act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect from and after its approval.

Approved this 13th day of April, A. D. 1915.

LUCIUS E. PINKHAM,

Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.

ACT 77

AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTION 2026 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF Hawaii, 1915, RELATIVE TO HUNTING WITH FIREARMS.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 2026 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"Section 2026. Permits, issuance. The treasurer of each county or city and county is authorized and empowered to issue permits to applicants to hunt with firearms within the county or city and county of which he is treasurer, together with suitable tags showing the year and number of said permits, which tags shall be attached to the firearms while being used for hunting; provided, however, that a permit shall not be issued to any person who has been convicted of violating any of the provisions of any law for the protection of game."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval.

Approved this 13th day of April, A. D. 1915.

LUCIUS E. PINKHAM,

Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.

ACT 78

AN ACT

Act 78. Adulteration of Food.

RELATING TO ADULTERATED FOOD AND DRUGS, AMENDING SECTIONS 990, 991, 993 AND 997 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, AND ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 994A.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii:

SECTION 1. Section 990 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by deleting the words "or drink by man," and inserting the words "drink, confectionery or condiment by man or animals" after the word "food," so that the last clause of said section shall read as follows:

"The term 'food' as used herein shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery or condiment by man or animals, whether simple, mixed or compound."

SECTION 2. Section 991 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by adding after the word “produced" the following:

"Any drug or article of food shall also be deemed to be misbranded within the meaning of this chapter when in package form, if the quantity of the contents be not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure or numerical count; provided, however, that reasonable exemptions shall be permitted, and tolerances and also exemptions as to small packages shall be established by rules and regulations made by the Territorial Board of Health.”

SECTION 3. Section 993 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sen

tence:

"The Board of Health may also appoint deputy food com missioners or analysts."

Act 78. Adulteration of Food.

SECTION 4. A new section is hereby added to the Revised. Laws of Hawaii, 1915, to be known as Section 994A, as follows:

"Section 994A. Duties of deputy food commissioners or analysts. The deputy food commissioners or analysts shall perform such duties as the food commissioner or analyst or the Board of Health may from time to time prescribe."

SECTION 5. Section 997 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 997. Powers of commissioner and deputy commissioners. The food commissioner or his deputies shall have the power in the performance of their duties to enter into any creamery, factory, restaurant, store, salesroom, storage-room, drug store or laboratory, or any place where they have reason to believe food, drink or drugs are made, prepared, sold or offered for sale, and to open any cask, tub, bottle, case or package containing or supposed to contain any article of food, drug or drink and examine or cause to be examined the contents thereof. In case any drug or article of food is found to be adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter, and the owner or person in charge thereof refuses to comply with the instructions of the food commissioner or his deputies for the proper disposal thereof, such drug or article of food shall be liable to seizure. Upon the request of the food commissioner or his deputy, made to any court having jurisdiction over such matters, the said court shall order and direct that such drug or article of food be seized and delivered into the custody of the court, and the same shall be held in such custody until a hearing has been held to determine as to whether or not it is adulterated or misbranded. If upon such hearing the court decides that the drug or article of food seized is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter, said court shall order the same destroyed or sold, but it shall only be sold in case it is fit for food and not dangerous to health. Provided, however, that upon the payment of the costs of any such pro

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Act 78. Adulteration of Food.

Act 79. Settlement of Boundaries.

ceedings and any fine hereunder, and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that such drug or article of food will not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the court may order the same delivered to the owner thereof."

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval.

Approved this 13th day of April, A. D. 1915.

LUCIUS E. PINKHAM,

Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.

ACT 79

AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTIONS 450 and 452 of the Revised Laws of HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO SETTLEMENT OF Boundaries. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii:

SECTION 1. Section 450 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "and shall also deposit a certified copy of the approved or adopted plan thereof in the said office of the commissioner of public lands."

SECTION 2. Section 452 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"Section 452. Application. All owners of ahupuaas and portions of ahupuaas, ilis and portions of ilis and other denominations of lands within the Territory of Hawaii, whose lands have not been awarded by the land commissioners, patented or

Act 79. Settlement of Boundaries.
Act 80. Evidence in Land Cases.

conveyed by deed from the king or government, by boundaries decided in such award, patent or deed, may file with the commissioner of boundaries for the circuit in which the land is situated, an application to have the boundaries of said land decided and certified to by said commissioner or his successor in office. The application shall state the name of the land, the names of the adjoining land or lands, and the names of the owners of the same where known, and it shall also contain a general description, by true bearing survey, of the boundaries as claimed connected by co-ordinates to the Government Survey Triangulation System, and shall have attached thereto and made a part thereof a map or tracing which shall show all natural topographical features, permanent or other marks along said boundary lines, the bearings and distances of each course given in said description of survey, and such other data from field notes as will make it practicable to re-establish any boundary mark or point that may become lost or destroyed."

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved this 13th day of April, A. D. 1915.

LUCIUS E. PINKHAM,

Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.

ACT 80

AN ACT

IN RELATION TO EVIDENCE OF THE COMMON SOURCE OF TITLE

IN ACTIONS OF EJECTMENT AND IN ACTIONS TO QUIET
TITLE.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. In any action of ejectment or action to quiet title, if the plaintiff, or his agent or attorney will make and

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