Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 152, 30 June 1894 — HAWAII'S "BLUE" LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S "BLUE" LAWS

CONSTITUTION anil LAWS Framed l>v tlie Missionaries. LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. I — i 11. DrriEs of the Tax Officebs. On the first year after tbe poblication of this law, theae 1 sball be the dnties of the tax ofticers whieh tho governors | appoint to aiel the general tax gatherer:—the general tax ' gatherer shall instract tho agents of states, counties, districts, plantations anel farms, that they all labor faithfully 1 on the puhlie labor clays of the King, to grow that kind of prodnce whieh is best suited to eaeh particular laud in every part of the islands. Though cotton is a production | whieh is considered by this law as very import»nt. Let that be planted in abundance as a new source of wealth to tbese islands. That is a third article in whieh taxes will | be received, of whieh the tax oflicer shall give wniversal notice. In the same manuer as he prompts the people in relation to the money tax for the poll, and the pork tax for the land, so also he shall prompt them in relation to tho : growth of the cotton. Other kinds of produce may be eultivated at the option of the oflicers and people. If they are industrions their hopes will be realized. Let the tax oflicers ; see that the taxes are assessed in strict accordance with the i reqnirements of this law—let them enumerate the people, male and female. together with the children who pay tho ) yearlv tax; and make a separate enumeration of the old men | ānd womeu and those children who do not pay the taxes—let them take a yearly account of the deaths and births, by whieh it may be ascertained whether the people|of the king- ; dom are really diminishing in numbers or not, and by that j means the amount of taxes ean be known. Furthermore, ignorant personssball be no longer employed. neither as tax officers nor as land agents, for tfiat is a means of oppressing the people and making them poor. they being so accustomed to impose burdens at will, and receive the property of others without pay. This is perhaps the reason wby *the people at the present time are so lazy, and work so feebly. Ye laudlords, to whom lands are given in charge, no lonj g er ru le your tenants in ignorance. Iest the tax ofl5cers being enlightened in the principles of this book nullify yonr title as landlord, and we give the lands to those who are ready to aid the feeble portions of thecommunity, The ignorant shall receive their proper reward, povertv, and the lands shall be given to other lords. This penalty, poverty, shall be the reward both of chiefs and people. if they act in reality contrary to the above. 12. The Busi>*ess op Ff.males. This is the appropriate business of all the females of these islands; to teach the children to read, cipher, and write, and other branches of learning, to subject the children to good parental and school lawa, to guide the childreu to right behavior, and plaee them in schools, that they may do better than their parents. But if the parentsdo not understand reading. then let them commit the in»tmction of their*children to those who do nnderstand it. and let the parents support the teacher, inasmuch as they feel an interest in their children. let them feel an interest |in the teacher too. But if any woman do not conduct according to • the requirements of this section, ihen let her return to the labor of her landlord as in former times, to such labor how- • 6 ver as is appropriate to women The tax officers will look to and manage tbis bosiness. l 1 [i (To Be Continued.: