Decree

By the Grace of God:
KAMEHAMEHA IV,
King of the Hawaiian Islands:
In Privy Council:

We make known that, in pursuance of the provisions of our Constitution, we hereby convoke and order the Legislative Chambers of our Kingdom to assemble at our Capital of Honolulu at half-past ten A. M. of the First Day of May A. D. Eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Given under our Royal Sign Manual at our Palace, in the City of Honolulu, this twelfth day of March A. D. Eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and in the Eighth year of our Reign.

KAMEHAMEHA.

Kaahumanu.

By the King and Kuhina Nui.
L. Kamehameha.

[Long before Lei Day was proclaimed, there was this.]

(Hoku o ka Pakipika, 3/20/1862, p. 3)