Rights of Native Hawaiians in California.—The San Francisco Mirror of a recent date makes the following remarks on the rights accorded to Hawaiians in that State. The same rules apply to Oregon and Washington Territory: Continue reading
Category Archives: Law
Curious announcement, 1876.
Be it known to all men, I am the one named below; I openly announce that my taro farm lands are prohibited to all; that being OHIA, the ili aina in the Ahupuaa of Waihee, Maui;
The first Kamehameha Day, 1872.
BY AUTHORITY.
Tuesday, the 11th inst., the Commemoration Day of Kamehameha I., will be observed as a Public Holiday, and all Government Offices will be closed.
Ferd. W. Hutchison,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, June 4, 1872
(Hawaiian Gazette, 6/5/1872, p. 2)

Hawaiian Gazette, Volume VIII, Number 21, Page 2. June 5, 1872.
Ka makamua o ka La Hoomanao o Kamehameha I, 1872.
MA KE KAUOHA.
O ka Poalua, la 11 o Iune, ka La Hoomanao o Kamehameha I., e malamaia i La Kulaia, a e paniia na Keena Aupuni a pau. Continue reading
Kamehameha Day proclaimed, 1871.
BY AUTHORITY.
We, Kamehameha V., by the Grace of God, of the Hawaiian Islands, King, do hereby proclaim, that it is OUR will and pleasure that the Eleventh day of June of each year be hereafter observed as a Public Holiday in memory of OUR Grandfather and Predecessor, KAMEHAMEHA I., the founder of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Continue reading
Kukala ia ka la hoomanao no Kamehameha I, 1872.
MA KE KAUOHA.
Ma ka Lokomaikai o ke Akua, o Makou o Kamehameha V., ka Moi o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, ma keia, ke kukala aku nei o ko makou makemake a me ka oluolu, e malamaia ma keia hope aku ka La Umikumakahi o Iune, o kela a me keia makahiki i La Kulaia no ka hoomanao ana i ko Makou Kupunakane a me ko Makou Mua, Kamehameha I., ka mea nana i hookumu i ke Aupuni Hawaii. Continue reading
Death of Lorrin Andrews, 1868.
Hon. Lorrin Andrews.
The Honorable Rev. Lorrin Andrews, member of His Majesty’s Privy Council of State, expired at his residence yesterday, Tuesday the 29th, in the 74th year of his age. He has been confined but little over a week, having been seized with what appeared to be an attack of pleurisy, but which soon became complicated with other symptoms,and made it evident that death would ensue. Last Saturday he fell into a comotose state, which continue up to the extinction of life. Continue reading
Kamehameha III pardons Linton L. Torbert, 1854.
PARDON FROM THE KING.
Whereas, Linton L. Torbert was, on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1846, convicted of the offense of manslaughter, and fined the sum of two-hundred dollars; and whereas, the said Torbert was not the person who actually committed the manslaughter; and whereas, the conduct of the said Torbert has ever since been that of an honest hard-working and in every way exemplary man. Continue reading
Poi factory inspections, 1915.
REGULAR INSPECTION OF POI FACTORIES WILL BE ASKED IN ORDINANCE
Drafting of a new poi inspection ordinance will be recommended to the board of supervisors as a result of a trip of inspectors of the poi factories by Mayor Lane, Poi Inspector Edward Moreno, City and County Physician Wayson and Supervisors Ahia, Horner and Quinn Saturday. Continue reading
Hula law amendment in English, 1865.
AN ACT
TO AMEND SECTION 98 OF THE CIVIL CODE.
Be it enacted, By the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled:
Section 1. That Section 98 of the Civil Code be and the same is hereby amended, by striking out the word “five” and substituting therefor the word “one,” in the last line but one; and by striking out the word “‘six” and substituting therefor the word “three,” in the last line of the said section, so that the section will read as follows: Continue reading