AN ACT
TO REGULATE NAMES.

Be it Enacted, By the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled:

Section 1. All married women now living, and all that may be married hereafter on these Islands, shall, from and after the passage of this Act, adopt the names of their husbands as a family name.

Section 2. All children born in wedlock after the passage of this Act shall have their father’s name as a family name. They shall, besides, have a Christian name suitable to their sex.

Section 3. All illegitimate children born after the passage of this Act shall have their mother’s name as a family name. They shall, besides, have a Christian name suitable to their sex.

Section 4. All children up to the age of twenty years shall adopt the names of their fathers as a family name.

Section 5. All names so adopted shall be reported to the agents appointed to take the census of the people during the present year.

Section 6. It shall not be lawful to change any name adopted or conferred under this law. It shall also not be lawful to change any name adopted or conferred before the operation of this.

Section 7. The father or mother of any child born subsequently to the passage of this Act, shall report the name or names of such child to the Registrar of births for the district in which such child was born, within three months after the birth of such child.

Section 8. This law shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved this 24th day of August, A. D. 1860.

KAMEHAMEHA.

Kaahumanu.

[Unfortunately, the issue in which this law would have been printed in Kumu Hawaii is not available online. 8/15/1860 to 9/5/1860 are not online. It would have read as written below.]

HE KANAWAI
E HOOPONOPONO ANA I NA INOA.

E hooholoia e ke Alii me na ‘Lii a me ka Poeikohoia o ko Hawaii Pae Aina i akoakoa iloko o ka Ahaolelo kau Kanawai:

Pauku 1. O na wahine mare a pau e ola nei, me na wahine a  pau e mare ia ana ma keia hope aku, ma keia Pae Aina, mai ka la aku o ka hooholo ana o keia Kanawai, e lawe no lakou i ka inoa o ka lakou mau kane i inoa ohana.

Pauku 2. O na keiki a pau i hanauia iloko o ka mare ana, mai ka hooholo ana aku o keia Kanawai, e lawe no lakou i ka inoa o ka makuakane, i inoa ohana. E lawe no hoi lakou i inoa Keritiano kupono no ko lakou ano, he kane a he wahine paha.

Pauku 3. O na keiki kamehai a pau i hanauia mahope o ka hooholo ana o keia Kanawai, e lawe no lakou i ka inoa o ka makuahine i inoa ohana. E lawe no hoi lakou i inoa Keritiano kupono no ko lakou ano, he kane a he wahine paha.

Pauku 4. O na keiki a pau malalo o na makahiki iwakalua, e lawe no lakou i ka inoa o ka makuakane i inoa ohana.

Pauku 5. O na inoa a pau i laweia e like me ia e hoakaka aku no ia, i na luna i hoonohoia e helu i ka nui o kanaka o ka makahiki e noho nei.

Pauku 6. Aole no e ku i ke Kanawai ke hoololiia kekahi inoa i laweia a haawiia paha mamuli o keia Kanawai. Aole no hoi e ku i ke Kanawai ke hoololiia kekahi inoa i laweia a haawiia paha mamua o ke kau ana o keia Kanawai.

Pauku 7. O ka makuakane a makuahine paha o kekahi keiki i hanau ia mamua o ka hooholo ana o keia Kanawai, e hoike aku ia i ka inoa, a mau inoa paha, o ua keiki nei i ka mea nana i kakau i na hanau no ka apana kahi i hanauia’i ua keiki nei, iloko o na mahina ekolu mai ka hanau ana o ua keiki nei.

Pauku 8. E lilo keia i Kanawai o keia Pae Aina mai ka la aku o ka hooholo ana.

Ua aponoia i keia la 24 o Augate, M. H. 1860.

KAMEHAMEHA.

Kaahumanu.

(Polynesian, 9/1/1860, p. 1)

[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”]

Departure of the Morning Star.—The missionary brig Morning Star, Captain Isaiah Bray, left this port on the afternoon of the 23rd inst., on her usual cruise to advance the cause of religion, and to aid in the enlightenment of the inhabitants of the Micronesian islands. A large number of friends to the undertaking, prominent among whom were His Excellency H. A. P. Carter, Rev. Dr. Hyde, Rev. S. C. Damon, Rev. W. Frear, Rev. A. O. Forbes, Continue reading →

HE HULA LAHUI KEIA.
(Hakuia e C. L. Kekahu.)

Ua hiki mai ma Honolulu
He ukana mai Samola Poki
Hoomaluuia e ke Aupuni
I ka hale ike makamaka ole
Weli ae na Lahui
Ili ulaula ili keokeo
Hookahi kumu i hewa ai
Na moku hoopae limahana
Hoolahaia ma ka nupepa
Weli e na kuaaina
Kau e mai no ka maka’u
I ka wanana a ka Luahine
Ua ko na mea a pau
O ka hopena paha keia
Pani paa ia na mokuahi
Aohe au mai i ke kai
Pehea oe e ke Aupuni
E waiho kahela mai nei
Ua hala o Kalani i Mareka
Koe iho na Hanau Muli
E noho i ka Hae Kalaunu
I mau aku kona welo ana
Haina ia mai ka puana
Nou e Hawaii Ponoi.

Wananalua, Hana, Maui, Feb. 17, 1881.

[THIS IS A HULA FOR THE LAHUI.

(Composed by C. L. Kekahu.)

Arrived in Honolulu
A shipment of Small Pox
Quarantined by the Government
In a house where friends are not seen
The People are terrified
Both the brown skin and the white skin
There is one thing to blame
The ships which bring in laborers
It is reported on in the newspaper
That the countryside is dreadful
Fear came upon us
From the prediction of the Old Woman
All things came to pass
Perhaps this is the end
The steamships are shut closed
They do not sail the sea
How are you O Nation
Lying exposed
The King has left for America
Remaining are the Younger Siblings
Reigning by the Royal Standard
May it wave forever
Let the refrain be told
For you O Hawaii’s Own.

Wananalua, Hana, Maui, Feb. 17, 1881]

(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 2/26/1881, p. 4)