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4. flEMLfMSIAI th et ietf ut hi tj o es j, J. JAttVES, Editor. SATURDAY, OCTOBER J, 1811. Vol. S. Xo. 18. ICI For the Polynesian. Translated from the Hawaiian. ftaUtf of tijc ftatoaffait Xjtfamro, Continued from page C6. Wc publish the following laws now, on account of their. interest to foreign residents, though by it they Jo not come in their regu- ar place iii the code as it is translated for our columns. Quarantine Laws. Whereas, it has been clearly asccrtain- pA tlmt thr Smnll Pnv lm nrnvnllml rn flboard of one or mores hips now cruising in inc racinc uccan, which may he ex pected to visit the Sandwich Islands, and whereas that disease is understood to pre vail at the present time in ports on the western coast of America, frequently vis- ted by ships on their way to the Sand wich Islands ; therefore, Statute Regulations respecting Ships, Ves sels, aud Harbors. 1. It shall be lawful for ships and vcsr selsof .all countries at peace with this, and engaged in lawful pursuits, to come to and anchor at all the roadsteads, ports and harbors of the Hawaiian Islands. No embarrassment shall be thrown in their way by the governors or local authorities of any place. No impost, duty, or tax shall be required except by express pro vision of law. or evades it, shall be fined to the amount ! knowledge of the governor or his agent, is of one fourth of the value of the property 'obnoxious to this law. Whoever does it thus illegally taken away. 8. On the last dav of December of each year, the harbor masters having faithfully shall be put to hard labor, from which lie shall not be freed until he leave the coun trv. He may also at the discretion of the preserved the manifests spoken of in the! chiefs be dispossessed of all his property. sixth and seventh sections, shall deliver; Int it the chiefs think best to leave them all into the hands of the governors, him his property and substitute a flogging, who shall deliver them to the primier of it shall be lawful, though the stripes shall not exceed thirty. M. If any native, or foreigner residing on shore entice a man belonging to a for the kingdom. 9. Ships which come to these Islands for the nnrnose of obtaining refreshments. 2. Pilots shall be established at all the I f,r for reonirs. must first render a elearand ! eirn vessel to lenvn his vessel, or if nnv nnn FT !! I l . ' ' ' . . . . . I . . 1 ' J Hawaiian pons wncre puois are necessa ry. His majesty the king, together with the primier and governor shall make the appointment, and give the commission. Said commission shall state the wanes of pilotage. 3. Ifanv man in a deceitful manner tfplicit account of the kind and amount see a deserter aud understand him to bo of purchases designed to be made, and ' such, and do not give notice to the harbor this written account must be delivered in- j master nor to the chiefs, then he shall be to the hands of t lie harbor master of the considered as accessoiv to the desertion port, and if he wish to pay for such re- and shall be lined sixty dollars, one half freshmcnts in any oilier articles except to the captain of the vessel from which he money, he must state what articles, And deserted and the other half to the govern if he purchas;- articles not mentioned in ment. the written account, or if he sell any nrti-j 15. n shall be the duty of all govern- 1 . . I .1 .. 1-.. ... !.'. . . I . ... . n . clo not mcniioncn in me nisi vv iiiing, f)is. and o ncers, and o t in iun n nt. shall. present, himself as a pilot, and act Be it enacted by the king and chiefs of; as a pilot at any of the harbors of the ls- he Sandwich Islands in council assem-; lands and take the ray of a pilot without 1 7in. liini riniVy 1 ii. linn in itiii 111 iiiiii: ill jle" first having received a certificate f up-j then previous to his sailing from the port. I.,r.v : f il... Ii,l i K 1. That after the. promulgation of this , pointment from the :".i, U guiby of a v i-i m s!lSl p, another correct account oiMhe alert, and when they see a foreign aw, all canoes and boats, and all persons illation of this law,, lie shall be brought Whoever violates this law or evades it, .halter seio him ;o.d dehver him i.,iL to trial and on conviction thereof shall be .,.,( whoever gives i in fa! so account, shall harbor master, Whoever seizes a desert fined ten dollars, and shall fulhermore re- jn; brought to trial and on conviction er thus, shall receive one half of the re store whatever he deceitfully received in thereof shall he fi led two hundred dollars. ua,,, , pnvmont. And if he involve the ship hi These accounts also shall be preserved If nny foreign vessel be in difficul- diniculty he shall pay to lhe captain all j., the same manner as those mentioned ty, be wiccLcel. or sulking from a severe damages sustained by him. or i.i default j section eighth, storm, or il'io stmits nf nnv other Li.ul St j - - - not authorized by the Board of Health, are prohibited from visiting any foreign ship whatsoever, until she shall have been examined by a Health Officer, or one of the Hoard of Health, as hereafter named. and pronounced healthy. And whosoever shall visit any ship contrary to this law shall forfeit forty dollars, to be paid 01, e half to the government and the other half to the person who shall give information of the same. ' . . 0 2. All vessels having the small pox, or any other contagious disease on board, and all vessels having had any contagious disease on board within a period less than four months, are hereby prohibited from anchorage at any port, harbor, and road stead of the Sandwich Islands, until vis- ted by a Health Officer or by one of the Board of Health, and having received his approbation. And any master or officer fany such vessel, who shall land or per mit to be landed any persons affected with p contagious disease or any article con fining such contagion, shall, on being duly convicted thereof, be fined not mom han one. thousand dollars, or be impris oned one year. . 3. All vessels having had contagious iiseases on board as above, on arrival at lie Sandwich Islands, or at any port hereof, shall be entirely at the direction f the Doard of Health, for a period not 1 t 4 111. ipore than lortv two tiavs. Ann an ves Is quarantined, or laid under restrictions Is above, shall keep constantly flying. Jfluring the day, a yellow flag nt the main rll'op. And whosoever shall go on board f any vessel thus put under the yellow ii2, shall forfeit forty dollars, and shall e entirely at the direction of the Board f Health for a term not longer than for- 'y-two days. 4. For the purpose of carrying into ex ecution the above regulations, it shall be he duty of tho several Governors to it opart a Board of Health for each of he harbors of tho Sandwich Island. And said Board of Health-shall have full ?wer to enact such Jaws and regulations Jmay be necessary to protect the health ''l their several places. 1 hey (the gov ernors) shall also appoint health officers. nose duty it shall bo to examine every Tsel suspected of having a contagious euse on board, and the health oincer 'tall bo entitled to receive from .every 'cssel thus examined by him, five dollars. , "one at Honolulu, on tho 29th day 01 May in the year of our Lord, one thous height hundred and thirty-nine. )1 larl foif an r in cii out u. theieof 'shall be imprisoned one year. d. If any pilot shall, deceitfully tale 10. Ifanv vessel nrriv? from a foreign s!i:iJ . tylty f)f ,.c governors ami all country having a passetigcr on boa: d, then hw-.d authoritifs and :ill ilm eooide. t.w.irl I I .1 i- ..II I ... I .-I' . . .. . ' I I ' ui-ner. pay man is anoeo m nis eer;m-.lo r:ip'am shall give immediate notice m X a t I all their ability him who is thus dis eate of appointment, he shall on convie-! writing of the n ame, country, a-e, and tr..s-ed And they shall receive their pay tion thereof be fined four times the amount . business of said j assen::er. A:.l he shall j,v salvau! of a part of ihe property.res which he deceitfully chimed; thus, if he ' neither set at liberty, or permit to be land- cu(:cl hy them. If there bo 110 previous took one dollar wrongfully, he shall pay rd Sa'nl passenger nor l is pro; erty until contract, and the owner of the nionortv 1 :r i. 4 1. i.n. .!...' .I . . 1 . ... 1 ;....!.?.. ... ... . lour, iino 11 iuuu itiuogiuiiy nu shall pay forty. 5. It shall be the duty of all pilot? or harbormasters to uive to everv cantain of 1 a foreign vessel, the laws of the harbor where said vessel anchors and the captain tlx w harbor master iiosoever viola t 1 ave seen said writing. es this law shall be lined 1 . I I .!..'! one inoe..siiiiO t.".iai. ill. I S 1 sliall give mm a certiiieate 01 aeur.owi edgment that he has received said laws. If any pilot or harbor master shall neglect thus to give a copy of the laws, and the captain of the vessel thereby becomes in volved in difficulty, because of this ignor ance of the laws, then the pilot or harbor master shall be liable and shall pay to the captain the full amount of all damages sus tained by him. G. When a merchant vessel arrives nt any port or harbor of the Hawaiian Is lands, no goods shall be landed from a for eign country until a correct manifest jiv ing a full account of the; goods be deliv ered i' to the hands of tin? harbor master. If the captain have the charge of the sales, then he sliall deliver the manifest, but if he have not, and the goods are consigned lo some one on shore, then he to whom the property is consigned must deliver the manifest. When the harbor master re ceives said manifest, ho will then give a certificate of permission that said goods may be landed. If the certificate be not given, then the goods must not be land ed. Whoever violates this law or inten tionally evades it, and whoever delivers a false manifest shall be brought to trial and on conv iction thereof shall be fined to the amount of one fourth of the value of all the property wrongfully landed by him. .7. When goods arc once landed, hav ing been registered on tho manifest, it shall not be ' proper for tho captain again to lake them on board his vessel, nor shall it be proper for him to take other property on board, without giving, previ ous to his departure, a correct manifest of said property. Whoever violates this law Tho manifest must state th quantity and I kind of goods. II. No master of a vessel shall dis charge or h ave any of his men lo leuiaiii ion shore without the consent of the uov- 1 ernor or his agent in writing. Whoso. - er violates this law shall pay sixty dollars, and those who saved it do not agree, then k u n cs shall be appointed to decide tho reward. 17. If any foreign vessel arrive at any Hawaiian port or haibr.r, the crew of whieh have mutinied, or have committed any misdemeanor, by which the captain of said vessel is brought into straitened and. he who is thus discharged shall leave . circumstances, it shall then be. the duly the Islands by the first suitable vessel. ; ol the governors, haibor masters, and oth But if he do not leave according to this er officers to aid the captain of the ves requirement, then he shall be treated us mI; and if. he wish the criminal part of the deserter spoken of bt low. jhis crew put in confinement on shore, 12. If any foreigner desert from a for-'1'"'' shall be inertly confined. No oth eign vessel i't shall be the duty of the cap- punishment except confinement shall tain of that vessel to make it known iyi- ,K; '"dieted. Though if they break tho mediately to ihu harbor master who will Hawaiian law then they shall be punish-, search for the deserter. If said deserter,' according to law. be found near the haibor where" tho ves-! 18. If any master of a vessel wish to' sel is at anchor, then the captain of the discharjo one of his men on shore in ac vessel shall, pay to the haibor lu.Ker six cordanco vith the laws of I, is own eoui: doll.irs a id the d'. sorter shall be icturncd try, and the consul of that ration conduit to the vessel If he; be lontul at a lace to lake him under hiseaieai el return him remote from the anchorage, .or on the to his own land, Mich a proceeelure hall mountains, or at a distance of te-n mih s, be pro) e r. Captains of vesse ls ami con-the-u the reward shall be twelve dollars, suls shall not be hindered in doing so, But if he bt; fotiuel on another islanel, then though the governor must be informed the re-ward shall be twenty feur elollars. tht'rcof. If the deserter be kent onshore and j 19- No captain of a foreign vessel shall boarded, the pay required will be a half a : receive on board his vessel any native, to dollar per day. ' Though this section docs proceed to se a nor shall nny native go on not prevent a special agreement between j board any foreign vessel, -unless he first the captain ol the vessel and the harbor outam mo written consent ot the; gover- master respecting the deserter provideel it be entered into previous to his being ta ken. If a foreigner desert, and tho vessel from which he deserted sail without the captain's having given notice respecting said deserter, or if he delay to give im tice for foity eight hours after the deser tion of the man, then he shall be consid ereel to have elischarged his man aud shall therefore be fine;el according to the re quirements of the eleventh section of this law. 13 Every foreigner who deserts, or I comes on snore secretly without the nor or his agent, nor shall he continue a man on board for a longer period ihan saiel certificate allows. Whoever violates this law or evades it shall be fined four hundred dollars.' 20. If any master of a fore ign vessel wish a native to ai! on board his vessel, it sliall be the duty of that master to go to the harbor master with the man he do sires, or if he cannot obtain them, then the haibor maste r will s arch for them. But the men shall not frail till they receivo the assent of the governor. When that is obtained then the captain shall fill out the blank in the following bond and sign v. i I! i!