Act 91. Honolulu Charter Convention. 31, 1915, shall be qualified to vote at the election herein provided for. It shall be the duty of the city and county clerk to furnish to the inspectors of election of each precinct at least two days prior to the date of election a list of the registered voters of such precinct. SECTION 18. The term "city and county," wherever in this Act appearing, shall mean the City and County of Honolulu. SECTION 19. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 15th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. ACT 92 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 287 AND 288 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR NONATTENDANCE at School. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 287 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 287. Penalty. If any child of school age shall persist in absenting himself or herself from school, any district magistrate shall, upon a proper complaint being made by the school teacher or any other officer or agent of the department, or any deputy sheriff, or police officer, or any other person, cause such child, and the father or mother, guardian or other person having the charge of such child, to be summoned to ap Act 92. Truancy. pear before such magistrate, and upon its being proved that the person responsible for the child had not used proper diligence to enforce the child's regular attendance at school, such responsible party shall be punished by a fine in a sum not less than five (5) and not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment for not more than two months. In case the child shall prove the offending party, the magistrate shall send him or her to a reformatory or industrial school for a term of not less than six months or more than two years, or otherwise sentence him or her to a fine not exceeding five dollars ($5.00); provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any child not liable to compulsory attendance at school." SECTION 2. Section 288 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 288. Duties of deputy sheriff. It shall be the duty of each deputy sheriff, or such police officers as he shall designate, to not less than once each week visit each public school within the district of which he is deputy sheriff, to ascertain from the teacher or other officer or agent of the department of public instruction in charge thereof what children, if any, of school age persist in absenting themselves from such school. It shall further be the duty of such deputy sheriffs and police officers to require all children under school age, in accordance with the provisions of Section 287, to attend school whether or not complaint is made by any teacher or other officer or agent of said department of public instruction." SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 15th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. Act 93. School Budget. ACT 93 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1 Of Act 149 oF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1913, TO FIX THE SCHOOL BUDGET OF THE BIENNIAL PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1, 1913, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1915, AS AMENDED BY ACT 29 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1915. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act 149 of the Session Laws of 1913, to fix the school budget for the biennial period beginning July 1, 1913, and ending June 30, 1915, as amended by Act 29 of the Session Laws of 1915, is hereby amended as follows: After the words "manual training and vocational guidance," add the following: "including salaries, equipment, supplies and material for school equipment," and delete the words and figures “manual training, equipment, supplies and incidentals, $25,000," and "vocational instructors (at least one for each county), $20,000." SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 15th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. Act 94. Insane Females, ACT 94 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 82 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 1079A, RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF FEMALES TO THE INSANE ASYLUM. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, to be known as Section 1079A, and to read as follows: "Section 1079A. Female, transportation, charge upon. Whenever any female shall be committed to the insane asylum from any island in the Territory of Hawaii, other than Oahu, such female shall be accompanied during such trip from such island to the asylum by her husband, or by a female friend, relative or nurse. Such attendant shall be designated by the committing judge or magistrate and may, by such judge or magistrate, be given sole charge of such female during the trip. The necessary expenses of such attendant shall be a charge upon the county or city and county from which the female was committed, and shall be collected by the commissioners of insanity in the same manner as is provided in Section 1084." SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 15th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. Act 95. Bonds of Public Officers. ACT 95 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 138 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO BONDS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 138 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The attorney "Section 138.. Of heads of departments. general, treasurer, commissioner of public lands, superintendent of public works, superintendent of public instruction, auditor, deputy auditor, surveyor, high sheriff, and president of the board of health, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall each be required to furnish a bond to the Territory of Hawaii in the amount required by law, and conditioned for the faithful performance of all their official duties. There shall be at least two sureties on each of such bonds, who shall be examined on oath by the governor as to their qualifications and sufficiency. No bond shall be approved unless each of the sureties thereon is a resident and freeholder within the Territory, and unless all the sureties thereon (in the aggregate) are worth in real property situate in the Territory the amount of such bond over and above all sums for which such sureties are liable. Provided, however, that a corporation, organized for the purpose of becoming surety on such bonds, authorized under the laws of the United States or of the Territory of Hawaii to act as surety, and doing business in the Territory under the provisions of the laws of the United States and of the Territory, if a foreign corporation, and under the laws of the Territory, if a Hawaiian corporation, may be accepted as surety on such bonds in lieu of the personal sureties hereinbefore required whenever in the opinion of the officer whose |