Act 111. Commissioners of Deeds. take depositions, affidavits and acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments to be used or recorded in this Territory, and the proof of such deeds, if the grantor refuses to acknowledge the same; which shall be certified by him under his official seal. Charges made by commissioners for services rendered shall be at the rates authorized by statute for similar services rendered by notaries within the jurisdiction in which the services are performed. Duly certified records of the acts performed by a commissioner shall have the same force and effect as if performed by a notary within this Territory. SECTION 4. Each commissioner so appointed, besides the certificate of acknowledgment endorsed upon the instrument, shall keep a record of every acknowledgment, oath, deposition and affidavit in a book of records. Each record shall set forth at least the date of acknowledgment, the parties to the instrument, the persons acknowledging, the date and some memorandum as to the nature of the instrument acknowledged; and, as to oaths, depositions, and affidavits, the name or names of the party or parties making the same, the date and nature of the instrument and date of administering the oath. SECTION 5. The secretary shall prepare and forward to each commissioner instructions and forms in conformity to law, and a copy of the four preceding sections. SECTION 6. This Act shall not be construed as repealing or amending any of the provisions of Chapter 175 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915. SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved this 16th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. TO AMEND SECTION 1246 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATIVE TO EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 1246 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraphs after line 25 thereof: "All property both real and personal belonging to and actually used by the Palama Settlement, shall be exempt from taxation." "All property both real and personal belonging to and actually used by the Lanakila Hale shall be exempt from taxation." SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect December 31, A. D. 1915. Approved this 16th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. ACT 113 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMIL DE HARNE. WHEREAS, Emil de Harne has retired from the position of school teacher in the Territory of Hawaii, being incapacitated by reason of ill health from further service, having filled the position of school teacher for thirty-two years; Therefore, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. The Treasurer of the Territory is hereby authorized and directed to pay upon warrants issued by the Auditor of the Territory, the sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) each month to Emil de Harne and to continue so to do for and during the remainder of his life; such payment is hereby appropriated out of the general revenues of the Territory. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 16th day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. ACT 114 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A RETIREMENT FUND FOR PENSIONING Retired TEACHERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII, AND TO REGULATE THE COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND DISBURSEMENT THEREOF. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. The superintendent and the commissioners of public instruction shall constitute a board of trustees who shall have full control and management of the fund created by this Act. The superintendent shall be chairman of said board. The secretary of the department of public instruction shall be the secretary of said board and shall keep, in a separate book, a true and correct account of all the proceedings of said board. The attorney general of the Territory of Hawaii shall be the Act 114. Teachers' Pensions, legal adviser of said board, and shall attend to all legal matters arising out of the control and management of said fund. The treasurer of the Territory of Hawaii shall be the treasurer of said board. The auditor of the Territory of Hawaii shall audit all accounts of said fund and shall draw all warrants payable from said fund, which warrants shall be drawn only upon the order of a majority vote of said board, which order shall be certified by the chairman and secretary of the board. All pensions shall be paid in equal quarterly installments aggregating in total the amount of pension granted under this Act. SECTION 2. The bonded government officials herein named and to whom are assigned duties to be performed in carrying out the intentions of this Act shall be liable upon their official bonds for the faithful performance of the same. SECTION 3. There shall be set apart in the treasury of the Territory of Hawaii a special fund for the purpose of this Act which fund shall be known as the Teacher's Pension Fund and which shall consist of the following moneys with interest or income thereof: 1. Two and one-half per cent. of the school tax collected in the Territory of Hawaii. One-half of this amount, or one and a quarter per cent. of the school tax collected, shall, when paid into the treasury, be set apart semi-annually by the treasurer as a special fund for the purpose of this Act; 2. All donations, legacies and gifts which shall be made to this fund shall, when paid into the treasury, be set apart by the treasurer as a special fund for the purpose of this Act; 3. One per cent. per annum of the respective salaries paid to inspectors, principals, teachers and special teachers regularly employed in the public schools of this Territory shall, when paid into the treasury, be set apart by the treasurer as a special fund for the purpose of this Act, except that no deduction shall Act 114. Teachers' Pensions, be made from the salary of any of the aforesaid employees unless authorized by his or her written consent to the same; 4. All moneys which may be obtained from other sources or by means duly and legally devised by said board, or with their consent, for the increase of said fund shall, when paid into the treasury, be set apart by the treasurer as a special fund for the purpose of this Act; 5. The treasurer shall keep all funds over and above the amount required for the payment of pensions under this Act, invested in interest bearing bonds issued by the Federal Government, the Territory, or any subdivision thereof, or shall deposit same at interest in any savings bank or savings banks doing business within the Territory. SECTION 4. The department of public instruction in making pay rolls for inspectors, principals, teachers and special teachers hereinbefore mentioned shall deduct semi-annually in the months of November and May from the salary of each of the said employees (who has so signified his consent in writing, which consent shall be deemed an application for pension), a sum equal to one-half of one per cent. of his or her annual salary, and shall certify the amount of such deductions and the names of such persons from whose salaries such deductions have been made; and such certificates shall accompany the said pay rolls to the auditor of the Territory, who shall draw a warrant for the amount of such deductions, so certified, payable to the treasurer of the Territory, who shall hold the same subject to the disposal of the said board of trustees as hereinbefore specified. SECTION 5. The department of public instruction shall have power to retire from service any inspector, principal, teacher or special teacher who shall have served in such capacity or capacities in the schools of this Territory for an aggregate period of twenty-five years, and such person so retired shall |