Act 84. Pension for H. E. Petersen. Act 85. Digest of Supreme Court Reports. the Auditor upon the approval of the Governor of the Territory, the sum of three hundred dollars or such portion thereof as may be required, to pay for all necessary treatment and operations on the eyes of Henry E. Petersen, injured on the 30th day of November 1899, while in the discharge of his duty as a Sergeant in Company "F," 1st Regiment, National Guard of Hawaii, and since said time incapacitated by reason of said injury from earning sufficient to sustain himself; and in addition thereto to pay the sum of fifty dollars each month to the said Henry E. Petersen, and to continue to do so for and during the period of two years from and after the date of the approval of this Act; sufficient moneys to make such payments are hereby appropriated out of the general revenues of the Territory. 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 85 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PREPARATION, PRINTING AND SALE of a DIGEST OF THE REPORTS of the SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the treasury of the Territory of Hawaii not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars to pay for the Act 85. Digest of Supreme Court Reports. preparation and printing of a Digest of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii, the said sum so appropriated to be paid out and expended on vouchers approved by the Chief Justice of the Territory of Hawaii. SECTION 2. That the preparation, printing, distribution and sale of the Digest herein provided for, shall be under the supervision and control of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii, who shall have and are hereby vested with the power to have the said Digest prepared, printed, distributed and sold, to determine how many copies thereof shall be printed, to authorize the delivery, without cost, and by way of exchange for other Digests, of copies thereof, to fix the price at which copies shall be sold, and to have general supervision and control of all matters connected therewith. SECTION 3. 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 86 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1424 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO THE EXPENDITURES OF PUBLIC MONEY. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 1424 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows: Act 86. Public Moneys. "Section 1424. Any public officer or employee who shall falsely certify or approve for payment any bill or voucher, or any claim against the Territory or any County or City and County, or who shall cause or authorize the purchase of any materials or supplies or the performance of any service or labor on behalf or for the benefit of the Territory or any County or City and County, in the absence of any appropriations, or in excess of any appropriations made for such purposes, with the intent that the materials or supplies so purchased or the service or labor so performed shall be paid for by such Territory or such County or City and County, and any Auditor who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment." 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 87 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 628 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF FOOD FISHES. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 628 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 628. Prohibited, exceptions. Act 87. Food Fishes. Size of net. No person shall take, catch or kill any fish fit for food living in the waters of any sea, harbor, bay, inlet, or stream within the jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii, by means of any net, seine, trap, or other contrivance of whatsoever kind or description having a smaller mesh or opening than two inches stretched or one inch square, or by means of any wire fence, wire net, or wire obstruction of any size, material, or description whatsoever. Nothing in this section contained shall prohibit the use of nets or other contrivances, except wire fences, wire nets, and wire obstructions as aforesaid, in fishing for, and the taking of, nehu, puhikii, omaka, opelu, hinalea, oama, oopukai, maiii, maomao, manini, iao, aholehole, opae, hinana, oopu-nopili, oopunakea, kole, iheihe, mamamo, paoo, ohua-palemo, ohua-aliko, malolo, akilolo, hahalalu, akule, piha, alaihi, uu, ahaaha, puili, alalaua, aweoweo, upapalu, puhi, uiui, maikoiko, aloiloi, aalaheo, pakii, gold-fish and cat-fish. And provided, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the catching or taking of lobsters or crawfish by use of wire netting or in any other manner." 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 88. Stenographers, First Circuit Court. ACT 88 AN ACT RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION OF OFFICIAL SHORTHAND REPORTERS OF THE CIRCUIT Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. That the judges of the circuit court for the first judicial circuit of the Territory of Hawaii, or a majority of them, shall have the appointment and removal of as many shorthand reporters as there are divisions of said court. Such reporters shall be sworn officers of the court and hold office during good behavior coupled with efficient discharge of their duties, one reporter to be assigned, for each term, to each division of said circuit court, and be subject to the orders of the presiding judge thereof. Provided, that, during the sickness or absence of any reporter, a reporter of another division may be required, unless objected to by the judge to whose division he may be assigned, to perform the duties of the reporter so sick or absent. SECTION 2. The duties of each reporter shall be to attend upon the court and write down all the testimony of witnesses in shorthand, together with the proceedings and objections and exceptions of counsel, exclusive of argument, the rulings of the court, charge to the jury, and any other matter which the court may require him to report; and he may be called upon at any time during a hearing, by either party to the same or by the court, to read aloud any portion of his notes theretofore taken by him, and he may be referred to at any time by the clerk of the court for the exact language of any orders from the bench. Provided that in any hearing of probate of will or administration matter the judge may, in his discretion, order the reporter to |