shall cause each prisoner to be informed of the commutation gran withheld, forfeited, or restored to, from, or by him during the pr ous three months, giving the reasons for such granting, withholdi forfeiting, or restoring of the commutation. And the said inspect may, in their discretion, cause the standing of each prisoner to made known to any or all of the other prisoners in the prison.

SEC. 1089. A record shall be kept and preserved in a suitable b or books at each prison, to be styled the commutation book, in wh shall be entered the name of every prisoner under sentence who is c fined in such prison. In such book shall be entered upon a sepa page the name of each prisoner, under which shall be entered a care record of his conduct and of the commutation which has been grant withheld, forfeited, or restored to, from, or by him, with reason reasons for such granting, withholding, forfeiting, or restoring of commutation. Such records or true copies of them shall be show! council of state (to the governor) when considering petitions for ex utive clemency.

SEC. 1090. The commutation provided by this act may be allow to prisoners sentenced before this act shall become law, but shall allowed only from the date of its approval. The days commuted any prisoner before the date of the approval of this act, under commutation heretofore allowed by law, shall be noted upon the rec of such prisoner and added to the commutation allowed him under provisions of this act.

PENAL LAWS OF 1897.

CHAPTER 59. Public health.

SEC. 868. There shall be a board of health for the Hawaiian Islan consisting of seven members, three of whom shall be laymen, thi physicians, and the attorney-general ex officio.

ORGANIC ACT.

SEC. 71. There shall be an attorney-general, who shall have t powers and duties of the attorney-general and those of the pow and duties of the minister of the interior which relate to prison prisoners, and prison inspectors, notaries public, and escheat of lan under the laws of Hawaii, except as changed by this act and subje to modification by the legislature.

CONSTITUTION OF 1852.

ARTICLE I. God hath created all men free and equal, and endow them with certain inalienable rights, among which are life and libert the right of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.

ART. XII. Slavery shall under no circumstances whatever be tole ated in the Hawaiian Islands. Whenever a slave shall enter Hawaii: territory he shall be free. No person who imports a slave or slav into the King's dominions shall ever enjoy any civil or political righ in this realm, but involuntary servitude for the punishment of criu is allowable according to law.

MEMORIAL OF PORTUGUESE RESIDENTS OF THE SLOPES OF

PUNCHBOWL.

To the honorable subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Porto Rico and Pacific Islands:

The undersigned, a committee chosen by the Portuguese residents of the slopes of Punchbowl, which residents of the said slopes of Punchbowl are lessees of the Kapiolani Estate, Limited (a corporation), ach corporation is a lessee of the commission of crown lands.

The undersigned committee respectfully represents to your honorale body the following facts, and pray that the same may be given worthy consideration.

On the 15th day of August, A. D. 1882, the commission of crown. linis (which body had control of crown lands) executed a lease of a large tract of crown lands on the slopes of Punchbowl to Edward Liikalani for a period of thirty years, at a rental of $100 per annum. The lease aforesaid was on the 10th day of October of the same year assigned to the late Queen Dowager Kapiolani for the sum of $1, which assignment is recorded at Honolulu in the office of the registrar of conveyances in liber 174, folio 108; that at the death of the late Qeen Dowager Kapiolani her heirs became the holders of this valua

lease, and the heirs aforesaid incorporated and formed what is today known as the Kapiolani Estate, Limited (a corporation), and this corporation is at the present time the holder of the lease so executed on the 15th day of August, 1882, by the said crown land mission.

That the crown land commission at the time of the making of the ase aforesaid was composed of the late Walter Murray Gibson, the ate Edward Preston, and the late Charles H. Judd.

That the tract of land commonly known as the slopes of Punchbowl, and covered by the lease aforesaid, was the side of a hill situated in Honolulu, island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and was during the ear 12 and several years subsequent thereto a barren waste of land. It was not productive or even fit for pasture, being at that time covered with obnoxious weeds and no other vegetation.

That during the year 1882 and subsequent years the Portuguese residents of this island began to secure from the late Queen Dowager subrases of small parcels of this tract of land and thereupon built homes, and this method of securing homes has continued ever since, although the present lessees of the crown lands commission only can enjoy the Bormous income derived from such subleases until the 15th day of August, A. D. 1912.

That the Portuguese residents of the slopes of Punchbowl have proved the lands which they so hold to such an extent that at this t me that portion of the city is a very desirable locality for homes, and it now furnishes homes for about 6,000 people, not only Portuguese, at for people of other nationalities as well.

That under the present circumstances and conditions, on the 15th lay of August, A. D. 1912, the date of the expiration of the lease de by the crown lands commission, hundreds of Portuguese families, s well as families of other nationalities, will be rendered homeless nless the proper authorities do that which may cause these people to rep and maintain their present homes by enacting proper legislation.

That at the present time there is no legal method whereby the tlers of the slopes of Punchbowl may acquire the fee of said lar and the purpose of this memorial is to bring to the attention of y honorable body the fact that it is necessary that the Congress of United States enact such laws whereby the fee of this land may vested in somebody with whom the settlers of Punchbowl may at: time before the expiration of their respective leases enter into c tracts whereby they may purchase their small holdings and thereby the expiration of their leases be vested with the fee simple of the la upon which they have labored, built their homes, paid taxes to government of the Territory of Hawaii, paid rent to the lessees of crown lands commission, paid water rates, and upon which they h lived for so many years and have reared their families.

That there is danger that the government of the Territory of Hav will exchange portions of this land with parties other than those have improved said lands and those who by natural justice should h the first say about the disposition of these lands. The government the Territory of Hawaii has already exchanged a part of said la with the Kapiolani Estate, Limited (a corporation), and if this meth of exchange is pursued, there is danger that the people who by rig should have the opportunity to purchase the fee of said lands will h nothing to say about that over which they have spent the better p of their life's earnings.

An examination of the following figures will show the enorm amount of money spent only by Portuguese in improving the slopes Punchbowl, to say nothing of what other nationalities have also sp there. The following figures are prepared on the most conservat basis.

These figures do not show the value of the work done by the Port guese individually in cultivating these lands and planting trees thereo While all the Portuguese settlers on the slopes of Punchbowl a not American citizens, this is not because it is their wish to rema subject to the King of Portugal, but due to the fact that they can n become citizens of the great Republic because disqualified by t organic act. However, there is no instance of a Portuguese fami living on the slopes of Punchbowl who have not children who a American citizens or who will not soon be American citizens.

That it is the desire of the undersigned, as well as the members the Portuguese colony who reside on the slopes of Punchbowl, secure to each Portuguese who is a leaseholder under the Kapiola Estate, Limited, of lands owned by the Government the fee simple each of their respective holdings, and do hereby make the follow ing suggestions as to the solution of the problem presented by th memorial.

First. That the Congress of the United States enact laws whereb the fee of Government lands within the Territory of Hawaii may b

rested either in the government of the Territory of Hawaii, upon a commission, or upon any body, and that this body may have the right to convey said Government lands.

Second. That the Congress of the United States enact such laws as will give to any natural person who has for two years or more held Government land, under lease or otherwise, the right and option, upɔn proper application, to purchase the same, proving that such holding Shall not exceed 5 acres.

Third. That such laws shall provide for the appointment of a commission composed of competent persons, who shall appraise public Lands, and thereby place valuations on said land, which shall be within the means of every person holding public lands to secure their own homes.

The undersigned make the foregoing suggestions, well knowing that under the system of American institutions it is an elementary princile that every American should own his own home, and therefore it is the prayer not only of the undersigned, but of every Portuguese family who reside on the slopes of Punchbowl, that your honorable body may ring this matter before the Congress of the United States, and that you may be successful in presenting before the proper authorities in Washington this memorial, which means the continuation of many happy homes which may otherwise be taken from these people when they may be in circumstances that may not permit them to secure other homes.

The undersigned beg leave to attach hereto copies of the leases which have from time to time been executed by the late Queen Dowager, Kapiolani, and of later years by the Kapiolani Estate, Limited, to the various Portuguese leaseholders now in possession. These leases executed from time to time, and more particularly the last form, shows the burdensome covenants imposed upon the Portuguese lessees, and f the time came when this corporation, the Kapiolani Estate, Limited, has the power it is safe to say that the covenants in the leases which ey would execute would be so burdensome that the Portuguese resints of the slopes of Punchbowl would of necessity have to seek other quarters, unless protected by law.

Respectfully submitted.

FRANK ANDRADE,

Jos. F. DURÃO,
A. H. R. VIEIRA,

Committee Chosen by Portuguese Settlers of Punchbowl Slopes. Dated at Honolulu, Hawaii, this 29th day of September, A. D. 1902.

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Demising the premises to the second party for the term of at the annual rental of dollars per annum.

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That at the present time there is no legal method whereby the tlers of the slopes of Punchbowl may acquire the fee of said la and the purpose of this memorial is to bring to the attention of honorable body the fact that it is necessary that the Congress of United States enact such laws whereby the fee of this land ma vested in somebody with whom the settlers of Punchbowl may a time before the expiration of their respective leases enter into tracts whereby they may purchase their small holdings and there the expiration of their leases be vested with the fee simple of the upon which they have labored, built their homes, paid taxes t government of the Territory of Hawaii, paid rent to the lessees crown lands commission, paid water rates, and upon which they lived for so many years and have reared their families.

That there is danger that the government of the Territory of I will exchange portions of this land with parties other than tho have improved said lands and those who by natural justice shoul the first say about the disposition of these lands. The governm the Territory of Hawaii has already exchanged a part of said with the Kapiolani Estate, Limited (a corporation), and if this n of exchange is pursued, there is danger that the people who by should have the opportunity to purchase the fee of said lands wi nothing to say about that over which they have spent the bett of their life's earnings.

An examination of the following figures will show the en amount of money spent only by Portuguese in improving the sl Punchbowl, to say nothing of what other nationalities have als there. The following figures are prepared on the most conse basis.

These figures do not show the value of the work done by the guese individually in cultivating these lands and planting trees t While all the Portuguese settlers on the slopes of Punchb not American citizens, this is not because it is their wish to subject to the King of Portugal, but due to the fact that they become citizens of the great Republic because disqualified organic act. However, there is no instance of a Portugues living on the slopes of Punchbowl who have not children American citizens or who will not soon be American citizens. That it is the desire of the undersigned, as well as the mer the Portuguese colony who reside on the slopes of Punch secure to each Portuguese who is a leaseholder under the K Estate, Limited, of lands owned by the Government the fee s each of their respective holdings, and do hereby make the ing suggestions as to the solution of the problem presented memorial.

First. That the Congress of the United States enact laws the fee of Government lands within the Territory of Hawaii