rate register of the brands of every animal which he shall kill in his slaughter house, or sell in his butcher shop, together with the name of the owner, and the name of the person, or persons who delivers the animal at the slaughter house, with the day of the month and the year, when delivered and when killed, together with any remarks which the circumstances of the case may suggest, according to the form of the following schedule:

And if he shall at all times keep open this register for the information and inspection of the proper authorities and of all who may desire to search therein, then this obligation to be void: Otherwise upon proof being made to the satisfaction of a police justice, without the intervention of a jury, the penalty mentioned in the above bond shall be forfeited and the license on which it is predicated revoked.

SECTION 3. Any person slaughtering and selling beef either in a shop or through the streets of the towns of Honolulu and Lahaina, other than as in this act provided, shall on conviction before a police magistrate forfeit and pay to the government for each offense a sum not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five, in the discretion of the court.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect at the expiration of thirty days after its passage.

Approved this 30th day of June, A. D. 1856.

KAAHUMANU.

KAMEHAMEHA.

AN ACT

TO REPEAL AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCREASE THE IMPORT DUTIES ON CERTAIN KINDS OF MERCHANDISE," PASSED IN 1853.

BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled:

SECTION 1. That the Act entitled "An Act to increase the import duties of certain kinds of merchandise," passed by the Legislature in 1853, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect and become a law from and after the date of its passage.

Approved this 6th day of August, A. D. 1856.

KAAHUMANU.

KAMEHAMEHA.

AN ACT

TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERISLAND STEAMER.

BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled:

SECTION 1. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized by and with the advice and consent of the King and Cabinet, to purchase, or contract for the construction of a steam-boat for inter-island trade, with all necessary furniture and equipment, and deliver the same at the port of Honolulu, at a cost not exceeding the sum of sixty thousand dollars.

SECTION 2. The Minister of Finance is hereby authorized on the order of the Minister of the Interior, for the purpose aforesaid, to issue exchequer bills, payable to said Minister or his order, for a sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, payable at such time and rate of interest as His Majesty and Cabinet may determine; provided, however, should it be found necessary to pay cash in part in lieu of exchequer bills for the same amount, the Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized to draw on the Treasury for a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars to be paid out of any monies not otherwise appropriated; and provided further that said Minister of the Interior may at his discretion permit private parties to take a proportionate interest in said steamer.

SECTION 3. No charges of harbor dues of any kind or for customs on any article imported for the use of said steamer shall be made. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved this 2d day of May, A. D. 1856.

KAAHUMANU.

KAMEHAMEHA.

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO AWA, PASSED AUGUST 6TH, 1846.

BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled:

SECTION 1. That after the passage of this Act it shall be lawful for any person to cultivate awa within this kingdom.

SECTION 2. The governors are hereby authorized, with the approval of the Minister of the Interior, to appoint agents for the purchase and sale of awa to persons allowed by this Act.

SECTION 3. All persons excepting those who have received certificates from duly authorized physicians, specifying the kind of disease and the quantity of awa necessary to cure it, are hereby prohibited from drinking awa under a penalty of five dollars.

SECTION 4. It shall be lawful for the agents for the sale of awa to sell it as an article of trade, or otherwise, to all persons intending to send it abroad, and to all licensed physicians and surgeons. The proceeds of the awa sold shall be shared thus: two-thirds to the owner of the awa, and one-third to the government.

SECTION 5. The agents for the sale of awa shall be paid twentyfive cents in each dollar of the government third, and the balance shall be handed over to the governors and by them forwarded to the Minister of the Interior, and deposited with the Minister of Finance for the benefit of the King's Treasury.

SECTION 6. Any person selling awa in contravention of this Act shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each offense.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage, and all laws in conflict with this shall be and are hereby repealed.

Approved this 15th day of September, A. D. 1856.

KAAHUMANU.

KAMEHAMEHA.

AN ACT

TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION AND SALE OF OPIUM AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS.

WHEREAS, suicides and serious riots are of frequent occurrence from the use and abuse of opium and other poisonous drugs; and whereas, there is danger of the pernicious habit of using opium being acquired by his Majesty's native born subjects from the example of the Chinese, Therefore,

BE IT ENACTED by the King, the Nobles and Representatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled:

SECTION 1. Any person who shall be convicted before any magistrate of importing, selling, vending or furnishing opium or any preparation thereof, shall be fined a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court; provided always, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the importation and sale of opium as medicine by duly qualified physicians and surgeons, licensed as such by the Minister of the Interior.

SECTION 2. It is herein further provided that it shall not be lawful for the parties licensed by the Minister of the Interior according to the provisions of this Act to sell, vend or furnish opium to any person excepting for the purpose herein prescribed, and in the exercise of their functions as medical men.

All physicians and surgeons acting in contravention of this shall be liable to the fine provided for in the first section of this Act.

SECTION 3. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized to grant a license to any physician or surgeon who shall prove satisfactorily that he is duly qualified and shall pay into the Interior department the sum of forty dollars.

SECTION 4. If any person, not licensed as provided in Section third shall sell, vend or furnish any poisonous drugs, he shall on conviction be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars.