same by auction, or otherwise, as the Minister of the Interior may direct. The rents of all markets shall be paid in advance, and shall be collected and accounted for by the respective clerks.

SECTION 199. It shall be the duty of every clerk of a market to cause all dirt and filth which may accumulate in said market, to be removed daily, and in all other respects to keep said market in a pure, clean and healthy condition. To enable him to do this, he shall have the power to prescribe such rules and regulations for the observance of those occupying stalls and stands in the market, as may be necessary to keep the same pure and clean, and as the Minister of the Interior may approve.

SECTION 200. It shall be the duty of every clerk of a market once in every month, and whenever requested so to do by any purchaser in said market, to inspect all the weights, measures and beams used in weighing and measuring in such market; and, at the expense of the owners, to make them conform to the standard weights and measures of the kingdom; and if any person shall refuse to exhibit his weights and measures, or to make them conform to those established by law, he shall be fined twenty-five dollars.

SECTION 201. Any person using any weights or measures in a public market, not approved by the clerk of such market, shall be fined ten dollars, and he shall besides be liable in ten fold damages to any person injured by his conduct.

SECTION 202. Every day in the week, except Sunday, shall be a public market day; and it shall be the duty of every clerk of a market to attend such market on market days, and to enforce the laws and regulations applicable to the same.

SECTION 203. The public markets shall be opened upon every market day, from the hour of five o'clock in the morning, until seven o'clock in the evening-and no longer, except on Saturday, when they shall be kept open until ten o'clock in the evening.

SECTION 204. Every person who shall violate any of the rules and regulations prescribed for the government of any public market, unless

otherwise specially provided for, shall be fined five dollars for each offense; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of such market to prosecute all such offenders.

SECTION 205. The salaries of all clerks of markets shall be fixed by the Minister of the Interior, with the approval of the King.

AN ACT

TO AMEND SECTION 204 OF THE CIVIL CODE.

BE IT ENACTED, By the King, the Nobles and Representatives of
the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled:
SECTION 1. That from and after the date of the passage of this
Act, section 204 of the Civil Code be and the same is hereby
O amended to read as follows, viz:

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SECTION 204. Every person who shall violate any of the rules and regulations prescribed for the government of any public market or markets, or who shall stand or occupy for the sale or

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Vending of any poi, fish, crawfish, oysters or shell fish, or any proval of the kind of fruit or vegetables, in any street in the city of Honolulu,

uch suitable be imposed until such time as suitable markets and conveniences ay be necesApproved this 21st day of August, 1860.

of the Clerk of the Market to prosecute all such offenders: Pro-
vided, however, that the fines mentioned in this section shall not

are set apart for the public use by the Minister of the Interior.

KAAHUMANU.

KAMEHAMEHA.

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in Cabinet Council, to prescribe rules and regulations for their government and discipline.

SECTION 207. The Marshal of the kingdom is responsible for the safe keeping of all prisoners; and therefore, he shall have the nomination and appointment, with the approval of the Minister of the Interior, of all jailors and other prison officers, who shall hold office during the pleasure of said Marshal. Such jailors, and other officers, shall be men of sobriety, honesty and industry.

SECTION 208. The Marshal shall cause to be kept, in every prison, a journal, in which shall be regularly entered the reception, discharge, death, pardon, or escape of any prisoner; and also all punishments that are inflicted for a breach of prison discipline, as they occur, and all other occurrences of note that concern the state of the prison.

SECTION 209. On the commitment of any prisoner, there shall be entered on the journal the sex, age, height and personal description of such prisoner, his last place of abode, and place of nativity.

SECTION 210. The Marshal shall cause to be kept an exact account

of all the receipts and expenditures of each prison, and make a monthly report of the same to the Minister of the Interior.

SECTION 211. Said Marshal shall cause each prison to be kept in a clean and healthy condition, and the whole interior thereof shall be thoroughly whitewashed with lime, once in every three months.

SECTION 212. Said Marshal shall provide for each prisoner, who may be able and desirous to read, a copy of the Bible, or of the New Testament, to be used by such prisoner at proper seasons; and any minister of the Gospel disposed to aid in reforming the prisoners, and instructing them in their moral and religious duties, shall have access to them at seasonable times when not required to be employed in labor.

SECTION 213. All prisoners confined only in order to secure their attendance as witnesses, shall be under no other restriction than what is necessary to prevent their escape from prison. Every such prisoner shall be immediately liberated on his giving security for his appearance to testify, as required by law.

SECTION 214. No wine, or intoxicating liquor, or any article prohibited by the prison rules, shall be used by any prisoner; and any person who shall furnish any such drink to any prisoner, unless the same be prescribed by a physician as a medicine; or who shall furnish any other prohibited article contrary to the provisions of the prison rules, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding two years, in the discretion of the Court; and if an officer, in addition thereto, be dismissed; and any Police, or District Justice, shall have jurisdiction of any case arising under this section.

SECTION 215. All prisoners sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor shall be constantly employed for the public benefit, on the public works, or otherwise, as the Marshal, with the approval of the Minister of the Interior, may think best.

SECTION 216. When such prisoners cannot be well employed in the performance of any public work, the Marshal, with the approval of the Minister of the Interior, may let them out to labor for private indi

viduals, upon such terms as he may deem proper: provided, always, that such prisoners shall be locked up within the prison every night.

SECTION 217. Female prisoners shall be kept entirely separate from the male prisoners, and shall be employed in making mats, in sewing, in washing the clothes of the prisoners, and in such other suitable occupations as the Marshal shall direct.

SECTION 218. The King, His Ministers, the Governors, the Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, members of the Legislature, of the Board of Education, and the Diplomatic and Consular Agents of foreign nations, shall be allowed at suitable hours, freely to visit any prison.

SECTION 219. None but official visitors named in the last preceding section, shall be allowed to visit any prison, or to have any verbal or written communication with the prisoners, unless with permission of the Marshal or the keeper of the prison: nor shall any visitor whatever deliver or receive from any of the prisoners, any letter or message, or supply any of them with any articles of any kind, except with the perinission of, and through the Marshal, or keeper of the prison, under penalty of not less than five nor more than two hundred dollars.

SECTION 220. The pay of prison officers shall be determined and regulated by the Minister of the Interior.

SECTION 221. When any person shall be sentenced to pay a fine, and to be imprisoned until such fine is paid, the time of his imprisonment shall be deemed to discharge his fine, at the rate of twenty-five cents per day.

SECTION 222. Every person sentenced to imprisonment for life, shall be considered as civilly dead, and the same disposition shall be made of his estate, as if he had died on the day sentence was pronounced; and any last will and testament, or codicil, he may have made prior to that time, shall take effect in the same manner as if he had died on that day.

SECTION 223. But no disposition of any estate, either by will or

otherwise, after the arrest for crime of which the prisoner was convicted, whether the sentence is for life or otherwise, shall have any advantage or preference over the claim of any person entitled to damages for a private injury committed by the criminal, unless such disposition was made for a valuable and equivalent consideration, to a person ignorant of the

arrest.

SECTION 224. Whenever a convict is condemned to imprisonment less than for life, any judge having probate powers may, upon due application, appoint a guardian to have the care and management of said convict's estate, real and personal, during the term of his imprisonment. The letters of guardianship shall be revoked by the pardon or discharge of the convict, but such revocation shall not invalidate legal acts done by the guardian.

SECTION 225. Every guardian so appointed for any convict, shall pay all the just debts due from the convict, out of his personal estate, if sufficient, and if not, out of his real estate, upon obtaining license for the sale thereof from the Judge; he shall also settle all accounts of said convict, and demand, sue for, and receive all debts due to him, and may, with the approbation of the Judge, compound for the same and give a discharge to the debtor; and he shall appear for and represent his ward, in all legal suits and proceedings, unless when another person is appointed for that purpose.

SECTION 226. Such guardian shall have all the rights and duties, as well as the responsibilities, respecting the management and disposal of the convict's estate, as appertain to the guardian of a minor, or insane person. He shall manage the estate frugally and without waste, and apply the profits thereof, so far as may be necessary, for the comfortable and suitable maintenance of the convict's family, if there be any, and if the profits shall be insufficient for that purpose, he may sell the real estate and apply the proceeds thereto, upon obtaining the license of the Judge.

SECTION 227. Such guardian may be removed, and another guardian appointed in his place, whenever the Judge shall think there is just cause for removal.