CHAPTER 65.

PUBLIC MARKETS.

$1106. The Minister of the Interior, under the direction of the President, is hereby charged with the designation of suitable places to be used as public markets, and with the construction, repair and regulation of all such markets.

$1107. Said Minister, with the approval of the President, may appoint a clerk of the markets of Honolulu, and also clerks of the markets of other places, whenever the public good may require the same.

$1108. Every clerk of the market thus appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by the Minister of the Interior, payable to said Minister for the use of the public exchequer, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties.

$1109. Every clerk of a market shall faithfully collect the market fees and fines, as they may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Minister of the Interior, with the approval of the President, keeping an account of the same in a suitable book or books, and shall quarterly render a true and faithful account of all moneys received by him in virtue of his office, and pay the same over to said Minister.

$1110. It shall be the duty of every clerk of a market to designate and declare to what uses and purposes the stalls and stands of said market shall be appropriated; and from time to time to lease the 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.

$1111. 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.

$1112. 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 Republic; 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.

$1113. 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 tenfold damages to any person injured by his conduct.

$1114. 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.

$1115. 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.

$1116. 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 vending of any poi, fish, crawfish, oysters or shell fish, or any kind of fruit or vegetables, in any street in the City of Honolulu, shall be fined one dollar for such offense, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the market to prosecute all such offenders: Provided, however, that the fines mentioned in this Section shall not be imposed until such time as suitable markets and conveniences are set apart for the public use by the Minister of the Interior.

$1117. The salaries of all clerks of markets shall be fixed by the Minister of the Interior, with the approval of the President.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

$1118. It shall be the duty of the Minister of the Interior to procure a standard set of weights and measures; and it shall be his duty to try by such standards, all such weights and measures as shall be presented to him to be tried; and to seal such as shall be found true with the capital letters H. I.

$1119. Said Minister shall furnish to each of the respective Governors, copies of the original standards, for the use of their respective divisions; and it shall be the duty of the said Governors to try all such weights and measures as may be presented to them to be tried; and to seal such as shall be found true, with the initial letters of their respective divisions.

$1120. The charge for trying any weights and measures shall be as follows: For sealing and marking every beam, fifty cents; for sealing and marking every measure of extension, twentyfive cents; for sealing and marking every weight, ten cents: for sealing and marking every liquid or dry measure, ten cents; and

a reasonable compensation for making such weights and measures conform to the standards.

§1121. The standards of weights and measures shall be those adopted, and now used, or that may be adopted and used by the United States of America.

$1122. Whenever any wheat, rye, Indian corn, barley or oats, shall be sold by the bushel, and no special agreement as to the measurement shall be made by the parties, the bushel shall consist of sixty pounds of wheat, of fifty-six pounds of rye, of fifty-six pounds of Indian corn, of forty-eight pounds of barley, and thirty-two pounds of oats.

$1123. If any person shall sell any goods, wares, or merchandise, fruit, vegetables, or other commodity whatsoever by any beams, weights, or measures, that have not been duly sealed, he shall be fined for each offense a sum not exceeding fifty dollars; and any person who shall be injured or defrauded by the use of any such beams, weights, or measures, may maintain an action against the offender; and if judgment be rendered for the plaintiff, he shall recover double damages, and the costs of suit.

NOTE TO CHAPTER 65.

§§1106-1123 are P. C. Ch. 65 unaltered.

CHAPTER 66.

PORT REGULATIONS.

$1124. All vessels that may enter any port shall be anchored in the place designated by the Harbor Master, and moved from one anchorage to another, as he may direct; and no vessel, excepting coasting vessels under fifty tons burthen, and vessels about to leave the harbor, shall quit her anchorage or moorings until the commanding officer shall have received the written permission of the Harbor Master, under penalty of a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

$1125. The Harbor Master, or any pilot, while removing a vessel from one anchorage or mooring to another, may make fast to any other vessel, or to any warp or wharf; and any person resisting the same, cutting away, or casting off the warp or fastening, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars; and if such person belong to any vessel, the master of such vessel shall be responsible for any damages resulting from such resistance, cutting away, or casting off, as well as the fine imposed upon the offender.

$1126. In order to facilitate the removing and placing of vessels in their proper berths, all vessels in the harbor shall, when requested by the Harbor Master or any pilot, slack down. their stream cables and other fastenings, and also their bower chains, under penalty of a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

$1127. All vessels entering port shall, if so requested by the Harbor Master or any pilot, rig in their jib, flying jib, and spanke booms, and spritsail yards, and top their lower and topsail yards,