221 

 RECENT LEGISLATION. 



(Continued.) 

 ACT 23. 



An Act to Amend Section 1409 of the Revised Laws of Ha- 

 v/aii, Relating to Licenses of Tobacco, Cigars and Cigar- 

 rettes. 



Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: 



Section i. Section 1409 of the Revised. Laws of Hawaii is 

 hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



''Section 1409'. Fee. The annual fee for a license to sell 

 tobacco, leaf tobacco, cigars or cigarettes, shall be Ten Dol- 

 lars. 



A grower of tobacco shall not be required to pay and shall 

 be exempt from paying the said annual fee of Ten Dollars 

 for the sale by him of tobacco or leaf tobacco growai or pro- 

 duced by him or received by him as rent from tenants who 

 have produced the same on his lands. Provided, that nothing 

 in this Section shall be construed to exempt any grower of 

 tobacco from the annual fee of Ten Dollars who by peddling, 

 or otherwise, sells tobacco, or leaf tobacco, at retail directly to 

 consumers." 



Section 2. This Act shall take efifect from the date of its 

 approval. 



Approved this 25th day of March, A. D. 1907. 



G. R. CARTER, 

 Governor of the Territorv of Hawaii. 



ACT 77. 



An Act Amending Section 1223 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 

 Relating to the Exemption from Taxation of Property 

 Used in Certain Industries. 



Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: 



Section i. That Section 1223 of the Revised Laws of Ha- 

 waii is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



"Section 1223. Property used in certain industries. Fo^' 

 the five years from December 31, 1907, all property, real and 

 personal, solely and actually used in the cultivation and pro- 

 duction of sisal fibre, castor oil, copra, vanilla extract, Ha- 

 waiian starch, pineapples, arrowroot and manioca starch 

 (Kasawa), shall be exempt from property taxes thereon; pro- 

 vided, however, that such exemption shall not apply to any 

 land in excess of forty acres so used by any one person, firm 

 or corporation in the cultivation and production of pineapples." 



Section 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the 

 date of its approval. 



We hereby certify that the foregoing Bill, after reconsidera- 



