The Hawaiian Islands: Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and FinancialHawaii. Department of Foreign Affairs
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The Hawaiian Islands: Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial
Hawaii. Department of Foreign Affairs
Hawaii; Hawaii -- Economic conditions
The Lessee or his successors must maintain his home on the leased
premises, must pay the taxes assessed upon the premises, within sixty
days after the same are delinquent, and perform any conditions of the
lease relating to protection or planting of trees, or destruction and
prevention of vegetable pests.
Lands held under a certificate of occupation or homestead lease are
liable to taxation as estates in fee.
In case of the death of an occupier or lessee his interests,
notwithstanding any devise or bequest shall vest in his relations, in
the order prescribed in the Act, the widow or widower being first in
order, then the children, etc.
Certificates of occupation or homestead lease, or any interest
thereunder, is not assignable by way of mortgage nor is the same subject
to attachment, levy or sale on any process issuing from the Courts of
the country. Neither the whole nor any portion of the premises may be
sub-let.
Surrender may be made to the Government by an occupier or lessee having
the whole interest if all conditions to date of surrender have been
fulfilled, and the person so surrendering is entitled to receive from
the Government the value of permanent improvement, whenever the same is
received by the Government from a new tenant.
RIGHT OF PURCHASE LEASES.
Right of Purchase Leases, for the term of twenty-one years, may be
issued to qualified applicants, with the privilege to the Lessee of
purchasing at the end of three years and upon fulfillment of special
conditions.
QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS.
Any person who is over eighteen years of age, who is a citizen by birth
or naturalization of the Republic of Hawaii or who has received letters
of denization of special rights of citizenship, who is under no civil
disability for any offense, who is not delinquent in the payment of
taxes, and who does not own any agricultural or pastoral land in the
Hawaiian Islands, may apply for Right of Purchase Lease, the limit of
areas which may be acquired being:
100 acres first-class agricultural land;
200 acres second-class agricultural land;
2 acres wet (rice or taro) land;
600 acres first-class pastoral land;
1200 acres second-class pastoral land;
400 acres mixed agricultural and pastoral land.
Any qualified person, owning less than the respective amounts stated in
foregoing list, and which is not subject to residence condition, may
acquire additional land of the classes already held by him but so that
his aggregate holding shall not be in excess of the limit named; or if
desiring additional land of another class may acquire the same according
to ratio established between the various classes.
Husband and wife may not both be applicants for Right of Purchase Leases.
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