Hawaii: Buildings. Permits for Erection or Use to Be Issued Only after Certification by Board of Health. (Act 80, Apr. 15, 1913)

1913 Public Health Reports (1896-1970)  
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more » ... ntent at http://about.jstor.org/participate--jstor/individuals/early-journal--content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not--for--profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. dition suitable for the purpose for which the premises are intended to be used; that facilities have been provided therein and thereon for proper drainage and sewerage disposal; that provision has been made in the plans and specifications of proposed buildings, or of alterations of existing buildings, for proper ventilation and air space and for water and sewage disposal, and that the location is at the time a proper one for the nature of the business to be there carried on without danger to public health. No such permit shall be issued except upon a condition, which shall be embodied in the permit and which shall be binding upon the licensee, that such place, land, or building shall be kept and maintained by the licensee in good sanitary condition in accordance with general health laws, regulations, and orders of the board of health during the term of the license. The board of health is hereby authorized to direct the cancellation of any such permit or license issued by any county or city and county officer, in case any such place, land, or building fails at any time and in any respect to meet the requirements of the general health laws, regulations, and orders of the board of health." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its approval. Births, Marriages, and Deaths-Registration of. (Act 86, Apr. 19, 1913.) SECTION 1. Section 1148, Revised Laws, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1148. 'Board,' 'registrar,' 'registrar general,' defined-.Wherever in this chapter the word 'board' is used, it shall refer to and mean the board of health of the Territory of Hawaii, unless the context shall indicate some other meaning. Wherever in this chapter the word 'registrar' is used, it shall refer to and mean the registrar or registrars of births, deaths, and marriages, who shall be appointed by the board of health. Whenever in this chapter the word 'registrar general' is used, it shall refer to and mean the registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages, who shall be appointed by the board of health and whose principal office shall be kept in the city and county of Honolulu." SEC. 2. Section 1155, Revised Laws, as amended by act 131, Laws of 1909, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1155. Records sent to the registrar general.-It shall be the duty of each registrar at the end of each month to transmit to the registrar general a full copy of the records of births, deaths, and marriages made by him during said month, in such form and manner and upon such blanks as the board may require." SEC. 3. Section 1157, Revised Laws, as amended by act 131, Laws of 1909, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1157. Filing records. It shall be the duty of the registrar general to file the records of births, deaths, and marriages received from the several registrars, and as soon as practicable bind the same in compact form in the manner hereinafter provided. The records of births, deaths, and marriages, and the island and districts in which they occurred, shall each be kept separately in chronological order." SEC. 4. Section 1159, Revised Laws, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1159. Certified copies, evidence.-The registrar general shall furnish to any person applying for the same a certified copy of the record of any birth, death, and marriage contained in any of the records kept under or by virtue of this chapter; such certified copy shall be competent evidence in any court of the fact therein contained, for which certified copy the sum of one dollar shall be charged and paid and accounted for to the treasury." SEC. 5. This act shall take effect upon its approval.
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