3. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time, at short intervals.

NOTE TO CHAPTER 99.

§1661 is S. L. 1886, Ch. 68.

Cases in Hawaiian Reports: The Jennie Walker, 6 Haw. 404; Pacific Nav. v. Allen, 7 Haw. 12; Re Tai Wo Chan, 9 Haw. 508.

CHAPTER 100.

REGISTRATION OF CO-PARTNERSHIPS.

$1662. Whenever any two or more persons shall carry on business in this Republic in co-partnership, it shall be incumbent for such persons to file in the office of the Minister of the Interior a statement of:

1. The names and residences of each of the members of such co-partnership.

2. The nature of the business of such co-partnership.

3. The firm name of co-partnership, and

4. The place or places of business of the co-partnership.

$1663. All persons who at the time of the commencement of this Act, shall be carrying on business in co-partnership, shall within two months of the time of the commencement of this Act, cause such statement as aforesaid to be filed in the office of the Minister of the Interior.

$1664. Whenever any change shall take place in the constitution of any such firm by the death or withdrawal of any member thereof, or by the addition of any member thereto, or by the dissolution thereof, a statement of such change or dissolution shall also be filed in the said office of the Minister of the Interior, within one month from such change, death or dissolution, as the case may be.

$1665. All such statements as are required to be made by the preceding sections shall also be published by the members of each co-partnership at least twice in the Hawaiian and English languages, in two newspapers published in Honolulu.

$1666. The Minister of the Interior shall cause a book to be kept in his office, in which shall be recorded the several particulars hereinbefore required to be filed in his office; and which book shall be open for public inspection on payment of a fee of twenty-five cents for each inspection.

$1667. There shall be paid to the Minister of the Interior a fee of fifty cents for each name so recorded as aforesaid.

$1668. The members of every co-partnership who shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of this law, shall severally and individually be liable for all the debts and liabil ities of such co-partnership and may be severally sued therefor, without the necessity of joining the other members of the copartnership in any action or suit, and shall also severally be liable upon conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five dollars for each and every day while such default shall continue; which penalties may be recovered in any District Court.

$1669. Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed or construed to apply to corporations or incorporated companies.

$1670. All fees received by virtue of this Act shall be accounted for as part of the revenue of the Hawaiian Government.

NOTE TO CHAPTER 100.

§§1662-1670 are S. L. 1880, Ch. 28; C. L. p. 648.

CHAPTER 101.

QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS.

WHEREAS, with the importing of live stock from foreign countries, several diseases hitherto unknown in the Hawaiian Islands have been introduced in this country which have spread abroad, whereby much valuable stock has been destroyed and large loss entailed on the owners thereof, and no specific regulations exist, or laws provide for the protection. therefrom; therefore,

Be it Enacted, etc.:

$1671. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to establish on each of the Islands of the Republichaving Ports of Entry a quarantine station or stations for animals.

$1672. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorized to appoint three competent persons for each port of entry of the Republic, who shall be designated "Boards of Inspectors of Animals," and from time to time, when such offices, for any reason shall become vacant, to re-appoint competent persons to fill the same. One of the three appointed on each Board shall be designated as the Executive Inspector. Such officers for thepurposes of this Act, shall possess all the powers, rights, privileges and immunities of Customs Officers, or officers acting under the Board of Health, and it shall be their duty to cause the various quarantine stations to be kept clean and properly fitted for use.

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$1673. The master of any vessel on which there shall have been shipped live animals for any port in this Republic shall immediately, upon arrival, notify the Customs Officers of such fact, and said officers shall at once cause the inspecting officers to be notified, and shall not permit the animals to be taken from the wharf or landing, nor of any portion of the food or water, nor of any effects connected therewith or provided for their use during the voyage, to be removed from the wharf or landing until the Inspecting Officer shall have inspected and passed the same.

$1674. All live animals except such birds and small animals as shall be especially exempted by the Inspecting Officer, shall be subject, on arrival in this Republic from any foreign port or country, to be quarantined at the expense of the owner or consignee thereof, in such places as shall be appointed by the Minister of Interior, for a period of not less than thirty days, and for such longer period as shall be deemed necessary by the Board of Inspectors on account of the presence of any contagious disease or distemper, or because the port or country whence such animals are brought is affected with such disease or distemper, or for any other good and sufficient reason having reference to the public good. Whenever, after careful examination and attention the Inspecting Officer shall find that such animal or animals are infected with any disease or distemper of a nature dangerous to the live stock of the country, he shall report the same to the Board of Inspectors, and if the majority of the Board of Inspectors shall decide that the public interests require, they shall cause such animal to be utterly destroyed; said Board of Inspectors may also cause all the food and other effects connected with such animals, independently of the animals themselves, to be destroyed.

$1675. Live animals passing between the different islands of the Republic may be quarantined as set forth in Section 1673, either at the port of shipment or delivery, on good cause shown