CHAPTER XXXIV.

 

OF CERTAIN SPECIFIC RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE.

 

§l477. Where the landlords have obtained, or may hereafter obtain, allodial titles to their lands, the people on each of their lands shall not be deprived of the right to take firewood, house ­timber, aho cord, thatch, or ki leaf, from the land on which they live, for their own private use, but they shall not have a right to take such articles to sell for profit. The people shall also have a right to drinking water, and running water, and the right of way. The springs of water, running water, and roads shall be free to all, on all lands granted in fee simple: provided, that this shall not be applicable to wells and water-courses, which in­dividuals have made for their own use.

 

§1478. All wood of any description which may drift on to the beach of any part of this Kingdom, shall be the property of the finder, and any one finding such drift-wood may take the same for his own private use, without paying a share to the Gov­ernment: provided, however, that this section shall not be con­strued to apply to any vessel wrecked or stranded on any part of the shores of this Kingdom.

 

§1479. The Government reefs shall be free for the use of the people. Whoever, being a Hawaiian subject, shall desire coral or sand from the Government reefs and lands, may freely take the same, either for his own use or for sale or exportation: provided, that this section shall not apply to the Government domain in Honolulu, or Lahaina, or to any other reefs that may from time to time be set apart by the Minister of the Interior for the use of the Government.

 

 

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