Chapter 155. To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited) by extending it to include all of the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
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CHAP. 155.— An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an act duly enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii amending the franchise held by the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited) by extending it to include all of the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. June 16, 1916. [[S. 5274](/us/bill/64/s/5274).] [[Public, No. 96](/us/pl/64/96).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Hawaii. Act of legislature amending franchise of Hawaiian Electric Company, ratified, etc.
Vol. 33, p. 227. That the act of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii entitled “An Act amending the franchise held by the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited) by extending it to include all of the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii,” is hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed, and section one of act forty-eight of the Laws of nineteen hundred and three of the Territory of Hawaii, as amended and approved by the Act of Congress approved April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four (now section eight hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, nineteen hundred and fifteen), is hereby amended by striking therefrom the following:
" “(b) ‘Honolulu’ or ‘district of Honolulu,’ shall refer to, include,Restriction repealed. and mean all of that portion of the island of Oahu included in the taxation, educational, and judicial district now defined by law as ‘Honolulu district,’ or the ‘district of Honolulu.’” " Sec. 2. That section two of act forty-eight of the Laws of nineteenPowers extended to all of island of Oahu.Vol. 33, p. 228. hundred and three of said Territory (section eight hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, nineteen hundred and fifteen), as amended and approved by the Act of Congress approved April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
" “Electric power, manufacture, sale, and so forth: The right isExtent of franchise. hereby granted to the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited) as a body corporate under that or such other name as the said company may hereafter adopt, and its successors and assigns, to manufacture, sell, furnish, and supply electric fight, electric current, or electric 230 power on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, for lighting the streets, roads, public or private buildings, or for motive power, or for any other purpose which it or they may deem advisable, and from time to time, for the purposes above mentioned, to construct, maintain, and operate suitable poles, lines, wires, cables, lamps, lamp-posts, conductors, conduits, and such other appliances and appurtenances as may from time to time be necessary for the transmission, distribution, or supply of electricity to the consumers thereof, under, along, upon, and over the streets, sidewalks, roads, squares, bridges, alleys, and lanes in said island of Oahu and to connect the said lines, wires, and conductors with any manufactory, private or public building, lamp, lamp-post, or other structure or object with the place of supply.
” " Sec. 3. That section three of Act forty-eight of the Laws of nineteenBuildings and grounds.Vol. 33, p. 228. hundred and three of said Territory, as approved by the Act of Congress approved April Twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four (now section eight hundred and thirty-eight of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, nineteen hundred and fifteen), is hereby amended so as to read as follows: " “Power houses, and so forth: Said company shall also have thePower houses, etc. right to maintain and operate its present light and power station on the comer of Halekauwila and Alakea Streets, in Honolulu, said island of Oahu, and also to construct, maintain, and operate, at such points as may from time to time be necessary, light and power stations or houses, or such other buildings and structures as may be necessary and proper, and to use machinery therein for the purposes of the company.
” " Sec. 4. That said Act forty-eight of the Laws of nineteen hundred and three of said Territory, as amended and approved by the Act of Congress approved April Twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four, is hereby further amended by adding a new section thereto to be known as section fifteen A (and to be known as section eight hundred and fifty A of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, nineteen hundred and fifteen), and reading as follows: " “This franchise, and the person or corporation holding the same,Subject to public utilities commission as to rates, etc. shall be subject as to reasonableness of rates, prices, and charges, and in all other respects to the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, nineteen hundred and fifteen, creating a public utilities commission, and all amendments thereof, for the regulation of the public utilities in said Territory, and all the powers and duties expressly conferred upon or required of the superintendent of public works or the courts by said act creating said franchise are hereby conferred upon and required of said public utilities commission.
” " Sec. 5. That the public utilities commission of the Territory ofExtensions. Hawaii is hereby granted the power to order the Hawaiian Electric Company (Limited), its successors or assigns, to make extensions of its service lines within the island of Oahu, whenever it shall be made to appear that said extension is a public necessity and that said extension or extensions can be made to earn a reasonable profit on the cost and maintenance of the same: *Provided, *That all orders of*Proviso.*Subject to review by courts. the public utilities commission herein provided for shall be subject to review by the courts of said Territory.
Sec. 6. That Congress, or the Legislature of the Territory ofAmendment. Hawaii with the approval of Congress, may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, June 16, 1916.