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FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3441, 3442. 1906. 313 “(c) For instruments at places situated at such distances from the central otliice of the company requiring more than five miles of construcjsled line, not more than six dollars and twenty-five cents per mont : "PromIded, however, That nothing in this section contained shall prohibit the making of any special contract for any special service. “ Sec. 18. The said Standard Telephone Company shall during the °“l°°”· existence of this franchise have and maintain an office for the transac- _ tion of business of the company at some place in Honolulu convenient of access to the public, and a majority of the board of directors of said company and other persons having the charge, management, and control thereof shall be residents of the Territory of Hawaii. "S1·:o. 19. The entire plant, operation, books, and accounts of said I““¥’°°“°“· Standard Telephone Company shall at any time be open and subject to the inspection of the treasurer of the Territory of Hawaii or any person appointed by him for the purpose. _ "Sn0. 20. Fomncrrnan or rRANoursn.—Whenever said company F°“°"“’°· refuses or fails to do or erform or com ly with any act, matter, or thing requisite or required to be done und)er the terms of this act, and shall continue so to refuse or fail to do or perform or comply therewith after reasonable notice given by the superintendent of public works or other proper authority to comply therewith, the governor and attorney—general shall cause proceedings to be instituted before the proper tribunal to have the franchise granted by this act, and all rights and privileges granted hereunder, forfeited and declared null and void. " Sec. 21. Fiuivcmsm Nor nxcLus1vm.—It is hereby expressly pro- c,§;;‘jf*’*”° “°‘ °x‘ vided that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to grant to the company the exclusive right to install or operate a telephone system or systems. “ Sec. 22. This act shall take effect from and after its approval by E“°°‘· the Congress of the United States of America. "Approved this twenty-sixth day of April, anno Domini nineteen hundred and tive. “G. R. CARTER, " Governor of the Territory of Hawaii." Sec. 2. That C »n ress, or the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii -‘“'°°'“""°“‘· °‘°~ with the approval of Congress, may at any time alter, amend, or repeal said Act. · Approved, June 20, 1906. . CHAP. 3442.-An Act To regulate the landing, delivery, cure, and sale of sponges, Jujgse Be it enacted by the Senate and [{0use of Representatives of the United lgublic, No. 250.] States of America in Congress assem’>Zed, That from and after May Sponges first, anno Domini nineteen hundred and seven, it shall be unlawful to il¤pq¤¤§,e:¤..¤jj¤e¤» land, deliver, cure, or offer for sale at any port or place in the United lQ€§Q‘f,‘f‘*i,,{,'}'€l‘{,,,.${ States any sponges taken by means of diving or diving qprpamtus from mithe waters of the Gulf of Mexico or Straits of Florida: · omlded, That gogmbn sponges taken or gathered by such process between October first and ` May first of each year in a greater depth of water than fifty feet shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act: And provided fiw·t}ze1·, Sim ’°**°’*°'°“'· That no sponges taken from said waters shall be landed, delivered, cured, or offered for sale at any port or place in the United States of a smaller size than four inches in diameter. Sec. 2. That every person guilty of a violation of this Act shall for "*¤¤*“*¤— each offense be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, which line shall be a lien against the