The King v. Tong Lee
Hawaii Supreme Court
ON APPEAL EROM THE POLICE COURT ON POINT OE LAW. An Act of the Legislature providing for the erection of public laundries, forbidding tbe carrying on of tbe business of laundry keeping or washing for hire within a circuit of three miles from the junction of Nuuanu and King streets, in Honolulu, is an exercise of the police powers of the State with regard to the comfort,, welfare and safety of society, and is constitutional.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of tbe Court by
Judd, J.
At tbe last session of tbe Legislative Assembly tbe following Act was passed:
AN ACT RELATING TO LAUNDRIES AND WASH-HOUSES.
Whereas, tbe increasing number of laundries and wasb-bouses within tbe limits of tbe City of Honolulu tends to tbe propagation and dissemination of disease; and
Whereas, it is advisable tbat all laundries and wasli-bouses should be placed under tbe control and inspection of tbe Board of Health; therefore
Be it enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands in the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled:
Section 1. It shall…
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