§273-8  Acceptance of offer.  If any
such persons are desirous of purchasing such lands, then within six weeks after
such offer of sale, they shall signify their desire to purchase the lands, to
the corporation; or if they decline such offer, or if for six weeks they
neglect to signify their desire to purchase such lands, the right of preemption
of every such person so declining or neglecting in respect of the lands
included in the offer shall cease; and a declaration in writing made before a
justice by some person not interested in the matter in question, stating that
the offer was made and was refused or not accepted within six weeks from the
time of making the same, or that the person or all the persons entitled to the
right of preemption were out of the country, or could not, after diligent
inquiry, be found, or were not capable of entering into a contract for the
purchase of the lands, shall, in all courts, be sufficient evidence of the
facts therein stated. [L 1878, c 29, §21; RL 1925, §895; RL 1935, §1801; RL
1945, §5059; RL 1955, §106-8; HRS §273-8]