I got that impression just by looking at Alice Dewey’s visage.
FOR THE RECORD: from the ‘other’ LONG THREAD
Perhaps, it was by this very (newly “discovered”) law, HI Territorial Law 57, that someone was able to fill out this application (?) shown below, for a HI birth certificate that was only ever FILED and never ACCEPTED. Then, when HRS 338-17.8 was passed (in 1982), the record was amended to coincide with the new updated statue...perhaps triggered by someone needing a copy of the original record for some reason.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2306351/posts?page=10658#10658