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HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE


HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, Dec. 16.
Tn the absence of the Speaker, Mr.. Austin was
chosen to preside pro TEN.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Tbere being no ether business before the House.
the orders of the day were taken up.
The bill TO amend the 18th chapter of the Penal
Code passed q final reading.
The House then resumed the consideration OF the
Civil Code in committee of the whole. Mr.. kaumaea
in the Chair.
SEC. I4l. g General Provisions, - as follows
SEC. 141. fa) No license granted to any retail vendor Of goods,
wares and merchandise shall be construed to authorize te AZ
of alcohol, cologne. lavender, or other preparation under Inc
name Of perfumery, to be used as a beverage. The absence OF
the o.ua, Ala. qrd y ties . of rs ;s s%s oh be- an nses iu ss a r Se1erase, a $ com. con-
elusive evidence Of an intention to evade the laws relating u the
SEC. 14I. 1bl No victualing house Or hotel license shall au-
thodze the sale of peaches: cherries Of other irul s pr Is urenl
Uses for which such license is granted. Any such use shai, be
relating to the retail vending of spirituous liquors
SEC. al. () Any persa IN ofe nn e. a snhas q ) pf Sme of not a
les than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each oaense; me
All spirituous liquors imported under the name OF perI1mery
or preserved fruits with the intention Of evading the laws reiaun9
to duties, shall be liable to seizure, condemnation and sale Tor the
benefit of the public treasury.
The foregoing general provisions were passed, mem.
con-, and the House took up
ART. Sd, . : o the Shipping and Discharge OF Sea-
men, Secs. 141 to 172.
Sec. 1855, relating to the bond to be given by mas
tiers to return native seamen, was referred to a select
committee for revision, consisting OF Messrs. |ha"-
berlain, Sheldon and Kalama.
In sections l59 and 100 it was provided that native
seamen shall be exempt from all personal taxes; when
the Committee rose.
The bill to provide IN armory for the Honolulu
Rifles was read n second time. and in committee of
the whole, passed to be engressed for a third reading
tomorrow. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Dec. II.
Mr.. Kalama. from the Committee to whom was re-
ferred the subject of hulas, reported a bill, which,
being in the native language, was ordered to be trans
lated.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The Honolulu Rifle Armory Bill passed a final read
ing.
The Honse then resumed the consideration OF the
Civil Code in committee.
Section 165, in regard to the settlement OF accounts
native seamen, provides that
awhen any native seaman is discharged from any whale snip
or other vessel engaged in foreign trade, the master thereof shall
previous to : ttiemeut with such seaman, exhibit to the agen'
tailed account of the debts incurred by said seaman to said YES
sci. and the amount of wages earned by saids seaman, wmcn ac
count shall. If required, be verified by oath to he administered
by said agent"
Some of the members seeming to think that thi:
did not ensure sufficient protection to the seamen, II
was referred to a select Committee:
In section 153, Mr.. Robertson moved to amesd 81
as 10 read as follows-the words enclosed in brackets
are those added
!" No 70 fSrsisn seaman ma a. rss@ enn,yac aaee5dIbbsr'bbHfmr within a the perioi
of his permit to remain in the Kingdom, Except such dents a
are incurred Wy him fer necessaries aud in case of an acton
branch fr rhe recovery If any such debf. n piaiutiu >fau ID
required to prove that such debt "a incurred for necessarIes :
provided always THAI this exemption shall not apply to any pc
ROD for which his permit may have been extended beyond tbs
first sixty days"
ART. 4, .Of Internal Improvements" Secs. la
and l75 we're passed, when the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, Dec. Is.
PETITIONS.
From R. V. Speiden, praying a victualling license
be granted him to keepopen on week days until twelve
O'Clock.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
MI. Hitchcock, from the select committee on thu
petition of Henry NJ. Whitney reported as follows:
..The committee to whom was referred Mr.. Whit.
news proposal in reference to the Government print.
ing, beg leave to report
.,That. after carefully conside ing it, together will
the report of the Minister of Finance on the Govern
ment Press, they believe hat at the present time tn,
Government press is and has been a loss instead of
benefit to the government;
:. Therefore, they would report favorably on Mr.
whitney's proposal, and commend it to the careful
consideration of the House, whenever it shall TAX
into consideration that part of the Civil Code which
fers to the government press"
re 5. 1. KAI.x., d. II. Hrrc#cock-
j.. ]. DowsETT, JONI RICHARDSON.
VI. KESrI.
The select committee of inquiry into the account
of the Honolulu market reported in favor Of a revi
sion of the laws relating thereto.
The select committee on the stallion law reporte,
amendments thereto.
All the above reports were laid on the table for tn
present.
Mr.. Kupakee's bill amending the 9th chapter o
the penal code, was read a first time and ordered TO
Monday.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The House went into committee on the Civil Code
and the report of the select committee in regard tt
stallion was taken up. The provision including jack
asses, was stricken out. In other respects the law i
the same as the present.
The remaining sections of the provisions respectin:
bridges and highways were then taken up, anf
passed, when the COMMITTEES rose and the House adj
journed.
| MONDAY, Dec. 20.
PETITIONS.
From Makawao, for the establishment Of Hospital.
for INDECENT sick that the Poiynesiaa newspaper be
abolished that a Select School for Hawaiian female:
be established ; that the Militia be abolished, leaving
only a guard for His Majesty.
From Hama, Maui, all the signatures in one hand.
writing, and therefore laid on the table.
From waialua, Oahu. for $500 for bridges.
From Hamakua, Hawaii. for the abolition of Ma
tive Physicians, on the ground that they are not only
exhorbitant in their charges, but that they are igno-
rant and negiectful Of their patients Referred to a
select committee.
ORDER OF THE FAY.
The act to amend Chapter % of the Penal Code,