The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-06
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.

HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF MOBILES.
FIFTH DAY.-JAN. 8D.-Prayer. Minutes OF Dec.
% and "a read and approved. The Chief Justce
was respectfully requested to attend to administer the
proper oath to the Hon. John LIBERATED a memoer Oh
the Honse. Mr.. willie introduced, and Prince ha-
tmehameha seconded, a Resolution OF Confidence on
the death Of DIR. I. c. b. Rookie. the Gather ty Aadop.
ton of Her Majesty. The Chief justice entered 2
administered the oath to Mr.. u The House P.! :,
ceeded to consider the 81 first sections of the CYii
Code SEM up by the House of Representatives Inc
amendment in section 8 was concurred in, ana title 4
chapters l to 4 we're passed, as was also cnapter o.
Communications from the House oil hePres Sann;..,s
we're read, transmitting q bill to provide hosP'ta,s'
and a Joint resolution for the relief OF Gerrit I. Juad.
These were read for the first time, and the nuies
having been suspended, the bill to provide hospitais
vas read a second time, and on the motion OF Prince
lKamebameha it was resolved to refer 1t to q JOINT
Committee of the two Houses to consider how to guard
against the act becoming q dead letter. Nomlna.eo,
Messrs. Wyllie. Nahaolelua and NamaKena. "a .s
subject Of this bill the Minister OF Finance exPresseo
himself to the following effect:
Mr.. Gregg said that no one could more heartily than himself
approve the general object Of the bill before the House l was
soe and careful e consideration. lie was friendly to the establish
ment Of hospitals, and would go as far az any one to FAVOR 'neir
But the proposed plan he thought defective. It required the
thousand a%sau dollars for that purpose, and in default Of money in
the treasury. directing the issue Of exchequer bills to raise it.
that amount could be diverted from the necessary ordinary ex,
penditurss The existing r revenues sSsd from c al s9d aSs means az for en, the
contemplated hospital be obtained upon the security OF exchequer
on that point. A reliance upon such a source Of means would,
he feared, prove utterly delusive; The passage gee OF the q on Inn, IN Is
with it. could lead to no practical n result n..rh Il would aa 2 a. aoaos'
and thus result IN Ignorant or malicious clamors against the gov
eminent for leaving undone what it had no power to accomplish
propria,ions,-no matter for what object,-which the state n the
treasury would not allow e De r pI1%pu ~ m = womb woaId se found
more zealously supporting 1t than hrmsehi Dur ne woelo never
he had some reasonable assurance that he was not concerned in
something more than a mere farce to tickle the public ear, with
this reason he hoped the bill would be referred to a committee,
s s"~ f uy or that it might be delayed until it could be seen
whether, if passed into a law. it was likely to stand with many
other acts heretofore passed, as a mere show on the statute
books; He thought it easy. by special TAXATION, or by "a, appiie "a
creased. to meet the difficulty he had suggested. He repeated,
in conclusion, his most decided approval Of the policy policy Of estab
no: merely pictures on paper. or idle words on the statute
books.
The Joint resolution for the relief of Mr.. G. P.
Judd was read for the first and second time, and its
consideration postponed. The House then adjourned.
SIXTH DAY-JAN. 4TH.-Prayer. Minutes read
and approved. To carry out a resolution reported by
the Joint Committee on the Civil Code, with a recon-
mendation contained, in regard to article 10 OF the
Civil Code, moved the appointment of n Committee on
Finance. Motion carried. Nominated Messrs.
Gregg, Wyllie and Prince Kamehanieha. On motion
" W.. ufc0Q II was tntli u tCfNi Al AtS
above specified to the ommitte on Finance. The
House then adjourned till tomorrow at II O'Clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FRIDAY, Dec. 81.
The speaker being absent Mr.. Sheldon was chosen
to the Chair, pro TEN.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Chamberlain from the Select Committee on the
bond given by shipmasters on shipping native sea-
/ men, reported the same with amendments, striking
out the provision that shipmasters shall deposit a
copy of their shipping arcticles with the governor of the
island. Ordered for committee of the whole.
Mr.. Dowsett from the Select Committee on the sub
ject of providing means for repairing the bridges in
the district of Honolulu, reported the following bill:
AMI roads in the district of Koua, Island Of Oahu, damaged or
destroyed by the freshet of December 1858.
Be it enacted, &c. SEC 1. The Minister of Finance is here
by authorised to raise n amount not to exceed the sum of seven
in the district of Kona, Island Of Oahu, as follows:
L. Upon all real estate owned by individuals or corporations
excepting only the lands of their Majesties the King and Queen,
buildings pertaining tiereto) y tax upon the assessed value there
of, not to exceed one quarter OF one per cent;
mails. a tax of five dollars each.
a tax of four dollars each
". Upon all OK carts, whether used with one or more yoke
sko. = The Minister of Finance is hereby charged with the
assessment m and eSi, lection, . n e. taxes x m anp Seen oy rn ad;e Af. m n,
he is also authorised to defray the expenses of said assessment
and collection out of the proceeds of such taxes holding the
balance subject to the order of the Minister of the Interior; as
sEc. 8. The Minister Of the Interior is hereby charged with
the duty Of reconstrucing and repairing the bridges and roads
jured or destroyed by the late freshet. defraying the expenses
thereof by his drafts on the Minister Of Finance; provided how
sum of seven thousand dollars aforesaid.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and become a law from and
after the date of its passage. Ordered for Monday.
Mr.. Austin from Select Committee on the public
printing reported as follows
The COMMITTEES to whom was referred the part of the Civil Code
which refers to the Department of the Government Press, and the
munication Of Henry NJ. Whitney, Esq, would respectfully re-
port that they have attended to the duty assigned them. and sub
mi, the following for the consideration Of the House.
-. The COMMITTEES herewith append the report s OF the .1 Director Of
1857, by which it appears that the expenses of the Government
the receipts. They would also report that they have received a
statement from the Department OF the Interior, by which it APP
penses of the Bureau of the Government Press have exceeded its
receipts rece,Ss . By tn the er sSm Of s. ss ,s Ir ana n, Of the Ses re sSamIa 6e three tree
same, the expenses of the Bureau for the present year would ex-
amount the Government might realize from the rent of the bmld-
ing used for the Goser a% >, Press, and the interest Mt on the re- cap APP
present year will exceed its receipts by about $1,000, which
i'll afford. The Committee are of opinion that the affairs of the
Bureau are as economically managed as is possible under the
The Committee II of opinion that the printing and the mate
cheaper and more adyan;areous manner by private contact as
appears from the offer OF Henry NJ. Whitney, Esq, submitted to
the Interior he authorized to sell or lease the Government Peess
and all the appurtenances belonging to the same, whenever in
his discretion he shall deem it advisable for the public interests.
the Government Press in the Civil Code should be passed by the
House ut this time-as in Case the Government Press should not
be disposed Of previous to the adjournment Of the Legislature,
the provisions of that article can remain in force until the Minis
ter Of the Interior shall have disposed of the Government Press.
A provision for the disposal Of whicl: IS contained in the article.
The Committee have prepared the following Bill, which they
submit to the consideration of the House: |
An Act to authorize the Minister OF the Interior TO sell or lease
the Government Press.
Be ii enacted by the King, the Mobiles, and the Represen
tatires of the Hdrcaiian Islands, in Legislature Council as
sembied.
SEC. 1. The Minister of the Interior with the approval of the
King in Privy Council is hereby authorised to sell or lease the
Government Press, and all the appurtenances belonging to the
same, whenever in his discretion he shall deem it best for the
public interests. /
SIC. 2. The Minister of the Interior is hereby authorised to
contract for the government printing and for the publications.
all laws, orders, proclamahons, reports. decisions, circulars and
notices that may be required by either of the departments of
government with any person or persons, upon such terms and for /
such n length of time as he may deem best for the interests of
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