The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-06-12

tile GJyernuTs act a. tax collectors that person,
getting intoxicated Dn pOtItJe beer De punished
by S2iO % line or two years i'm Imprisonment tina
So b. the price of a license To sell goods; fJl
REPEAL of the pound laws; that District Judge,
b. appointed by the Governor. not by the SuUrem,
Judges; against the Act allowing prostitution
that prostitutes rather be imprisoned for Iir. al
hard labor On the sentence Of any District judge
that government lands Le sold az = Uniform price
Of 81 cents Per acre tor good land and - cent.
for poor that appeal cases be allowed 20 days
for the payment Ui the Gusts; that cUnstIbl-s b.
exempt from personal taxes; that cUnstables be
authorized To arrest without warrants.
From KDhala, Hawaii that dead animals be
exempt from taxation and that divorces be grant
Ell cheap u poor people.
From KalIhi, Oahu that all the road labors of
their district be expended ON a certain road.
From Ira Richardson. Of Honolulu, that he be
remunerated 1893 81 for lis extra labor and ex-
penditure in building = bridge ia Judd street
NuuInu. Tabled.
Mr.. Mlnlni, ofthe Committee on Military, re-
commended, a. the wish OF majority of that
committee. that S43,j3T % be appropriated for
the War Department. Repurt ordered to be Gun
sidered with the Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. Rhodes, of Committee ON Internal Affairs,
laid before tine House Il copy Of the contract with
MIR Fernandez - perform the Government Print
ing, (prints Il in another culumn); also a report
stating that the Government Press WAS leased
November >. 1861, To Mr.. Fernandez, for the sum
of $500 per annum the printing for the gOyern-
ment u be done by him Tor So 800 per annum /;
that up 10 Nov. 2, lSOl, OF the $4,000 apprO-
priated for the Press lay the last legislature,
Sl9,69j SO had been expended and deducting
from this ST, 9S2 81 receipts IF the Press FOR the
same period. would give Sl2.7l3 80 for the nine
teen months, or about g $50 per annum a. the
Gust To the country for the Government Printing /;
thus showing by the new arrangement an annual
saving OF SI,23O that the terms of the contract
between the Minister and Mr.. Fernandez. omit
ting the lease of the Press, were precisely in
accordance with an Ofer made by Mr.. Whitney
10 the Minister in 1858 that at the time Of the
contract : ,234 ~ worth of paper was sold by
government To Mr.. Fernandez, payable on de-
mlnd, this sum still remaining unpaid the re-
port further called attention to the delay of min
lsterial reports, which had caused. serious incon-
yenience and hindrance of the public business
that most of the Reports had been handed in to
the printer so late, that with the limited resources
at his command, 1t WAS impossible To complete
the printing OF all the Reports at the opening of
the Session hence the committee
that the Minister be respectfully requested to
direct that in future every possible precautiOn
be taken u prevent unnecessary delay In present.
ing the Reports to the Legislature; and further.
that the action Of the Minister in leasing the
Press and Office and contracting for the printing,
be July approved by the House. The report was
adopted.
MIR. Knudsen, of the Committee on Elections,
reported On the resolution of Mr.. kaakua for
paving the expenses Of the witnesses in the mat
ter of the contested elections. that the witnesses
subpoenaed by the House be paid each 50; but
they recommended that the laws tie amended 50
as 10 Oblige hereafter the petitioners againsE the
validity of an election to furnish the witnesses.
Report adopted.
Mr.. Kauuwai read the first time Il bill pTovid-
ing that pound masters b. paid by a percentage
or all monies received 10y them instead of rates
per diem. Ordered u he translated.
Mr.. KIauwdi also read the first time a bill
amending Chap. Is of the Penal Code. 10y dcfin-
ing the act of adultery. By motion of Mr..
DOwsett the bill was rejected.
The same gentleman also reul the first time n bill
to exempt from taxation persons convicted Of infl-
nous crimes, unless such be parlunei by the King.
By motion at Mr.. Baldwin this bill was Fejectei.
Mr.. Muku read the h.ST time \ bill increasing the
homestead privileges. Ordered for Committee OF the
House.
Mr.. Kahookaumaha real the first time n bill to
the pay Of Lunrkulas. BY motion "f Mr.
Knud-en the bill was rejected, as tran. sending the
powers Of this House.
MIR Harris bill, p~roviling for the deposit in the
Public Treasury Of certain moneys, passed. its third
reading.
Mr.. Knudsen introduced n resolution that the
Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire and
repOr:. what had been dOEe in the matter Of the
5000 lost from the Custom House ia 1871 Passed.
In Committee OF the Whole, Mr.. Rhodes amended
III tEaIian Steam Navigation bill was taken up
Mes-rs- Webster, wilemhnn AMI Rhodes supported
il With the general arguments presented in the
report Of 23I Day of the Session.
Mr.. Dow-ett stated that he had moved the reiec
Of the bill a. first presented for ITS monopoliZiUg
character, particularly a>kin. $3.50 per month for car
rying the uails, which for the three steamers proposed
would amount 10 5000 per annum; but, that he was
10 favor Of the bill n now modified.
Mr.. Klapa oPpusel the bill on the ground u sun
Try personal t-ibulItinns and grievances in his ex-
perience oi KilaL.n travel.
The subject still %penliny, the House adjourned.
THIETY-FIRsT DAY-JUSE G..
SIr. B,lIwin. of the Printing Committee. reported
The Appropriation Bill printed in both Hawaiian and
English Ordered for Monlny.
Mr.. Knudsen. of the Select Conmitte on the petit
ion from the members of the Hawaiian Guards
hat should these privileges he granted TO this CON-
D ny, other Companies would with equal justice
:iain the same rights for themselves. which would
INVOLVE IL loss TO the Public Treasury Of SliO0 per
lnnuuI- Hence the Committee recommended that
he petition he tabled. Mr.. Webster regretted that
he Committee should report adversely To the prayer.
mi moved that further consideration be postponed
Until "A bill embodying the views Of the Minister of
Var on the subject Of militia. had been presented 10
he House. Motion carried.
aIr. Kipi read the first time n bill providing that
persons peritioning against the validity of an election
hall furnish at their own expense the witnesses to
,rOve such invaliiiiy.
Mr. Rhodes bill TO encourage inter-island steam
vas again discussed in Committee of the
Whole. Messrs. Baldwin and Hitchcock made excep.
ion to certain parts of the bill. Messrs. Widemann,
Webster, DOwsett. Rhodes and Harris supportiig il,
he bill passed section 10y Sc ;IiOn, some OF the native
every now and anon bitterly deploring the
numerous privileges granted TO the damage Of the
'ublic Treasury. Adjourned.
THIRTY SECOND pAY-JuSE Z.
Mr. Kipi's bill ubliging the petitioners against the
ability OF AN election 10 furnish the witnesses, was
the second time, aud ordered for Committee Of
he Whole.
MIR. Kaaku1 read the first time a bill providing
hat District Justices be paid by fees in cases where
he Legislature makes 10 pro. isiOn for them. The
Ill was rejected on motion OF Mr. Kuudsen, on the
round that the Civil Code contained u like provision.
Mr.. WiIemanu real the first time a bill authOriz-
ny the Minister OF the Interior 10 grant licenses TO
ell drugs and medicines. at $40 per license for