The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-31
More Tuncomb Law-makinc.

More T-aw-InaI>fng.
His Ex. the Minister of Foreign Affairs las
week presented u the House Of Mobiles severa
new laws FOR their action, of which he has sen
us copies, but Of whose passage we have not tn,
rcmotest idea. They were, as stated in the oficia
report Of the MOBILES:
l. To secure to every man his personal rights in the pursuit
to him 10y the first Article OF the Constitution, I. e. g cul,yat,
i l9! sell whatever his lands will I'"'a''' without re'''ie'"" by
, To encourage the establishment Of municipal government:
in towns and villages having population 4 1900 and upwards
:" i provide for a general surrey Of all the lands in the
kiasiom. reporting the geology, The minerals and the resources
S-'oo per anHuin' or If more than ono. at $1,000.
l. 70 provide for the adoption + the d" Lex Mcrcatoria~ in
,m rs H 1.n- tf IT, 10 be adH'ni,;ere9 y a Chamh,r Of Commerce,
lnit,l states, etc: etc, a, might be- preferred by the Iiirauts,
the supreme Court ~ appeal from the decision of the Chamber.
. TO protect the Industrious and to punish ilers. The tax
errors to set them at work on the public r ads.
No. l evidently has Il wrong title. 1t should
more property be hcadcd-An act to enable every
man to manufacture, without let or hindrance.
rum, brandy, okolehao, melon whisky, Lahaina
beer, and other vile compounds which are row
very properly tabooed. Then it might pass, at
least through the House of Mobiles.
No. > is designed for and might suit a more
civilized country, b"t is at least fifty years in
advance of the present wants of IIawaiians.
The act will no doubt be warmly arplauded by
the editor of the PohyacSian, who, for the last
two years, has been vainly seeking the establish
ment of . Roman communes," with the view
probably of getting the berth Of mayor of some
one of our (o be) incorporated fishing villages
- parishes.
40 ) is the only sensible act proposed, and
when the treasury is out of debt, we intend to
advocate the appropriation of $4,000 per annum :
ten years, more or less, for an exploration of
our " rivers, lakes, seas. mountains, &c" in the
rope OF finding Il navigable Iang-tSe-K iang River,
900 miles long, on which the undeveloped re-
ourccs of the country may have a chance to ex-
'and in a line not Yet dreamed of, even by the
.'iinister himself, and steamer stock rise to 80 per
ent. above par. We shall then sell out and in
in steam.
No. / may be a very important subject for
'gisIation, but not being engaged in the business
+ ADVANCING money on bottomry bonds, we can't
Tor whose benefit the law is intended, nor the
e~cessity for it.
No. . points to id1ers and loafcrs with a sharp
lck. If we are not much mistaken. the tax-col-
ctorS have now more work than they can per-
rm during the term assigned to them by law.
the duties Of this new law should be imposed
them, we fear the taxes wouldn't be collected
all, for our country is unfortunately blessed
it'll such a horde of Ioafcrs and riders. that the
lblic revenue would either become so largely
creased that our Minister Of FINANCE would be
lced in Il worse predicament than - now is. or
should be compelled to build a score of tails
each island to accommodate the vagrants- ;
her alternative would be extremely vexatious.
We need only direct attention to the Legisla- .
e report on the next page. 1t gives the PRINCIPAL "
respondence which has lately passed between the |
use OF Representatives and the Minister Of Finance.
orgh IS there exhibited to show that the accounts G
he Treasury Department are in "A muddIe. Whose O.
1t II IS that the books are in such 4 state that f
head nor tail can he made Of the accounts. :,
do not say; but this IS certain that the response -
" of any derangemen: of the affairs of the Treas
must fall on the Minister Of Finance. who should -
ibie to know the eTact condition Of crcry recount. in
give his reasons why they are as they appear on err
books. II what We hear is correct, the old books -.
be replaced with a new set, and Il new system al
ccounts opened. The House OF Representatives all
e done good service in bringing the present state sm
he pa1Hc accounts into notice, for they can better 49,.
ectiied now than il allowed to 20 on another two
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AwAIIAN lNDEPENDENCE-TO day is the anniyer-
OF the restoration of these islands, by Admiral {
mas, after having been seized and held for five
tbs (Feb. to July 1880 by Lord George P.u,et.
restoration by the Admiral was received with
Tarmest thanks by the King, Chiefs and peonIe. x
was only an act Of the simplest justice towards e.
Die people, who had been wrougfully injured by
val officer acti0p withcut ou,bor;,- f. " r
The day will be observed as a holiday. o.
cur volunteer companies and perhaps the Royal ge
:. appearing on parade. Besides the military R1
ut, we have heard OF no projected display.
HAMA SUGAR Cove hear that alvjces wcra
led by the last mail that the machinery for the
sugar mill at Lahajnl would be shipped from
York in July, and is probably now On the wav -
vla san Francisco. Ii so, it will arrive in sea- -
II the growing crop which will lie ready for -
ing by the lst Of January next. The attention F".
rlenters Is directed to a notice in another col. p
calling for proposals for erecting a mill build
r the company. The prospects of sugar manu- 9
e at Lahaina are extremely f~attering, and We
he enterprise will be successful.
We have had no arrival from san Francisco kS
: the past week, and have consequently no later 70 =
n news to report. Our dates from Washington n.
to July >, and by the first arrival we may have "
later aiyices with the report Of further
ements At Richmond and Charleston. Before 4
lond, It was probably McClellan's purpose to n,
guns, as was done so successfully At York -
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