The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.
House of Representatives.
SEVENTEENTH DAY-MAY 81.

plOyed in government Offices that every species
Of property be included under the personal pro-
perIy tax, and that this tax be increased to j
per cent ; that all kinds of property be taken in
payment for taxes that peddling without licenses
be allowed u reduce the ava license 70 so
and to grant planters, putting under cultivation
80 or more acres of coffee, cotton or rice, Licenses
to retail merchandise.
\ petition from four cOnstables OF kDna,
Hawaii, for an increase Of constables for the
District.
There being no further business ready, the
House adjourned.
EIGHTEENTH DAY-MAY -.
Petitions were presented, from Hilo that the
duties of District Attorneys be merged in one
person and for a hospital for that place.
From l3 Catholics of kOhala, Hawaii to re-
duce government salaries to reduce the horse
and dog tax To remove restrictions on ava u
reduce the property tax 70 tax schoOl-teachers
and ministers; that childless parents help support
select schools for repeal of the stallion law ::
that persons fifty years of age be exempt from all
taxes - punish with a fine Of $50 exacting tax
assessors 10 discharge all foreigners in govern
ment offices, except the thief Justice, Minister
of Foreign Relations, and Collector General.
From Honolulu to increase the pay Of Luna
kuIas to allow Lunakulas a badge of office
that scholars be- not servants to foreigners and
for a District Justice for Honolulu.
The following bills were read for the first time
Mr.. Dowsettfs bill amending the law relating
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adultery the peddlcrs' bill, as amended by Mr..
Harris, authorizing the Minister of Interior to
grant licenses for Peddling Mr.. MOku's bill,
reducing the tax on stations to So; Mr. Hair
ris' bill reducing the number of persons tc be
summoned ON the jury panels.
Mr.. Widenann, from the committee to whom
was referred the petition of III retail liquor deal
ers of Honolulu, praying a reduction OF $500 on
the cost of their licenses, presented n majority
report of the Committee, that IL was inexped ent
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withdrawal OF whalers, ali classes of the commu-
nifty had suffered equally with the liquor dealers;
but the COMMITTEES the amending
Of the law relating to wholesale vending OF spiritu-
Gus liquors, - n To prevent its consumption ON
the premises of the vendor.
Mr.. KhOd-s presented a minority report on the
came petition, recommending that the prayer of
the petitioners be granted, for the reason that
when the whaling business was in n Furnishing
condition, the pUblicans and hotcl-keepers. scarce
iy more numerous than ut present, experienced
but little difficulty in paying for their licenses
but that in the present stagnation of business, it
was impossible for the petitioners to contribute
so large an amount as formerly to the national
revenue
Messrs. Rhodes and Nuuanu thought the sub
ject required the careful consideration Of the
House, and wished further debate on it postponed
until tomorrow.
Mr. Knudsen took the members to task, that
q petition from only III distressed liquor dealers
iDAi require NAt Nt4-E VI ~
House, while i'm answer To the prayers of the
multitudes OF ihe nation, implOring IL repeal of
the oppressive taxes imposed on them, the cry
among the members was rnt II down. lay
&c on the table"- postpone Indefinitely!
Dir. Webster moved to adopt the report of the
majority, stating that he conceded with the views
expressed in that report that he did not see AZ
the falling off Of the business of the retail spirit
dealers was a-reason for reducing the price of the
license: that IL was rather n reason for the reduc-
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number as would prove sufficient for the decrease
in the business that he did not look upon it as
n necessity for Honolulu, that the present number
of licenses to retail spirits should always exist
and further. as the retail dealers paid n large
amount for their licenses, be thought they should
receive protection, and hence, he approved u. the
suggestion in the majority report to prevent the
consumption of liquor on the premises OF the
wholesale dealer.
Mr.. Rhodes argued that If the cost of licenses
was reduced, new ones would be taken out but
to insist on the present high price of them would
close some Of the liquor shops, lessen the revenue
accruing to the government, and tend to increase
the amount of Illicit traffic, just rs increased
duties ON goods often encouraged smuggling;
that coercive measures were useless; God had
implanted i'm man u desire for stimulants, and
had given him reason by which to control his ap-
petItes.
Mr.. Hitchcock could not see how an increase
of the present number of liquor shops would
benefit the present necessities anu grievances OF
the petitioners, in short, their want of patronage;
it would be impossible t. bring back their lost
patrons. the whalers; and as to the desire for
strong drinks being a divine gift to man, he sug-
gcsted that it might be one of the tares sown by
the eneIay i'm the wheat field.
The petition was tabled by a vote OF ~ to D.
The bill u license peddlers was taken up in
Committee of the House Messrs- kaakua, Ma
and Kaauwai were in favor of 1T;
1Iessrs. Widemann Nuuanu and kauhane argu-
ing to the contrary
The subject still pending. the House adjourned
NIxErEExrH DAY-MAY %.
Petitions were presented from Hilo. that two places
be appointed for the polls Of that district; for n dis
trict Judge for OnOmea respecting witnesses IN
courts to REFUGE the pay OF constables to So per
month and for 500 for a bridge ut kawainui-
From parents Of LIOanalua, % .hu that the school
for their children be supported by Government
FROM KOhoIa. HAWAII, for an act to prevent the
spreading Of the sheep disease and that clergyman
OF every denomination be taxed
FrOm merchants Of Honolulu, against the passage
Of the law granting peddlers licenses, on the ground
them to run in debt, and impoveriSh themselves {;
and that the unlimited credit given would induce
Iaziness and in eases iniuce theft, in order to make
payments The petition was ordered TO be Considered
the pedIlCTs bill now before the House.
Mr.. Webster also read an Act amending part s, OF
Section 5I7, of the Civil Code, by striking out the
words. e machinery Of all kinds. if intended for spe-
cihc use" Ordered to be engrOssed-
Mr.. Webster also read an Act to admit plate and
pig iron duty free. MeSsrs- Webster and Widemann
explained the object Of this act that under existing
laws machinery, steam engines, mills, &c, already
made. could be imported duty free but not 80 the
material for making them and that the bill was in
tended 20 encourage domestic manufacture Ordered
TO be engro-sei-
Mr.. Kahookaumsha read for the first time n bill TO
nmeni the road tax law. 50 that each days task be
out by the Road Supervisor. The bill
rejected
The House went into Committee on the Peddlers'
- - 49,. r.ssft1 IN fhT. suhfa~f frum HQu0lnln-
bill, n passed. authorizes the Minister OF the H.
terror TO grant peddlIng Licenses good for one year,
SIS per license (; the applicant TO present n certI-
fcate from the Sheriff Of the Island on which he in
LIN that he l. a nrnnar nersnn 10