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LEGISLATURE.
House Of Representatives.
TurRrY-TErRp DAY-JuNE Q.

lHikIf-lAiADD Af-0USE u
Petitions were presented, from Koloa. Kauai
r, allow any enc free privilege of selling import
ed goods that debtGrs be forced To cancel their
debts in labor that persons notorious for their
immortality or forsaking the marriage bed be
imprisoned; that the seller as well as buyer of
opium be punished that tax collectors be resi-
dents of the district in which they collect that
the nav Of assessors and tax collectors be reduced
To 8 per ct; that the Tax on Carriages be reduced
to 81 for repeal Of the postage laws and that
any Competent person be allowed to plead in any
of the courts of the Kingdom without a license.
From Waialua, Oahu that no other govern
nent Offices be vested in the person of judges ;
for removal of the restrictions on ava {; for re-
peal OF laws referring to public markets.
From Hama, Maui (; to reduce the cost of licenses
for selling merchandise.
From certain persons in Honolulu, for a change
OF their water privileges.
From waianae, Oahu for $500 for the court
room and lock up in their district
Mr.. Widemann, Of the Finance Committee,
reported on the petition OF the soap manufacturers
for the importation, duty free, of soda ash, rosin
aad palm oil, that il was inexpedient To grant
the prayer. Report adopted.
Mr.. Baldwin, of the Select Committee, report
ed upon the petitions praying that clergymen be
allowed to sell medicines that, in view Of the
necessities of many of the rural districts, the
committee recognized the justice OF these prayers +;
but, that. ON examination, they found no exist
ing law To prevent any one who pleases from
rtiftE oEIk78 SsQ 1iCs hctC III ntult
eeommended that no further action be taken by
the House on this subject. Mr.. Baldwin further
explained, that formerly persons wishing 20 sell
drugs or medicines were obliged to obtain n
license under the provisions of Sections $3.50
of the Civil Code |: but that these Sections had
been repealed by the legislature Of 1860 ; and as
n bill had been introduced, renewing the obliga-
ton on persons wishing to sell medicines, to
procure licenses, he would move that this report
be placed before the House to be considered
~baneuar that hill ~as hrnuDht nm Mofinn
carried.
Mr.. Widemann read the second time his bill
authorizing the Minister of the Interior to grant
licenses To sell drugs and medicines. Motions to
reject were made, and n short discussion ensuing,
the bill was ordered for Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Harris moved that the vote tabling Ira
Richardson's petition, praying that S593,55 be
refunded him for his extra labor and expenditure
on a Nuuanu bridge, be reconsidered. Mr..
Widemann favored the motion, but thought the
claim. if a just one, ought to he Appropriated out
of the road tax money of the district, and not
from the public funds The vote was reconsid-
cred, and the petition referred to the Committee
on Claims.
The following bills passed their third reading
Mr. Harris bill amending the law preventing
married people from forsslking one another and
Mr.. Moku's bill reducing the special tax on
horses to 80 cts per head.
Mr.. Moku's bill to increase the homestead
privileges, was read the second time. The bill
provides for including among property exempt
from sale on execution, the taro of two patches
and other plants raised for family consumption.
Mr. Webster moved to amend by saying. half an
acre of taro or other vegetables for family use.
After a long discussion the bill passed as amended.
The House went into committee on the Appro-
priation Bill The Civil List passed as recon-
mended by the Finance ommitt without
debate, as follows
Ter His Majesty and Royal State 900
r = , e.. r napss S 81 asss. prime. !. K,n:sa1cs.- s s%o
For Her Majesty the 1000
In the Interior Department the item for chief
clerk caused considerable debate. 1t finally
passed at $4,000. The item for second clerk
passed ut 5000. Adjourned.
THrRrY-FouRTH DAY-JuNE 10.
Mr.. Rhodes read the first time a bill for the
government of post-o66ce employees, and the
establishment Of route agents. By motion of
Mr.. Baldwin, the bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Internal Affairs
Mr.. Moku's bill, increasing the homestead
privileges, passed It's third reading.
Mr.. Kaauwsi introduced a resolution, that the
Committee ON Finance be instructed to inquire
what had been the amount of fees received by the
Harbor- Master Of Honolulu, from all sources,
during the past biennial period. Passed.
The House went into committee on the appro-
~priation bill. The debates took a wide range in
discussing the personal merits of the different
officers, and the labors performed in their Offices,
and a general desire for retrenchment Yas domi-
naus. Mr.. Barenaba moved to strike out the
item OF 1892 for messengers and watchmen. Mr..
Kaapa thought the red skins were entitled to a
share of the spois. Mr.. Kaauwai delivered an
eloquent euiogy on the services and nobility of
His Excellency Nj. Kekuanaoa. Mr.. Knudsen
called the member to order; that His Excellency
was not under debate, but the salary for the
Oahu Governor, and he moved to reduce it to
$4,000. Mr.. Webster moved to insert a clause
preventing the Governor Of Oahu, as such, from
drawing the salary OF President OF the Board OF
Education. Passed.
On a motion of Mr.. Manini to reduce the
salary Of the Governor of Maui, MIR. Harris said
that there had been much talk about the debt of
Soserrment, as u reason for reducing salaries
that there were erroneous ideas regarding public
debt, which he would seek to remove the ex-
penses of government. had not exceeded the re-
ceipts, understanding by the expression expenses
of government, the pay of officers and the ordi-
nary expenditure incidental to governing the
people that the present public debt had been ac-
cumuIating during the last eight years, during
which time the aggregate sum OF S55O,Ioo mad
been expended in public works, mostly OF a per-
manent character. OF this, the aqueduct had
cost S44. O. and had paid its interest and
SlI 900 towards its construction and was good
security on which to raise SIO.OOO, NJ necessary;
that tais certainly was not an Item TO JUSTIFY the
cry of poverty that 1913 800 OF the expendi-
ture was represented 10y the E+planade, which
will not disappear and though the Government
should sell the lots ut n price which would return
them not more than one-half the original cost,
there would still remain the wharves and the Im-
provemeut of the barbor-a lasting benefit to the
entire country ; that S52.46S of the public ex-
penditure was represented by the new Custom
Houses Of Honolulu and Labaiua, and the Oahu
Prison, buildings which would ~out-last this gene
ration and another ; that the steamer. hiLduea
represented $40. 900 of the government debt-and
the public debt being about $3.50, 900, 1T would
be seen that the revenue of the country had not
only suffcei to pay the expenses of governing the
people, but likewise Sl50,750 towards these i'm
provements, which were for the benefit not merely
Of those making them, but for those who were to
come after US. Taking this view Of the matter,