The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
~THTRSDAY. 4 %.

The legislature is making some progress
in the work before it. The tardiness attend
ing the presentation Of the ministerial report,
has helped to delay the business Of the session
A. each ten days elaIse, a new report makes it.
appearance, and probably before the accustomed
period for closing the session they will all be in
readiness. That of the Minister of the Interior
will be found on our first page.
The proceedings of the Upper House appear to
be considered by its Honorable members, of so
little importance as not 10 merit publications.
conclusion conceded in by the public, who view
that body simply as Il restraint on the acts
Of the Representatives. Although the Lower
House, which is really the working body of the
Legislature, has been mainly taken up with petit
tions and discussions on preliminary matters, yet
quite q number of bills have already been pre-
sented, a list of which we will notice here:
By Mr. Kipi, a bill providing that District Justices
be paid by fees Referred to judiciary Committee.
BY Mr.. kipi, a bill providing for the licensing Of
%Peddiers- Passed by a large majority.
From the Mobiles, ian Act transferring the duties
Of the Sheriff Of Oahu to the Marshal Of the Kingdom"
Passed.
From the Mobiles, ' an Act transferring the duties
Of the Collector Of Customs, Postmasters aud Har-
Dor masters Of Lahaina and Elilo, to the Sherifs Of
Maui and Hawaii" Referred TO a Select Committee,
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BY Mr.. KiPi. a joint resolution that sc. 900 be ap-
prOPriated TO pay the expenses Of the Legislature.
Passed both houses, unanimously.
By Mr.. Nuuanu. n bill providing for the transfer
to the public treasury, of all the public school funds.
Rejected by n vote Of 10 to 8.
| By Mr.. Harris, n bill to amend the Constitution,
by Incorporating sundTy amendments, rs passed by
4 former legislature; read May Is, an1 referred to u
Select Committee.
By Mr. Kaakua, a bill amending Sections 4s1 and
= g - Gil I'll. 90
&c, from a special tax. and bring the,n under the
property tax; read May II and referred to n Select
Committee. discussed several days in the Committee
Of the whole House, and postponed till the Finance
hand in their report.
By MIR. KAPPA. n bill TO amend Section IGS Of the
Civil Code. 50 as 10 vest the people with the power Of
electing Road Supervisors for their respective Dis
tricts. Read May IA, and rejected by a large major
ity.
By Mr.. Nuuanu, n bill amending an act "to
prevent married people from forsaking one another"
Rejected by n large majority.
BY Mr.. Kahananui, n bill to amend the adultery
law. BY lengthening the term Of imprisonment. Re
jeefsd.
BY Mr.. Kaakua. q bill to license Hawaiian doctors
to practice. Rejected by n vote of II TO Z.
BY Mr.. kahananui, n bill to reduce the pay Of tax
Assessors and Collectors to 3 per cent. on the receipts.
Referred to the judiciary Committee.
By Mr.. Kaauwai, n bill 20 transfer the duties Of
the District Attorneys to one person, to be the Attor-
ney-General Of the Kingdom. Referred &c the Judi
ciary Committee. who have reported by n new bill,
now before the House.
By Mr.. KahoOkano, a bill providing that every
patient cured in the Queens Hospital, pay 81 90
towards its support. Rejected.
By Mr.. Moku, n bill to reduce the horse tax to so
cents per head. Postponed till the Finance Commit
tee hand in their 7 port.
By Mr.. Dowsett, a bill to amend the law relating
10 women becoming pregnant by f0rnication or ndul-
terry. Rejected May 18th, but, by reconsideration,
again brought before the House.
b. Mr.. Moku, n bill to reduce the tax on stations
to So Oc ger head. Rejected.
By Mr.. Garris. a bill to reduce the number Of per-
ions 10 be summoned on the jury panels. Passed.
By Mr.. Webster, IN Act to amend part G of Section
III Of the Civil Code, by striking out the words
. machinery Of all kinds, il intended for specific use"
Passed.
Also by the same. an Act to admit plate and pig
ron duty free. Passed. ;
By Mr.. Kahookaumaha. n bill making sou-e altera-
in the road law. Rejected.
OF the 80 bills thus far brought before
he Representatives,, 10 have been rejected, q
'assed, and the remainder are pending, mostly !
n the hands of Committees To which they have !
referred. Some of these laws are very !
rival and unimportant, and such are best dis 3
osed of by summary rejection. Two bills have !
cen passed this week making alterations in the
exempting boiler iron and pig iron
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Machinery now imported free of duty. Under j,
he present tariff, any machinery, imported for
has been allowed to enter exempt from duty. =
machinery will continue to be ad- -
lifted free as before. :,
In the proceedings of May 81, it will be seen I,
rat 4 bill relating to the punishment of women e
as taken up, discussed and tabled. The bill was Il
,ain called up before the house on Monday, :.
nd will, we trust, be well considered before it is o.
on. 1t can only be rejected through n =
isconception Of it, operation. Ten years ago, d
lie legislature 50 far modified the rigOr of the a
email laws against adultery and fornication, rs =
render the Ofensc formerly known as moe m
au punishable merely rs moe koiohe. and also
n provision in favor of n large class IT
female offenders who are a~rraigned and con- =
cted upon Inference, being found in n state of nj
to the effect that if they gave birth as
the child, and it survived four months, they
Ould not be subjected to punishment. Those
ere steps in the right direction, but they fell
of what ought To- be- done. The contingent
nalty and public degradation which were still p
r hanging over the heads of female offenders ="
ainst morality. have no doubt prompted the 90
Of many children at n stage when ~
had not 50 far advanced as to be
parent, preventing births and causing perma- in
Mt injury to the women. co
In the execution of the existing law too, much tic
nelty. we cannot call it by any milder name, Sc,
$ been p~ractised. Women have been dragged tic
my miles to appear before a magistrate, while ev
{ in a fit condition to leave their houses, to de
publicly browbeaten and braided with dis
ace. This is sufficient to show that the law al,
unmerciful, but that is not the only objection wi
it. No married woman ought 20 be permitted, to