The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-07-21
Commercial Advertiser.
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE.

Mr. kamalO. Chairman Of the Committee To y3,or
was referred the bill to amend Section 3fT OF =,
Civil Code, reported, recommending the as-ag. q
the bill Report adopted
On motion the rules were suspended to allo,
Nr- hamibau 10 present the report from the Cum
mi,tce Education. Report adopted.
Mr. Ka1Pt pTe--nted "a majority report from T..
Special COMMITTEE. un Accounts. reporting thai In
expenses OF th. funeral Of Her late Highn-ss tI
Princess Victoria - 9SS O7. and that tn
household expenses Of her fail er were SITS -
and recommended that the former sum De paid
Nr. WaEn said that he should like 70 have tim,
granted han to bring Ia a minority report as b.
IN favor of paying both amounts.
Ir- kaHgJmJnp said that he wished his nam,
strueS ont from the majority report. he did no
understand the report when he signed it.
NJ kamdD said he thought It queer tn5t SG.Dui
asked for at first, and they wanted - 900
Gov pvminIs said tiJt 50 900 all tli;l va.
asked for a. it was thought the funeral would tax,
place after the SUM was asked for but owing
20 unavoidable DELAYS in the funeral the sum n
cour-c increased that he and the Minister Of Fl
nance had accepted bills amounting to over 900
and that 70 the Assembly, did not appropriate more
tItu $4,000 fD- the funeral expenses. the family
aud hey estate would Of course have to pay the
balance.
Nr- Hruck favored the majority report.
Mr.. Ukeks said hc was opposed 10 giving more
than $1,000. b-caus.. when that sum was asked for
b. wanted 10 increase 10 SIOUJ0. but the Ministers
were against ~, saying $4,000 sufficient and
be- pas tie following question to them: .. VIII yOu
pay the balance. 10 IL l. over S6.GJJ.' and they
said Gc- Now irt them p1y it ont of the - .0pO
wear tbJt they have received AuG the best
thing %" House can do - 10 write out an appeal
90 the King to pat the Minister OF Finance out of
Office, as he i AN unskiiiiul fnauci"r-
The Vice President told the hon. member not to
iHIHlgr in personalities.
Mr.. UkrEe said take all back but the word uu-
skilitul- which l. not personal
Nr. kHpIu SympIthised with the member from
KUU!dupOkp.
Mr. Bi-hop--It has been already stated by His
ENcelcncy tire Governor or Oahu and the Minister
Of Finance that they claim from the House only
House tO vote more not. The balance will Un-
FucSti1Gably have to be paid by the estate. for
which these gentlemen are agents. unless the Leg
I-laturc assumes it. They felt. believe, as ] do
that the amounts expended in this country on
funerals has been eXtrayagant. On the day that
the appropriation Tor the expenses Of the funeral of
the Late Princess under consideration. under
stood from the Ministers and the Governor that
reason for favOring 5000 instead of accepting
$4,000 or SlO.OD9. proposed by some others.
was that the smaller appropriation would have
influence in keeping down the expenses for the
funeral: whereas the larger appropriation would
encourage large Outlays. We have unfortunately
had great deal of experience in the eXpenSivenesS
OF public fune. ais, and yet it i very difficult to
estimate for such matters before hand 1t
made the business Of the Minister and Governor to
make the preparations for the funeral aud they
were to a certain extent acting for this Assembly.
They have contracted and accepted bills amount
ing 10 about $4,000 The relatives and friends of
ths dcCeuscd had a right 20 make any additional
expenses on their own account that seemed to them
:
would of course settle their own accounts. and
have nothing to do in the matter. Ten thousand
dollars Is a large amount to eXpend upon funeral,
but we have in times past cNpened "a considerably
larger sum similar occasions. / will vote to
appropriate S9,9SS %. the amount of the bills
mentioned
the bills when they in a tit state to do So.
in other words, when they had sUrpius of funds
Gov. NahaOlelua said that If there any fault
IL lay with the whole Assembly. If they go
In Ep the. Ministers tb. balance. they
would have To stand their share. they all had
vote in the matter. and as the ayes and noes were
not taken, they all laid themselves responsible
He in favor Of having the House assume the
whole amount
\ motion to defer the further consideration of
the majority report till the minority report was
presented. aud then be considered together. was
put To vote and carried.
Mr.. smith introduced resolution that the sum
of -9.9SS % BE- entered in the Appropriation Bill
for the funeral expenses Of Her late Ilghness, in
place of 5000. Resolution lost.
Mr. Eamalo introduced resolution that the sum
Of SI2766 ~ be inserted in the Appropriation Bill
for the funeral expenses of the late Princess Vic
toria-
Nr Ukekc was strongly opposed to this resoIu- /
tiuu. ia his opinion IL was the same ~ throwing
the money away and that the mourning badge on
his arm was ali the SG 900 that he had received
Hc also ashamed Of those Representative who
bad taken an oath tO do as they best thought ac-
cDrtiug to their conscience, and then vote Tor
an ythiug that brought mp without understand !
ing it. He entreated the House not to believe the
report 0f the Minister of Finance. Governor OF
Oahu. Ic.. II they were the books containing the
account Of expenditures hut advised them to wait
until they the vouchers Sc- lie moved to
table the resolution
Mr. AhDlo moved to table the resolution until
the report of the Committee WAS taken up Put to
vote and io-t.
Motion to adopt the resolution was lost.
Minister Ndrgny introduced a resolution that
thr sum of $1,000 be- inserted in the APPrOpria-
tiou bill for the funeral expenses OF Her LAT" High
ne~srTrinces- Victoria Kamamalu kaahuTauu
Mr. Kakani moved To amend 70 $4,000
The Vice President stated that $4,000 had al
ready been appropriated.
Nr. Kakani then moved to reject the resolution
Mr. KamlIO moved that the resolution be- re-
iccted. and the OF S6.OUO, inserted III the Ap-
preparation Bill. be adopted
NF Aho novel to table resolution and take IL up when the
reports af Committee under discuss.oH-
Mr. Snith->1uir % the members ltDor un'ss Sl- ~
7rsoa This j. ih last item % b. pa,ei IN the Appropr
ne bills, clerks and officials to he paid oi
,1i thus % the m1ary IN the treasury ~ c'rI'
b-ou-ht % the fu-rsl and they
-efe by stating $1,000 thy thought would d. and
via. lil " .ty? We SAID %. gentlemen, you esti
mating very low you exceed sni bring n the bills viii
et- thu Tloss E1 thnv'-el lr s7OJC o'sht t1hhy 20
$40 OO5. and the matter should be settled today
ne would vote to table resolution
Wans-I firm in the decision q paying every thing
amend - resolution by inserting Sl2o9 % N
Motion to sad resolution by inserting sIe65 65 put to
Oa notion sI.ss IS placed in the Appropriation Bill, for
fua-rt expenses TIighness Princess Victoria
ner @ I .l ' rt % cane int ,o m iioa.e he would move 70
am-uI the b. striking the appropriation OF
exceeds the
receipts by $4,000 and in his opinion TIE
item he proposed strike could be easiest spared
endorse The remarks that tel
Bishop hold my hand scheme planned ~
myself and others whi-h think advisable AMI the
improvements intended 70 out We Thought the Gov
houses the beneficial II thous- 50 NJ 70
item, shaH che-rfIlIy submit TO It.
On motion. SectiIu passed - aHsusia'i
smith move! further section - striking out
the % 900 Appropriated for Queen halama
Nr lItk4r1 q reconsideration of the r'-Hit'h
settling d 5000. upon QIeen Dovager kalaua
Minister that 7th section cf the Appropriation
Bill BE- r.-ti- read AMI csrris!-
% title rad AMI PASSED B passed second e4ins
Ou u11t-Yn- iill on tlr file taken up
that the hill brought iar %
r-j.-ei House. and motion of Mr. ha-
tnao bill taken and read throughout
Ir Jkeke moved passage - the hrs- section
Nr hhies moved indefinite together ~th
p
Nr. Useke supported tie tH-
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