The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-06-13
Legislative.

The Assembly has been engaged for the most
part the past week with the Appropriation Bill,
which IS nearly ready IN be engrosscd. The total
will foot up the largest supply bin that has ever
l.bcen voted IN this Kingdom. Ii is wiser To pay
out the the pablie funds, if judieiously spent for
needed improvements, than that they be boarded
up idle in the treasury vaults.
The subsidy bin passed finally on its third
reading On Thursday, by a vote of % to Il. a
motion was made to amend it 50 as to make it
operative only after the ratification Of the Reel
procity Treaty, but this proposition met no favor.
and was lost by n vote Of Is to "a. \ second
motion to amend the bill by requiring the trips
to be made in fen days instead OF freIre, was
ruled out Of order by the Vice President, who
appeared determined to head off any further at
tempts in this line.
On Monday, n petition was presented praying
that the Minister Of the Interior be impeached
for maladministntiOn of Office in dispOsing of the
opium license for n sum les than that for which
il was bid Of. A. near A. We can learn the facts,
the opium license vas bid of for SIO,72O, the
purchaser having been given to understand that he
might pay half cash and half by note 1T short
sight. On going tn obtain his license, be was
told he must pay all cash. The next bid was ten
or twenty dollars lee. but instead Of letting the
next bidder have il, the license was given to n
third party ut $4,000. by which il il alleged the
treasury lOet $40. The special Committee, To
which the petition was referred, has the inyesti-
CATION Of the transaction, and will probably I'M
avel the charges. If sustained, they are serious
ones, which tire Assembly cannot Iass over with
out some notice.
Several bills have passed their third reading
and been sent 10 the King for his signature.
Among these il an act respecting the taking OF
Acknowledgements.
An act To facilitate the settlement OF BOunda-
ries, consisting OF sixteen sections. and adding
another to the already mys;i6ed boundary laws,
also passed.
The bill making n permanent settlement Of two
thousand doIars a year ON Her Majesty Queen
Kalama has also become n law.
An act to compile ard publish tho Penal Laws
in Hawaiian and English has been favoEbly re-
ceiycd and will probably become a law.
Several bill, INST oF which are Of no special
Importance, are before the house. Among them
il one amending the law regarding the qualifea-
tons of voters. detailing the duties Of the inspcc-
tors and the privileges of voters.
Another law i before the house, to free par
euts from the school tax, who send their children
to select schools. and incur heavy expense in -
doing. The justice Of exculPtins such il - mp
parent that theirs can DC no valid reason for oP-
position to it, passlgc-
Yesterday the Assembly was taken up with the
Appropriation Ball, and the sum Of $4,000 voted
for roads anil bridges, viz: Hawaii, SIS 900
Maui, SIO.SOO. Oahu, I.l25: Kauai. 81 400;
MoIokai, 500. II these sums arc faithfully ex-
pended, a beginning viii be made in the right
direction.
In the appropriation for Hawaiian and English
schools. the sum was raiscd from $4,000 To
SIS. 900, and the latter amount passed. These
arc amendment in he right direction.