The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-07-02
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GOmnrtrtial Abbrrtissr
IEG1sLATIvE ASSEMBLY.
SESSION OF 1870.

IT. Social Committee 70 whom was referred
49,. -..;,;,r from Hamakua, regarding the police,
- ,,d recommending further examination
or,bs matter By the House.
NJ TunaIilo offered resolution that one OF
A. Mills Of this Assembly be excused from
t,,,tor attendance at the meetings of the House,
this session, On account OF sickness, and that a
,um Of money be appropriated for his USE
Ruled out Of order
M, motion. the rules were suspended, and Dir.
pai,,. introduced bill to amend Section 52S of
,bs civil. Code, which was read first time, and
nossed 20 irs second reading under the rules.
ORDER OF The DAY.
The bill TO provide for the assessment Of part
or The exrense of building roads upon the estates
beueGtted thereby, on its third reading, was read
and rassed, the ayes and nays being called ON a
motion to indefinitely postpone, which was lost
by vote OF IL to q.
A bill to provide for an appropriation for
Custom House Guards, was read third time, and
passed
The Chair then read the ruling on the question
a. Z, whether the bill introduced by Mr.. Thomp-
am 10 repeal Section 1920 Of the Civil Code was
in or!er. The ruling was as follows:
The member Henotiiu CIr Thompsonl requests
an. cr to repeal secIon 1920 Of the Civil Code. BY the
q the hoase Ihs Iepsa q sse.on l42o Of The Ciy
uf- pspousd Rule 90 Of the Standing Rules and Orders
Wh-n question indefinitely postponed the shall
%, be acted upon again during The session
Haaa SpsaiiAg section IseO Of the Crv Code, Is ruled
ul,pns5oa Of rules will be necessary in ocier that tbs
Bal may be satertaiaed hR HiTcHcocK,
Vire-President Of the Assembly
Mr.. Thompson appealed to the House from the
r. 81 DFrafr He nhfa al fbnf
not the same bill that had been before the Assem-
Div. that was an entirely different matter, and
a. had been ruled, had been Indefinitely post
t9ned This WIS a new bill, and should be con-
salerei before rejection.
Mr.. LYONS was opposed to the ruling. If il
had been proposed TO revive the bill to repeal
Sections IiI7 to 1925, inclusive, of the Civil
Code il would have been out of order, but here
was an entirely new bill, ruled out of the House
before it had been considered.
Mr.. smith Minister of Finance) sustained the
ruling Of the Chair on this question: The object
OF the ruling was that We may avoid doing our
work over again; If it were not so, all of our
work might have TO be repeated and gone over,
u an indefinite extent
Mr.. Harris minister of Foreign Afairs)
sustained the ruling of the Chair. He related an
Instance of ruling on the part OF the speaker of
the English House Of Commons, which resembled
this. Was there any one who had the coolness
% get up and say that there had been no bill
before the House to repeal Section 1920 Of the
Civil Code?
Mr. Kaukaha was opposed to the ruling; he
said he should vote against it, and called upon
an brother members to do the same. The ruling
Of the Chair would shut out all chance for i'm
proyement and repeal, not only in this law, but
in all similar cases II we sustain this ruling,
We could not even consider the bill OF the member
Er Eau. ~ - %
The ruling of the Chair sustained, the
hofr ave n absent
5.doubtful, and therefore no vote, l,,rt
The bill to re-eodify the Civil Code, was
read a second time. y motion was made by Mr..
Philips. that the bill be indefinitely postponed,
as before the next session there would be good
deal II amendment required, which would be
prepnred and brought into the next Legislature
besides, there were nearly thousand unsold
cupiss Uf the old law yet on hand.
The motion was carried.
A bill to enlarge the jurisdiction of the Police
Courts, was read a second time, and ordered 20
engrUssment-
cases OF bankruptcy, was read a'third time. The
nature of the bill was to secure frOm the funds oi
the baukrupt estate, FIRST, what was owed 10
wurkmen, as high as $50, above which they
should be paid pro rata
4 eonnter-motiou Was made by Mr.. Bishop tO
indefinitely postoone. lie regarded the Dill as
an incubus upon our present oankrupt laws lIs
tenor was 10 secure TO clerks and others OF that
nature. the first place in the settlement OF suen
estates, at the expense Of others: all should be
treated alike.
Ilr. Phillips supported the motion OF Mr;
Lyons. The bill was a good one, and he noPeo
tue House would pass it.-- .--.-
The motion to order to engrossment was Us e1lIleu.
A biII 10 amend the laws in regard TO gaming
vas tken raad. and ordered TO engrOssment-
A bill limiting the time within which actions
NAV be- brought for che recovery OF land, was
rpni n -aeo1d time The time, contemplated
BY the bin, was TO be not more than twenty
years Pending discussion, the House aoloufneu'
FRIDAY, June oath.