The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-07-27

The Assembly has evineed a disposition to hurry
tarc-sh its work. state Of mind quite to be ex-
posted after a session Of something over two months.
Besides. the Appropriation Bill, that grand bone OF
contention, has been thoroughly nosed and turned
over. and is now safe out Of the reach Of amendment
by HozSrabIe members
- A good many bills Of minor importance have been
acted on during the past few days, and one or two
notable ones. The bill Of the member for Koloa
Or Rics) authorizing the purchase of q new inter
island. steamer, was introduced as q forlorn hope
aner the item Of $4,000 for the same purpose was
inserted in and then stricken out Of the Appropria-
ton Bill. Ministers made no opposition to the bill,
for though il Purports TO be a law, it IS Of the nature
Of what the lawyers call directory statutes, and may
OF may not be carried out; and all the probabilities
are on the negative side. No one but will cOncede
that n steamer making a weekly circuit Of Ksuai
would be q great benefit to the trade Of thar island,
and Of course thereby to the whole country. and
that Is the object in view in providing for an addi-
tional steamer. To be sure. the estimated cost is
Just half that Of the hotel; but then it is not a spec
ulsticn Of the Ministers
The bin to provide for the eodihcation Of the Civil
Laws, is n very necessary measure, and was passed
by n large majority in spite Of the opposition Of the
Minister Of Finance, who laid himself open 20 ridicule
by deprecating the cost Of the work, (something less
than S5.OOO) as n waste Of the public money. His
Excelleucy stated that the Civil Laws Of the country
were in n tolerably compact form, and that there was
no difficulty in anybody's ascertaining what they
are-Then il is well known that the very reverse is
the fact. The laws Of one session indeed-thOse Of
IS62-are entirely out Of print
On Tuesday the bill to close Coffee shops on Sun
day night provoked considerable discussion. IN
which Il was apparent that some Of the speakers
had witnessed the same scenes as described in the
articles published in this journal some months
since, entitled !, Vsgrants;h and m sunday night IN
will put n check upon one fruitful source OF the
GENERALIZATION Of young native girls
During the session there have been several At
tennis made to amend the law relating 70 masters
and servants, with however but Indifferent success.
One bill went through on Tuesday that provides
for the acknowledgment Of the execution of CON
tracts OF service. before n regularly authorized
officer. We do nos know whether IL ever occurred
20 our Legislators that the provision in the bilithat
the person employing n servant shall pay the ac-
know edgment fee. together with the further pro-
vision that = il shall not be lawful for any shipping
master. agent or runner, or any master . . to
charge any servant with any shipping fee or per
ouisits whateyer.r-Eill be likely 20 be entirely
imperative. The fees collected by the authorized
agent OF the Government will doubtless be ex-
-fraeted in some way from the person hired.
Wednesday the bill TO regulate the currency was
finally passed, after having been amended sub
stantfaIfy in the manner suggested by us on Satur-
day last, by Inserting the word coinage " instead
Of q curre1cy Of the United States Herein may
be recognized one Of the advantages OF discussing
n proposed law in the public prints before II IS
WednesdaT the new "Lzw to Mitigate occupied
the attention Of the House pretty much the entire
session Long speeches were made, wise and
otberwee. Some very severe and rather ~unpleas-
ant things were said respecting the state Of morals.
among The people Of Honolulu especially. and the
whole subiect OF prostitution and its evils was
thoroughly ventilated. The bill was finally post
poned indefinitely.
On Thursday the House resOlutely prepared it.
fsr a dnal adjournment. by first appointing a
COmmittee Of one to wait on His Majesty and In
ferm him that they were ready to be sent home. and
then going 10 work to clear OF the Seeretarys
This was accomplished before the hour for
ADJOURNMENT. Two bills in the interest Of persons
nnder contract 70 labor were passed with little or
no opposition from the Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
strange TO say. and with some excellent amend
nents urged in n short but convincing speech by
the Minister Of the Interior.
Yesterday, a message was received from His
Majesty tae King, appointing Monday next. the
18th inst. ut II o'clock noon, for the propagation I
II the Assembly. And so the long agony of nearly ,
hree Us IL over. and exit the Legislative As :
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