The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-07-20

impress Of any Sovereign state. shall also be receiva-
be in payment Of government dues. duties and taxes,
ST the exchequer, and in tender or payment Of debts
contracted by private individuals and payable 10 this
Kingdom, st their vslae as Fixed BY the King IN
Privy Council. and Published by the Minister oi
Finance in the HGtcaiiaE Gd=sile. Ia case any OF
the said coins established as legal tender as above
provided lie refused, the payer having rendered. may
bring the same into Court, and plead such tender and
refusal in bar Of costs.
Section , Coins Of the v&lue Of Twenty-Five cents
or less shall be 3 legal tender ouly rs follows In
al payments not exceeding ten dollars; and in all pay
menis exceeding ten dollars, anG not exceeling one
hundred dollars. in the proportion Of fifteen for every
hundred and in all payments exceeding one hund-
red and not exceeding one thousand dollars, in the
proportion Of ten for every hundred. and in the pro-
portion Of ave for every hundred in all payments
exceeding one thousand dollars.
Section 5. All acts or parts of acts Inconsistent
with or contrary to the provisions Of this Act are
hereby repealed.
Ordered TO be printed.
The bill 10 provide for redress for violations of
contracts under Section I4l7 of the Civil Code,
came up on its second reading. Ii was considered
in Committee of the whole, Hon. Mr.. Martin in the
Chair.
A discussion of over three hours ensned. in which
the subject of the Masters and Servants Law was
very generally talked about, and the bin was indeh-
nitely postponed. "a to II, as follows;
-iyes--H. III. Lunalilo, Their Excellencies Kanoa,
Dominis, Hutchinson, Harris. Smith, Hons Messrs.
Bishop, Kanaina. Kalaksua. Kamakau, Kaeo. Ka-
hanu, kupakee, Hitchcock. kipi. Halemanu. Naihe.
kuihelani, Nai, Kahananui, G. H Judd, Hart, Kau-
kaha, Rice-24.
.Noes--Hons. Messrs. Kaai. Martin, Nawahi,
Aholo, Ksukau. Lonoaea, Newton, kaiue, \. +. Judd.
Carter, Mikalemi. Poll. KOmOikehaehu. Paikuli,
Kekoa-l4.
House adjourned. q
SIxrY-SESTH I AZ, June 18th.
Hon. AFR. Judd from the select committee on the
bill for the protection of parties to contracts under
Sec. l411, Civil Code, reported a substitute therefor.
The report was accepted and the bin ordered printed.
The bill TO make the District Court of Waikiki,
Maui, q Police Court, came up on its second residing.
Ii was stated by the advocates of the bill that il
was q measure for the good Of the people Of East
Maui. There was more necessity for a Police Court
in Wailuku, which is a growing and important town,
than there is for one in Lahaina.
The bill was. however, indefinitely postponed, IL
to Ia.
The bin to amend the law relating to the assess
ment and collection OF taxes, was read o second time,
and passed to be engrossed.
The bill to repeal the Act relating to the approval
of claims against the estates of deceased persons. was
laid on the table.
The bill to amend Sec. 92s. Civil Code, (authoriz-
ing the appointment ~ one person 90 be district JUS
tice for naore than one district) passed to be engrossed.
The bill TO amend Chap. %, Sec. IL, Penal Code,
Contempt of Court not TO be punished by hard labor)
was read a second time, and passed 10 be engrossed.
The bill to disqualify certain police or district JUS
tices from exercising jurisdiction in cases arising
under contracts to labor, came up on its second
reading.
Hon. mr.. Carter said that much trouble and evil
would be prevented, and justice subserved, If judges
can be kept entirely aloof from any possible i'm
proper influence from plantation owners. If the
revenue of the Kingdom was large enough, he should
like to see every district justice in the Kingdom
paid so well that they would be independent of any
outside employment. y
Hoo. Mr.. Kalakaua. said that he heartily sup
Dnrfn y rrsnnYnla ma q q IN thfo hill ~aa
that in too many districts, the judges were
TO fasor the employer to the injury of
the employee. 1t was almost impossible for the
magistrates to escape being biased. m
His Excelency the Minister of Foreign Relations
spoke at length (45 minutes) against the bill. 1t
unnecessary, because there is now a disqualify-
ing statute in case of interest. If any judge be-
comes disqualified under this bill, there is no prosi-
here for any one else TO try the case. There
was no good in the bill, whatever. At the conciu-
of His Excelency's speech, Hon. Mr.. Carter re-
marked that during the time occupied by the speech
the Sergeant-at-Arms had returned and the other
had become sufficiently recruited to be ready to
and as the bill was evidently to be killed, the
question might as well be put at once.
The motion to pass to engrossment was lost, 10 to
and the bill was indefinitely postponed.
The bill to amend Section 1923 of the Civil Code,
was read a second time. CONTRACTS to be cancelled
on ill-treatment by MASTERY
Hon. Mr.. A. +. Judd said the law rs it stands was
all sufficient and covers the ground better than the
proposed amendment. He moved the indefinite post
ponement of the bill. Lost, % TO 10, and the bill
was tabled.
The bill to prevent the holding of parties to con-
beyond the term provided for in such con-
tracts, was read n second time.
The bill was referred to a select committee, for
The bill 10 prevent the enticing away of persons
held under contracts, was passed TO be engrossed.
= The bill to amend the law relating to juries, was
passed to he engrossed.
The bill to amend Section 516 of the Civil Code,
vas read a second time. (Exempts from import duty
goods intended for the use of churches
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
House then adjourned. !