The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-06-19
Legislative Proceedings.
THIRrr-rrrrn DAY, June 6. |.

Mr. A. i. Judd read for the hrst time an Act 10
the profession and preservation Of woods and forests
Bill pas-ed to second resdiug and printing.
Nr Haieuluaa read for the FIRST time Bill to abol
isb the practice Of men and wousn living together
parAmogrs.
Mr.. A. F. Judd moved to reject the Bill.
Bill PASSED TO second readIu and printing.
NJ Kpi introduced a resolution that the Minister
OF the Interior report 70 the House on Monday, ID,
pay Of Road Supervisors the different islands.
M Mikacmi gave notice Of Bill to amend Sec
ti5a SO Of Chapter i the Civil Code, relating tI
duties.
The Assembly then took into consideration its IN,
finished business, the same being Bill to repeal ar
Act relating approval Of claims against Of
deceased persons.
On motion Of His E1 S H. Phillips .he cOn.iders-
tiou deferred.
Bill 10 amend Section 1884 Of the Civil Code its
second reading. There being three Bills amending
tHs Section, HIS Ex. the Attorney General moved to
refer them al to Select Committee. Notion carried,
and the Chairman appointed His Ex. S. II. Phillips,
Msssrs. Martin, Halenanu, A F. Judd and AhOlo.
On motion Of Mr.. A. F. Judd the rules were sus-
pended and the Bal Of Mr.. Hitchcock. amending Sec
tI0a 1854 Of the Civil Code, read the second time
ana referred 70 the same Committee.
Bill to amend Section sos Of the Civil Code on its
second reading, follows:
Section /. That Sec. sos Of the Civil Code be and
the same is hereby amended 60 that the Section as
amended shall read follows
Section sos. The said collector shall call on each
tax payer a, bis residence usual place Of residence
or Otherwise give notice the taxpayers to meet
him At convenient points Of settlement Of the district
80. ...FE 4
t. demand payment Of the taxes assessed aaresaid
and # any person shall neglect or refuse to pay ms
taxes. when 20 caei upon or notified until the last
dag Of November, the collector may levy the
by distress upon much of the goods and ehaels U
such person be may deem sufficient for the pay nent
and expenses Of collection, and sell the
upon the order Of tie District Judge Police Magis
tTate. after public notice Of i've days"
His EK. the Minister Of Finance moved to indef-
utey postpone the Bill, It exactly the as
the Section il intended to amend with the excep-
ton Of the clause. which was omitted, 10
case 10 property can be found whereon levy, then
such person, If abie-boded, may, by Of said
judge or magistrate, be compelled discharge the
amount Of has tax by labor the public roads, or
other public works, the Of twenty-five cents
perday, and by this omission the law virtually became
dead letter the power given to the authorities
force the payment VI taxes removed lie spoke Of
the many Cinnamon and natives who had goods or
chat,es, and, a consequence would escape the pay
i1eut o. their instead Of working the same out
On the public roads, and moreover the law as it ex-
lists had never proved hardship anybody; that
there had only been person who had laid himself
liable TO the Section and he only submitted to it for
day, he beng the Ouly ia 400 who had
Eants served upon them who refused pay his taxes
Mr.. Carter said Il would not have surprised me
% have found this provision OF law for the collection
q personal taxes IN the statutes Of Mississippi or
Georgia before the rebellion but to fnd it IN tie
Of State whose Constitution in its first Ar
1cie reads. " God hath endowed all with certain
iuaeuable rights among which life liberty. aud
The right Of acquiring, possessing and protecting
property, and Of pursuing and obtaining safety and
happiness Is somewhat surprising. By the provisions
gf statutes you may compel any and every able
bodied man however poor he may be, labor at the
rate of = day until his personal tax is paid
believe II to be wrong TO arrest and compel any man
30 bis person, his labor. which the same to sat
isfy civil contract. 1t is also wrong to make him
w1rs 1t out the Of 25 cents day, when it has
been proved upon this foor that so cents is the usual
Vi Finance that but had been placed in prison
for non payment Of taxes. Admit this but submit
that you invade the personal rights Of one man
under ths law. there is nothing prevent like in
vEsiou Of the rights Of five hundred. But am in
formed By The police that there were ESQ arrests under
this law and least 20 persons we're confined in the
statiOu-hOuse night, obtaining their discharge
only when their friends forward to pay their tax
believe the present taIas to be oppressive to many
Of His Majestys subjects This statute is very much
ike the relation husbands and wives desert
ug one another. such act bringing the penalty Of
imIrisonment, and with breach Of contract to la
Dor under the m ssters and servants law.
His Ex. the Minister Of Foreign Relations asked
leave read a statute from the Massachusetts law.
providing that person shall refuse to pay his
taxes after proper notification he may be arrested and
imprisoned until be pay and costs Of imprison-
meut-snd then declared that this was not only the
law Of Massachusetts, but Of every State in the Union,
as he believed.
His Ex the Attorney General said. Yes, he must
pay taxes If be has money, but be not held if be has
No proper y.
His Ez. the Minister Of Foreign RelatiODs-1 take
issue upon that point.
Attorney General-I will read the statute
His EH the Minister OF the Interior interrupted by
saving that be did not want to know what the Massa-
-husetts law was. The Attorney General again at
tempted to read and was again interrupted by the
Minister Of the Interior. Mr.. Carter obtained the
volume and read from his place the balance Of the
provision Of law which the effect that if the per-
could prove poverty be entitled discharge.
The attempt prevent the reading Of the balance Of
The law is characteristic Of the Administration, its
every act for the past ten years. Massachusetts law
may be quoted in this Assembly strengthen the po
ifion Of the Minister Of Foreign Rel ations,
be case the other day the poll-ax question, but
rheu It tells against him it must not be read. 1 am
ware that Massachusetts laws not popular here,
was only last session that they we're reviled and
,bused. In the State Of Massachusetts man is not
ooked up property, and he cannot be forced 10
Eork to pay the amount Of bis taxes. II he has
property and refuses to pay his taxes, showing no
good cause Judge for such refusal, then be i'm
prsoned. If while before the Judge he establishes
hat be s too poor to meet bis tax, be is entitled to
-oie, but denied the right of representation. In
ur Courts man can only plead age and infrmity,
lot bis poverty. His Ex. the Minister Of Finance
allied attention to Section 4sO of the Civil Code.
-hich provides that a may be excused for age,