The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-06-15
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Upon consideration of the bill to amend Section
SOB of the Civil Code, on its third reading, the
House took up the amendment.
Hon. Mr.. Carter said that his colleague rom no
nOlulu took the ground that this amendment was
unnecessary. as Secs. 1876 and 4S7 covered the
ground. The speaker was of the option that
under the present Act. 10 allowance was made by
the Judges on the plea of poverty. 1t was the
speakers wish to make the difference between the
beasts of the field, and man made in the image OF
God as wide as possible. Under existing laws a
horse could be taken and sold for the payment OF
taxes. and a man taken and his labor sold for the
same purpose. | cannot find that any OF our laws
provide that moral men are exempt from The oper-
atoms of any law. The Constitution does not pro-
vide that ali mlorQI men have certain uninalienable
rights. but includes within its scope all men. Sew
eral members spoke at length against the bill.
Hon. Mr.. Bishop said that while he thought that
there was but little danger of the bill passing, he
would like to say & few words. lie was opposed
to the bill or moral and polite grounds. lie was
of the opinion that the bill would foster and de-
velop some of the worst traits in the Haw a ian char
acter. The effect of this Act will be to excuse the lazy
and improvident from the payment OF taxes. The
liberality of Hawaiians towards those wb" choose
to live of them is notorious. An industrious poor
man will allow the lazy able-bodied to live on the
product of his labor. Th"re can be found in this
city at any time hundreds OF able-bodied fellows
who are absolutely earning nothing, and an execu-
ton on them would result in finding absolutely no
property. Such people ought not to be supported
in idleness by the industrious. There is no merit
in being free and generous or even easy on men
who are purpOsely poor, as there Is IN exempting
the poor from sickness and inhrnity. There might
perhaps be an amendment made TO exempt from
the operation OF this law such as have lost their
property after assessment. such an amendment L
would suppo t.. But 10 take off these taxes from
able bodied men, would be a damage TO the men
themselves as we'll "a to the country at large. The
constitutional question has been thoroughly aus
posed of by the remarks of the Hon. Mr.. A. t.Judd;
the other day on this subject.
Hon. Mr.. Carter wsuld go on and discuss the con-
stitutional question, but he confessed to being some
what disheartened after hearing the remarks OF
some of the native members on that point. showing
that they had failed to appreciate II. 1t really APP
peared to him as though the further discussion OF
his bill would result in putting still further burdens
on the people and adding new restrictions on per-
sonal liberty OF the subject, and ne Would therefore
On the motion to reject the bill. the ayes and noes
were taken, and resulted. ayes, 25 noes, 8.
The bill to amend section 10, chapter ls. oil the
Penal Code, lin relation to wbipping) was read a
second time.
Hon. Mr.. Carter thought it was hardly necessary
to sneak in favor of this bill. The practice Of pun
ishment by whipping was a disgrace, both to the
person who inflicted it and the one who received II,
and it was out of use in any civilized country.
Hon. Mr.. a. +. Judd agreed with his colleague
fully. The statute was almost a dead letter. having
been put in practice but once in his recollection
during two years, by a sentence in the Police Court
of Honolulu.
The bill passed to be engrossed.
The bill to repeal Article 23d of the Constitution,
marriages OF the Royal Family was returned to
the introducer, as being informal.
The dill to amend Section 8, Chapter 8, of the
Penal Code. (whipping) came up on its secoDd read
ing. and was amended and passed to eng;ossment.
Upon consideration of the bill to repeai Section 6
of the Leper Act, making the property of persons
confined on account of leprosy chargeable with their
support.
His Ex the Attorney General was Of the opinisn
that if the law was, as surmised by the member from
Honolulu, a dead letter, that it might be perhaps
left alone. 1t was fair to presarle that no harsh
apforcomaut nf tho law wou1d FTl.- .-, 1oov;.o !;
or the Statute book. The speI ker could see no good
reason why the leper sho,IId moi nav snmethine