The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-06-13
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Session of 1874.
Tn1nU-Su-oND DAY.

TuIH--SuroNp DAY. June 9th.
Hon. Mi. Moehonga. from a majority 81 the Spe-
cisl Comslittee on the Hours q Labor Bl. reported
SIS follows
Mr. President Your Committee TO whom wss re-
ferrei the petition 81 citizens desiring 80 De heard
touching the Bill now before the Assembly declaring
the number cf hours that should constitute . days
labor, beg to report tina, they have attended TO the
duty assigned them, aud have examincd rs they
think. thoroughly the subject, having been attended
by many interested in the subject. The hours OF Ia
Dor at present usual on estates, Is not oppressive, and
that We find ten hours has been 50 long and SO almost
universally accounted legal days labor. But mas
much as It was made 10 appear before ycar Committee
that on some estates the number Of hours labor were
not clearly and regularly defined, with a view To- max
ing the same uniform throughout the country. and
clearly and definitely establishing What u 10 be held
as constituting a days labor, we beg 70 rePcrtthc &C
companying Bill as a substitute for the one now be
fore the Assembly. Ii will be observed that the pro-
posed BIZ makes ten clear hours Il labor a days
work, and though most vt those interested do not
think any enactment necessary, We are induced 10
believe that such an enactment viii be beneficial IA
many cases to the laborer, and viii be cheerfully ac-
eepted by the employee. ; G. Wilder, ". L Moe
honua, 5 Kipi.
Hon. Mr.. Aholo. as a minority Of the same Com
mittee. asked and obtained further time in which 10
present their report.
His Ex. the Minister Of the Interior. from the Com
mittee on the bill 10 repeal the opium license law,
recommended the indefinite postponement Of the bill,
and the adoption Of n substitute, providing for one
license, At an upset price Of $4,000 a year. Adopted.
Hon. Mr.. Aholo offered a Resolution that the sum
Of $1,000 be placed in the Appropriation Bill for the
aid of the Female Seminary Of Makawao. Laid on
Che table, TO be considered with the Appropriation
Bill.
On a suspension Of the Rules, the Hon. Mr.. Ka-
kina read 4 petition from Honolulu, praying that
there be a revision Of the regulations Of the Insane
Asylum. and complaining Of the present manage
ment and treatment Of the inmates. Laid on the
table.
Hon. Mr.. Kapule read first time a bill to amend
she law respecting the school tax. (Section iSG,
Civil Code.) The intent of the amendment is TO eN-
empt all who have no children, from the school tax.
Rejected.
ORDERS OF THIS DAY.
The bill to amend the law relating 10 the construc-
ton of statutes, came up on its second reading, with
the recommendation of the Committee 10 indefinitely
postpone
The House went into COMMITTEES Of the whole on
the Bill, which provides that the Hawaiian shall be
the standard, when any discrepancy shall arise.
The bill was debated at great length, and referred
to n Special Committee.
On a suspension of the rules, the Hon. Mr.. Aholo,
as a minority of the COMMITTEES on the Hours of La
Dor Bill, reported in favor of the passage Of the Bill
now before the House, fixing nine hours as the legal
days labor. The Bill and reports were ordered for
Tuesday. Adjourned.