The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-08-26
SATURDAY. AUGUST 20.
LEGISLATIVE JoTTINaS.

Durlng saturday ana Aonday, the dreat
Sanhedrim" was engaged in the laudable
attempt at a salary grab" By the terms of
Article SO Of the Constitution, no increase Of
compensation Of the Representatives = shall take
effect during the year in which it shall have
been made; and no law shall be passed, in
creasing the compensation Of said Representa-
tiyes beyond the sum Of two hundred and fifty
dollars" And yet, in spite Of this plain
provision of the fundamental law Of the land,
the Assembly spent the best part Of two days
in debating a resolution TO pay 70 each Of the
representatives the additional compensation of
one hundred and twenty dollars each The
resolution was however lost. though we are
sorry to say that twelve members voted for it.
Four thousand dollars are required to pay
expenses of the session, in addition to the
SIC, 900 voted at the beginning. but on Tuesday
a resolution was passed appropriating $4,000
for that purpose, some honorable members
apparently having an indistinct idea that some
how or other a portion Of that sum might find
its way into their pockets.
On Wednesday a bill to provide for the
preservation OF forests, passed a second reading
and was ordered for engrossment, to be read
a third time next Tuesday. The bill is a very
inadequate one, and should be radically
amended, but it is a step in the right direction.
On the same day a bill to "encourage the
military providing for a scale of increased
pay to soldiers who have served a certain time,
was debated and killed, but subsequently the
vote was reconsidered and the bill went to a
committee. In the afternoon, while the appro-
priation bill was under consideration, a motion
- oo1-o.lo A. TO- Nc e A.
Inspector General of Schools, that had previously
been stricken out; but the motion operated
like the autter OF a red flag to animals of the
bovine sort, for it raised the ire of the opponents
of the official named, and they incontinently
carried a motion to adjourn. -
On Thursday, the bill to license druggists.
and to impose an additional license 1926 id
Honolulu and SIS in Waikiki, Lahaina and\
Hilo) on stores which sell {" patent medicines -
was briefly discussed, and passed to a second
reading. Hon. Mr.. Pilipo made a sharp speech
against it, declaring that it was a measure
brought forward in the interests of the doctorss
Hon. Mr.. Halstead gave notice of intention
to bring in a bill to create an income tax.
Among the orders OF the day on Thursday were
the following bills, introduced by the Hon. Mr..
Preston An Act to consolidate and amend the
law of evidence an Act to amend the law
relating to interpleaders; an Act to amend the
law in relation to abatement of actions and suits
on the death, marriage or bankruptcy of parties
thereto an Act to consolidate and amend the
law relating to garnishee process an Act to
define the nature and regulate the issuing of
writs of m%andamus, prohibition, certiorari and
quo i%cdrrGntO; an Act to regulate the practice
and procedure In criminal cases. These are all
important bills, especially to the legal fraternity,
and it will be fortunate if they are carried
through without damage at the hands of our
legislative Solons.
in the afternoon of Thursday, the first item
to be considered in the Appropriation Bill was
that for the support of military. A majority
the committee on the military had reported
in favor of inserting the sum OF SO, $3.50, ard
the minority, (Hon. A. S. Cleghorn) recon-
mended the sum of $50 $40. Included in the
sum is $4,000 for a saluting battery on
Fishermen's Point $6,S76 for the volunteer
organization known as the " Princes Own -
$2,97O for the "Leleiohoku Guard - and
$4,000 for the Hawaiian Guards" Hon.
Rhodes opened the debate on the
in a very sensible speech, in which he
clearly exposed the folly of continuing to expend
large sums of money in keeping up a worse
than useless military establishment. He was
by the Hon. Mr.. Kaai, in defense Of
he proposed appropriation. Just as this gen.
leman had fairly got into his subject, the
was whispered about that the mail
Tteamer from San Francisco was in sight, gaiIy
with flags, whereupOn a motion was
,ut and promptly carried that the committee
Use and the House adjourn.
Yesterday a petition was read and referred
rom 22l natives, residents of Honolulu, praying
hat the Treasury redeem 81 pesos " and " soils.
new Act to regulate the currency, came up on
ts second reading and was sent to a committee.
he bill provides that American gold shall be the
and that silver shall be a legal tender
Or only limited amounts. In the afternoon, the
precipitation bill being under consideration, the
voted no less than seven times on as
,any different sums for the support of the mill
Try. without arriving at a conclusion, and then
when doctors disagree, &c.