Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-07-08
FopTY- NINTH DAY.


THURSDAY, July 6, 1882.
House met at 10 n. IN. Minutes of previous
meeting were read and confirmed.
MIR. Paohau introduced resolution that an item
of 1880 be appropriated for Court house and
lookup Mt Hawaiian, Island of Kauai. Laid on
the table to be considered with the Appropriation
Bill.
Third reading of an Act to amend Chapter 3 of
the Session Laws of 1873, relating to passports.
Passed.
Third reading of an Act to amend Sections g.,
Co. &c of the Civil Code relating to auction licenses
Passed.
Third reading of an Act to amend Section IL.
Chapter 50 of the Penal Code, relating to dance
houses This Bill provides for dances i'll Honolulu
and Wailulsu, on payment of 500 per annum, pro-
vided the applicant has no spirit license.
Mr.. Aholo supported this Bill. and WAS of opinion
that dancing was a harmless amusement.
MIR. Bishop said 1t was not necessary to have
license to teach dancing or for people meeting IT,
gether for the purpose of dancing. Dancing by
moral and well-intentioned people is not objection
able, but if pays license il is likely to be-
come resort for vices instead of dancing.
MIR. Nakookoo, the iutroducer of the Bill, said
permission had been granted several
Mr.. Rice read for the first time a Bill to provide
for more efficient protection of female boarding
schools. This Bill provides for fine of 500 or
SIX months imprisonment, or both, at the discre-
ton of the magistrate, i'll case of awless persons
intruding in female seminaries.
Read second time. Mr.. Bishop said that these
schools were generally in charge of females hay
ing no man to act as protector. Those circum-
stances have been taken advantage of by young
ers and injury of the schools A legal gentleman
has said there is not sufficient law at present to
meet these cases, hence this special Act is asked
for.
Mr. Nawahi thought the law was very good, but
he thought it ought to apply to boys schools also
as the temptation Is as often on the side of the
girls on that of the boys. lie had been school
master, and during that period he had the greatest
difficulty to prevent the girls from enticing the
boys away They would climb the trees and play
ON Jews harps i'll order to carry out their project
de moved that the bill be referred to Select Com
mittee
Mr.. Widemann said he was in favor of the Bill
but he was averse to hasty legislation. He moved
that the Bill be referred to the Committee ON Edu-
cation in order that II he put in proper form.
Mr.. Kapena moved that 1T be referred TO Select
Committee, ana that the Attorney General be
Chairman OF that Committee
Motion carried to refer to a Select COMMITTEES:
W. IL. Rice, Attorney General, q. w. Pilipo, G.. T.
Richardson and II. A.. Widemann.
MIR. Widemann, Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, read the following report:
TO the Hon. Godfrey Rhodes, President Of he Leg-
isiafipe assembly Your Committee Finance
beg to lay before the House the report of j. o..
Carter, one of the experts employed by them to
examine the books and accounts of the Finance
Department. From said report II appears that
the late Minister of Finance did carry and count
as cash, for considerable length of time, large
sums of public money Ill ordinary bank checks A
list of said amounts Is annexed to the report Your
Committee beg to say that they consider this mat
ter unwarranted by law and reprehensible.
Respectfully submitted,
Ill. A.. Widemann,
Jos. Nawahi,
q. II. Richardson,
D. l.. Kauukou,
A. =. Cleghorn.
Report was read and ordered to be printed.
An Act was read to provide for the holding of an
additional term for the Third Judicial Court at
Waiohinu. Passed.
Third reading of an Act to amend Sections and
of an Act approved in 1876, respecting the sale
and slaughter of beef Passed.
Second reading of the 1000 Loan Bill.