The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-19

mitted a bill providing for a reward
of ten thousand dollars for the
above purpose, also, for the pay
ment TO the manufacturer of the
first fifty tons Of clean fibre a bonus
equal to its market price. The re-
port was adopted, and the bill read
second time by its title and re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Kalua presented the maJo-
rity report of the Committee upon
the Report of the Board of Genoa
logy. (Report is given in full
clsewhcrc.)
Mr.. Dole moved the adoption Of
the report, dwelling upon the ridicu-
lous nature of the Boards opera
tions. He said that two of the
chiefs whose bones were claimed to
have been found--Lakaa and W'akilo---
had never set foot on these Islands,
but were Samoan and New Zealand
chiefs.
Mr.. Kauluiou moved the report
be laid on the table until the mino-
rity report was received, which
carried.
Mr.. Dole moved that the bill to
regulate the issuing Of patents be
taken from the table and referred to
the Committee on Commerce, with
instructions to report by tomorrow
morning. Carried.
Mr. Dole asked for suspension
of the rules to allow him to intro
duce a new bill concerning the use
of steam on street-cars. The request
was refused.
Mr. Baker moved resolution
that an Act to repeal Chapter l3,
Session Laws Of 1878, relating to
the establishment of gas companies,
be taken from the table and placed
on the order for tomorrow. Carried.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
An Act TO encourage an ocean
telegraph cable was read Il third
time. 1t provides for giving sub
sidy of $4,000 per annum for not
more than 10 years to company
establishing telegraphic communica-
ton with San Francisco under con-
ditions approved by the Govern
ment. The bill passed.
An Act to amend Section 1880,
Civil Code, rs amended by Chapter
"a, Session Laws of 1882, making
fees of witnesses and jurors taxable
in bills of costs, was passed.
The House took an hours recess
at noon.
An Act to prevent the waste of
artesian water was read third time
and passed.
| Also, an Act to prohibit the at
taching of posters to buildings with
out the permission of the owners.
An Act to amend certain sections
of the Tax Law of 1882 was consid-
cred section by section.
Section /, to amend Section SO,
provides for assessors attending at
convenient places in their respective
districts with their tax lists between
the 1st and 10th of September, be-
tween the hours of and O'Clock,
to receive appeals from their assess
ments.
Mr.. Kaulukou moved its indefinite
postponement.
Mr.. O.. Brown moved the section
pass, with a verbal amendment.
Mr. w. o. Smith said in view of
the large amounts paid as commits
sions, it was worth while to have the
assessors attend well to their duties.
While the new provision might be
hard upon assessors who undertook
districts with which they were unac-
quainted, that was their own lookout.
Mr.. Browns motion carried.
Section 2, to amend Section 45,
provided that the District Judges
and Police Magistrates of each
Island, with two disinterested persons
not in the employ of the Government,
form Court of Appeal, for disputed
assessments.
Mr.. G.. Brown moved to strike out
the section, which carried.
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