The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-16

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TO licenses. Ordered TO second reading in order
Representatives, Aholo, read for the irst time
bill in relation 10 correspondence OF the foreigL
/ Office with other countries. II provides that al
correspondepce shall be first in the Hawaiian Ian
guage and then copied in the language oil ths
country addressed.
Representative Piipo offered a resolution thai
/ the sum of IS be inserted in the Appropriation
Bill for the purpose Of returning twice paid taxes
| TO one Napualua. Referred to Finance Committee
Representative Kaulukou gave notice Of in,en,
ton TO Introduce bill TO preserve the archives oil
the Hawaiian Kingdom. 49, ,
Al 1000 the House in Committee of the Whole,
Representative Kaulukou in the chair, resumed
the consideration of Section Of the Currency
Bill.
Hon. c. Il. Bishop moved that the COMMITTEES
rise and recommend that the whole bill be recon-:
mitted TO a Select Committee for revision and
amendment.
Hon J. Mott Smith, thought the Currency Com
miltee had already done all thai any new commit
tee could be expected to perform, and had re
ceived all the information a new Committee could
Representative Hitchcock made a motion TO
amend Section 6, in relation TO bonds being re
quired on deposit from all persons offering silver
for gold: adopted. Section was then passed as
amended. Section was then passed with two
additional amendments.
Hon j. Mott Smith offered a new Section TO be
known as Section 8, which was adopted.
When the concluding section was reached, the
Attorney General raised legal point, and on mo-
ton of Hon. j. Mott Smith the Committee at 1925
took recess until laFN Hstns
The following were the Sections OF the bill passed
during the morning, viz
Section 6. The Minister of Finance shall re-
uuire of those persons whose tenders, being &C.
cepted shall desire to remove the silver coin, bid
for by them, from the Treasury, prior to the de-
livery of the gold therefor, deposit III the Treas
ury of the Hawaiian Government, bonds OF like
amount as the nominal yalue of the silver de
liyered 10 them, and the said bonds shall be held
as security for the delivery Of proceeds of the sale
Of the silver coins to the Treasury in gold coin OF
the United States within 20 days; and upon such
delivery the bonds on deposit shall be returned.
Section :. The expense, cost and loss incidt Mt
to the conversion of silver coins into the gold coins
of the United States, shall be borne by the Treas
urv and the Minister OF Finance is hereby author
lied and required to provide for the same, from
may hereafter be appropriated, and be shall rem
der an accurate statement of such expenditure in
his report to the Legislative Assembly.
Section 5. On and after the first day of Decem-
her, ISL all outstanding silver certificates except
inc tie ten dollar silver certificate, presentation
as the Treasury, and on demand, shall be redeemed
at their nominal value United States gold coin,
and all silver certificates redeemed shall be can
celled by the Registrar Of Public Accounts
ON reassembling the committee continued the
discussion of the Currency Bill, and passed the
following Sections, Sectiong 9, being Section Of the
minority report and section 10 being an introduc
durtion by Hon. J. Mott Smith, as follows:
Sec = The Minister of Finance NAV at his dis
erection receive United States gold coin on deposit
not less than ffty dollars and shall issue therefor
certificates of deposit of such denominations as
he shall deem for the public interests, payable to
bearer on demand without interest. The said GER
tihcates shall be signed by the Minister OF Finance
and cOuntersigned by the Registrar OF Public Ac-
counts, and the money 50 received IN exchange
shall be held as specAl deposit to be used only
for the cancellation Of the same, and section 4I6
of the Civil Code, as amended by Chapter MI, of
the Laws Of 1874, is hereby repealed.
Section 10. Chapter AANNlI of Session Laws
coinage is hereby repealed, and Chapter MI Of
Sessions Laws of 1876, being an Act to regulate
the currency is hereby repealed; this repeal to
take effect on the lst day Of December 1884.
Sec. IL. This Act shall take effect from and
after the date Of its approval.
At 2:2j the committee rose and Representative
Kaulul,ou reported back to the Assembly the
action taken, which was duly approved.
Represe ntatiyc Ahoio moved that the ID reading
of the bill be set for Tuesday the 18th inst. Car
ried.
Representative Pilipo from the Committee on
Printing, presented printed copies of the Reports
of the COMMITTEES on the Subsidy question Dis
tributed.
Representative Smith, from the Special Com
mittee to whom was referred the bill relating to
punishment for cruelty TO animals. reported that
they favored the bull with the addition now made
of certain amendments aud recommended It's
passage Approved.
On motion the Assembly resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole for the purpose of the
further consideration OF the Appropriation BILL
Representative keau IN the chair.
Representative Kalua asked whether the Min
lister of the Interior had complied with the request
made him concerning certain items for considera-
ton.
Representative Aholo said the first item for con-
sideration is Keeper of Royal Mausoleum, 5000.
He would move the Committee proceed with it,
Representative Dole said il the Minister has not
had time to make up the estimates, the Committee
had better begin with the Finance Department.
Representative Smith said the simple question
is whether the Minister is ready or not
The Miniter OF Foreign Affairs spoke in behalf
of his colleague.
The Minister of Interior said he was quite ready.
The first item, Road Damages, he would place at
10000
Mr.. Wilder said he could not vote for $4,000 for
road damages until an item for roads and bridges
was put in. We ought to know what the budget
amounts 10 ia full and what the revenues will be
for the next two years The estimated receipts
lack $4,000 Of the estimated expenditures. His
Majesty in the Royal Speech congratulated the
country on the coseness of the estimated revenues
to the estimated expenditures In reality the foot
ings were not proper, rs there was an estimated
revenue of $4,000 for Road Taxes, nothing
against, yet by law there should be. Again, have
the estimates been made IN accord with the
present state of the country Sugar and rice are
both low and likely to remain so. The estimates
however seemed TO him TO be the same as last year
when sugar was selling at sldO per toni now sell
ing for only $50. What is the intention of the
Ministers Why don't they speak out / know
that the Minister of the Interior has list lying
ON his desk Of items that will more than cover
half million dollars. II properties were assessed
- per cent less than last year IT would be all they
were worth. Plantations could afford to be
assessed then at $4,000, but it was not so to-day.
If assessed at $4,000 it was all they were worth.
have no confidence In the present Ministry nor
never had. Let us know right out what the ex-
penditures are going be, and not have them given
US by pecemeal. -Four years ago this country had
money enough to pay all it owed. To-day We are
81 10000 in debt. Two years from to-day it will
be 100000. What will it be in four Let us
hear whit we have to vote for, ! would like my
friend the Minister Of Interior to give n square,
honest statement Of what be wants and L will sup
port that which is reasonable. During the past
months, in the debates of want Of confidence, did
not pitch into the Ministry once although 1t might
be truly said that ! owed my friend the x-premier
n little compliment in that line, and had better
text than when he pitched into me. But voted.
Now, it is time for us to have something that looks
like business, aud they might commence from this
very afternoon. iApplause)
The Minister Of Foreign Relations replied say
ing that the country was in debt on account of
immigration. The depression in the sugar inter
ests and huctuating condition of trade causes the
Government to reflect now, whether the country
can afford to 60 onward with the projects which
they had entertained hopes Of.