The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-09-03

| The Assembly convened at 10 am. and after
prayer by the chaplain and reading OF the minutes
BY the secretary, the following business was pro
Hon. ]. o. Dominis from the Enrolment Com-
mittee reported the following bills as having been
signed by His Majesty, viz.
An Act to regulate proceedings IN bankruptcy.
An Act To indemnify the Minister ot Finance.
An Act 10 regulate the practice IN suits for the
recovery Of personal property.
An Act relating to the powers Of sherihs.
An Act to facilitate tho acquiring and settle
mont of homesteads.
An Act to amend Section Il37 Of the Civil Code
relating TO costs in civil cases
An Act 20 amend the Act TO regulate the sale Of
spirituous liquors.
An Act for6idding the organizing OF assembling
of unlawful secret societies.
An Act TO establish Hawaiian Postal Savings
| Banks.
An Act TO amend Section l2so of the Civil Code
relating TO costs Of court.
| An Act authorizing the Minister Of Interior TO
purchase lands on Molokai.
| An Act appointing Deputy and Second Deputy
Clerk to. the Supreme Court and defining their
duties
An Act to regulate the pay of laborers serving
! under contract.
An Act fixing the compensation Of pilots for the
port of Honolulu.
An Act to regulate the remission and collection
of tuition fees in public schools.
| An Act to amend Sections, Chapter LNNiA- Of
the Penal Code, relating % the registry of births
marriages and deaths.
| An Act granting permission for a steam railway
on the Island Of Oahu.
Al Act regulating the issuing OF patents.
An Act granting TO w. X. Austin and associates
franchise for a street railway in the city OF Ho-
nolulu.
An Act to encourage the production Of ramic
and other fbrous substances.
| The same gentleman also reported that His Ma
iesty had withheld his signature from the follow
ing bills:
| to Commissioners of Private Ways and Water
( bill to amend Sections IS and IS Of
Chapter NLIlI Of Session Laws OF leS2 relating 10
| taxes.
A bill to suppress lotteries and other games of
chance.
A bill TO amend sections 81 and 80 Of the civil
| Code, relating to licenses.
A bill to amend Section Is of Chapter LV. relat-
| ing to the carrying Of passengers between the
islands.
A bill to prevent the roaming at night, Of minor
| children in the streets of Honolulu.
A bill TO repeal Sections 6, and $, Of Chapter
- Laws Of 1873, relating to the carrying OF pass
| engers between the islands.
| A bill 10 create a Board OF Prison Inspectors
| A bill to abolish the Intermediary Court OF the
| Island of Oahu.
| The Secretary OF the Assembly then rose and in
/ formed the members that the resolutions rendered
the President on the previous day had been en-.
| crossed and would now be presented. The act OF
presentation was then performed, the members
| rising.
President Rhodes on the receipt OF the document
again expressed his heartfelt acknowledgment OF
/ the courtesy of which he was thus recipieut.
| At IO.i5, recess was taken until Ii.i5, the
actual work Of the Session being nov ended, after
extended siege of % days, hour and u minutes
FEoRoOArIos.
| At ll.45 tho Assembly room presented far more
animated appearance than was noticeable at the
| hour of adjournment of the Assembly, the body OF
the hall being now fairly we'll filed with goodly
| number of brave men with here and there sprinK
| ling of fair women. The dais was occupied by
1 H.
cOaks seats provided for their Maiesties. Facing
| this platform were chairs for the Ministry, and
Immediately in the rear, the Mobiles and Represen-
tatives were ranged Such visitors as arrived wers
| taken under the guidance and care of the urbane
| clerks Of the Interior Department and ushered 10
| seats, Of which there were many vacant At II
l o'clock sharp, the boom of cannon and blare OF
! trumpet announced that the Royal party had left
the Palace, and at 1905 the King and Queen en-
| tered the Legislative Chamber, the assemblage
| present rising TO receive them. Prayer was then
offered by the Chaplain, after which His Majesty
read the following order of prorogation, first IN
Hawaiian and then in English the total reading.
in both languages, occupying the short space OF
/ II minutes;
MOBILES AND REPRESENTATIVES,;
| congratulate you at the close of the Session Of
1884, on the completion Of your legislative duties.
| You legislative action for the promotion Of i'm
migration and the regulation Of the currency, in
the enactment OF sundry laws, calculated TO be OF
/ great benefit to the community, in voting liberal
/ supplies for sanitary and educational purposes,
and for the encouragement of commerce, have My
| hearty approval.
l thank you for the generous vote in support Of
/ the Civil List.
/ am happy 10 state that My Special Envoy
abroad, Hon. Curtis Z. lausea, whose mission
| announced nj the opening Of the Legislature,
has satisfactorily accomplished the object OF that
mission in Europe, and was most successful at
the Court of Japan in having obtained from the
Government Of the Empire hharal concession
/ 10 promote emigration from Japan 10 Hawaii
1 am we'll hat of