The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-07-29

Mr.. Frank Brown moved q resolu
ton ordering the Finance Minister
to extend the date from which
duties must be paid in gold until the
LIST of December next.
Mr.. w. O. Smith supported the
resolution He had introduced
resolution the other day, asking the
Minister of Finance for his reasons
for the order. If the reasons are
such as will admit of the proposed
extension of time it will be n great
convenience to merchants.
Minister Kapena said the notice
which has appeared lately is not ell
tirely the same as the original one.
A notice to the same effect was
published some time previous to the
session, and after the House met
there was an exchange of corre-
spondence between the United States
and this Government about the
Customs duties, and there was an
agreement made that the matter
should lie awhile until after the
present session. The notice was
then taken out Of the papers. After
the gold bill passed the House, how
ever, the American Minister came to
him and said, "you must put in that
notice again, to appear before the
first of August. So it appeared.
There are other reasons for it.
(Turning to Mr.. SMITH am
answering your resolution at the
same time.) The notice was gotten
up hurriedly and issued, and he
now believed the time given the
merchants was rather limited. He
had no objection to the resolution as
presented by the honorable member
this morning, to extend the time for
enforcing the order.
Mr.. Dole thought that, under the
circumstances, the American Minis
ter would consider the extension of
time reasonable. Although tn e
United States asked that gold should
be paid, yet he understood that they
did not insist upon it on account of
the inconvenience it cost business
men here. He believed the Ameri-
can Minister of Foreign Affairs
would recognize the reasonableness
of the delay. There was no time for
business men to get gold from the
Coast. He believed this resolution
would meet with the approval of
all parties.
Mr.. Kaulukou doubted the au-
thority of the House to pass the
resolution ordering the Minister to
extend the time. He was in favor
of the object, but thought an Act
was the proper method of encom-
passing it, The resolution passed.
Mr.. Kanealii moved that the fol-
lowing bills be taken from the table
and made the order of the day for
Thursday: An Act to do away with
certain tuition fees, and, An Act to
more definitely define the hours to
| be considered days labor for per-
sons serving under contract. Carried
Mr.. j. Mott Smith moved that
the bill referring to postal savings
be taken from the table and referred
to a select committee.
On motion of Mr.. Rowell the bill
was read second time by its title,
after which Mr.. Smith renewed his
motion, which was put and carried.
The President appointed, as a Sc
lect Committee to consider the bill,
Messrs. Smith Rowell, Hitchcock
Aholo and Minister Kapena.
Mr.. w. o. Smith wanted to know
what become of certain bills relating
to the recording of marriages.
Mr.. Dole said the judiciary Com
mittee had had them in consideration
and prepared an amended bill, which,
however, they had in allegiance unit
they could get time to examine an
elaborate system in operation by the
Board of Education. He would be
glad to have the matter referred to q
Select Committee.
Mr.. Smith remarked upon com
mittee that had been extolled fol
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