The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-18
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative mbIy-Thirty-ninth
Day.
THURSDAY, June 18th.

| LAM, DOWSett, walker, haae, I1dySeluen,
Keau Lilikalani, Baker, Kauhi, Amara, G.
| Brown, Kaulia Kaulukou, Pahia, Kauna-
! mano, Wight, Nahale, Nahinu, KekOa,
! Kalua, Aholo, Kaukau, Richardson, Kaai,
! Thurston Paehaole, Kauai and Palohau.
/ The minutes were read in Hawaiian and
! English and adopted.
PETITIONS.
! Mr.. Keau, on suspension OF the rules,
! presented a petition from the district OF
! Honolulu. praying that the sale Of opium
/ be licensed, OH the ground that it is being
! brought into the country, sold and used
for smoking Laid on the table to be con-
sidered with i bill on the same subject.
| The petition had one hundred signatures
| attached.
Mr.. Keau also presented petition from
/ the same district, with one hundred and
/ twenty signatures, praying that law be
/ passed, prohibiting foreign labOrers from
/ working on the wharves. Laid on the
| table to be considered with bill promised
/ by Mr.. Keau.
Mr.. Cecil Brown, on suspension Of the
rules, presented a petition from the district
OF Koolauloa, with seventy-three sigma
lures, containing the following prayers T..
That no increase be made III the salaries of
Government officials. ?. That no person
holding a Government office be allowed to
run ~ a representative of the people. }.
That persons running for representatives
hold real estate of the value of $780, or be
in receipt of an annual income OF over 5000.
(. That an opium license at the rate of
100000 year be granted. ,. That loan
of $50. 900 900 for two hundred and eighty
years be made 6. That no permanent set
Element be granted to w. &. Parke, etc.
7. That $4,000 be inserted i'll the Appro-
priation bill to encourage the manufacture
of wooden cloths, etc, on the Islands. g..
That So 900 be inserted III the ApprOpria-
ton bill for a breakwater from Makana to
Punauu. 9. That the segregation of lepers
be abolished. 10. That the Reformatory
School he abolished Referred to Com
mittee on Miscellaneous Petitions.
BILLS PRINTED.
His Excellency Mr.. Gulick, from the
Printing Committee, reported the follow
ing bills as printed and ready for distribu-
ton: An Act to amend sections l and g.
chapter A, of the Session Laws, relating to
street railroads; an Act relating TO cleo
tons; an Act relating to internal taxes; ;
an Act to relieve certain residents at Ma
kiki; an Act relating to the property of
married women; an Act relating to taxes.
FOREIGN OFFICE REPORT.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said he had
to present "A complete and revised report of
the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ha-
waiian.
INTERIOR OFFICE REPORT
His Excellency Mr.. Gulick said that
those members of the House who had not
yet been supplied with copies of the report
of the Interior Department could obtain
them by calling at the office of that depart
ment or by leaving their names with him.
HAWAIIAN YOUTHS BILL.
Mr.. Amara read first time an Act to
provide for the appointment of Hawaiian
youths in the Government Survey Bureau.
Read a second time by its title and referred
to the Education Committee.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Mr. Baker gave notice of a bill To pro-
vide for the lighting of the streets OF Homo
lulu by means of the electric light.
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT BILL.
His Excellency the Attorney General
read a first time by its title an Act to pro-
vide for the measurement of vessels upon
registry at the Custom House. His Excel
lency said that under the existing law Ha-
waiian vessels were at a disadvantage in
all parts of the world. The Act was in
tended to subject them to no larger meas
urement than was now in use in the
United States. Referred to Printing Com
mittee.
FIRST READING.
Mr.. Amara read first time an Act re-
quiring all Acts passed by the Assembly
and approved by His Majesty the King, to
have the name of the introducer attached
before being published. Read a second
time by title and referred TO Judiciary
Committee.
Mr.. Il. X. MEYERS OATH
His Excelency Mr.. Gulck presented the
following answer to resolution:
Hon. J. ,. Walker, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir: In reply to the resolution
introduced yesterday by the honorable
member from Lahaina, Mr.. Kalua, asking
when Mr.. T. X. Meyers, Clerk OF the Hon
olulu Water Works, received his appoint
ment also, the date of his taking the oath
of allegiance, | would respectfully beg
leave 10 say JfldI MI. meyers WIS dp-
pointed to his present position on the 10th
day of March, 1886.
Letters of denization were graciOusly
granted to him by His Majesty the King,
the record of which Is kept in the office OF
His Excellency the Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, and 1 do not know the date of is
suance. Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. T. GULICK,
Minister of the Interior.
Mr.. Kalua moved that the report be &C
cepted and laid on the table.
Mr.. Kaunamano moved the adoption of
the report.
Mr.. Kalua said they had obtained the
information when Meyers was appointed
to the office, but there was no evidence
that he had taken the oath of allegiance.
Business was conducted in a very loose
manner, as the Minister states that some
thing belonging to his department Is in the
office OF the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Meyers is an alien from a foreign country,
and while so is appointed TO an office