The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-20
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1886.
THE LEGISLATURE.
EieHrlETH pAY.-coNr1NuEp.
THURSDAY, Aug. 10th.
AFTERNOON SESSION.


King IN Cabinet Council, of sue
ccssor to any collector who shall die,
or have any disease rendering him
incapable of duty.
Rep. Thurston moved to amend
by giving the appointing power to
the Minister of Finance.
Rep. Hayseldcn said the section
was little different from the 18th,
already passed.
Rep. Aholo moved to strike the
section out, as being an unnecessary
alteration of the law. Carried.
Sec. 20 amends sec. GO to read as
follows: "Real property belonging
to the King or Queen, to the Gov
eminent, to the Board of Education
for the use of schools, to incorpora-
ted or private schools, to the
Queens Hospital, TO religious So
cieties for church sites and burying
grounds, such church sites and
burying grounds not to exceed five
acres in extent, shall he exempted
from taxation. Personal property
belonging to the KING or Queen, or
to the Government, to the Board of
Education for the use of schools, to
incorporated or private schools, and
to the Queens Hospital is also ex-
empt. Provided always that the
tax of three quarters of one per
cent herelnbefore imposed upon pro-
perty shall be collected only upon
property in excess of the value of
three hundred dollars, be the same
real or personal. Provided, how
ever, that no exemption shall be al
lowed from the property of corpora
tions, companies, estates of deceas-
ed persons, or non-residents, and
the exemption of three hundred
dollars, under the provision of this
Act, shall be allowed in but one dis
trict of the Kingdom, and that dis
trict shall be the one in which the
property owner resides"
Rep. Hayselden moved it pass.
Rep. Castle suggested that the
two last sentences be struck out, as
their provision amounted to nothing
in practice.
Rep. Hayselden would not con-
cede the point, but said the hon.
member could move his amendment
if he chose.
Sec. 30 repeating all acts and
parts of acts conflicting with this
act, was passed, after striking out
provisions relating to this periods
assessors and collectors, those pro-
visions having survived their objects.
Sec. 81. This act shall take
effect and become law from and
after the date of its approval.
Rep. Aholo moved to insert
blank date for the act to come into
effect, which carried.
The title was amended to cores
pond with the bill as it had passed
the committee, and then the enact
ing clause was passed.
Rep. Hayselden moved that the
committee recommend the house TO
refer the bill to the Revision Com
mittee.
Rep. Castle moved in amendment
to refer the bill to select commit
tee, consisting of the hon. member
for Honolulu Wayselden), which
was accepted by Rep. Hayselden
and passed.
Rep. Dole said there was bill to
amend secs. 5S and SO of the tax
law of 1882, which could not have
been considered with the bill Just
passed, because those sections were
not mentioned in the latter. He
now moved that the committee take
up the bill in question,
The Chairman doubted if that
could be done without permission of
the house.
Rep. Castle moved the committee
rise, which carried, and the report
OF committee was adopted by the
house.
Rep. Castle moved the house take
up the tax bill introduced by Rep.
Dole. Carried.
Rep. Dole read the report of the
select committee, recommending the
bill pass with amendments submit
ted: together with a minority re-
port, recommending the indefinite
postponement of the bill. (The
majority report was signed by
Messrs. Dole, Kaulukou, Kauna-
mano, Bishop and Aholo; the
minority, by Messrs. Hayselden and
Neumann). The bill provides for
the collector suing delinquent tax
payers in any Police or District
Court, and for the Imprisonment of
able-bodied Taxpayers who fail to
pay their personal taxes, to work
them out at the rate of fifty cents q
day. The introducer said the bill,
if passed, would repeal the law of |
distraint for taxes, and enable sum-
mary proceedings to be taken
against those who did not pay their
personal taxes.
Rep. Hayselden moved the inde6-
mite postponement of the bill, as it
would be impossible to collect the
taxes, particularly in Honolulu,
without distraint. The goods were
not sold, when dislrained, without
an order from the Court.
He understood that the hon.
member for Lahaina (Mr.