The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-05-26


/. Second reading OF "An Act .
amending Secs. Is, lG A, Is and
%, Chap. A, of the Laws of 1882,
as amended by Chap. 36 of the
Laws of 1884, relating to the Regu-
lation OF the Sale Of Spirituous
Liquors"
The house went into committee of
the whole on the bill, Noble DUmi.
mis- in the chair.
Rep. keau moved the first section
pass.
Rep. Thurston remarked several
changes of the old law in this bill,
and asked that the introducer of the
bill explain the changes and state
the reasons therefor.
Rep. Dole said the main point in
this act was n division of the peual-
ties under the act into two grades,
that Is, under the old law there was
only one set Of penalties for man
selling without Il license and for
man who holds a license violating
the conditions of his license. He
gave further explanations of the
select committees changes in the
bill.
Rep. Thurston spoke of the old
law as having been devised to hedge
the traffic with salutary restrictions,
when it WAS legaiized to natives rs
well as foreigners. 1t seemed to
him that this bill reducing maximum
penalties was doing away with those
safeguards. 1t is said it would be
hardship to holders Of licenses to
make heavy penalties for breaking
the terms of their licenses, but it
would be no hardship if they would
| keep the law. If through inadver-
tence lcensee breaks the law, it
| might be well 10 make the maximum
fine small, but he did not think the
highest fine should be $50. 1t should
be placed so high that for wilful
violation Il heavy fine might be i'm
posed which would teach the iicensee
a lesson. He moved that the section
be changed so as to read. instead OF
"nOr more than fifty doIias,' for
the first Offense, "nOr more than two
hundred dollars - ana instead of,
"nor more than two hundred dol
lars, for the second oilensc, nor
more than five hundred dollars" "
Suppose he pays his fine aud goes
right away and sells wholesale, that
would be most deliberate defiance
of the court. He did not think it
would be hardship 10 anybody that
Ubeys the law that the penalty should
bc large enough to enforce respect
for the law.
Rep. Castle would like the intro
ducer of the bill to give the reasons
for it, and why he desired to change
the old law.
Rep. Richardson said the reasons
were already given by the chairman
of the committee TO which it was re-
ferred (Mr. Dole). The case of Il
man who pays 1000 for a license
is not so bad, if he violates condi-
ton, perhaps inadvertently, as that
OF man who sells liquor without 4
license.
The amendment was put in two
parts, referring to the two otfense'
mentioned, and was lost in eacf
, case.
Rep. Dickey moved to make "on'
thousand" instead of "iive hundred
dollars the highest penalty for the
third offense. Lost.
The section passed.
Rep. Kaulukou moved to add "a
! hard labor" after the words "si2
months" in sec. =. The amend
ment carried and the section passeO
as amended.
Rep. Richardson moved that sec
y , pass.
Minister Kapena said the Hawai-
: ian version seemed to be an attemp
to make the law apply to Hawaiian
4" g only.
u Rep. Thurston said he would NOV
. to insert after the word "imtem
'' pera,e," the words "NIinisters c
. the Crown"
,s Minister Neumann moved that til
words be taken down. They wer
very unhecomlng. lie made tht
~ motion that this language Of til
~ hon. member for Molokai be take
a down, because he thought 1t WI
N unbecoming. This was not the plaC
for casting personal slurs. And
,- wish to say to the hon. member tn;
! am not touched 10y it. | do II,
" think the member for Molokai dal
m repeat it.
10 Rep. Thurston said he thought h
50 spoke plainly enough. He did nj
NJ hold himself responsible to Mini
ters for what he said.
in Minister Ncumann insisted on h
Il motion
The Chairman said: do n
q know Of any motion except that tn
n section pass.
lie After remark on the section /
G, Rep. Dole, it was put and passed.
Ms Sec. 1 being read, Minister Guhc
to in reply to Rep. Castle, said Il
a terms were mentioned in the liCen>
~ Rep. KauIukou moved to striI
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