The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-07
Afternoon Session.

| Afternoon Session.
The House reassembled at As
Second reading of an Act to tax Chinese
residents
On suspension of the rules the bill was
read by Its title.
Mr.. Thurston moved the bill be indefin-
itely postponed. 1t sets dangerous pre-
cedent, and places tax on one class of
people. If this bill was passed, next SEES
| sion they could tax all the Japanese or
Portuguese in the same way.
Mr.. Castle was in favor of the bill for
two reasons. First, if it passes it will put
a tax on Chinese for the care of their sick,
instead of on the public; second because
it would increase the receipts of the Gov
eminent If the House passed it, it could
| be left to the Supreme Court to say whether
| it was unconstitutional. He moved the
bill pass to engrossment.
His Excellency Mr.. Dare said there was
but one power that could levy tax, and
that was the Hawaiian Government, with
| the consent of the Legislature That tax
| being levied, it could only be disposed of
| by the Hawaiian Government, with the
sanction of the Legislature. If the Gov
| eminent saw fit to establish Chinese hos
| ptal it could do so, but should have the
| supervision of the money. The Chinese
were not noted for their love for one
| another. He believed if this bill passed it
would be used by speculative and unscru-
| pulous Chinese as an engine of oppression
| on their poorer brethren. He was in favor
of increasing the revenue of the country
but he did not believe the Legislature ought
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them to tax another.
The bill was indefinitely postponed
ROAD SUPERVISORS BILL.
Second reading of an Act to create
Boards of Road Commissioners; to pre-
scribe their duties, and those of Road Su-
pervisOrs.
Mr.. Castle moved the rules be suspended
and the bill read by title. Agreed to.
The House resolved itself into Commit
tee of the Whole, with Mr.. Kaai in the
chair, and considered the bill section by
section.
Section l. The Minister of the Interior
shall from time to time appoint three suit
able residents in each taxation district of
the Kingdom to be Road Commissioners
for such district. One of their number shall
be designated by him to act as the Road
Supervisor for the district. The term of
service of such Commissioners shall be four
years and any vacancy in the Board shall
be at once filled by a new appointment.
Any member thereof may be removed for
cause by said Minister.
On motion of Mr.. Castle the section was
| passed
| Section 2. The Road Supervisors shall
! call meetings of said Board in the district
| at least once each six months and as much
oftener as may be necessary, to consult
| upon the necessary road work for the dis
| trict. All plans relative to repairs, con-
structiOns or laying out of roads and
| bridges, together with everything Incl
| dental thereto, shall be laid before the
| Commissioners, and the decisions of a
! majority of them shall be followed by the
Road Supervisor. No work to cost more
than the funds available shall be performed
| in any year. Said Commissioners are
| hereby forbidden to incur any debt what
soever which cannot be paid in full from
the funds of the current year. The work
decided upon by the Commissioners shall
be carried out with all reasonable dispatch
by the Road Supervisor. A record shall
be kept by the Road Supervisor of all of
| the proceedings of the Commissioners,
which shall be open to their inspection at
all times.
The section passed on motion of Mr.
| Castle.
Section 3. The Road Supervisor shall
have the care and custody of the road
money of the district, and shall be respons
! ible for its safety and proper expenditure.
He shall keep careful record of all work
pertaining to the roads, and of the receipts
and expenditure of all moneys. He shall
| have charge of and be responsible for the
! safety and proper care of all tools and inn
| plements pertaining to the road work of
the district. He shall also perform all
duties by law now required to be done or
performed by Road Supervisors, not in
consistent with the provisions of this Act
He shall at the expiration of each quarter
of the calendar year make a full report in
writing to the Minister of the Interior,
! ALWAYS stating the balance on hand. His
records shall always be open to inspection
of the Road Commissioners, and the quar-
terly report shall be approved in writing
by them.
The section passed.
Section f. Before assuming the duties of
his Office the Road Supervisor shall file
with the Minister of the Interior good
and sufficient bond in double the amount
of the road tax ordinarily available in the
district, with two or more sureties, all Of
whom shall own real estate in the King
dom, the gross value of which shall not be
less than double the amount of the bond.
Said bond shall be conditioned upon the