The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-14
Balls Before the Legislature.

Following Is an abstract OF bills printe
and distributed TO the members of tn
Legislative Assembly since our last re
sumo:
SCHOOL AGE OF CHILDREN.
4 bill TO amend section 20, of an Act APP
/ proved January 10, 1865, relating TO tn
( school age OF children, has been introduced
! 1t provides that it shall be incumbent OF
! all parents, guardians and adopters o
( children TO send such children, from thei
+ sixth to their seventeenth years, to some
! lawful school, public or private, 10 be in
/ structed in good morals and elementary
training The present law fixes the age
for leaving school at fifteen years.
sURETIEs OF TAX COLLECTORS.
BY bill passed 10 second reading May
18th, it is proposed TO amend section So, o.
chapter 43, of an Act approved august Z
1882, relating to Tax Collectors. This bill
/ makes it compulsory upon Tax Collectors
before entering upon discharge of their
duties, to severally file with the Governor
a bond to the Minister of Finance, with ten
sureties, more or less, III penal sum equal
to the amount of taxes to be collected by
them as shown by the tax list, and con-
ditioned for the faithful performance of
their duties according to law.
FORBIDDING CATTLE DRIVING
A bill to forbid the landing of cattle on
the public road at Moanalua has been
passed to second reading. Driving and
leading of cattle on the public road at
MOanalua valley district of Kona, Oahu,
from the Eva side of said valley to its
Waikiki side, is strictly forbidden by this
bill under penalty of a fine of from $25 to
$50 for each offense. This bill is intended
for public safety.
LICENSE To DIsTILL SPIRITS.
bill was passed to second reading May
18th, amending sections l, 3, and I of an
Act approved July 49, 1884, authorizing the
Minister of the Interior to grant to owners
of mills for the manufacture of sugar
licenses to distill spirituous liquor. This
bill provides that license may be issued
to any one applying for it. The license
shall be valid for the space of years the
Act shall remain in force, and fee of $50
yearly in advance shall be paid into the
Treasury by the licensee. All spirits manu-
featured under this Act, entered for con-
sumption in the Kingdom, shall be exempt
from excise. If withdrawn for export, the
spirits shall be subject to the same sur
Vigilance and restrictions as foreign manu-
featured spirits or liquor.
RETAIL SPIRIT LICENSES
May 18th a bill was passed to second
reading, to amend section Is of the Act of
August :, 1882, relating to retail licenses to
vend spirituous liquors. 1t imposes a
license fee of 81 500, and requires bond,
with two sureties, to be approved by the
Minister of the Interior, for $1,000
RELATING To SCHOOL FEES.
By bill passed to second reading May
18th, section of chapter A of the Session
Laws of 1884 is to be amended The bill
provides that all pupils over two in num-
Der sent to any Government day school,
conducted in the English language, where
ordinary common school branches only are
taught, shall be exempt from the payment
of tuition fees; for other Government
English day schools the tuition fe e shall be
at the discretion of the Board of Educa-
ton.
PROVIDING FOR INQUEsTs OF FIRES.
bill authorizing the Marshal of the
Kingdom or his Deputy, or any Sheriff,
Police or District Justice, within whose
jurisdiction any fire has occurred whereby
any house or building has been destroyed,
to inquire into the cause thereof, passed to
second reading May 18th. An inquest is
not to be held unless reasonable grounds
of suspicion exist that such fire was the
result of culpable negligence or design. or
that it occurred under such circumstances
that the interests of justice and the pro-
lection of property require an investiga-
ton. Machinery for the due execution of
the law is provided by the bill.
WHOLESALE SPIRIT LICENSES.
a bill to impose an annual license fee of
$1,000 for a wholesale liquor license was
passed to second reading May 18th. 1t
likewise requires bond of 81 800, with two |
approved sureties, to be lodged with the |
of the Interior