Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-12

An act imposing certain specific
duties on tobacco, cigars, mating, etc
An act to supplement the presen
act concerning gaming.
An act to facilitate the collection o
taxes.
Hon. member Dole presented reso
luton requesting the Minister of Fl
nance to direct the Collector Genera
to furnish the members with copies o
the Custom House Report for the pas
year. The honorable member wa.
of the opinion that the report asked fol
would assist the members in consider
ng upon the probable income of the
Government for the next ten years
Resolution adopted.
Hon. member Keau, from Honolulu
asked that the sum of $a,5o be appro
priated for improving the roads in Ma.
noa valley. Tabled for consideration
with the Appropriation Bill.
Hon. member Palohau read for the
first time abill to amend section SIS
chapter 43 acts Of 1882, requiring tax
collectors to file bonds with ten sure
ties, more or less, in a sum equal to
amount of taxes to be collected as per
tax list. Passed to printing.
Hon. member Kaulia read for the
first time abil to amend section 3,
chapter "A of Laws of 1884 Passed
to printing.
Hon. member Thurston read reso-
luton to the effect that copies of all
bills and reports be furnished the repre-
sentatives of the press. Resolution
adopted.
Hon. member Aholo gave notice of
his intention to present bill to amend
section 80, chapter SIS Of Penal Code.
House passed to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Under this head the House took up
the bill amending section 1858 Civil
Code which was passed to engrossment
and ordered read for the third time on
Thursday next.
The bill amending section I, chapter
90 Civil Code, making the Hawaiian
version of existing laws binding in case
of a discrepancy between that version
and the English was passed to engross-
ment on rising vote of I3 to IL. A
motion made by Hon. member Castle
that the bill be read the third time on
January 1st, 1887, was lost, and the
bill ordered for third reading on Thurs
day next.
An act amending the act relating to
copyrights was on the order of the day
but as it was in the hands of select
committee it was passed by
An act to amend Section rS and 20
of Chapter IA of the Code regarding
the sale of spirituous liquors was then
taken up Hon. member Dole moved
to refer the bill to select committee
He said that in point of fact this bill
proposed to repeal the clause in the
law prohibiting liquor being drunk off
the premises, for selling liquors to
minors or drunkards, and for the sale
of adulterated liquors. 1t also dimin-
ished the penalty for selling liquor
without a license. Furthermore, as it
prescribed that for the first offense the
fine should not exceed $50, it left it to
the discretion of the magistrate to
make the fine only one cent! Under
the old statute for the second offense
the. offender must be punished with
three months Imprisonment, while this
new act would enable a magistrate to
let off an offender with one hours i'm
prisonment. 1t had already been con-
ceded that the citizen must be trusted
as we have extended the sale of liquor
into districts outside of Honolulu The
speaker had watched the efforts of the
existing laws in reference to the sale of
liquor, and he had no reason to believe
that it would be best to remove all re-
strictions. He was opposed to the
hasty passage Of law that would take
all the backbone out of existing laws
regarding the sale of liquor. He
thought if the bill was referred to a
select committe they could consider
all the bills presented regarding the
sale and manufacture Of liquor before
reporting. The motion to refer to a
select committee was carried and the
President appointed on the select
Committee, the Honorable members
Dole, Aholo, Kauhane and Richardson
and His Excellency the Attorney
General.
There being no further business un-
der the head of "Order of the Day.
the House adjourned to 10 o'clock
this, Wednesday, morning.