The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-22

Mr.. Brown presented the following re
port:
> Hon. J. S. Walker, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir The Judiciary Committee
TO whom was referred the Act to amend
. section 400 of the Civil Code, relating to
dead letters, and also to add a new clause
hereto, respectfully recommend that the
same pass.
G. B. PALoHAU,
J. K. KAUNAMANO,
J. H. S. MARTIN,
CECIL Brown.
On motion of Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn the
report of the committee was adopted.
The bill passed to engrossment and will
| be read a third time on Thursday
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The President stated that the Secretary
had brought in the Appropriation bill ar
ranged in order, and it awaited the pleas
ure of the House.
Mr.. Hayselden moved it pass to engross-
ment.
The President said the motion was out
of order just now.
BILL ENGROssED.
Mr.. Richardson, from the Engrossing
Committee, reported an Act supplement
airy to section %, Penal Code, relating to
gaming, as engrOssed.
PRISONS, JAII.s AND HOUSES OF CORRECTION
BILL.
Mr.. Richardson, from a special commit
tee, presented the following report:
Hon. J. S. Walker, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir: Your special committee,
to whom was referred back an Act to
amend sections 218 and 221 of the Civil
Code, relating to prisons, jails and houses
of correction, on account of defects in the
title, have had the same under careful con-
sideration, and your committee, being of
the opinion that the Act embraced more
than one object, concluded to divide the
Act into two separate Acts, which your
committee do now present for the consid-
Grafton of the Assembly, in lieu of said
Act, and your committee recommends the
passage of said two Acts in place of the
Act that was referred back to them.
GEO. f. RICHARDSON.
JOHN 7. DARE,
CECIL BROWN,
L. A. THURsToN,
FRED. II. HAYsELDEN.
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn moved the report be
received, and the two bills pass to regular !
order.
Mr.. Richardson moved the report be |
adopted. Carried.
On suspension of the rules the two bills |
were read a second time by title.
Mr.. Thurston moved they pass to en-
Thursday. Agreed to,
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE.
Mr.. Dole, from the Committee on Com
merce, presented the following report:
Hon. ]. S. Walker, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir: The Committee on Com
merce, to whom was referred "An Act to
amend the law, providing for the protec-
ton of life and property against explosive
substances other than gunpowder," ap-
proved 18th May, 1873, as amended by
chapter % of the laws of 1878. introduced
by the Hon. W. R. Castle, respectfully re-
port as follows:
They recommend that section l of said
bill be amended by inserting in place Of the
words passage of this Act" the words
first day of April, A. d. 1887 so that
section L as amended shall read as follows:
Section L That section ga of an Act
providing for the protection of life and
against explosive substances
other than gunpowder, as amended by
chapter % of the laws of 1873, be, and the
same is hereby amended so that the tenn
Derature of lone hundred degrees Fahren-
nett" therein mentioned, shall from and
after the first day of April, A. D. 1887,
read lone hundred and ten degrees Fahr-
enheit," wherever the same occurs in said
Act.
Your committee further recommend
hat a new section, entitled section 3" be
Inserted after section thereof to read as
ollows:
Section 8. That section of chapter 80 of
he Penal Code is hereby amended by add
ng thereto at the end thereof the follow
ng words: Provided, however, that the
Minister of the Interior may at his dis
,retiOn give any person, firm or corpora
ion his written permission, authorizing
uch person, firm or corporation to receive,
Keep and store such fluids and oils, with
,ut limitation as to quantity, in localities
md buildings specified in such written
permission, and any person, firm or cor
,oration who shall receive, keep and store
en- permission in greater quantities than
pecified above, shall not thereby become
liable to the penalties and seizures herein
provided for keeping more than the said
United quantities of such fluids and oils
II any other place.
The committee further recommend that
new section entitled section A. be in
erted after section 3, as above recon-
nended, to read as follows:
Section 4. Amy person keeping, storing
T having benzole, petroleum, kerosene oil,
II any oils of which the component is pc
roleum, naptha or spirits of turpentine,
n any one place, except the storehouses
rovided by Government therefor, or the
Ocalities and buildings wherein private
arties are authorized to store such fluids {
nd oils without limitation as to quantity,
ccording to the provisions of section l, in
he quantities specified in section l, shall l
eep the same in air-tight, metallic vessels,
,hich shall be marked with the words !
enzole, petroleum, kerosene oil, or the /
anne of any of the oils contained in such
essels of which the component is petro- {
cum, naptha, spirits of turpentine, in t
lain Roman letters and shall be kept at I {