The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-08
TrFspAY. Septemher 7th.

lowing inserted And all unexpended
road tax at tho date OF the passage OF this
Act shall be paid Owe by the Minister OF
Finance to the respective Road Supervisors
OF each district where collected, and all
other money appropriated for roads and
bridges shall be expended by the Board of
Road Commissioners of the respective
districts, under the direction OF the Minis
ter of the Interior"
The amendment was carried and the sec
ton passed as amended.
Mr.. Brown moved the bill pass
Mr.. Kaulukou moved the bill be indefin-
itely postponed. Lost.
The bill then passed.
REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Brown presented the following re-
port from the Judiciary Committees
Hon. J. ). Walker, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir: The Judiciary Committee
to whom was referred the bill introduced
by His Excellency the Attorney General,
to authorize the granting of letters patent
of naturalization to- Abraham Hotfnung
and Sydney &. Francis Hoffnung, beg
leave to report that they recommend the
! title of the Act be changed so as TO read
AN Act to Naturalize Abraham Hoffnung
and Sydney B. Francis Hoffnung," and
/ with this amendment that the same pass.
J. L. KAULUKoU,
CECIL BROWN,
J. H. 5. MARTIN,
6. B. PALoHAU,
J. X. KAUNAMANo
On motion Of Mr.. Aholo the report of
! the committee was adopted.
/ The bill passed to engrossment and will
| be read a third time on Thursday.
| THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL.
! Mr.. Kalua, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, presented the following report:
Hon. ]. 5. Walker, President Legislative
ASsembly-Sir: Your Committee on Pub
lie Lands and Internal improvements, to
( whom was referred certain Acts providing
for the lighting OF the city of Honolulu, beg
leave to report as follows:
First. An Act granting to d. P. Smith
and his associates the franchise for light
ing the city OF Honolulu, introduced by
Hon. J. L. Kaulukou.
Your committee have had this Act under
their careful consideration. The Act pro-
vides for lighting the city by means of
electric lights. ID. z. Smith appeared be-
fore your committee and asked that he be
allowed to amend the Act ID. That the |
power of the lights be increased from 200 |
candle-power to 1000 candle-power each. !
(2l To change the price to be paid for |
each light from $500 a year to $3.50 per year !
After careful examination of this bill by !
your committee they find the following |
facts in connection with it:
Your committee do not find the bill /
to be complete enough to Justify its pas
sage, because there are no conditions bind |
ing upon d. P. Smith to compel him to /
perform his part of the contract. One of |
the sections of the bill provides that the
Minister of the Interior shall make all |
necessary regulations for the lighting of !
the streets, and for placing the lamps, and
that everything shall be done as directed
by him. If the directions of the Minister
should not be carried out, or in carrying
them out damage should be done to prop
erty, or some OF the conditions in the con-
tract should not be fulfilled, or the work
should not be completed within the time
specified, or if the posts were put in such
position as to prevent the lights from Civ
ing their full power for lighting the city.
Your committee are of the opinion that
there should be some guarantee in some
sum of money to be named in the bill for
the faithful carrying out of an Act of this
nature. Further, Mr. d. P. Smith pro-
posed TO the committee to reduce the
amount to be paid by the Government
from $500 to $3.50; this is a large reduction.
Upon investigation by your committee as
to the cost and expense, they found that
it would be impossible for any one to make
anything at those figures, but it would en-
tail loss, and therefore your committee
could not understand how anyone could
make such proposition. In the 9th sec
ton it provides that there shall be no
charge for water and no taxes upon ma
chinery and steam boilers, and that all
material imported for such business shall
be admitted free from duties. In the
opinion of your committee this would
cause large falling off in the revenue of
the Government. And your committee
would recommend this honorable Assem-
bly, to lay this Act on the table.
Second. An Act granting a franchise to
{. 0. Berger and his associates for lighting
the city of Honolulu introduced by Hon.
J. T. Baker.
Your committee took this bill under
consideration; certain amendments were
proposed to the bill by Mr.. G. o. Berger, at
the request of the committee, because had
the bill remained the same as it originally
was your committee would have been com
PEELED to recommend its indefinite post
ponement But after consultation with
those interested in the bill it was amended
by striking out of section the word fran
chise" and also the word fifteen" and in
sorting the word ten" in its place.
Section ?. To insert after the words 'of
Honolulu harbor" the following words.
and shall be at least Scare lights in num-
Der of two thousand-candle power each"