The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-13

500; Waimea bridge. Sl4,50O; a total q
49,, 900. They find that the sum of So. 90
has been paid on account, leaving a bal
ance of IS 900. The committee find inter
est TO the amount of 81 ,677 SO, making
total of S6,677 SO, and recommend thi
item be paid, to be inserted in the ApprO
priation bill as follows: Wailua bridge
81 ,554 70; Waimea bridge, 81, 123 II. The
report was signed by James Keau, E. L
Kauai, G. E. Richardson and Walter NJ
Gibson.
Mr.. Kalua moved the report be laid on
| the table until the minority report was
! presented. He considered these contracts
! between J. g. Hayselden and the Govern
Inent glaring frauds. Both bridges were
/ not built according to contracts, and were
! not substantial.
The motion to lay on the table was car
! ried.
MOTION RENEWED.
Mr.. Dickey said that yesterday he made
a motion to have rule 40 of the House sus-
pended, so as to consider the resolution
relating to the seat of the Hon. +. KekOa.
He would renew the motion to-day.
Mr.. Kaulukou said he did not under
stand what Mr.. Dickey was driving at.
There is no resolution before the House.
He was at loss to understand what allied
Mr. Dickey. Perhaps he had passed
bad night. He moved the order of the
day
Mr.. Richardson said the House had not
been in session an hour, therefore the mo-
ton to proceed to the order of the day was
not in order.
l. -,
because he thought there was no further
business TO come up. He would withdraw
it.
\ BILL PASSES TO ENDORSEMENT.
Mr. Thurston moved that the bill relat- |
ing to proceedings in bankruptcy, pre-
scented by the committee this morning, |
pass to be engrossed. Agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Richardson. the bill |
will be read a third time on Tuesday.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Mr.. Richardson read first time an Act |
to establish a Boardk of Equalization of |
Taxes.
On suspension of the rules. the bill was |
read a second time by its title, and referred
to the Printing Committee.
OCEAN TELEGRAPH CABLE.
Ills EACelleICy MI CIeISIItOII gave no
tice of bill to amend chapter Al of the
Session Laws of 1884, for the encourage
ment of ocean telegraph cable.
On suspension of the rules, the bill was
read first time, and then a second time
by its title, and passed to engrossment. 1t
was ordered to be read a third time on
Tuesday.
Section l of the bill reads as follows:
a Whenever telegraph communication
shall be established between Honolulu and
San Francisco, or any other port or place
on the North American Continent, con
meeting with the American telegraph sys-
TEN, the Minister of Finance is hereby
authorized to contract with the person o.
persons maintaining such telegraph com
munication for the paying of an annual
subsidy, not exceeding twenty thousand
and for period not exceeding fif-
teen years"
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The President announced the following
Special Committee on Street and Road
Damages Minister of the Interior. Hons.
Castle, Brown, CleghOrn and Keau.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Kaai moved the order of the day.
Carried.
THE TAX BILL.
Special order of the day, the considera-
ton of the Tax bill in Committee of the
Whole, Hon. Mr.. Wilder in the chair.
Section A. That section 20 of said Act be
and the same is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Section 20. The returns hereinafter re-
luired to be made shall, when made by "A
be made by the President,
Treasurer, Secretary or Manager OF the
same, and shall be to the full amount of
their property, including their reserve
fund"
On motion of Mr.. Hayselden, the sec
ton was indefinitely postponed.
Section s. That section 81 of said Act be
and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 81. Every agent for any person
or permanently absent from
his Kingdom, and every banker, broker,
money lender, attorney-at-law, trustee,
treasurer, executor, administrator or
guardian, shall be assessed separately in
respect of each property or trust which he
represents and shall be chargeable with the
AK payable in respect thereof in the same
manner as if such property were his own,
and he shall be assessed respectively in his
name as representative of the property or
rust he represents; and such assessment
shall be kept separate and apart from his
Individual assessment"
Mr.. Hayselden moved the section pass.
The only difference between this and the
Did law was that banker, broker, money
ender and attorney-at-law were omitted
n the old law.
The section passed.
Section g. That section % of said Act be
and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Section %. Every agent, banker,
broker, money lender, attorney-at-law,
trustee, treasurer. executor, administrator
and guardian shall, for the purposes of this
Act, be deemed agents for the same, and
shall be answerable for the performance of
all such acts, matters, or things as are re-
1uired to be done by virtue of this Act in
respect of the assessment of the property
which he represents, and the payment of
taxes thereon; and shall be under and sub
ject to the like penalty or liability for any
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