The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-17

no. less than two dozen quart bottles
or four dozen pint bottles.
Section 2. The owner of the
licepse shall upon the receipt thereof
pay to the Minister of Interior one
hundred and fifty dollars, and shall
pay special tax of five cents
dollar for all malt liquors made and
sold by him.
Section 3. The Minister of FL
nance is hereby authorized to remit
import duties upon such articles
used for the purpose of brewing
malt liquors: as may be admitted
free of import duties without con-
tlicting with existing treaties.
Section 4. The owner of the license
shall keep correct accounts of all
malt liquors made by him, which
accounts shall at all times during
business hours, be open to the in
spection of the Minister of Interior,
and shall make at the end of each
quarter to the Minister of Interior
sworn report of Che quantity of
malt liquor sold by him during such
quarter, and shall thcrcupon pay
the special tax provided by section
2, on account of the liquors sold
duling such quarter.
Section 5. Any person licensed
to brew malt liquors under this Act
who shall distill alcoholic liquors of
any kind, or who shall, in the manu-
facture of malt liquors make use of
any deleterous or poisonous drug
or substance, or who shall manu-
facture, or offer for sale malt
liquors of an alcoholic strength
above-percent, shall upon con-
viction before the Police Justice of
said District of Honolulu, forfeit his
license, and be punished by fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars
or by Imprisonment at hard labor
for term not exceeding one year.
Section 6. Any license granted
under this Act shall become void
unless the owner thereof shall be
ready to begin the manufacture of
malt liquors, and begin such manu-
facture within one year from the
date Of such license.
Section Z. The legal representa-
tive or repl esentaoiyes of the person
to whom The license is issued shall
be the owner OF owners thereof, and
entitled 10 all the privileges and De
subject TO all the disabilities of this
Ac,: provided that no owner of
such license shall voluntarily sell or
transfer the same without the written
consent of The Minister of Interior.
The report noJ being accompanied
with Hawaiian version, was laid
on the table until translated.
House took up the order of the
day, the currency bill.
Noble Bishop sHid this was very
impol ,ant acv, and should not be
rushed through without due corsi-
deration. There a1e wrong imp; es-
sions. abroad respecting this bin,
and it ought 10 be disposed of tn
care. He thought it ought to be
referred, and moved sections 4 aud
5 be referred TO special committee,
and suggested that the Minister of
Foreign Affails, having offered an
important amendment, should be
member of the committee. by
doing so, we will more readily come
to good understanding of the
question.
Minister Creighton thought the
reference 10 committee would be
the proper thing 10 do.
The motion carried, and COM
mittee consisting Of Noble Bishop,
Minister Creighton, Reps. Castle,
Dole and Aaolo, was appointed by
the President.
Rep. Castle moved the consdera-
tion of the electric lights bills and
the report of the committee thereon.
Carried.
Rep. Brown moved that all the
electric light bills together with the
report of The committee, he indef-
nitely postponed. Their is already
contract for lighting the city of
Honolulu, and SIS, 900 has been ap-
propriated for that purpose, for the
next two years. Electric lighting is
in its infancy. Improvements are
being patented month in and month
out, in the United States. He be-
lieved The city of New York is now
using the third or fourth system,
since it first started. The bill sub
mit;ed by the committee contem-
plates S3 lamps of 1000 candle
power each, at cost of $22 800 (;
and if $50 lamps are used, the cost
will be in the neigborhood of S40,-
! 600 year. If we are to have
| electric lights, the Government
should lake charge of the service.
He was informed that the cost of a
machine of l05 arc lights of 1900
candle power can be put down in
Honolulu, ready 10 put up for $780,.
900. The machine, if run by water
power, would cost, for running ex,
penses, $1,000 a year, and if by
steam power, $4,000. At that
rate, the government could light
r the streets at much less cost thar
they can have it done by private
individual. An enoiJeer had sub,