The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
FoRTY-FoURTH DAY-CoNTINUED.
WEDNESDAY, June 23rd.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

W bbNAA'hfh'i -0'N'
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Rep. Kalua submitted a draft of
he reply of the select committee for
hat pupose, TO His Majesty's mes
sage, which was read rs follows:--
.'To HIS MAJESTY THE KING:
".Sire-In accordance with reso-
luton of the Legislative Assembly,
the honorable President nominated
committee to respond to Your Maj
esty's Royal message.
"The honor has been conferred on
us to present Your Majesty with the
reply of the Legislature to Your
Royal message of the 2lst day Of
June, A. ID. 1886.
son behalf of the Legislative
Assembly we thank Your Majesty
for this special Royal message.
"Your Maiesty's desire has been
made known to us that the Legisla-
tive Assembly economize in the APP
preparation of moneys from the
items submitted by Your Majesty's
Ministers, and that Your Majesty
especially recommends retrenchment
to begin with the civil list.
"This is a great measure in the
opinion Of the Assembly, and espe-
cially commends itself as being pro-
per that the national expenditures
should be reduced to an equality
with the anticipated receipts; it
would, however, be better still if the
national expenditures could be re-
duced to less than the estimated re-
ceipts for the coming biennial period.
Therefore the Legislative Assem-
bly, takes heed of Your Majesty's s
recommendations and will act on
them in good faith, with the assur-
ance that progress will be made in
this undertaking for the benefit OF
the people.
"We feel honored in being parti-
cipators in the promotion of Your
Majesty's wish, which has been sub
mitted for the consideration of this
Legislative Assembly.
1--WE are Your Majesty's obedient
citizens.
The report was adopted and the
same committee was appointed to
present the reply. BY request OF
the chairman Of committee, the
President appointed Rep. Nahinu in
place of Rep. Nahale, who was tem-
porarily absent from the city.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Second reading of an act to regu'
late the construction of buildings in
the city of Honolulu, and the town:
of IIilo, Wailuku and Kahului.
Rep. Thurston moved to strike
the other towns out Of the first sec
ton, so that the bill should only
apply to Honolulu.
Rep. Dickey supported the motion
believing it would be impracticable
for the Superintendent of Public
Works to supervise the erection or
moving of buildings outside of the
city. He scarcely saw what the
whole bill was for, but probably i
was meant as q protection from fir
and unsanitary conditions. He hat
presented a bill to cover the matte
of fire protection, and it was laid o.
the table because this bill was sal
to fulfill that object, but this bill di
not do so.
Rep. Castle, on behalf of tn
select committee that reported it ur
supported the bill. 1t was not in
tended to place burdensome restric
tions on the people, but to act as
check or guard against abuses whe
necessary. The other towns tina
Honolulu were growing, and some {
them needed the provisions of tn
bill now. He urged the necessity {
a measure to prevent landlords fro
putting up tenements unsafe
human life, citing disaster in S
Louis caused by the collapse of
schoolhouse, and another in Ne
York, where tenement block tun
bled in, killing several people, Il
which the builder was sentenced
nine years and six months imprisol
ment.
Rep. Thurston disclaimed oppos
ton to the bill as a whole, but sa
the hon. member for Wailuku h;
, not answered the objections to ma
ing it apply outside of Honolul
Besides the limits of Honolulu wit
in the meaning of the act were Il
defined.
Rep. Richardson was in favor
, the bill generally, but did not wa
, it applied TO the other towns.
would be impossible to carry out
law unless the boundaries of all
S towns were laid down.
The amendment carried, and tn
o the section as amended.
Rep. Castle moved verl
amendment TO the second section,
n accordance with the committees
s port, and to strike out the ment
q of the other towns to correspo
with the first section as amend
'. Carried.
. Rep. Thurston moved to substt
e "shall" for ''may," so as to maxi
S obligatory on the Superintendent
t. Public Works to grant permiss
IS on compliance with the condtio
Carried.
" Rep. Brown moved to insert