The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-20
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative Assembly Eishtiefh
Day.
EiShtiefh

! The following members answered 70 thei
! names: Their Excellencies Gibson, Creigh
| ton, Kanoa and Dare; Hons. Walker, Dow
/ sett, Kapena, Martin, Hayselden, keau
! Lnikalani, Baker Kauhi, Amara, Brown
! Pahia, Kaunamano, Wight, Nahale, Ma
| hinu, Aholo, Kaukau, Castle, Dickey, Kaai
Thurston, Paehaole, and Palohau. The
minutes were read in Hawaiian and Eng
lish and approved.
REPORT OF THE SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Kaunamano, from the Sanitary
Committee. presented a report on a petit
ton from Waimea. Kauai, with 10 sigma
lures, praying that the lepers on the island
OF Kauai be taken care of on the ahupuaa
of Hanapepe, their friends to erect the
buildings and take care of them. The com
mittee think the prayer a good one, but
doubt the authority OF the House TO make
a change. They thought the prayer of the
petition is within the province Of the Board
of Health, and recommend the petition be
laid upon the table.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Hayselden moved the order of the
day. Agreed to.
Special order of the day, consideration
of the Tax bill in Committee of the Whole
Hon. Mr.. Kapena in the chair.
Section 81. That section 81 of said Act be
and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 81. 1t shall be the duty of each
Collector, on or before the last day of De-
IN TO ta fha
Governor of the Island in which his dis
trict is situated, the amount of taxes by
him collected, with the exception of the
school tax, which shall be paid over to the
school treasurers; and any Collector who
shall have failed to do so at the time last
specified shall be liable to forfeit ten per
cent of the amount of compensation for his
services as Collector, which forfeiture shall
be at the discretion of the Minister of
Finance; and it shall be the duty of the
Minister of Finance to prosecute on or be-
fore the first day of February the bond of
any Collector who shall have failed to pay
over to the Governor aforesaid the amount
of taxes prescribed in the preceding sec
tons; and every such Collector SO failing
to pay over all moneys collected by him on
or before the first day of March shall be
guilty of embezzlement, and be punished
accordingly"
Mr.. Brown said there was conflict here,
The section says that the Collectors shall
pay over money to the Governor, while
section of the Auditors Act provides for
money to be paid over to the Minister of
Finance.
NJ qY10nT nd ont
that after the words "school treasurers"
be inserted land also the road tax, which
shall be paid to the local Road Super
visor"
Mr.. Dickey moved as an amendment
that the words 1.-THE school tax which shall
be paid over to the school treasurers" be
stricken out and the following inserted:
Such taxes as he shall now or hereafter be
required by law to be paid over to any
officer"
The amendment by Mr.. Dickey was put
and lost; but as some of the members did
not fully understand it, Mr.. Hayselden
moved a reconsideration of the vote, which
vas carried.
Mr.. Hayselden moved the section pass
rs in the bill. He was not in favor of the
Dad tax being paid over to anyone but the
Minister of Finance.
Hon. Mr.. Bishop thought that if that had !
,een the law during the last few years, the |
way things were managed, the schools |
would have been shut up, for the school |
money would have gone the way of the |
Dad money.
Mr.. Kaunamano said Mr.. Dickey's amend /
nent was a good one, but the House
should take time to consider it. There |
vas great advantage in the road tax be- |
ng left in the district, as any necessary /
'epairs could be effected at once, without !
having to send to the Minister of Finance |
or draft, thereby causing delay All .
hat was done in Hamakua district on the |
.oads last period was by the Hon. Mr.. |
Parker, but he did not know whether the |
government refunded him the money or
lot He blamed the Ministers for not ex-
bending the money appropriated for the
several districts.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said that he
desired to reply to some unfair structures
" the Hon. Mr.. Bishop and Mr.. Castle
There had been a certain deal of unfair
discussion with regard to roads and
chools The last session of the Legisla-
ure voted an amount of $148, 900 for roads
md bridges. Had it been spent? Yes;
2O4 900 were spent. He regretted that the
ate Minister of the Interior had drawn on
he loan funds instead of the unexpended
Dad balances. Had the Government con-
med itself to the vote of the Legislature,
he roads would not have been in SO good
condition as they are at the present
ime. Thus the Minister exercised his
discretion, and studied the best way OF
Icing the work with the means at hand.
lie had no objection to this arrangement,
S it would take considerable work off his
lands, and the districts would be left more
completely TO their taxes. There will then
,e someone to growl at in place of the
linister, who had been trying to do his
est He was surprised at the reflections
f the Hon. Mr.. Bishop, a former President
f the Board of Education, to the effect
hat the schools would have gone down if
had not been for the money in the hands
f the local School Treasurers. There was
100 900 appropriated for schools, $4,000
f which was expended, but none Of it by
he Treasures of the districts. He did
.ot think the structure was fair on the
art of the honorable Noble. As regards
he roads, they had been fairly dealt with