Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-19


first time an act to amend the law re-
lating to cruelty to animals. The
amendment provides that offenders
shall be punished by fine and imprison-
ment, not to exceed one month.
Passed to second reading.
On motion of Hon. member Castle
the Attorney General read the report of
the committee to which was referred
the bill defining the fire limits of Ho-
nolulu. His Excellency then reported
that the committee had prepared new
bill. The report of the committee was
adopted. A motion was then made to
make the consideration of the amended
bill on its second reading the special
order ofthe day toitake precedence of
the. other bills Hon. Noble Rhodes
called attention to the fact that the
adoption of the committees report
advanced the bill one stage and that
the bill was now ready to pass to en-
grossment The President so ruled,
whereupon the motion to adopt was
reconsidered and the report of the
committee was adopted. Upon mo-
ton the rules were suspended, and the
consideration of the bill was then made
the special order of the day for
o'clock p. NJ.
Hon. member Brown presented a
resolution that $I,5oo be appropriated
for a Court House and lookup in
Koolauloa. The last time the Hon.
member was in that district he saw the
District Justice seated under tree try
ing cases. Resolution laid on the
table to be considered with the Appro-
priation Bill
Hon. member Castle presented
resolution that the Minister of the In
terror lay before the House statement
of the amount of road tax collected in
Wailuku district and the amount ex-
pended in that district during the past
two years. Resolution adopted.
Hon. member Kaulia read a resolu-
ton that $4,000 be appropriated for
roads in Koolaupoko Laid on the
table to be considered with the Appro-
priation Bill.
Hon. member Castle presented a
resolution that $4,000 be appropriated
for repairs on the road from Wailuku
to Maalaea. Resolution to be consid-
cred with the Appropriation Bill.
Hon. member Kaunamano read
resolution that after this date when
acts, resolutions, petitions or bills were
referred to committees, the person
introducing the same to appear before
the committee to whom the matter was
referred. Resolution adopted.
Hon. member Paehaole read reso-
luton that $500 be inserted in the
Appropriation Bill for roads at Waia-
lac, Molokai. To be considered with
the Appropriation Bill
Hon. member Wight gave notice of
his intention to introduce a bill to
amend the laws relating to internal
taxes.
Hon. member Palohau read reso-
luton that $500 be appropriated for
salary of clerk to the Sheriff of Hawaii.
Laid on the table to be considered
with the Appropriation Bill. Also, a
resolution that committee of thirteen
be appointed to fix the salary of every
police officer in the Kingdom. Adopt
ed. The House then adjourned TO
1880 p M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At I;4o p. NJ. the President directed
the Sergeant-at-Arms to go out in the
lobby and bring in members enough to
make a quorum. The House then
took up the special order of the day;
the consideration of the bin to fix fire
limits, ETC., in Honolulu The bill was
read section by section, and after some
few amendments the bill passed to its
third reading. AS passed the bill
provides that the sire limits" of the
city shall be within line commencing
at the water front and running along
the east side OF Maunakea street to the
southeast corner Of King street; thence
along the makai side of King street to
a point intersecting the easterly line of
Konia formerly Smith) treetwhere said
line extended. Thence along the east
side of Konia street to point eighty
feet mauka of Hotel street. Along
this line parallel to Hotel street to
point eighty feet easterly of the east
side of Alakea street. Thence along a
line eighty feet easterly Of Alakea street
and parallel to it TO the water front in
Guiding the Esplanade extension.
1t also includes a space eighty feet
on each side Of Fort and Nuuanu
streets from Hotel to Beretania streets.
On all streets where only one side is
within these fire limits, the buildings
on the opposite side Gf not fire proof
shall not exceed one-story of not over
I6 feet in height, and the highest point
on such buildings shall not exceed over
80 feet in height.
Within the fire limits the external
walls Of all buildings erected after this
bill becomes law, must be of fre-proof
material, brick, stone, iron, or con-
crete, and due provision is made to
secure the interiors of such buildings
from fire. No wooden building now
within the proposed fire limits altered,
REPAIRED or changed without permis-
sion in writing from the Minister of the
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