The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-09

Second reading of an act to amend
7S0, Civil Code. On motion of Rep.
Castle it was read second time by
title.
Rep. Thurston moved il be refer
red to the select committee on elec-
tion laws.
Rep. Kaunamano moved the bill
pass. The only change it made was
giving Kohala two representatives,
one for North and one for South
Kohala.
Rep. Thurston agreed with the
statements made by the introducer
of the bill regarding the claims Of
Kohala to an additional representa-
tive. 1t was clear that there was
necessity for redistribution of seats
in the Legislature. About GOO
lepers had been sent up to Molokai
and prevented from voting. He
did not believe law had any right to
say that n man was civilly dead be-
cause he was leper. He was GO
ing to move for special representa-
ton of those lepers. The commit
tee would bring in bill containing
a complete scheme of redistribution,
which would be better than having
amendments made to the representa-
tion of the several districts by piece
meal.
Rep. Wight was in favor of having
two representatives for Kohala, but
not having the District divided.
South Kohala was decreasing in
population from year to year, while
that of North Kohala was yearly in
creasing. Twenty years ago there
was but one sugar plantation in
North Kohala, but now there are
six equally large. He favored re-
ference of the bill to the committee.
Rep. Dickey was in favor of re-
ference to committee, as, if Ko-
hala was entitled to two members,
so was Makawao.
The motion to refer to committee
carried.
Second reading of an act to amend
sec. AZ of an act to repeal chap. 10
of the Civil Code, relating to the
granting of marriage licenses. 1t
increases the license fee from 25
cents to 81.
Rep. Kaai moved the bill pass.
Rep. Kaulukou asked for reasons
for raising the fee.
Rep. Richardson said this was a
very old law, enacted when men
were paid 25 cents and women half
that amount for a days work.
Times were changed, and with
higher wages man who loved a
woman enough to marry her should
not object to paying dollar for
license 10 do so. Agents for taking
Acknowledgements to contracts re-
ceived dollar for every signature.
Rep. Kaunamano supported the
motion that the bill pass. The mar
riage contract was one of the most
important that a man could enter
into. 1t would be better to make
the fee five dollars.
lhC JaSSSo ulo was SSU lOE
third reading on Saturday.
Second reading of an act to re-
peal an act to appoint road-super-
visors-in-chief, passed in 1884.
Rep. Brown moved this bill, to-
gether with other bills relative to
road supervisors, be referred to a
select committee. He afterward
accepted an amendment suggested
by Rep. Castle and approved by the
chair, that the bills he taken up and
referred separately.
Rep. Kaunamano thought this bill
should be passed now, and the
other bills, making new provision
for road supervision, could be taken
up in their order. The universal
sentiment appeared to be that the
road-supervisors-in-chief had proved
failure.
Rep. Wight was perfectly il
accord with the bill, and had intend
ed to introduce one to the same
effect, but was anticipated by Mr.
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The motion to refer carried, an(
on motion of Rep. Thurs,on, the
rules were suspended and two
other bills on the same subject re-
ferred to the same committee.
Second reading of an act to amend
sec. 63, Civil Code. On reading i,
was found not to refer to the sec.
ton in question, and was referred
to Rep. Dickey, the introducer, fol
correction.
Second reading of an act to amenc
sec. of chap. 60, Civil Code. L
provides that coroner's jurors b'
paid five dollars each instead o
serving without pay as heretofore.
Rep. Richardson moved the bill
be indefinitely postponed.
Rep. Kaunamano moved the bill
pass, and spoke of the unpleasan
duties of coronevs. Yesterday the,
were piling up large amounts in tn
Appropriation Bill, and now whel
they came to small thing like thi
it was proposed to economize.
Rep. Richardson regarded this a
the attempt to open new leak.
Rep. Thurston agreed with tn
previous speaker. He thought the
ought to keep everything down a