The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-16

engrossed: An Act to regulate the prac
tice of Law in District and Police Courts
also a joint resolution for the relief of tn,
Board OF Genealogy.
NOTICE OF BILL.
Nh Richardson gave notice Of an Act |,
amend sections pa 2l8. 219 and 221 of tn,
Civil Code, relating TO prisons, jails ant
houses OF correction, and concerning tn,
satisfaction OF fines and penalties.
FIRST READING.
His Exceilency Mr.. Dare read il first
time an Act TO provide for the punishment
OF the counterfeiting of postage and reye-
nue. stamps in the Kingdom of Hawaii
His ExceIleucy said this Act was intro
duced at the suggestion OF the Universal
Postal Union. Correspondence had passed
between different countries in the Postal
Union and His Majesty's Minister Of For
eign Affairs and it was the requestPf the
former that such law should be brought
in, so that the Hawaiian Kingdom would
be i'll unison in this matter with other
countries.
On motion of Mr.. Dickey, the bill was
/ ordered to be printed.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Dickey read first time proposed
amendment to article 20 of the Constitu-
! ton.
/ Mr.. Richardson said that as an amend
ment to the law on the same subject had
been indefinitely postponed, the matter
/ could not be brought up again this session.
/ Mr.. AhOlo thought the title Of the bill
/ was incorrect, and therefore should be re-
! turned to the honorable member.
The bill was referred back to Mr.. Dickey
/ for cOISection.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE BILL.
! Mr.. Nahale read a first time an Act to
reamend class ,, section T. chapter Is, of
/ the Session Laws of 1873, requiring post
age to be paid on newspapers, pamphlets,
etc, published in the Kingdom. ON sus-
pension of the rules the bill was read a
second time by its title.
Mr. Castle said the bill was full of blum
ders; therefore he moved it be referred to
the Committee on Commerce. Agreed to-
BOARD OF GENEALoGY AGAIN.
Mr. Brown moved reconsideration of
the vote by which the joint resolution for
the relief of the Board of Genealogy was
passed the previous day. His reason for
so doing was that he would like to see the
report of the Board so as to know what
had been done during the past two years.
He thought every member wished to vote
intelligently, and they should know how
the money appropriated last session had
| been spent. He thought they ought to
know the genealogy of the Hawaiian chiefs.
That was the prime object why the bill
was passed in 1880. Most of the money
had been spent searching for bones, or
places where bones were supposed to be
secreted. and not for the geneaiOgy of the
chiefs. He thought it was due this As
sembly to know how the money had been
spent before they voted any other sum.
He had not moved the reconsideration of
the vote for the purpose of trying to kill
the bill. What he wanted was for the reso-
luton to be laid upon the table until the
report of the Board was forthcoming.
When that report is laid before the House
and he finds that the money had been ju-
dIciOusly used, he would be in a condition
to vote in favor of the bill. But until such
time he did not want to vote for it, as he
was not believer in voting with closed
eyes. He hoped the motion to reconsider
would prevail, so that motion to lay the
bill upon the table until the report was pre-
scented could be made.
Mr. Kaulukou said it was only a waste
of time to make the motion.
DR.. Wight said he was perfectly in ac-
cord with the remarks made by Mr..
Brown that the matter ought to be fur
Their considered. The hurry in which this
bill was rushed through was not only un
seemly. but also uncOurteouS. He was
perfectly aware that there were members
in this House who were ignorant of what
they were to vote for. Ii he understood
the English language Alright, then he did
not understand this joint resolution. 1t
asks for relief for the Board of Genealogy. !
He supposed the Board had got into some
trouble and had appealed to the House for
relief If the Board had taken the respon-
sibility of spending $1,000 beyond the sum
voted by the Assembly, let it get out of the !
matter itself. If the members of the Board !
are asking for relief for personal expenses
they have been led into, let them bring in
their report. If the Legislature finds that
the money was spent in the advancement
of the object of the Board, no member
would object to vote to help it. 1t may be
that the Board has done all it can and
wishes to be relieved from further duty.
He, for one, would humbly bow, and move
that their request be granted. Why this
hasty action with the resolution? Is it
that the Marshal is after members of the
Board for debts they have incurred and
cannot pay? If something of this nature
is threatened, he could understand the
rushing through of this joint resolution.
But he was not uncharitable enough to take
that view of the matter The introducers
of this bill did not want to be known until
there was firm grasp on the $4,000.
They have considered Il bird in the hand
worth two in the bush. Before the House
votes on the measure, why should not the
Board bring in a full report to show that
the money had been spent i'll aprOper man
ner. If such was done, the House would
not refuse to continue the appropriation.
He perfectly sympathized with the desire
of Hawaiians that the antecedenCs of their
progenitorS should be handed down and d
faithful record kept.
Mr.. Thurston was in favor of the motion
made by Mr.. Brown. He was not going
to discuss the resolution on its merits. He
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