The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-23

Upon a careful examination Of the bil
referred to. we find that all the payments
. were made in direct conCraveution OF arti
Gle - OF the Constitution, which reads
nor shall any money be drawn
! from the Treasury without such consent
/ .of the Legislative Assembly, except wher
! between the sessions Of the Legislative AS
/ sembly the emergencies Of war, invasion
/ rebellion, pestilence or other public disas
! ter shall arise, and then not without the
/ concurrence of ali the Cabinet and Of d ma
/ jOrity OF the whole Privy Council; and the
! Minister Of Finance shall render Il detailed
/ account OF such expenditure To the Legs
! lative Assembly.
[ There has been no war invasion, re
I bellion, pestilence or other public disaster
| during the last period. The Privy Council
has not authorized the expenditure Of any
of this money. The Minister OF Finance
has not rendered detailed account of
such expenditure to the Legislative As
sembly. The law has therefore been
broken in every particular, and We recon-
mend that the prayer Of the petitioners be
granted. c. H. DICEEY.
On motion Of Mr.. Castle the two reports
were laid on the table, TO be considered
with the Indemnity bill.
REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE On SCHOOLS
AND SCHOOL HOUSES.
Mr.. Castle, from the select committee
on schools and school houses. presented
the following report:
Hon. J. ;. Walker, President Legislative
Assembly-Sir: The select committee, to
which was referred: l. A petition pre-
scented by Hon. d. II. Nahinu from south
Kona, Hawaii, praying that new school
house may be constructed at Alae. ,. \
petition presented by Hon. 5. w. Kaai
from kaupO, Maui praying that an Eng
fish school be established at that place,
and g. 4 resolution introduced by Hon. A
?. PaehaOle that items of 81 900 each be
inserted i'll the Appropriation bill for the
construction of school houses at kaluaaha
and Halawa, MolOkai, respectfully report
as follows: While they regard it as per-
fectly proper for petitions of this character
to be addressed to the Legislative Assem-
bly,, yet it would hardly be proper or con-
sistent for the Assembly to do more than
make recommendations TO the Bureau of
Education, unless indeed such disSatisfac-
ton existed with said bureau as to induce
the Legislature to enact laws compelling
certain lines of action, and such disSatis-
faction does not now exist.
With regard to the prayers of said petit
tons your committee find Oh examination
that the school house in Alae is in sad
need of repairs and that they should be
made as soon as possible.
With respect TO an English school in
kaupo, there are already three good Ha-
waiian schools at that place while there
are but sixty children of school age, more
or less. The expense an9 outlay necessary
to establish and maintain an English
school also would hardly be justifable.
If, however, the three Hawaiian schools
were discontinued, material enough would
exist for an English school. But as it would
involve the construction of new school
house and the employment OF an English
teacher, the consideration of the Board of
Education 10 this matter is recommended.
Also, school houses at both Kaluaaha
and Halawa on Molokai would be of bene-
fit to those districts, for the buildings now
there are small and announcement and
hardly suited To the requirements of those
places. The matter of new school build |
ings and repairs has however been more
fully treated by the committee in another
report, and they therefore recommend
that the said petitions and resolutions be
laid upon the table, and that a copy of this |
report be transmitted by the clerk of the
Assembly to the Board of Education.
w. r. CASTLE,
CHAs. r. BISHOP,
J. KAUHANE,
S. W. KAAI
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said that as
President of the Board of Education he |
had not signed the report, but fully ap-
proved of the whole of it.
The report, on motion of Mr.. Brown,
was adopted
BILLS ENGRossED.
Mr.. Richardson, from the Engrossing
Committee, reported several bills as en- !
crossed.
TAX COLLECTORS.
Mr. Brown presented the following ques- |
ton to the Minister of Finance: l hereby |
ask that His Excellency the Minister OF !
Finance furnish this House in writing with |
the names of all Tax Collectors appointed |
during the last biennial period, who were in |
default or who failed to pay over all taxes |
by them within the time limited /
by law, with the names of such defaulting /
Tax Collectors, bOndsmen and the amount /
of money made good by such bondsmen, |
and ii any Tax Collector is still in default |
the amount still unpaid and due to the |
NEW BILL.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson read n first |
time an Act TO relieve certain articles from |
customs duties. The bill mentions a num-
Der OF articles, such as cocoanuts, fbres, |
coral and shells from the South Sea !
Islands.
On suspension of the rules the bill was
read a second time by its title.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said that in
his report he had recommended strongly
the promoting of this South Sea Island |
trade. As it is they were getting no duty.
BY making these articles free it would .
make Honolulu a port of rendezvous for
the trade. He moved the bill be referred /
to the Special Committee on Tariff and |
revision. Agreed to.
SURVEY OF LAND REQUIRED.
Mr. kalua offered resolution that a
copy OF a survey of land for which a