The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-05-11

Legislative Assembly of the Ha-
waiian Islands in the Legislature of
the Kingdom assembled;
SECTION /. The gold coins of
the United States of America are
the standard and legal tender at
their nominal value in the payment
OF all debts, public and private,
within the Hawaiian Kingdom.
SECTION 2. The silver coins of the
Hawaiian Kingdom are legal tender
at their nominal value for any
amount not exceeding ten dollars in
any one payment.
SECTION 3. Az gold and silver
coins other than those mentioned in
sections | and in this Act, shall
be received in the Treasury at u
rate not exceeding their bullion
value for Government dues, duties
and taxes.
SECTION 4. All outstanding silver
certificates, excepting the ten-dolar
and the twenty-dolar certificates,
shall be redeemed ut their nominal
value in United States gold coin,
| and all certificates so redeemed shall
be Withdrawn and cancelled by the
Registrar of Public Accounts.
SECTION D. The Minister of FL
nance may receive deposits of the
gold coin of the United States to
any amount not less than fifty
dollars or multiple thereof, and
issue therefor certificates of deposit
PAYABLE to bearer without interest in
| gold coin of the United States, and
may receive deposits of the silver
coin of the Hawaiian Kingdom to an
amount not less than ten, nor more
than twenty dollars, and issue there
for certificates of deposit payable to
bearer without interest, III silver
coin of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The certificates herein provided for
shall be signed by the Minister of
Finance, aud countersigned by the
Registrar of Public Accounts, and
the money so received shall be used
only for the payment and redemp-
ton of such certificates, and shall
be kept rs a special deposit for such
purpose and no other.
SECTION 6. Chapter Is of the
Session Laws of 1884, and all other
laws conflicting with the provisions
of this Act, are hereby repealed.
SECTION Z. This Act shall take
effect from and after its approval.
Rep. Nahale read a first time an
act to amend secs. 1878, Civil
Code, relating to the fisheries.
Minister Neumann read first
time an act supplementary to chap.
80, Civil Code, relating to gaming.
Also an act amendatory of sec. 2,
chap. 2S, session laws of 1873, re-
lating to import duties on wines and
other articles.
Rep. Castle gave notice of reso-
luton that the President appoint q
select committee of seven members,
to examine the election laws of the
kingdom with view to their con-
laws were series of patches, and
there was good deal of doubt in
some parts of the Islands, as to
what the law was in certain parti-
culars.
Rep. Dole seconded the resolu.
ton. The law was very diffuse
part of it being found in the Civil
Code of 1859. 1t required great
deal of study to find out what the
existing law was. He thought il
would be better, instead of half ;
dozen members attempting to ado
patches to the law, for Il specia
committee to draft a law covering
the whole ground. He gave in
stances in which the law was am
biguous.
Rep. Palohau was not in favor o:
the resolution. 1t was not the Law
but individuals who got mixed up
Those members were in former Leg
islatures, but never found out tina
anything was wrong with the elec
ton laws until after the last elec
tion. The house might 60 Oh max
ing laws, but all laws are violated tt
some extent.
Minister Neumann was very sorry
to see the member who spoke las
object to this motion. He believed
that the election laws, MS they stood
could be, for the benefit of the coun
try and people, changed so as to b'
great deal better than they ar
now. He was the more sorry be
cause he had already prepared a bill
to lay before the house, not onl,
, for the benefit of the country bu
of the officers of elections. Al
, though on Kauai there had been NJ
irregularities, yet for want of suffici
ent simplicityin the law, officers wer
f often puzzled to know what to do
: lie had been informed, as Attorney
5 General, of irregularities that ha'
, happened in some districts, in whicI
: the officers who have carried OF
+ elections were not to blame, but
was misconception on their par
of the laws. If those laws had bee
g plain, if they could have been com
= municated to officers, and il the.
had guide to Misunderstanding n
$ they did from 1916 down to 1854
some of the officers not even havin
the books-none of those mistake