The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-18
Hawaiian Parliament.
Legislative AssembIy-One Hundred
and Fourth Day.

FRIDAY september 18th.
The House met at 10 a. III. Prayer b,
the Chaplain. The following member
answered to the roll call: His Excellency
Dare; Hons. Cleghorn, Wilder, Walker
Martin, S. Parker, Lilikalani, Baker, Kau
hi, Brown, Kaulia, Kaulukou, Pahia
Kaunamano, Wight. Nahale, Nahinu, Ka
| lua, Aholo, Kaukau, Richardson, Castle
| Dickey, Kaai, Paehaole, Kauai and PaIo
| hau. The minutes were read in Hawaiian
and English and approved.
THE BREWING OF MALT LIQUORS.
| Mr.. Dole, from the special committee'o n
an Act to license the business of brewing
| of malt liquors, presented the following
report:
Hon. J. S. Walker President Legislative
Assembly-Sir: Your select committee, to
whom was referred certain bill entitled
IAN Act to license the business of brewing
of malt liquors in Honolulu and vicinity -
report herewith a substitute bill which
they recommend to the favorable consider
alton of the Assembly.
s. b. DOLE, Chairman,
GEO. E. RICHARDSON,
l.. AHOLO,
JOHN L. DARE.
On motion of Mr. Brown the report WIS
laid upon the table until translation in
Hawaiian of the substitute bill was made
The following is copy of the substitute
bill:
An Act to license the business of brew
ing of malt liquors in the district of Homo
lulu.
Be it enacted by the King and the Legis-
lative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands,
in the Legislature of the Kingdom as
sembled:
Section 1. The Minister of the Interior
is hereby authorized to issue license for
the brewing of malt liquors in the district
of Honolulu for term of years provided,
however, that no sales of such malt liquors
shall be made by the owner of the license
in less quantity than five gallons in bulk,
or if in bottles, not less than two dozen
quart bottles or four dozen pint bottles.
Section 2. The owner of the license shall,
upon the receipt thereof, pay to the Min
lister of the Interior one hundred and fifty
dollars, and shall pay a special tax of five
cents gallon for all malt liquors made
and sold by him.
Section 3. The Minister of Finance is
hereby authorized to remit import duties
upon such articles used for the purpose of
brewing malt liquors, as may be admitted
free of import duties without conflicting
with existing treaties.
Section 4. The owner of the license shall
keep correct accounts of all malt liquors
made by him, which accounts shall at ali
times during business hours be open to the
inspection of the Minister of Interior, and
shall make at the end of each quarter to
the Minister of Interior sworn report OF
the quantity of malt liquor sold by him
during such quarter, and shall thereupon |
pay the special tax provided by section 2, |
on account of the liquors sold during such |
quarter.
SECTION 5. Any person licensed to brew |
malt liquors under this Act who shall dis I
till alcoholic liquors of any kind, or who |
shall, in the manufacture of malt liquors |
make use of any deleterious or poisonous |
drug or substance, or who shall manufac- |
alcoholic strength above per cent, !
shall, upon conviction before the Police |
Justice of said district of Honolulu, forfeit |
his license and be punished by a fine not |
exceeding one thousand dollars, or by inn
prisonment at hard labor for a term not |
exceeding one year.
Section 6. Any license granted under
this Act shall become void unless the
owner thereof shall be ready to begin the
of malt liquors, and begin
such manufacture within one year from
the date of such license.
Section T. The legal representative or
of the person to whom the
license is issued shall be the owner or
owners thereof, and entitled to all the
privileges, and be subject to all the disabil-
ties of this Act provided, that no owner
Of such license shall voluntarily sell or
transfer the same without the written con-
sent of the Minister of Interior.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Consideration of section of the Act To
regulate the currency.
Hon. Mr.. Bishop said this Act was one
which every one would admit was inn
portant. and there was no wish to rush it
through. There were many wrong i'm
about it. This kind of legislation
required to be done with care, and the bill
should be again referred to a committee
He moved that sections 4 and be referred
20 special committee, and suggested that
His Excellency Mr.. Creighton, who moved
an important amendment, be on the COM
nittee. He thought by such reference
hey would more readily come to an I'M
lerstanding
His Excellency Mr.. Creighton seconded
he motion to refer to a special committee
t was the proper thing to do.
The motion prevailed, and the Presi-
lent appointed the following committee:
Hon. Mr.. Bishop, His Excellency Mr.
Hons. Castle, Dole and Aholo
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BILLS.
Second reading of an Act to grant a fran
,hise for lighting the city of Honolulu with
electric lights; also, an Act to provide for
lighting the city of Honolulu and its sub
1rbs with arc and incandescent electric
light.
The two bills and the reports of the COM
mittee thereon were read.
Mr.. Brown moved that the reports OF the