The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-08-24
EIGHTIETH DAY.

THURSDAY, Aug. 10,
The Assembly convened at the usual hour and
after prayer by the Chaplain, the minutes of the
previous meeting were read and approved.
Representative kaunamano presented report
from the Sanitary Committee on q petition from
Waimea Kauai, praying that the lepers on the is
land of Kauai be taken care of on the ahupuaa OF
Hanapepe, their friends to erect the buildings and
take care of them. The Committee consider the
prayer a good one but doubt the authority of the
House to make the desired change. The prayer of
the petition is within the province of the Board of
Health, and the Committee recommend the petit
ton be laid upon the table. Approved.
The Order of the Day were now moved and con-
sideration of the Tex Bill was taken up in Com
mittee of the Whole, Hon. j. NJ. Kapena in the
chair.
Section 27 of the Bill to amend Section 6l of the
existing Act relating to the duties of lax Collect
ors and the penalties for performance OF said
duties, was the particular Section taken up.
Representative Brown stated that there was an
evident conhiction between the Section and one of
the Sections of the Auditors Act. This Section
under consideration says that the Collectors shall
pay over money to the Governor, while Section 3
of the Auditors Act provides for money TO be paid
over to the Minister of Finance.
Representative Dickey amended to read that the
tax Collectors pay to the Treasury the taxes COL
lected, with the exception of "such taxes as he
shall now or hereafter be required by law to be
paid over to any Officer.
Representative Hayssldon moved the Section
pass as in the bill He was not in favor OF the
road tax being paid over to any one but the Minis
ter of Interior
Hon. g. II. Bishop thought that if that had been
the law during the last few years, the way things
were managed, the schools would have been shut
up for the school money would have gone the way
of the road money.
Representative kaunanano said that there was
great advantage i'll the road tax being left i'll the
district as rny necessary repairs could be affected
at once, without having to send to the Minister of
Finance for draft thereby causing delay. All
Ham n-r1n flIEfr
roads last period was by the Hon. Sam Parker, but
ne did not know whether the Government refunded
him the money or not. He blamed the Ministers
for not expendiug the money appropriated for the
roads for the several districts.
The Minister of Interior said that there had
been an amount of unfair discussion with re-
gard to roads and schools. The last session of
the Legislature voted an amount OF Sl40,OOO for
roads and bridges Had it been spent? Yes; S204,
600 were spent. He regretted that the late Minis
ter of Interior had drawn on the loan funds in
stead of the unexpended road balances lie was
surprised at the reflections OF Hon. u II. Blshop,
a former President of the Board of Education, to
the effect that the schools would have gone down
if it had not been for the money in the hands of
the local treasurers. There was 100000 appro
prated for schools, $94, 800 of which was expended
but none of it by the treasurers of the districts
He did not think the structure was fair on the
part of the honorable Noble. As regards the
the roads, they had been fairly dealt with by the
Minister, who had spent more than the tax.
statement that tn road taxes had been more than
paid back. The report of the late Minister of In
terror proved 1t.
Hon. C. r. Bishop said he had not intended so
much to pass structure upon the Board of Educa-
tion. but merely to say that If the money was
paid into the Treasury, as the road money was,
would not have been enough to keep the schools
open There was $4,000 appropriated for build
ing and repair of school houses, but very little OF
this amount was drawn from the Treasury for
that purpose. As member of the Education
Committee, he had asked why necessary buildings
were not put up some of which had been DIS
cussed as far back as when he was Il member of
the Board. He ascertained that the reason was
that there not money in the treasury ana
the money that was expended IN buildings and
repairs was taken cuiehy from the hands of the
local treasurers. With regard to the roads, not
even the money collected in tue districts was ex-
pended, let alone the amount appropriated.
Representative ThurStou said that, II there
was one thing that the Minister OF Interior
was proficient in it was lodging point and
he had lodged it there The fact was that
$751; 800 WIS app ropriated forroads and orldges
last period, of which there was expended Sl6O,-
OCO There Was uueXpended from 1857 $780,
co., of which $4,000 was spent, leaving $1O,.
600 never expended till this day. In 1884 the
tax was $104,000 of which only S53OOO was e1-
pended. The fallacy of the Minister was IN repre-
sentine the road tax as having been expended, al
though the law required it to have been spent in
the districts where collected, and vast majority
of the districts had not got their roads tax back
The Minister of Interior stated that he was not
opposed to the amendment; it would relieve the
Minister and keep him out of hot water. 1t would
be a question afterwards whether it would not
have better to have left the matter with the Min-
ister In reply to Rep. Castle he would say that
what he meant that the people had the oene-
fit of tie road tax to the amount stated by him.
10 put the streets of this city Ill good condition II
would take the whole of the money voted oy the
country He hoped they we're agreed in this dis
cussion. He believed that the Treasury should
be the recipient of all fluids. He had no oblec-
tion to the amendment and did not regard It as
nti-GOvernmeut.
REPRESENTATIVE Dickey said that the road
tax would be sufficient, if those in charge look
ed after the work and made the repairs at
the proper time The districts were badly treat
ed all round. He had seen cases where tive
minutes work at the right timewould have saved
hundreds Of dollars.
Representative Kaulukou opposed the amend
ment on the ground that there should be only