The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-20

South Kona. No facts relative to the mat
| ter could be asCertained, and the peCltloi
| does not clearly specify what IS wanted
| The Minister of Interior ana 0uperlhCenu
| ent of Public Works could give no dehhll'
! Information on the matter; hence, they re
! commend the petition be referred 10 INT
| Minister of interior for investigation
| The same Noble read a report of the
| Committee on Foreign Affairs on the faT
| GELS Post bill, recommending an amenu
| ment. and. with it, that the bill pass.
The report was adopted and the 6ll
passed to engrOssment, to be read a thlro
| time on Saturday.
| The same Noble presented the report OF
| the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the
! Chinese return permits bill, recommends
! ing an amendment, and, with 1t, that the
| bill pass. Laid on the table, to be con
| sidered with the bill.
| Noble Hitchcock read the following re-
| port on the bill submitted to him on Mon
day, entitled an Act to prevent married
| persons from deserving one another:
| After a long and searching investigation
| into the causes which have led the En-
crossing Committee into so much dltn-
| Guilty, perplexity, trouble and pllIkla
nui," the only solution suppOsable arrived
| at was:
That the said committee consists of mar
| ried men, or those hoping to be so.
That they had spent many long hours OF
intense study, and many sleeplesS nights
of restless thought in striving to solve the
problem of what a poor married man
could do, if perchance from an overdose or
cocaine, or any other cause, he should
Oversleep himself some morning, and
awake at last to find that the vile OF his
bosom had Wickedly, and with malice, de-
serted his bed, and at that time was hold
ing morning gossip with some neighbOr s
wife And, in view of the horrors OF such
a desertion, he would be unable TO invoke
the sturdy arm of the law and cOnsign the
culprlt to felOn'S cell.
In view of this state of affairs, the under
signed feels that something ought to be
done in the premises; but what changes
the said committee desired in said act
were only discovered after an exhaustive
interview with said committee, and found
to be that the act was not divided into
sections.
Therefore in order to bring peace and quiet
to the manly hearts of said committee, the
undersigned would recommend to this
honorable House the following amend
ments: first, that Immediately after the
enacting clause and before the words,
THAT Chapter LVI.," etc, the words sec
ton 1 be inserted; that the words section
2 be inserted before the words this act
shall take effect" etc.
| would further recommend that with
these important amendments, the act be
referred back to the EngrOssing Committee
for engrOssment, with the thanks OF this
House to said committee for the great care
and labOriOus research which enabled them
to discover that such amendments were
needed. (Signed) D. H. Hitchcock.
RESOLUTION.
Noble Castle moved the follOwing
Whereas, In view of the constitutional
provision, whereby bills may become law
without the royal assent after the lapse OF
ten days from the time such bills have
been presented to him for signature, with
out the same being returned to the Legis-
lature, and ii is important that regular
record should be kept of such matters;
therefore be it
Resolved That the Ministry are hereby
requested TO report in writing to the Legls-
lature within twenty-fOur hours after pre-
sentatiOn o. bills for signature, such report
to set forth the title and number of each
bill and the date of presentation of the
same to His Majesty, and also
That the Clerk of the Legislature shall
enter such report in the journal of the
Legislature and file the same with the
records. Adopted.
NOTICES OF NEW BILLS.
Minister Austin gave notice of a bill
to authorize the Hawaiian Government to
contract for the construction of inter
island submarine electric telegraph cables
Noble Hitchcock gave notice of bill to
amend section 8 OF an act entitled AN Act
10 relieve the royal uOILldlIl from cIlCuIIl-
ORANGES and to render the same inaIien-
able"
NEW BILLS
Rep. Kinney read, a first time, bill to
amend the Constitution by adding a new |
article, numbered AZ A, relating to Chi |
neSe.
Rep. Nakaleka read, first time, bill |
to amend Section 1 Az of the Civil Code.
Noble Townsend read, a first time, bill |
to amend Section 81, Chapter XLIII., |
laws of 1882, relating to internal taxes.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
rights.-Third reading of: An Act
to provide for the registration of copy
rights. Passed.
Property of Married Women.-Third
reading of: An Act relating to the prop
erty and rights of Married Women.
Passed.