The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-25
geant-at-arms to bring in quorum b
10 p. m.
Afternoon.

A quorum was obtained at rs.
SHIFTS with Government.-The motion to
take up tor consideration bill No. 80 was
put and carried.
The bill passed, with amendments, and
was referred back to the enrolment COM
mittee.
Taxes.-Second reading of the bill, SUBJ
mitted by the Judiciary Committee 21st
inst. in connection with their divided re-
port on the petition of Noble Widemann,
july 18th, for refund of taxes alleged to
have been paid twice: To amend section
% of an Act to consolidate and amend the
law relating to Internal Taxes, approved
on the seventh day of August, A. d. 1882,
as amended by Chapter XXXVlI. of the
laws OF 1886.
Minister Green moved the indefinite
poStpOnement of the bill.
Noble Smith moved it pass to engrOss-
ment
Rep. G. Brown moved an amendment, in
favor of which Minister Green withdrew
his motion.
Noble Smith moved that the amendment,
bill and the whole thing, be indefinitely
postponed. Lost.
Rep. Browns amendment was adopted.
The Section, as amended, reads:
Section %. Every trustee, treasurer. ex-
for the purposes of this Act, be deemed
agent, and shall be anSWerable for the per-
Torrance of all such acts, matters or
things as are required to be done by virtue
of this Act IN respect OF the assessment OF
the property which he represents, and the
payment of taxes thereon; and shall be
under and subject to the like penalty or
liability for any neglect, refusal or default
as any other person, and shall be author
lied to recover from any person in whose
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amount SO paid by him, or to retain out of
any money which shall come to him in his
representative character SO much from
time to time as shall be sufficient to pay
such tax, and shall be Unidentified for all
payments which he shall make in further
anCe of this Act.
The bill, SO amended passed to engTOSS-
ment, to be read third time on Saturday.
The report of the Judiciary Committee,
with the petition referred to above, were,
on motion, laid on the table.
Spirituous LiquOrs-SecOnd reading of
the bill submitted, 18th inst, by the special
committee to whom had been referred,
End inst, the bill introduced June 18th
by Noble Hitchcock, to better prevent
illicit traffic in spirituous liquors.
Amendments offered by Minister Ash
ford and Rep. c. Brown were accepted.
Passed, as amended, to engrOssment to
be read a third time on Monday.
Travelling Agents-SecOnd reading of the
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Brown, to regulate the sale of goods, wares
and merchandise in this Kingdom by COM
mercial travelling agents from foreign
countries, Passed to engrossment, to be
read a third time on Monday.
Hospital TaX-SeCOnd reading of the bill,
introduced Aug. 7th, by Noble Hitchcock
to repeal the Hospital tax Act.
Noble Hitchcock moved the bill pass.
Rep. G. Brown moved it be Indefinitely
postponed. Carried.
RECONSIDERATION.
Noble Hitchcock moved reconsideration
of the votes yesterday by which the rame
and taro -four bills were referred to the
Committee on Commerce. Carried.
The bills were referred to special COM
mittee consisting of Mobiles Hitchcock,
Smith and Dole, Reps. Kawainui and
Daniels.
INVITATION TO HOP.
The President read an invitation to the
officers and members of the legislature to
a hop at the ArmOry of the Honolulu
Rifles, this evening.
The Clerk was directed to acknowledge
receipt of the communication.
Recess at :05 to o'clock.