The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-06-06
legislative Assembly.
STu DAY-June 6.


President S. G.. Wilder in the chair.
PETITIONS.
Noble Waterhouse presented
petition from Honolulu praying that
$500 he placed in the Appropriation
Bill to extend Vineyard street. Re-
ferred to Committee on Public I'M
provements.
Rep. Kamauoha presented a petit
ton from Peter w. Waha praying
that the Government issue royal
patent to him for piece of land
that he has bought at Kipahulu,
containing IL 40 acres. Referred
to Minister of Interior.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Noble Castle reported that the
commission appointed last session
to revise the election laws of the
kingdom have prepared report,
and have also prepared bill; but
as the report is very lengthy they
ask to have it printed and laid be-
fore the members. They also asked
for suspension of the rules, that
the bill prepared by them may be
read by its title. Rules were sus-
pended and the bill read. A bill to
amend and consolidate the election
laws of the Kingdom. The bill and
report referred to the Printing Com
mittee.
Rep. F. Brown reported that two
bills were printed and ready for dis
tribution.~
RESOLUTION.
Rep. Kalaukoa presented reso-
luton to the effect that the Secre-
tary be authorised to pay the Re-
representatives. $3.50 each. Ruled out
of order.
Rep. Paris asked the Minister of
Finance why the salary of the Judge
of North Kona was represented in
his report as being paid in full to
March 81, 1888, when it is fact
that he has not received any money
since Jan. l, 1888.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Second reading of bill to pro-
vide for the discharge of certain
duties heretofore performed by the
Governors.
Noble Smith moved that the bill
be referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee, as it was an important bill
to which was attached history that
everybody knew. 1t brought up q
| question between the Ministry and
the King, that had to be decided by
the Supreme Court last session,
therefore he thought it advisable to
refer this bill to q committee.
Rep. Brown favored the motion of
referring the bill to the Judiciary
Committee or any other committee
as there were several duties per.
formed by the Governors that are
not provided for in this bill. He
cited the case of District Judges
who have to have their warrants
countersigned by the Governor. He
also stated that it would be impossi-
BILE for the Minister of Finance and
others under him, to assess and pro-
perly collect the taxes of the king
dom, as they are not acquainted
with the people, or the manner in
which they are reached. The hon
orable member asked the Ministry if
they had Investigated any com
plants about the Governors, as it
was strongly argued at the last ses-
sion that incompetency was one of
the causes for the abolishing of the
office.
Minister Ashford stated that he
die not wish to make any undue
haste in the passage of this bill, but
if it passes at the present time, what
will prevent these people from bring
ing in bill to provide for these du-
ties beng properly discharged. He
also said that at the last session this
bill was discussed in all it's
points, and referred to a commit
tee, who made an exhaustive report
on the same, and SO members of the
House voted for it. He did not see
why the bill should be referred to a
committee.
Noble Widemann said the At
torney-General has said that the
office of Governor is a very unpo-
puplar one. III is not so with me.
But the Acknowledgement is much
younger man than am, and has
been in the country but short time,
and probably knows more about it
than do. The natives think that
the Governors are not a superhuity,
and they should be considered. II
the Governors are useless, why does
the Acknowledgement want the sher-
ifs to perform the duties?
The ayes and noes were called on
the motion to refer to Judiciary
Committee.
Ayes-Dowsett, ST., Young, Cas-,
tie, Jaeger, Smith, Luhiau, Bald
win, Widemann, Wilcox, Hustace,
Dowsett, Jr., Naone, Kauhi, Cecil
Brown, f. Brown, Kamai, Kauhane
Mcguire, Kamauoha, Paris, Nawa,
hine, Daniels, Helekunihi, Horner
Kawainui, Wilcox, Gay-27.
Noes-Green, Austin, Thurston
Ashford, Robinson, Warehouse
Foster. Wight, Motley, Wall, Town,
send, Hitchcock, Bertlemann, Ka
laukoa, Deacon, Rice-l6.
Second reading of the bill to regu