The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-27
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
FOrty-ninth Day
THURSDAY, July rs.

The House met at O'ClOcKsp. m, the
President. Hon. w. r. Castle, in the
chair Absent: Ministers Thurston and
Ashford; Mobiles Wilder, Dowsett, Jaeger,
Smith. Warehouse, Wall, Townsend,
Hitchcock, Baldwin, Bailey, Richardson,
Campbell, Widemann, Makee, Wilcox,
Bertelmann, Dole; Reps. Hustace, Kalau-
koa, Kauhi, Kamai Kinney, Mcguire,
Paris, Nawahine. Horner, Rice, Nakaleka,
Kapahaole. Minutes read and confirmed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Rep. F. Brown reported two bills printed.
Rep. G. Brown read the report of the
Judiciary Committee on the petition of
T. H. Davies Il Co., presented Odd inst,
for reimbursement of $66 SO, Customs
duties illegally collected of them in 1884.
Committee recite the facts of the case and
recommend the prayer of the petition be
granted by inserting an item for the pur-
pose in the Appropriation bill. Adopted.
The same member read the report OF the
Judiciary Committee on the bill to amend
the divorce law, and recommend that 1t
pass. Laid on the table to be considered
with the bill.
Noble Widemann read the report of the
Committee on the Honolulu Street Rail
way bill. Committee submit new bill,
recommending that it pass and that the
original
to be considered with the bill, and the new
bill read first time.
Rep. F. Brown read the report of Com
mittee on the explosives bill, recommend
ing an amendment. LAID on the table to
be considered with the bill.
Noble Young read the following:
Hon. w. R. Castle, President of the Legis-
lature,
SIR: Your Committee to whom was re-
ferred the item of $4,000 inserted in the
Appropriation bill for the construction OF
a carriage road up PunChbOWl hill have
had the same under consideration, and beg
leave to report as follows:
In view of the fact that it is for the best
interests of this Kingdom that foreign
travel be diverted hither, that travellers
when here be induced to prOlOng their
stay, and that when they leave these sunny
isles they go from us living advertisers of
the attractions of Hawaii, abroad, your
Committee believe that the expenditure of
$4,000 for carriage road up PunChbOwl
hill would be, not only a reasonable, but
also a judiciOus one.
We further believe that, considering the
number of citizens in and around Homo
lulu paying taxes on private carriages, the
number OF carriages for hire paying licen-
SeS and the number of people in and
around Honolulu who pay road tax, it is
no injustice to the taxpayers outside of
Honolulu that this sum should be apprO-
priated for building the above road. 1t
should have been built many years ago,
but the honor of carrying out this worthy
project has been reserved for the first Min
iStry of the reform Government.
The amount sought to be appropriated
will be sufficient to build a safe and ser
yiceable road of easy gradient, say seven
feet in one hundred.
Your Committee therefore recommend
that the item pass as in the bill, and that
the road be built as soon as may be prac-
ticable.
Respectfully submitted,
ALEX. YOUNG,
NJ. Z. Robinson,
ID. l.. NAONE
J. MAGUIRE.
Minister Thurston said the members of
that committee evidently have the highest
fOreheadS in the House. He moved the
report be adopted.
Rep. +. Brown moved it be laid on the
table to be considered with the ApprOpria-
ton bill. Carried.
NEW BILL.
Rep. G. Brown read, first time, bill to
prevent the catching, taking and selling of
young fish in the waters and bays Of the
Kingdom.
COMMITTEES PROMPTED.
The President stated that he had list
of thirty-tour special committees, seven
teen of which have yet to be heard from
and reminded members of the resolution
passed, 23d inst, requiring all committees
to report during the present week.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Tuition Fees-Second reading of the bill
relating to the collection of tuition fees in
Government day SCHOOLS. Amended and |
passed to engrOsSment to be read third |
time on Monday next. This vote was sub |
seQuently reconsIdered and the bill was |
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Public Instruction. Third reading of the |
bill to amend the "Act to repeal chapter |
Y tn lot he
Bureau of Public Instruction approved the |
10th day of January, 1865" Referred to |
the Judiciary Committee.
SeductiOn-Third reading of the bill to
amend section 6, chapter XI. of the Penal
Code, relating to seduction. Passed.
Commercial Paper-SecOnd reading of |
the bill to prevent the issue of commercial |
paper as circulating medium, with the
report of the Finance Committee, 18th !
inst, thereon.
The first and principal section of the bill
as amended by the committee was printed
in full in the ADVERTISERS report of pro-
ceedings under date of July 18th.
Noble Smith said the bill was too bald in !
its terms. He moved it be referred to the
J Judiciary Committee.
Mobiles Baldwin and Waterhouse sup
ported the bill.
Rep. Kinney moved to amend section l,
by adding therefor by imprisonment at
hard labor not to exceed one month.
Minister Green moved to strike out the
words, 'other than foreign bills of ex-
change"
Rep. c. Brown moved the following sub
stitute for section l, accepting the amend
ment offered by Minister Green:
Section l. Any person or any officer of
a corporation, or any company of persons
who shall issue any note or bill,
order, check or certificate of deposit, in
any sum of money with intent that the
same shall be circulated as currency shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for
every offense be punished by fine of forty
dollars.
Both amendments were adopted.
Noble Warehouse moved January 1,
1889" as the date when the Act shall take
effect.
Rep. Kinney wanted to know how this
will affect commercial paper at present in
circulation.
Noble Smith asked what is to prevent