The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-09

| MOBILES Wilder, DOWSett, Bailey, Richard
son, Campbell, Widemann, Makee and
Wilcox, Reps. Hustace, Dowsett, Kinney,
| KamauOha and Nawahine. Minutes read
| and confirmed.
| REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Noble Baldwin read the report of a ma
! jOrity of the Finance Committee on Noble
| Townsends bill to amend Chapter XIII
of the session laws of 1882, being an Act
entitled an Act to consolidate and amend
the law relating to internal taxes.
The object of this Act is to compel min
| listers, teachers and regular soldiers 10 pay
! personal taxes, who, under the present
law, are exempt. Committee make an
| approximate enumeration of about 90 cler
| gymen on the Islands. There are III
male teachers, 90 of whom are Hawaiian
| teachers in the Government schools; 90 are
| teachers in the Government English
schools, and are mostly foreign; 80 are
| teachers in independent schools. In future
| there will be 65 regular Government sol
diers The total number affected by this
Act will be about 327. AS some of these
have undoubtedly passed the age of 80, the
| personal taxes realized from the remainder
would not exceed 81 500 per annum.
While many ministers and teachers, like
| the Hon. Noble who introduced the bill, are
able and willing to pay taxes (and commit
tee appreciate their feeling in the matter),
there are great many to whom the law
would be oppressive. Committee under
stand it to be a matter of pride with the
intrOducer of the bill, but do not feel sure
that those who are poorly paid will be
moved by the same feeling. The law would
be oppressive to many of the Hawaiian
ministers who obtain poor support from
their churches, and to all the Roman
Catholic clergy and teachers, who receive
very small salaries. Many OF the teachers
in Government schools receive only $18 to
$40 per month. These rates of low wages
were established years ago, and are not
equal as a rule to the wages of the COM
mon labOrer OF the present day. To teach
erS receiving such small wages, exemption
from taxes Is quite an item. Soldiers re-
ceive SIS per month, with their board and
clothes, which is lower pay than makais
and other natives now earn in Honolulu.
AS matter of dollars and cents, the
amount to be gained by the Government is
small, but to the poorly paid ministers and
teachers now, more especially, 1t is an item
OF considerable Importance. For these rea
sons, committee recommend that the bill
be indefinitely postponed.
(Signed) II. 2. Baldwin, J. U. Kawalnui, |
A. s. Wilcox.
Laid on the table, to be considered with |
L.
Noble Smith read the report of the Judi
ciary Committee on the bill to provide for
the payment of Government expenses and |
salaries pending the passage OF the Appro-
prlatlOn bill. Committee recommend that |
the bill be amended SO as to include GER
tain salaries and expenses not mentioned
in the bill, and, with such amendments,
that the bill pass.
(Signed) Cecil Brown, w. o. Smith, D.
H. Hitchcock.
The hon Noble added tbat p;ob |
ardsOn being absent, had not signed the
report, and Rep. Kinney never attended !
the meetings of the Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Kinney-.Being. Chairman OF the
away from the Judiciary to attend meet
ings of the Sanitary Committee. At the
time of the Judiciary Committees meeting
this morning, was in the Supreme Court,
upstairs, arguing a case, the fee for which
| am to divide with Noble Smith, but have
to do all the work myself. Noble Smith said
the committee held one meeting at the
table in this room. Rep. Kinney was
lover there" talking Chinese question"
with Noble Baldwin. The hon. member
has Chinese question" on the brain. Rep.
deny that statement.
The report was laid on the table, to be
considered with the bill.
Noble DOwsett read report of the Com
mittee on Public Lands and Internal I'm
provements on the petition tor extension
OF Queen street. The Legislature of 1886
granted So 900 towards the opening of this
street. Unfortunately the money was
spent otherwise. Committee recommend
that $5, 900 be inserted in the ApprOpria-
ton bill for the Queen street extension.
(Signed) j. /. DOWSett, a. Jaeger, 7. n.
Makee, G. Bertelmann, J. Nazareta
LAID on the table, to be considered with
the Appropriation bill.
Rep. &. Brown read report of the select
committee on the pounds, estrays, brands
and marks bill. Committee have made
many alterations and amendments in the
Dill, and have had the bill, with such
reprinted. They recon-
mend careful comparison between the
original and amended bill, and that the
latter do pass.
(Signed) Cecil Brown, l.. A. Thurston.
Reps. Paris and Gay agree with the
and new sections, except
Section -, which provides that all owners
Of swine shall keep such animals within an
enclosure, and that it shall be lawful for any
owner or lessee of land to kill any SWINE
,respassing upon his land, and the owner
Of such swine shall have no right of
damages against such landhoIder for such
killing.
The report was accepted and laid on the
able, to be considered with the bill.
Rep. Kinney read report of the minor
ty of the committee on the bill relating to
lse of explosives in taking fish. They APP
prove of the object of the BILL but find it
defective in construction, and submit a
new bill. Laid on the table to be cOnsid-
cred with the majority report and the
dill.
Rep. F. Brown announced the report of |
he Finance Committee on the budget
printed.
PETITIONS.
On suspension of the rules Rep. Naka-
eka presented petition, with fifty sigma
ures, from Honolulu, for an extension of
school street across Lilha street to the In
sane Asylum. Referred to Committee on
Public Lands, etc.
Rep. Helekunihi presented petition
With % signatures, from Kuelo Maui, that
he office of Governor be abolished Laid
On the table to be considered with bills re-
ating to Governors.
Noble Widemann presented a petition
with 16 signatures, from Keanae Maui