The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-08
The LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
One Hundred and Twenty-third Day.
FRIDAY. Nov. =

House met at 10 4. NJ. IFa!er Dy llle |
Chaplain. Minutes read and approved.
Minister Cummins reported it had |
pleased His Majesty to approve OF the
following bills:
An Act requiring decisions OF the
Supreme Court to be translated into Ha-
waiian and published in newspapers.
An Act to provide for military force
force to be designated as the Kings
Royal Guard.
An Act to provide police justice Tor
the district OF Hamakua.
An Act relating to the issuing OF whole |
sale licenses.
An Act regulating the practice OF law
in the district and lower courts.
An Act relating to the sending OF Ha-
waiian youths abroad.
Noble Mccarthy presented the follow
ing majority report Of the select commit
tee on bill No. 100:
Hon. J. S. WALKER, President Legisla-
tive Assembly.
SIR: The majority of your select COM
mittee TO whom was referred bill No. 100,
to amend sections |, 2 and OF Chapter
LII. of the session laws OF 1886 beg
leave to report that they have had the
same under consideration, and recon-
mend the following amendments to the
| bill, which they consider will give the
people generally all the latitude in the
| enjoyment of the Sabbath that is deemed
| expedent, and at the same time Will
throw sufficient safeguards around the
rights of individuals to quiet and repose
on that day:
The majority of your committee recon-
mend that in section of said bill in lines
and 9 the word "eieven " be changed
to read "nine," and in lines and the
words, "and groceries may be sold" be
stricken out, and in line Is the words
"as far as possible" be stricken out.
The majority of your committee also
recommend that section of said bill
read as follows:
Sec. 2. That section 2 of said act be
and the same is hereby amended so as
, -
shall prosecute or take part in any amuse-
ment, sport, show recreation or game on
Sunday in such a manner as to interfere
with the right of the community and of
each individual to quiet and repose.
: Your committee also recommend that
section 3 OF said bin No. 100 be stricken
out, and that the title of said bill be
changed so as to read as follows: "An
Act to amend sections and of Chapter
LII. of the session laws of 1886
With these amendments the majority
of your committee recommend that the
bill pass. Respectfully submitted,
A. p. PETERSON
G.. J. MCCARTHY.
+ ROBERT r. HIND.
On motion of Noble Baldwin the report
was received and laid on the table to be
considered with the bill.
Rep. Lucas presented the majority
report of the select committee on bill
1876, relating to boiler inspection. The
committee recommend that section rs
be amended so that it read $40 for marine
l boilers and SIS for land boilers, and that
the bill pass as amended. Signed, T. Il
Lucas, G.. N. Spencer, II 2. Baldwin.
L Noble Marsden presented a minority
5 report OF the committee, recommending
that the bill be indefinitely postponed
Signed, J. Marsden, r. r. Hind
l The reports were laid on the table tc
? be considered with the bill.
a Rep. Rosa presented a resolution tina
the enrolment committee be authorized
/; to employ such persons as may be neces
sary to assist in the work of the commit
tee, and work already done be paiC
for. He explained the reasons for the
resolution.
D The resolution was adopted.
Y Rep. Rosa read first time an act tt
{ exempt certain railroad material from
customs duties. 1t was read secon(
:, time by title. He moved it be referred
. to the Railroad Committee.
Rep. Brown moved it be indefnitel,
postponed.
g Rep. Paehaole moved reference to tn,
9 Finance Committee.
: Rep. Rosa said that to refer it to tn,
l. Finance Committee would give it blacl
eye to start with, as the chairman wa
~ against the railroad.
Noble Macfarlane objected to sucl
= remarks. AS member of the Finance
|. Committee he was fully able to conside
9 intelligently any matter that came befor
him. Ii the bill went to that committee
+. the hon. member was satisfied with hi
q relations toward the company. Befor
the question went to the committee h
would say, so that there should be n
IS charge of unfairness afterward, that h.
IL was opposed to the bill. The compan'
a had already received a subsidy and in
e ternal tax exemption, and he consideret
g it had got as much now as the countr
O could afford.
3 Noble Widemann said the next thin
would be that this company would b
, wanting all the world. He moved tn
- bill be referred to the Committee o.
: Commerce.
:, Rep. Rosa said he made no persona
reflections. He had right to his belle
l. that the hon. noble was against the rail
r road The House is witness to the fac
= that the hon. noble is against it.
Noble Macfarlane said he had no
been opposed to the Oahu railroad, an,
u right along had been in favor of payin
q $500 a mile.
/ The bill was indefinitely postponed.
Il A motion to reconsider was lost.
The House proceeded to the order c
the day, consideration of bills No. I6I
RI and 161b.
s On motion of Rep Brown the bill
were considered section by section il
Committee of the Whole, Rep. Paehaol
in the chair. Section l OF Bill No. 16l:
g presented by the majority OF the com
i mittee was taken up. 1t was read a
follows:
Section /. That Paragraph OF Section
d of an Act entitled "An Act to Regu
/ late Chinese immigration" approved
Y on the Goth day of December, 1887, bein.
g Chapter XXVIII. OF Laws of 1887, be-
: | and the Same Is herahn nr,onHnI Z.