The Daily bulletin., 1890-06-30

| Rep, Brown asked The Minister
of Interior IL there WAS q contract
iof he huilAing.
Minister Spencer said contract
had been given Ivy the Minister Of
Interior but IL had not been sipned
by the other party, therefore there
was no contract.
Referred to committee Oh public
lands aud internal improvements.
Rep. Kalua gave notice OF bill
10 authorize His Aisjesiy 10 cali o
convention for the purpose Of max
ing Constitution.
Rep. White submitted resolu.
ton for $4,000 to make q road
from LaLaiua TO hapapuloa. Laid
on the table.
II p. Bush read first time by
tile his hill relating TO sea fisheries.
Minister Spencer gave notice Of
bills: !, re.atlng to licenses from,
the Interior Department; 2, detin-
ing highways aud defining certain
rights and duties in connection
herewith; 3, to provide for the
opening and c'osiog Of highways;
4, relating TO the pvddiug of cakes.
Noble rua read Il FIRST time his
bill TO regulate the leaving Of the
kingdom by Iiawaiians. Native
ilswaiian3 must tile Il statement Of
tie causes taniug them away, and
give bond OF $500 that they will
not hc absent longer than two years;
bill not 10 apply 10 natives leaving
the country on Government busi.
ness.
Hap. Lucas read o first time his
bill to extend The time for compile
ton Of the inter-isiand submarine
telegraph cable tu July 81, 1892.
Rep. Waipuia,i read first time
his bill to amend Sc. 9l3 Civil
Code, as ameoicd in 1882 and
1857.
R-p. EaAookano read 4 first time
his hiil 10 amend See. 9i5 Civil
Code, rs amended in 1871. 1t gives
District Justices Jurisdiction in civil
causes for $500 instead Of S2QO.
Rep, Lucas gave notice of bill
TO amend Sec. l02 Civil Code.
A Communication was read from
ex-Attorney. General Ashford, sub
lni'ting his answer to the reques.
for information made by Rep. Ka-
ho,kano, ss 10 the names and nation
aiities OF police officers Of the king.
dom.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The House took up order OF the
day.
Second reading Of an Act to
transfer the care aud custody Of
prisoners from tie Department OF
the Interior TO the Department OF
the A.lorney-Generai.
Minister Peterson moved the bll
pa g.
Rep. Brown called attention ,t
/ the omission of the word vested
, from the third section in the printed
copy.
/ Rep. Rosa complained, rs chair
man of the revision committee, tha
the bill hal never come before him
| Minister Spencer, in answer TO
question, said the prisoners were no
/ working at present.
l Rep. Nawahi found faul. will
tie keeping Of the prisoners in idle
ness eating ,hei: heads off,
t Rep. Kahookano moved the miss
: ing word be inserted and the bill
l passed.
Minister Peterson said the reaso,
the prisoners were idle was that
Judge OF the Supreme Court salt
they could not be employed on an,
work, the appropriation for whic!
had been exhausted. The Cabine
; had decided to leave the matter il
allegiance until decision was oh
. tanned from the full bench, befor,
, which the case had been argued.
Noble Widcmann did not see why
this discussion should have come ~
: now, but since it had come up h,
would make remark, lie consider,
: ad the locking up of the prisoners
. by the late Minister OF Interior as ,
most extraordinary proceeding
: They were sentenced to hard laho
and the law authorized their employ
ment on the roads.
Noble Baldwin said the matte
now before the Court had nothing Il
, do with this bill. The bill shout,
. 60 TO the committee On revision L
be corrected.
Noble Widemann said he had re
: mark d on the discussion being Gu
oi order, but it was not started b.
D liim. The question before the Couy
had nothing to do with the prisoner
s being fed in idleness when unde
+, sentence OF hard labor.
. Rep. Nawahi repeated his pre-
vious reflections on the prisoner
being kept in idleness.
9 the bill was referred TO the revi
sion committee.
Third reading OF an Act re!atin
y to the foreclosure OF mort cages.
Rep. Kalua moved that the hi
y pass.
Rem White soi1 ho siuund tLo =.