The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-08-26

appropriation bill. Report was adopted
10. The committee recommend that the
PRAYER of the petition for court house
and Jail at Kipahulu, Maui, be granted
Report was laid on the table to be con-
sidered by the Minister of the Interior,
Rep. Rosa reports the reply to His
Maiestv's message engrossed.
Rep. Il. Wilcox moved the reply be
referred 10 the committee to be delivered
TO His Majesty. Carried.
Minister Brown reports on return OF
of SO taxes to a certain Portuguese that
there is no ground for the complaint, and
recommends the petition be laid on the
table. Also reports on petition of Robert
Lane asking for refund OF taxes. $40, that
the money was paid to persons not au-
thorized to collect, and there is no evil
dence that the Government ever received
the money, the Minister recommends 1t
be laid on table. Adopted. Also reports
on petition of certain Hawaiian asking
for refund of taxes on the ground that he
is blind, recommending that the petition
be laid on the table for several reasons,
among which are that the petitioner is
not blind, but only near-sighted, that the
law does not exempt the blind, and that
he has not made any appeal. ar
Rep. Nawahi-I move the report be
indefinitely postponed. If the Minister
had asked me, could have told him that
the man is blind.
Minister Brown-I took it for granted
that that is what he would state, as he
SO states in his resolution.
Rep Nawahi, continuing, criticized
the Minister for not having asked him.
Rep Kalua moved the report be receiv-
ed and laid on the table.
Minister Brown-My report is based
on full statement of the facts obtained
from Hilo. l did not do anyguess work
The petitioner is a man of property, and
abundantly able to pay his taxes. There
is no legal ground for the petition.
Noble Widemann-l do not believe in
bandying names.
Rep. Nawahi still had the floor, and
continued.
The report was laid on the table. 20
Rep. Bush read by title an Act to es-
tablish governors. Or
Rep. Lucas read by title an Act to
regulate the receipt, storage and delivery
of liquors in bond.
Rep. Marques read by title an Act to
revise, amend, alter, complete and clas-
SHY the Constitution of the Hawaiian
Kingdom.
Noble Pua introduced resolution call
ing for a s. refund of taxes to certain
person. Referred to Minister of Finance.
Noble Cornwell gave notice of an Act
to forbid the keeping OF rabbits in this
Kingdom.
The House proceeded to the Order of
the Day.
Third reading OF bill relating to the
larboring of lepers. The bill limits the
aw to lepers only, and strikes out the
clause extending its penalties to the har-
boring of suspects -
Noble Pua moved the bill pass. 1t was
| good bill. 1t made very little change.
The law as it was was liable to much
lbuse. People were subjected to much
rouble
Noble Mccarthy moved the bill be in
postponed 1t is the duty OF |
in this House TO take steps to
stamp out the leprosy and protect the |
community from the disease. No one
an be sent to Molokai when there is any |
CAdIulHdllOH
uch that there is no room for mistake |
his bill will virtually kill the present |
aw. A man is not leper until he has
,een pronounced so by three or four
MUSICIANS at the receiving station. Ii he |
5 left until they are sure he is a ieper, he |
Tlll cOntaminate great many other per-
ons.
Minister Peterson The arguement of
he introducer OF the bill it seems to me
oes not apply. This bill simply pro-
ides that anyone knowingly concealing
person having the leprosy can be pun
shed. The old law included any person
OF leprosy. Ii you pass this
i'll you kill the whole law. The inten-
on OF this bill is to relieve persons who
re concealing persons suspected of
,prosy. l am in favor of indefinitely
the bill. The present law
auses no hardship. | do not think there
ave been more than one or two arrests
nder it.
Rep. Waipuilani thought the remarks
the Attorney-General applied to the
rst section only. As the law stands,
'me one with spite against man
ould go to the authorities and saw: |
link that man has got the leprosy. The
ian would be arrested, locked up, final
sent to Honolulu, and then at last the
octors tell him he has only got ring {
orm or some skin disease. In the ,
eantime he has bid goodbye to all his {
lends and sold all his property. Under
lie present law anyone can go to the 7
lthorities and complain. know of a
an who quarrelled with his wife, and
ho went and said he suspected she had t
prosy. She was arrested, taken aboard
MP and there the doctor stripped her [
lblicly. He said she had a ring worm
! her arm and let her go. know of t
her cases. It
Minister Peterson-I would just like to
Y word in answer to the opposite ;
unsel (sicl). The abuses referred to
N happen just as well whether this bill (
passed or not
Noble Kauhane said the law now
ught to be amended was passed last t
ssion. 1t was passed to stamp out the :
sease which is destroying the Hawaii /
race. 1t is good law. The great
ouble with regard to it is that the great 9
oportion of the Hawaiians do not real
; that it is dangerous disease. They /
e not afraid of it. The hon. member i
'm Kona says the law is a bad one d
ID leads to abuses. All laws are the I