The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-22
THE LEGISLATURE
Seventeen Day.
SATURDAY, Aug. 20.

received letters Of denization; and /
so, under what date; and if not, wa
he in receipt of salary as Fire Marshal
and If so, by authority of what law ?
Minister Widemann, for the com
mittee appointed by the Legislator,
of 1890, to revise the Audit Act, re
ported bill amending the law.
The bill was referred to the Financ,
Committee, which, with two addi
tional members, constitutes a specia
committee on the subject.
Noble Marsden, under suspension
of rules, presented petition from
Kohala, asking that $4,000 be appro
pr'ated for the completion of new roaC
from North to South Kohala. Re
ferred to Public Lands Committee.
At 1925 A. NJ, the House proceeded
to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Third reading of Bill 81, an Act t.
create Hama, Maui, and Maxwell anC
Waimea, Kauai, together, ports o.
entry. The bill passed.
Third reading of Bill II, an Act to
increase the duty on coffee. The bill
as amended, raises the duty from tC
cents. Passed.
Third reading of of Bill 1874, to better
define the right to bail. Passed.
Third reading of Bill 125, to author
ize conveyance of certain land to the
Sailors Home Society. The bill was
referred back to the Enrolment Com
mittee to correct an error. The word
fence" was substituted for "tkence''
throughout the bill.
Second reading of Bill 90, to encour.
age the cultivation ofcoffee and ramie.
The bill exempts imports and imple-
ments used in these industries from
taxation for ten years.
Rep. Ashford moved re-reference to
the Committee on Commerce to con-
slider the question of making a small
grant to assist the ramie industry.
Minister Widemann could not alto
gether favor the motion. Appropriate
ing money to assist ramie was an old
story. If the House wished to appro-
pirate money for the purpose indi-
Gated o. small sum could be inserted
in the Appropriation bill. He moved
the bill pass.
Noble Young thought the House
would not be disposed to assist
coffee or ramie with any subsidy in
the present depleted condition of the
Treasury.
7 The bill was re-referred to the Com
mittee of Commerce.
Second reading of Bill $50, amend
ing the Road Board law.
The report of the Public Lands Com
mlttee was read.
Noble Thurston moved the bill pass.
The idea of the bill was simply to give
the Road Boards discretion to appoint
road supervisor or not. In the
smaller districts there were not funds
enough to keep road supervisor all
the time.
The bill passed to engrossment, and
Tuesday was set for the third reading.
Rep. Kapahu complained to the
President that r. w. Wilcox had his
seat.
Second reading of Bill IS, to provide
for the raising of q revenue by taxa
ton for the Fire Department.
Noble Thurston said the bill was in
troduced by Noble Horner under q
misrepresentation, which had been
shared by others, that Honolulu got
more than It's share of the taxes. The
Finance Committees report showed
that was not so, but that Hawaii, the
island from where the introducer
came, was the one which got more
than its share. Under the circum-
stances, the introducer probably would
not be disposed to press the bill him
self, and he would move later to Law
the bill on the table.
Noble Horner said he had been sur
nrIGnn Of
Committee coming from the members
II did. 1t looked as though you could
make figures say most anything. The
Volcano road had probably been
charged to Hawaii, though it was al
most wholly for the benefit of Homo
lulu. Here were the $4,000 water
receipts which the people of Homo
lulu had paid, and got good value for
1T; yet they were credited with that
money all to make it appear that Ha-
wall paid less than its share. What
way that was for gentlemen of intel
Hgence to make calculations. In the
same way the electric light receipts
were credited to Honolulu all for the
same motive, to make it appear that
Hawaii is in debt to Honolulu. There
was another item, viz, the receipts
for the Fish Market which were all
credited to Honolulu, though three
fifths of the expense had been paid by
the outside districts. This report
aimed to make all the islands pay the
expense of protecting Honolulu from
fire, which was unjust. A critical ex-
animation would show that Honolulu
should do more than pay for its fire
department. 1t should pay for its
own street lights. Here was an item
of $4,000, to clean out the privies.
etc., of Honolulu. 1t was not lust to
make the outside districts pay for
that. He could tell some of the lead |
ers OF the Reform and National Re-
form parties that they had put down
stake. and said to reform, thus far
and no farther.
Rep. Ashford shared to some extent |
the surprise of the last speaker at the |
report of the Finance Committee. AS |
it was evident that the discussion of |
the bill would take some time, he |
moved the House adjourn.
Noble Macfarlane stated, in order |
to enable Noble Horner to rest easv |
over Sunday, that the Finance COM
mlttee was ready to present to the |
House all of its figures in support of
its statements.
The House adjourned at 1855.
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