The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-31
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.


Road Board. Adopted.
Rep. Waipuilani gave notice of
meeting to the Opium Committee
No. 2.
At 1920 An. the House proceeded
to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Consideration of the bill to reorgan-
ize the Judiciary Department.
Sections 50 to 81 were temporarily
passed over owing TO the absence OF
the Attorney-Gener
APPEALS.
Sections IS, 90, 20 and II, defining
the right and conditions of appeal
were passed.
EXCEPTIONS.
Sections 70, 70 and "A passed; IS
passed with the addition of the words
"or bond.n
Sections rs, II and 70 passed.
Sections 79, so and 81 provide for the
time and manner in which the Act
shall take effect, and enumerate the
Acts, parts of Acts, and sections of the
Civil Code repealed by the bill.
Section 70 passed.
Rep. Kamauoha thought the COM
mittee had overlooked the existence
of the Police Courts, as there were no
provisions in Sections 80 and 81 re-
garding them.
Rep. " bite moved the sections be
postponed.
Rep. Ashford said the bill abolished
the distinction between Police and
District Courts. There had been a
tendency during the past few years to
increase the number of Police Courts,
until now about half the District
Courts of the country were Police
Courts. This bill went further and
conferred all the powers of Police
Courts on the District Courts. A great
deal of time and study had been spent
on Section so of the bill. He would
guarantee that the hon. member (Rep.
Kamauoha) could not look up the
same points in forty-eight hours.
Rep. White withdrew his motion.
Section so passed.
Rep. Waipuilani moved Section 81
be stricken out.
The section provides that all Police,
Circuit and District Justices now hold
ing office shall continue to do so until
their commissions expire. Lyman
and Austin were mentioned, simply
because it was necessary to provide in
which circuit they should sit. While
the speaker did not dispute the power
to legislate judges out of Office, he
questioned the eXpediency of doing
SO. Fairness, good faith and justice
demand that the commissions of these
judges be respected.
Rep. Smith thought the section re-
quired some amendments as the
House had voted that there should be
but one Circuit Judge on Hawaii.
The section was deferred, and the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT having come in, the
House proceeded to the consideration
of Sections 59-67.
CLERKS OF JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
Section SO was read.
Rep. Smith offered q substitute Sec
ton, which had been suggested by
the present chief clerk, and which was
based on his experience of the work
ings of the Office.
Rep. Kamauoha moved the section
pass as in the bill.
Rep. Ashford hoped the member
wonld withdraw that motion.
Acknowledgement Neumann also
his motion.
Rep. Kamauoha withdrew his mo-
ton and Section SO passed as amended.
Section 60 passed.
Section 81 passed with slight amend
ments.
Sections 81, 83 and GA were passed.
Rep. White, under suspension of
rules, read by title an Act to establish
and maintain lottery. The leading
provisions of the Act are as follows:
/. Exclusive franchise is granted to
d. II, Cross, of Chicago, Illinois, and w.
B. Davenport, OF St Louis, Missouri, and
John Phillips, J. j. Williams and DIR.
Gilbert Foote of Honolulu, to establish a
lottery, sell lottery, policy and combina-
ton tickets for the term of twenty-five
years.
g Majority OF grantees to be domi-
ciled in Honolulu; drawings to take place
in Honolulu.
3. To pay for franchise 500, GOO each
year in quarterly installments at the end
of each GU after, after the first drawing.
4. Purposes for which to be used,
Minister of Interior to be authorized to
pay the same while received, viz:
tai Ocean cable between the port of
Honolulu and port on the North
American continent connecting with any
American telegraph system, 500, 900 per
annum.
(b) Subsidy for construction of a rail-
road around the island of Oahu, $4,000
per annum.
(c) Subsidy for railroad through Hilo
and Hamakua, Hawaii, $4,000 per an
mum.
(d) Improving Honolulu harbor. $780,
600 per annum.
(e) Roads, bridges, landings and
wharves in the Hawaiian Kingdom,
$l75 900 per annum.
I'D Encouragement Of industries in the
kingdom, $4,000.
(g) Encouragement OF tourist travel
and immigration, $25 900.
(hj II the Reciprocity treaty with the
United States is abrogated, then subdi-
visions d and ( to be applied to building
drydocks.
III il not applicable as itemized, then
to be made so by order of the Legisla-
ture.
5. Grantees to be exempted from all
taxes and license fees on such franchise
except 100000 payment.
g. Minister be authorized to grant a
charter OF incorporation on the following
conditions:
(a) Capital stock, $1,000. 900; fifty
thousand shares, 800 each may be in
creased to $10,000,000.
Subdivisions b d Ii relate to
uaual description of the corporation.
~ Two commissioners to be appointed