The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-10
THE LEGISLATURE.
SIXTY FIRST DAY.
Morning Session.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10.

! prayer AT ~ q CLOCK. Minutes OF
the previous meeting were read by
the Clerk at 1905. Interpreter Will
cox being absent his duties were
undertaken by Sergeant at Arms
Testa, who read the minutes in
Hawaiian. Minutes were approved
as read.
Rep. w. G. Wilder from the Com
mittee on Commerce reported on a
petition to make Waimea, Kauai,
port of entry, and to the effect that
there was bill now before the AS
sembly to create Makaweli, Kauai,
a port of entry. The two places
mentioned were very close together,
and the committee favored the loca-
ton and prospective advance of Ma
kaweli over those of Waimea. On
motion the report was tabled for
consideration with the bill.
Rep. Wilder also reported on the
following petitions which had been
referred to the Committee on Com
merce, viz:
O That law be passed compel
ling fish to be sold by the pound
and at not more than five cents per
pound. The committee say that
this is matter over which the
House has no control, and they
recommend that the petition be
tabled. Report adopted. (2) That
$1,000 be appropriated to be used at
the discretion of the Minister of the
Interior for the purpose of estab-
fishing the carrying of messages by
carrier pigeons. The committee
recommend $500. Tabled for APP
preparation Bill.
Noble Williams from the Printing
Committee said that the Hawaiian
version of the Report of Visiting
Committee to the Leper Settlement
was ready. Ordered to be distrib-
uted.
Noble Ne,umann from the Judici.
ciary Committee reported on vari-
Gus petitions and bills as follows:
: |, In re reimbursement of Hon. A
, Horner, member from n. Hilo, and
Mr.. James Mattoon of the sum OF
| S25 each. The committee consider
that it would be un Just that the can.
didates be made to pay the election
fee for the void election, and recon-
mend that the sum of $50 be appro
: priated for the repayment of S25 tc
: each of those two candidates. Re
port adopted. 2, That all gambling
be legalized by licensing. Commit
tee recommend petition be tabled
Report ordered for consideration
with bills on the subject. 3, Tha
leprosy should void the marriag,
contract. The committee say tina
the law now makes leprosy grount
for divorce. The committee re
commend that the petition b,
tabled. Report adopted 4, Tha
the franchise of voting be takei
. away from Portuguese residents
Committee say that law to tina
effect would be unconstitutiona
= and therefore cannot further be con
r sidered. They recommend that i
| be tabled and left there Adopted
a ., That the district of Hamakua b.
: divided. The committee is of opin
i ion that the present time is not ex
e actly fitted to carry out this propo
a sition, and therefore recommend
e that the petition be tabled for thu
e present. Report tabled for con
: sideration with bill on the subject
e 6, On Bill lO7, which limits the RICH
of widows to assert their claim to in
heritance to the period of two years
The committee consider that Their,
is no necessity for such law, leav
ing aside the fact that it is impolitic
;, aggressive and unjust. They re
r commend that the bill be tabled
= Report adopted. 7, A bill providin.
= that legal advertisements should b.
= published in such papers as may b.
, selected by the attorney of the par
:. ties who are obliged to publish sucl
advertisements. The committee
: presented an amended bill and re
commend its passage. Tabled 70
bill. 8, Relative to radical and IRE
concilable differences in the statute
in the languages. The committe
say that the object sought canno
n be obtained by the bills, and the
recommend the bills az and 1l9
be tabled. Report adopted.
Rep. Wilder from the Committe
on Commerce reported on Bill 90, t,
V encourage the cultivation of coffe
and ramie by exempting for the mex
}. ten years all appliances used in thei
cultivation. The committee recon
mend the bill pass. Report TABLED
for consideration with the bill.
Minister Widemann answered