The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
l02D DAY.
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 1892.
Morning Session.

morning session.
The Assembly convened at 10
o'clock. Prayer by the Chaplain.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Noble Baldwin from the Finance
Committee presented the following
report:
Your Committee on Finance to
whom was referred petition No. 1876
from some of the business houses of
Honolulu, praying that the law inn
posing tax of % cents pack ON
playing cards be repealed, beg leave
to report that we have had the above
petition under consideration.
This law introduced this Session of
the Legislature by the Minister of
Finance originally proposed a tax of
10 cents pack ON playing cards.
The amount was raised by the Legis-
lature and the law passed imposing
an Internal Revenue Tax of % cents
pack.
As playing cards are worth only
from 10 to ID cents a pack, a tax of
% cents a pack is obviously an alb
therefore in favor of granting the
prayer of the petitioners and here
with introduce bill to repeal the
above mentioned law.
The report was tabled for CON
sideration with bill on the subject
Noble Baldwin from the same
committee also presented the follow
ing report
Your Committee on Finance to
whom was referred bill against the
Hawaiian Government from the
trustees under the will of Bernice
Pauahi Bishop for $120, taxes for
1889, 1890 and 1891, for land at Ka-
kaako used for Marine Railway, re-
port that they have ascertained the
following facts relative to the mat
| ter:
We find that, on March 10, 1881,
Ruth Keelikolani leased portion of
the Marine Railway property for a
term of fifty years at a rental of $500
per annum, the Government to pay
all taxes and assessments. The Gov
eminent built Marine Railway and
released it to S. G.. Wilder for 15
years.
Ruth Keelikolani willed the land
to Mrs. Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and
the Trustees of the estate of Mrs
Bishop acquired possession on the
death of Mrs. Bishop Oct. Is, 1884
Up to December, 1887, no taxes
were paid by the Trustees on the
land, their claim to exemption tc
| hot nj hp
ground of it being school property
but in 1888 this land was assessed
and the tax was paid under protest
and an action instituted by the
Trustees for the return of the take.
paid resulted in the Board of APP
peal deciding that the Trustees
must return the land for taxation
Taxes have been paid for 1889, 1891
and 1891, and applications have beer
made for the Government to refunt
but without avail.
The last reason given for delay il
payment was that there was no APP
preparation.
Your committee are satified tina
this claim of $40 for 3 years take
on the site of the Marine Railway i
a Just and true claim and recon
mend that this amount be inserted
in the Appropriation Bill to pa.
this claim and we would recon
! mend that the Minister of Financ
instruct the Assessor not to assess il
) future that portion of the LAM
!, called Kaakaukukui leased to tn
Government for the Marine Rail
way. Signed by H. P. Baldwin, /
5 A. Thurston, j. A. Akina, r. L
Walbridge, X. M. Koahou.
Report adopted.
Noble Williams from the Printing
Committee reported that Bill Is;
, 1874, 1856 and 1873 and report of tn
Sanitary Committee were printed.
Noble w. Z. Homer offered resc
luton that, as a measure of econc
! my, the House hold extra session
on Saturday afternoons and on MOI
: day, Wednesday and Friday even
ings.
After some little discussion tn
, resolution was tabled.
, Rep. Wilcox offered a resolutio
a that the bill relative to the Const
I tutional amendments be taken frol
the committee to which they ha
/ been referred and be made the Ordt
Y OF the Day for Tuesday next.
b Tabled for the presence of til
r chairman of the committee.
On motion the Order of the Da
0 was taken up and Bill No. 157A r.
D lating to the restricting of Chine.
/ immigration was considered. Son
5 argument was INDUCED in and pen'
r ing action the Assembly at II o'clne
q mann, took recess until 80 p. m.