The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-11

viding for the assessment and collection /
OF taxes, and the said Minister of the /
Iuterior shall appoint, with the approval
Of the Cabinet, Chief Clerk OF Keys
tration TO supervise and direct, under |
the orders OF said Minister, the carrying
ont OF the provisions OF this act. Such
Registrars and Chief Clerk OF RcglstrA-
ton shall hold Office subject to the az
proval of the Minister .of the Interior;
and upon any vacancy occurring by
death, resignation or removal, such va
cancies shall be filled by appointment OF
the Cabinet upon nomination OF The
Minister OF the Interior.
Noble ThurstOn said one great OBJ
lection to the bill would be that it
would create great number OF eX-
ira offices. He would move this Sec
ton be referred to select committee
to incorporate a provision that the
registrars should only be taken from
the tax assessors who should per-
form these dnties without extra COM
pensation. Carried.
SEC. 5. The Minister of the Interior
shall from time to time make and pub
lish Rules and Regulations tor properly
carrying out the provisions OF this Act.
Passed with the addition of the
words (which rules md regulations
so made and published, shall have the
force of law"
SEC. 6. Within fifteen days OF the
appointment as aforesaid OF such Regis
| rrars and Chief Clerk of Registration, tie
| Minister of the Interior shall cause to be
prepared in the Hawaiian, English, Por-
| tuguese, German, JapInese and Chi
| nese languages, and such other Ian
! guages as he may think necessary, and
! publish in each OF the Registration Di-
| visions notice that on the hours and
dates therein mentioned, the Regis
trars will attend ct the places therein
mentioned, for the purpose OF Registra-
ton under this Act; and places shall be
! selected as much as possible for the pub
| lie convenience. There shall be at the
| least three meetings of not less than
four hours duration, and as many more
as may be necessary, in each Of the Reg
istration Divisions for the purpose OF
Re .istration until the completion of the
Registration, except rs hereinafter pro-
vided not later than the LIST day OF Janu-
aly, 1898.
! Passed
SEC. Z. The Chief Clerk OF Registra-
ton and the various Registrars shall be
authorized To administer any oath or af-
! tirmation provided for and required by
this Act.
Noble Thurston moved to amend
by inserting in line II, after the word
"authority" the words, "to at all
times register any person not thereto
fore registered" also to strike out the
words "shall be" and substitute the
words "are hereby"
Passed with the amendment.
Sec. s. Upon the change of residence
of any person so registered as hereinbe-
fore provided, or of his change of en-
ployment or employer, such person shall
present his certificate OF registration tC
the Registrar of his registration division
to have endorsed thereon in the form
provided in the schedule OF this Act the
fact of such change OF residence or en-
ployment, and shall within thirty days
after each change surrender his certif
cate, endorsed as aforesaid, to the Reg
istrar of the division lin case of change
of residence) where he then resides, anC
such Registrar shall thereupon issue {
new cert ficate to such person. Any vic
lation of the provisions Of this section
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, anC
upon conviction punishable by fiue no
exceeding Fifty Dollars.
Rep. Kanealii opposed this section
1t was very oppressive. He called OIL
all Hawaiians to unite and defeat tn,
bill.
Passed.
Sec. 8. Every person liable to regis
tration shall present his certificate in til
months of December and June OF eacl
year to the Registrar of his district, an,
the Registrar shall endorse thereon tn
fact OF such presentation.
Rep. Kanealii opposed the section
The bill was bad one.
Minister Neumann moved to ament
by making the presentation of TIL
certificate yearly, viz, in the month
of November and December instead O
: semi-annually.
Noble Marsden moved to add tn
further provision, unless absent from
) the Kingdom.
Passed with the amendments.
Sec 10. Any male resident OF tn
Hawaiian Islands, whether of Hawaiia
or foreign birth OF the age of fifteen year
and upwards, failing to present himse
at the registration places, and to Civ
the information required in the form {
the registration certificate given in tn
schedule to this Act, or 10 present hi
certificate to the Registrar for endorse
ment, as provided in Section 9 OF thi
Act, shall be deemed guilty of misdt
2 meanor, and upon conviction therec
shall be punished by fine not exceed
5 ing Fifty Dollars.
d Minister Neumann moved to amen
so that people above go need not pre-
sent their certificates.
Rep. Ashford was ashamed of an
}, man coming from a free country VIII
l would vote for this bill, and he cam
! here to fight it, Here man was t
< be fined $50, and q boy of Is was liabl
e to the same penalty, though he Nigh
not be allowed by his parents or guar
y dams to present himself. The bill wa
wrong in principle and oppressive
/ and he would not vote for it, if il
# passage would save the plantation
: and if its defeat would crush ever
n one of them. If was piece of despoi
5 ism and personal government. 1t wa
| q maxim that, he governs best VIII
II governs least. Judged by that stan
: dard, where would this bill be? TIL
: bill was not called for by the publ
e welfare. A man must register to vote
This bill required him to register i
! order to establish his right to breathe
g If we are caught minute without tn
d certificate we are liable to be marche
Ii off to Jail, and pay $50 fine, even on