The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-23
THE LEGISLATURE,
NINETY FOURTH DAY.
THURSDAY, Sept. %, 1892
Afternoon Session.


The Assembly re-convened from
recess at LAO o'clock and proceeded
with the consideration of the bill to
authorize railroad corporations to
mortgage their property and fran
chise to secure their bonds.
On motion the bill was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
Noble Marsden offered resolu-
ton relative to the Relating of all |
harbor dues on the Oriental and
Occidental Steamship Co.'S steamer
China and to the following effect:
WHEREAS, The entrance to the
harbor of Honolulu has been deep
ened to depth of 80 feet at low
tide, and it is important that this
fact be made known to the world as
soon as possible;
Therefore be it Resolved, That the
Government be requested to remit
all charges for pilotage, wharfage,
etc, and give the assistance of the
Government tug to the Pacific Mail
steamer China on her next trip, pro
vided she enters the harbor.
The resolution was referred to the
following special committee: Mobiles
Thurston, Marsden, Williams, Rep.
Nawahi and Minister Macfarlane.
Rep. Ashford presented a report
of the Opium Committee No. l, the
gist of which was as follows:
The committee find that the pre-
sent Marshal had sent all of the
opium in store under his predeces
sor, Mr. G. l.. Hopkins, to the Board
Of Health on March Is, 1891. The
said opium was sold, along with GER
tain other opium, but the price re-
ceived was trihing and was turned
into the Treasury as a Government
realization. The committee have
learned that since March 10, 1891,
to the date of the committees
last conference with the Marshal,
he received into his custody the
equivalent of 800 half-pound tins of
opium. The Marshal refuses to de-
liver this opium into the custody of
the Board of Health, upon the pre-
text that he wishes to await legisla-
tive action relative to the licensing
of the use of opium. The committee
deem such action of the Marshal not
only illegal but inexcusable, and the
Government should have the benefit
of the proceeds of the sale of such
opium, as soon as may be after it has
served its purpose as evidence. The
tention of the Attorney General be
called to this violation of law and to
insist upon the prompt observance
of the law in question in the future.
The committee complain of the man
ner in which the Marshal distributes
the portion of fines to be paid to in
formers. The committee furnish a
verbatim interview with the Marshal
ON this subject of division of fines to
informers:
Gas to reform of the system, of
which your committee herein COM
plain, in the matter of the
distribution of opium fines, we
would say that the provisions deal
ing with the subject are contained
in bill now referred for considera-
tion to this committees and when such
bill comes before the House for fur
Their action we hope to be able to re-
commend appropriate provisions for
the purpose" Signed by Rep. Koa-
hou (chairman), Rep. Ashford, Noble
Walbridge and Noble Marsden.
On motion the report was made
the order of the day for Tuesday
next.
Rep. Ashford, from the select com
mittee to whom was referred ques-
tions of Noble Thurston to the Min
lister of Finance, respecting the order
issued by said Minister on July 30
1892, that only rs percent of the
Government obligations should be
paid in gold and the answers of said
Minister to said questions, reported
in substance, that they had held
conferences with the Registrar OF
Public Accounts and with other
Government officers concerned in
the receipt of the public moneys and
they find that the cash in the Treas
ury has been steadily shrinking in
amount during the present year,
They supply tabular statement
showing that the proportion of gold
to silver in the vaults, on February