The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
FIFTY SEVENTH DAY.
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 1892.
Morning Session.

proved.
Noble Williams from the Printing
Committee reported Bill l47 printed.
Minister Spencer reported that
the Queen had signed the Bill $3.50 |
relative to providing for deputy po-
lice justices.
Noble Cornwell from the Military |
Committee presented the following
report on Bill 80, relative to the
Kings Royal Guard, viz:
Your Military Committee having
considered Bill 80 respectfully sub
nit that the amendment proposed
to reduce the standing army of the
kingdom to number not less than
sixteen nor more than twenty-four.
The committee consider that if there
is any good reason existing for a
royal guard at all there can be no
reason for reducing it as proposed.
The amendment to section 8 pro-
poses to prohibit the drilling, arm
ing and equipping of the police which
your committee consider to be a
very unique and original proposition
to say the least, the fate recon-
mended by the committee which is
that Bill 80 be laid on the table.
Signed by all the members of the
committee.
Report was tabled for considera-
ton when the introducer was pre-
sent.
Noble j. M. Horner from the
Select Committee on Ways and
Means presented the following re-
port:
"Your Committee on Ways and
Means having visited the Electric
Light Station and after a careful
investigation as to the amount re-
quired to carry on the present sys-
TEN of electric lighting for the com
ing period beg to report as follows:
"Your Committee does not deem
it advisable to extend at present the
system which with some necessary
repairs we find in very efficient
state and recommend that the
amount of S27,3lO be placed in the
Appropriation Bill. We further add
herewith an itemized statement
showing how the above amount is to
be expended and recommend that
the same be adopted.
"Your Committee further find
that the actual running expenses to
carry on the present system amount
to about $20,500 for the biennial
period which less the amount of
about $4,000 revenue derived from
incandescent lights makes the actual
expense of lighting the city of Homo
lulu with say 100 arc lights about
$11 800 or $3.50 per annum."
Noble Baldwin, from the Finance
Committee, reported on petition
that 500 be appropriated for mail
carrier from Kipahulu to Hama, to
the effect that they recommended
that the Minister of Finance draw
the attention of the Postmaster
General to the petition. Report
adopted.
Your special committee appointed
to examine into the dredging plant
, and the work now being done on the
bar at the entrance to Honolulu har-
| Dor, report: Your committee cor
roborate the statements contained in
a preliminary report presented few
, days ago by a minority of the com,
| mittee on the work being accom-
| plished in deepening the entrance tc
the harbor, and congratulate the
: Government upon the good and
1 effectual work being done and upon
i, the prospect of a completion of this
: important undertaking at an early
+. date. The committee has examined
Y the contract for the dredger, which
t has been carefully drawn, and the
, dredging machine itself while al
t work, and find that
l First-The dredging machine wa,
: not delivered as per stipulation on
the 18th day of November, 1891, but
/ as no harm or loss has ensued there
, from to the Government, the com
mittee recommend that any for
, fixture or penalty that may be due
3 from the contractors on this account
be not claimed
Second - Your committee fine
that, respecting the rotary excavato
e supplied by the contractors ant
n guaranteed to do its work withou
9 receiving injury from the motion o
|, the hull of the dredger due to wav'
+ action, the contract is vague Ii
t smooth water the rotary excayato
j. does good and efficient work, and i
+ would appear that in water moder