The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-17
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House re-assembled at 1:4O
2. NJ.
The discussion on taxation being
continued,
Rep. Smith opposed the motion as
being unjust and involving an unfair
discrimination against the planters.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox favored refer
ence to O. select committeeman to the
Ways and Means Committee, which
was controlled by sugar planters. The
latter committee was of no use except
to shave down the salaries of poor
Government officials, some of whom
were already underpaid. He had
thought of bringing in q resolution
calling for the discharge of that COM
mittee. The honorable member from
Lihue had gone astray. The Noble
from Maui (Thurston) had given many
sound reasons for the proposed change.
Rep. White said he also had lost
confidence in the Ways and Means
Committee, which reminded him of
the cuttle-fish, which when you tried
to catch it, simply darkened the water
with its ink and scuttled off.
Noble Neumann thought there was
no objection to reference to a commit
tee. He hoped the motion would
upon the proper method of taxing the
planters.
Noble Thurston said the member
from Koloa had told him that the
proposition to change the date to
January 1st was ''rot,n that it was a
back-handed attempt to raise taxa
ton, etc. That was not the case, as
the member would have known if he
had been here. He considered Noble
Neumann's proposition as better one
still, and he favored it. 1t would then
be unnecessary to change the date.
He favored reference to committee.
Rep. Smith moved reference to the
Finance Committee. That was as in
sensate as the other members Obser-
Vations.
The motion to refer to a select COM
mittee was carried, and the President
appointed the following: Minister
Widemann, Mobiles Thurston and Neu-
mann, Reps. Kamauoha and Kane
| ALI.
Section Al was referred to the same
| committee.
| Section AZ is new.
| Noble Neumann suggested that the
power granted to the assessor to enter
and examine all buildings and prop
erty subject to taxation was unc0nsti-
tutional. The power to make an arbi-
trary assessment without appeal w2s
sufficient. He would move to amend
| by striking out from line to line 6
the part containing the power refer
red to.
Minister Widemann thought the
power very harmless one.
Noble Neumann thought that the
method of taxation proposed was de-
rived from Turkey OF Bulgaria. One
of the most important of constitu-
tiona1 guarantees was that which
secured man the peaceful enjoy
ment of his own house. This section
will nullify that article of the Con-
| stitution.
Noble Young could not see the force
of the Mobiles objection. If a man
made no return, or ridiculously in
adequate one, how could the tax as
SCISSOR find out the value of the prop
erty?
Rep. Nawahi said according to this
section, if man had fish pond the
assessor could strip and go into the
pond and count the fish. 1t would be
| foolish to pass this section.
Noble Thurston supported the Min
lister of Finance. He found nothing
unconstitutional in the section. The
reason why this was put in was be-
cause a plantation had insisted on
! furnishing statement of acreage and
would not permit the assessor to 90
and look for himself, the latter hav-
ing reason to believe that the amount
| planted was in excess of the state
ment. The former Minister of Fin
ance, Mr.. Damon, had told him this,
Noble Neumann in order to accom-
modate Noble Thurston withdrew his
| former motion, and moved to amend
SO that the assessor would have a
right to enter and examine all prop
erty and houses, except dwelling
houses.
Noble Thurston moved to amend
the section by allowing such an ex-
animation only as may be necessary
to ascertain the value of the property.
An amendment was finally hit
upon, which exempted dwelling
houses from entry, and with this
amendment and Noble Thurston's,
the section passed.
Section 43 (new). Passed.
Section A amends Section II, Chap
ter 81, Laws of IS. Passed.
Section Assertions Is and IA,
ShapOSI OtJ 1dNS Vi 1000 1dSSGu WIN
slight correction in Hawaiian version.
Section 46 re-enacts Chapter IS, Sec
ton l, Laws of 1888. Passed.
Section 47-Section Al, Chapter 43,
Laws of 1882. Passed.
Section 4S-Section AZ, Chapter 43,
Laws of 1882. Passed.
AT o'clock Rep. Kamauoha moved
House adjourn, so as to give members
an opportunity to hold committee
meetings.
Noble ThurstOn remarked that the
members were probably anxious to
hold committee meetings at the
wharf.
The motion was lost.
Rep. Waipuilani moved that the
sections be put and passed without
being read, as the members have
studied the bill. Carried.
Section 49--Section 45, Chapter 43,
Laws of 1882. Passed.
Section 50-Section AZ, Chapter 43
(amended), Laws of 1882. Passed.
Section 51-Sections 40 and so, Chap /
ter 43, Laws of 1882. Passed with some /
corrections.
Section 52-Chapter 43, Section 81, !
Laws of 1882. Passed.
Section 53-Section As Chapter 43 of |
the Laws of 1882. Passed.
Section 54-Section 2 Chapter IS of !
the Laws of 1893