The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-01-09
THE LEGISLATURE.
166Tu DAY.
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 1893.
Morning Session.


utcs approved.
Noble Hopkins, from a select COM
mittee, reported on the following
petitions, viz: /, Relative to shoot
ing over grounds at Kalia, Oahu
(NIrs. Ward's), recommend reference
to the Acknowledgement, 2, In re
claim of HI. Won Werthern for 5000
for unfulfilled promises by the late
King Kalakaua The committee
recommended that the petition be
tabled. Both reports were adopted
Minister Wilcox reported that Her
Majesty had signed the following
bills: 1, Bill 240, to nrotect forests.
Bill 2O9, to give cert;,.I postal privi
leges to the Bureau of Information.
3, Bill 2l1, to prevent fraud in the
sale of butter. 4, Bill pol, relative
to increase of duties on spirits. 5,
Bill 223, relating to the Postal Saw
ings Bank depositors. 6, Bill 22S, to
provide Fire Department for the
district of Hilo. Z, Bill 230, relative
to the Homestead Law.
Minister Brown gave notice of in
tention to introduce bill to provide
for new section to be added to the
Chinese Restriction Act, and provid-
ing penalty for landing on fraudu-
lent passports.
Rep. Kamauoha offered a, social
ed, joint resolution to provide for
the appropriation of S6O,OOO for
roads in the district of Honolulu.
Minister Brown said that there
was now only $500, of a balance, for
use on the roads of Honolulu.
When the Appropriation Bill was
footed up it was found that $4,000
of the amount appropriated had
been disbursed. When the present
Cabinet took Office there was only
$1,000 in hand and now there was but
$500. He considered that maybe
100000 would be enough; he moved
reference to the judiciary Commit
tee and that they report this after
noon. Carried.
Minister Brown read for the first
and second times bill providing a
penalty for persons landing under
the Chinese Restriction Act without
proper passports. Passed to en-
grossment and for third reading on
Wednesday.
Rep. Bipikane offered resolution
that members be permitted to keep
the copies of Compiled Laws and
Laws of 1890, which had been loan
ed to them.
Noble Thurston objected to the
resolution. He considered it out of
order. He desired the President to
rule thereon.
President Walker considered that
the point was we'll taken and ruled
that the resolution was out of order.
Rep. Waipuilani appealed from
the decision of the chair, and, the
appeal being put, was sustained, 16
to Is.
The ayes and nays were then
taken on the motion to pass the
resolution resulting as follows:
Ayes-Nobles Hopkins, Pua, Cum
minis, Male; Reps. Bipikane, Aki,
Pua, r. w. Wilcox, Nawahi, Kauna-
mano, Kamauoha, Waipuilani, Ma
hinu, White, Kanealii, Kaluna, To-
sepa, Akina-1S.
Noes-Ministers G.. n. Wilcox,
Robinson; Mobiles Ena, Kauhane, j.
M. Horner, Marsden, Young, Bald
win, Walbridge, Anderson, Dreier;
Reps. Wilder, Kauhi, Kapahu,
Edmonds, Smith, A. S. Wilcox IL.
Observation-Disclosures Jones, Brown;
Noble Berger, Peterson, Williams,
Hind, Hoapili, w. Y. Horner, Corn
we'll, Thurston, McBryde, Kanoa;
Reps. Ashford, BUSH, Koahou, A.
Horner.
A motion to reconsider the vote
was lost.
The Order of the Day being
moved Bill 219, relative to the
Electric Light franchise, came up on
third reading and passed.
Bill 223, relative to writs of error,
was read third time and passed.
Bill 23!}, carrying of passengers in
the districts of Wailuku, Maui, and
Hilo, Hawaii. Passed.
Under suspension of the rules
Noble Hopkins presented petitions,
from Kauai and Honolulu having a
total of Ills signatures, that the
Lottery Bill pass. Tabled for con
sideration with the bill
Bill 224, relating to actions in
| ''hhi upl'y. uSScu.
No other bills being ready, Rep.
Smith from the Judiciary Committee
presented a report on the resolution
relative to appropriating a further
sum of S25,OOO for the care of roads
and bridges in the district of Homo
lulu. The committee recommend
that the bill pass at $4,000.
A motion to increase to $4,000
was lost, and the bill was then pass
ed to engrossment and for third
reading tomorrow.
Rep. Waipuilani reported from
the Public Lands Committee on Bill
pa, relating to fences. The com
mittee consider that the bill would
be unjust in its application and
therefore recommend the indefinite
postponement. Report adopted.
AT ll:59, motion to adjourn was
passed, but on motion the vote was
reconsidered and the recess until 30
was had instead
Afternoon Session.
The Assembly reconvened from
recess at 1870.
Rep, Smith questioned relative to
the condition of the Lottery Bill.
The committee had had it in hand
some time. He desired to know if
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