The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-02


said Mele Kauhane shall marry again
the provision hereby made for her
shall thereupon become void and of
no effect.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect
from the date of its publication.
The Attorney-General stated that
the Executive Council had a bill
under consideration relating to immi-
grafton of aliens. The bill was read
(the text of which appears in the 'By
Authority" column).
The bill passed its first reading I'M
der suspension of the rules. 1t was
read again, section by section.
The Attorney General explained the
provisions of the United States law.
Minister Hatch stated that the dis
lance from the Coast had always been
relied on to protect the country from
paupers, but 1T was not sufficient. He
had before him a schedule which had
to be filled up before an Immigrant
could land. Twenty-One questions
were asked; if the immigrant could
not answer them satisfactorily he
could not land. The questions were
very searching. The bill could only
be productive of good and should be
passed.
Minister Damon stated that dan
gerous characters could come down on
sailing vessels, working their passage
and then being discharged here.
The Acknowledgement thought that
should be dealt with in another bill.
Mr.. Young asked if this bill would
interfere with mechanics coming here
who were sent for.
The Attorney-General explained
that the bill would not interfere in
such cases.
w. G.. Wilder thought the trouble
would arise at the other end. The
man would not be able to produce
satisfactory evidence that he was
going to be employed here.
The President stated that the $50
test would not necessarily always be
applied, but only in case of suspicious
characters.
Minister Hatch moved the words
'salien immigrants or Storage" pas
sengers be inserted in section 3, so as
to make it apply to steerage passen-
gers only.
The Attorney-G stated that
this would make the law the same as
in the United States.
The President thought the Amer
lean law applied to saloon passengers.
Mr.. Suhr held that the United
States law applied to saloon passen-
gers, but was not enforced as to them.
applied to saloon passengers, it would
become obnoxious.
After some further discussion, Mr..
Hatch withdrew his amendment
President Dole gave up the chair
10 Minister King in order to take part
more freely in the debate. He held
that the word immigrant was not the |
best for the purposes of the bill. Its |
provisions should apply to all aliens,
whether in the cabin or steerage, and |
whether coming to reside here perma- |
nently or not. The word immigrant |
had only crept into the bill in one |
section. He would move to amend |
by striking out the word immigrant. |
Carried, and the section as amended |
passed.
Mr.. Allen asked how section would |
apply to vessels under way. 1t might |
work hardship.
All the sections passed and also the |
title and enacting clause, the title being |
so as to read, an Act relating |
to the landing of aliens in the Ha-
waiian Islands.
The whole bill was then passed.
The Attorney General introduced |
another bill as follows:
AN ACT RELATING TO DANGEROUS |
PERSONS.
Be it Enacted by the Executive and |
Advisory Councils of the Provis- |
ional Government of the Hawai- |
ian Islands.
Section /. Any person in relation |
to whom there is probable cause for /
believing that he entertains lawless |
intentions that are hostile to public |
order, or to the established system of |
or to private rights of !
life, liberty or property, may, upon the |
of the Attorney General, |
the Marshal or his deputy, or of any |
sheriff or deputy sheriff, be arrested |
and brought before a Circuit Judge, !
and there be summarily examined. |
If, upon examination, a probable |
cause for believing that such person |
entertain Iawless intentions that are |
hostile to public order, or to the estab- |
lished system of government, or to |
private rights OF life, liberty or pro-
perry, shall be made out from evil |
dence of his words, acts or otherwise, |
the burden shall be on the defendant |
of disproving such presumption of en-
tertaining any such lawless hostile |
intentions. If such presumption is not
disproved, the Judge shall find that
the defendant is q dangerous person,
and shall sentence him to expulsion
from the Hawaiian Islands. Provided,
however, that if the Judge is not con-
WINGED that such person is dangerous
person in the meaning of this Act, but
has evidence which makes it appro-
PIRATE that such person should be
placed under restraint for public pro-
lection, he may in his discretion order
such person to give bond in favor OF
the Government, propOrtioned to the
nature of the case, with sufficient
surety, to be approved by such Judge,
that such person will not, within one
year, do anything of lawless charac-
ter hostile to public safety, or to the
established system of government, or
to private rights of life, liberty or pro-
perty. If such bond be not furnished
according to the order of the Judge,
the defendant shall be committed To
prison. and shall remain i'm cnsfodv