The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-01
Compensation and Mileage for Mem
bers of the Upper House.
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Minister Damon Thinks the Education
Board and Fire Department Should
Consult Executive Before Incurring
ObIigations-Everybo to Register.
FoRTIETH DAY, JULY 3lsT.

FoRTIETH DAY, JULY 3lsT.
The Committee on Commerce pre-
sented bill for 1925 for compensa-
tion and mileage of members of the
Senate. Approved.
Senator Baldwin read the following
report:
Hon. w. c. WILDER, President OF
the Senate.
SIR:-Your Committee on Com
merce, Agriculture and Manufacture
to whom was referred House Bill No.
10, entitled can Act to provide for the
importation and sale of alcohol for
medical purposes, and of methylated
spirits," beg leave to report that we
have had the same under careful con-
sideration. Your committee have
had before them the representatives
of all parties interested and concerned
in this bill.
Your committee find that each OF
the three druggists OF Honolulu use
about 500 gallons of alcohol and
methylated spirits year; that of this
amount they require not more than
100 gallons pure alcohol for medical
purposes. All parties favor allowing
the druggists to withdraw from the
custom house a sufficient amount of
alcohol for strictly medical purposes
at a low rate of duty, and in order to
limit the amount that can be with
drawn at a low rate of duty, and still
allow the druggists ample for all
medical purposes, we favor the follow
ing limitation:
That each druggist be allowed to
withdraw from the custom house an
amount not to exceed $50 gallons
alcohol each year, to be used strictly
for medical purposes, the usual alcO-
hOlic duty to be levied on all alcohol
above 150 gallons withdrawn by any
one druggist.
In order to carry out this provision,
and in order to place additional safe
guards in the bill and secure the pro-
visions of the Act as far as possible
against possible abuse, we recommend
the following amendments:
To amend Section 3 of the bill by
inserting new paragraph at the end
of the section as follows:
"All importations of alcohol and
methylated spirits, by or for license
under this Act, shall be sent direct
from the importing vessel to the
custom house for inspection"
To amend Section so that it shall
read as follows:
Section 5. The Collector General
of Customs is hereby authorized TO
permit the holders of licenses herein
provided, to withdraw not more than
$50 gallons of alcohol in any one year
(of the strength of ninety per cent.
proof as determined by Tralie's hydro
meter from the custom house upon
the payment of two dollars per gallon
duty and all exceeding ninety per cent
shall pay alcoholic duty in proportion
to its strength.
Provided, however, that the $50
gallons so to be withdrawn, shall only
be used by said Iicensee for all medi-
cinal purposes, or for sale to duly
license physician, or for the manu-
provided that all alcohol in excess OF
said 80 gallons that may be with
drawn by said licensee shall pay a
full spirit duty according to its
strength as provided by law for spirits
of like strength.
We also recommend striking out
certain parts in Section 6 so that the
section will read as follows:
Section 6. The holders of licenses for
the sale of fmethyIated spirits and aIcO-
hOl under this Act are hereby prohib-
tied from selling alcohol except to
duly licensed physician, and no great
er quantity than one gallon at any
one sale shall be sold to such physi-
clan. 1t shall be incumbent upon any
holder of license under this Act to
and preserve such prescrip-
tiOns and to keep book in which he
shall write or cause to be written
down the quantity of alcohol sold at
each sale, the date of such sale, the
name of the physician to whom the
alcohol was sold, also the quantity
consumed by the licensee and the pur-
poses itemized in detail, for which IL
was used. Such book and prescrip-
tions and the quantity of alcohol in
possession of the licensee shall always
be accessible for inspection by any
clerk or officer of the Government
whom the Minister of the Interior
may appoint to perform such inspec-
ton. 1t shall also be incumbent upon
any holder of a license under this Act,
during the first week of every month,
to file with the Minister of the Inter
Tor sworn statement showing the
of alcohol on hand at the be
of the preceding month, the
quantity sold during the month, 10
whom, the quantity consumed by the
iicensee and also the amount remain
ing on hand at the end of said month.
On motion Of Senator Waterhouse,
the report was received to be consld-
cred with the bill
Senator Baldwin reported for the