The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-16
House of Representatives.

A communication from the Senar
announced election of members of tn
Council of State, set for the order c
the day on Monday, April goth.
Rep. Robertson reported for the Ju
dietary Committee On An Act t
amend Chapter CYL of the Session
Laws of 1892, entitled, An Act relat
ing to duties on legacies, requests an
fnheritances,' approved January Il
1893. The report was as follows:
THE object of this bill is to exemp
grandchildren from paying the tai
imposed on legacies bequeathed Il
them, and thus add to the exemption:
provided in the law of 1892.
.'As it is necessary to increase the
revenue of the Government, your com
mittee are of the opinion that the pres
ent law should be brOadened instead OF
narrowed, and for that substitute bill
which is submitted herewith and which
repeats that portion of the present
law which eXempts the brother, sister
wife or widow Of son and the husband
of daughter from the tax.
I'VE recommend that Bill No. IA be
laid on the table and that the substi-
tute bill pass"
Report laid on the table to be consid-
cred with the committees bill when
brought up.
Rep. Bond presented the following
report of the select committee on the
Act to restrict target-shooting, as fol-
lows:
THE undersigned, minority of your
select committee, to whom was re-
ferred House Bill No. IS, entitled, An
Act to restrict target-shooting on Sun
day. having had the same under con-
sideration, beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
Section 2, Chapter All of the SEES
sion Laws of 1886, provides for the re-
striction of Sunday amusements to such
an extent that they shall not consti-
tute a source of annoyance to that por-
ton of the community which desires to
observe the day as a quiet day of rest.
"The growing practice of target
shooting. on Sunday, even in the near
vicinity of the home for the aged indi-
gent, and apparently carried on more
for the sake of the pleasure derived
therefrOm than from any necessity for
it, may be taken as evidence that the
law is not generally construed as ap-
plyi-E 20 the use of firearms on that
day.
THE law fails of being prohibitory,
inas1luch 5 it throws upon private in
divi'uals the disagreeable necessity of
entering complaint and procuring proof
of nuiCe Eca before relief can be Sc
cured
Your committee deplore the grow
ing tendency toward turning the Sab
repOse, but realize the difficulty of deal
ing with a subj ct Oh which public
opinion is so divided.
They nevertheless are of the opinion
that, when necessary, the power of the
law should be called to the aid of those
whose peace and rest have been dis |
turbed, rather than to encourage and |
abet that which has proved to be a |
source of annoyance to those who have |
a right to look to the law for protec- |
ton
Your committee are cognizant of the |
fact that large portion of the COM
munity of Honolulu and of the people
at large are DESTROYS of having the
practice of target-shooting on Sunday
suppressed and believe that such a pro-
cedure would tend to the promotion of
morality and of respect for the Gov
eminent.
They therefore recommend that the
bill be amended to read as follows:
Section 1 Target-shooting on Sun
day is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. WhOsoever shall violate
the provisions of this Act shall, on con-
viction before any district magistrate,
forfeit and pay the sum of not over ten
dollars $50 for each offense.
Section This Act shall take effect
from the date of it's publication"
E. C. BOND.
E. NJ. HANUNA.
Report accepted and laid on the ia.
BILE to be considered with the bill.
Rep. Winston presented a petition
against target-shooting on Sunday,
signed by some of the principal bust
ness men of the city and others, about
400 in all.
The person who handed this petition
to Rep. Winston asked that the names
on the first page only be read. They
were duplicates of names on the other
pages, picked out on account of their
prominence in business circles. Rep. !
Winston asked that the wish be grant |
ed, but there were peculiar looks on the |
faces of some of the Representatives.
Rep. Richards moved that all the |
names, with the exception of those on |
the first page, be read. This being the |
sentiment of the House, the Secretary
omitted the first page.
Rep. Bond presented another petition
signed by PIT names, protesting against
on Sunday.
House Bill No. Is, AN Act to amend !
Section 81 of Chapter LVII of the Ses-
sion Laws of 1892, approved November
%, 1892, and further amended by Act 6 |
Of the laws of the Republic of Hawaii,
approved the 18th day of July, 1895,
relating to the terms of the Circuit
Courts" brought up in second reading
with the recommendation Of the COM
nittee to Indefinitely postpone.
Report accepted.
Sornntn Dill in,