The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-03-10


AG0oea. Hooo11ka. - Z.
general or universal in its application
50 thst no class of people eau say thSt
they have been disseminated sgsinst.
The ides OF registration is in itself
I Objectionable IN majority OF people,
/ but s. the law be enacted, will mat
sriSily Increase the revenue in the
wSy Of collection OF tSxss that are
now lost. sni will also be mole OF
/ Identification, aud slSo OF detection
Of erimiusls, il Is thought that the in
tsrests Of the Republic will he sd
| vsuced by the enactment OF = law OF
such character. The committee here
with submit bill for the consider
&tiou OF the Legislature, which Is
based on the bill of 1892 and the bill
introduced sc the special Session OF
the Legislature
Rep. Hsluslsui press uted q petition
from residents of Honolulu to the
/ affect thst the Government require
sill fish sold in Honolulu 10 lie sold in
tie ishmsrket aud thst the rsut o.
tire stalls be reduced to = reasonable
| rste. Petition referred To the Sanitary
| Committee.
| Rep. Richards presented petition
from sixty people in North HIlo pray
/ ing for : reduction Of apprsismeut on
I homestesis.
/ Rep. Robertson Ssked for informs-
ton from the Minister Of Finance, as
/ follows:
/ Please state what general rules re-
/ gsrdiug the assess ent snd valuation
OF property inside by the Bosri Of
EqusliEsrtou OF taxes are now in force
sud what chsnges have been made
from time to time in former rules
made by said Board
Rep. HsuuDa asked Attorney
General Smith Why it was that re
porss from the different departments
Of the Government hsd not been
translated into Hawaiian before pre-
entsIiou TO the House. A bill regard
ing such provision hsd been passed st
The session OF 1895.
Rep. Robertson gave notice Of his
intention to Introduce su act 10 better
define the powers of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs in regard to the mill
rsry affairs Of the Republic.
Minister Cooper expressed bis in-
teutiou of introducing = bill for the
|
lslu Under suspension of rules, the
bill wss resd for the first time Re-
ferred to Printing Committee.
Rep. Hs0uus moved that the bill
providing for the preservation of
dOckets aud records OF district msgis
trstes he brought up tor second read
ing. Carried. Read second time and
referred 10 Printing Committee. II
was decided TO read the bull third
time Tuesday.
| lu suswer 20 . wish FOR remarks on
\ tie Jill, Minister Cooper -aid that
fiivre had been much csrelessness in
h- preservation of records aud dock
- Original records bah been lost,
abb but f-w sets remained complete.
Rep Hanuus wanted to know why
HFto snf Waikiki had been excepted
ia tee bill To MS MUD, they had as
mU n right - any other place TO the
Oyi-ior- IF the bill.
R-p Richards wanted to know il il
Wa ue. e--ary to keep the records OF
HilO aud Waikiki st those places /;
could they not be brought to Homo
lulu, aud thus save an item In the
appropriation bill?
Rep. Robertson spoke of Hilo and
Waikiki as the headquarters for Ha
wall aud Maui. Responsible people
were st those places, and could care
for the dockets and records.
The Dill TO amend the land Act with
the Land Committees report against
the passage of the bill were brought
forth.
Rep. Robertson moved for the adop-
ton OF the report OF the committee
The intention OF the land Act vas to
grant bomesteads to small farmers for
their own aud the country's benefit
II vas argued that free land d-tracted
from the independence Of the home
stead oEners because something was
given them for nothing The condi-
tons Of their holding the land should
be made more onerous il this were
really the fact Instead of this being
the case the conditions Imposed al
ready were too burdeu-ome aud have
/ prevented some from comply ing with
the regulations Rep. Robertson re-
ferred to the petition from North HiIo
asking TOR 3 reduction Of apprai-e-
meut Of a certain cla-- of homesteads
Minister Cooper saId that the orizi-
nal intention was not to provide for
such eIasa Of free homesteads.
Rep. Winston s-ked Minister Cooper
if the Jill was NOT All afterthought Oh
the part OF tue Govefnm- nt, to which
was received al answer N the mega
tive
Re-. kAmauOha thought In-r- ~
no hurry about voting on tie repor. %
the committee The Attorney Cru
eral, the iutr5iucer Of the bill. Wa
MT Present H -bouii be given
cha. &c 10 speak Novel Tor a s-St
IOnr AseBr Of CONSIDERS ion uBtii fu-s
day Motion quito vote aud tie the
result The Speaker cast the deciding
vote IN favor of tn motion
House adjourned at ii 3 3 Ia.
Last season Ike I, Hall drug0fsr