The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-03
House OF Representatives.

Chairman Naone announced that
he had received The translation OF The
opening address Of the President.
Rep. Hamauoha moved that the
address be accepted and placed on file.
Carried.
A communication from the Senate
announced the transmission to the
House of Senate Bills Nos. and as
passed February %. Communication
accepted and the two bills made the
order of the day.
Rep. Hanuna announced his inten =
ton of introducing an Act amending
the laws of 1865 relating to SECTIONS
where ihere is a difference between
the English and Hawaiian versions of
the laws.
Senate Bill No. 2, relating to the
granting of authority to the Minister
of Finance to secure funds temporarily
on loan for the payment of current
accounts, passed its first and second
readings and, upon motion of Rep.
KamauOba, the third reading was set
for Tuesday.
Senate Bill No. 4, relating to house
hold leases ami amending Sections %,
80 ami 80 of the Land Act, 1895, passed
its first reading.
In speaking of the amendment as
proposed in the bill, Minister Smith
cdiu lsiobJ ILlC 1nlCbIIOu vi TIC
was that there should be a yearly
rental of four per cent. on the ap-
praised value of the leased PREMISES
or as the same may be modified by
any future appraisements. On ac-
count of the length of the bill, as first
introduced, this important factor had
been omitted THE amendment aimed !
at a correction of this oversight.
Rep. Robertson understood the bill |
helping out the poor people, and espe- |
cially the natives. He thought that |
the bill was meant to give them home
steads to live upon without exacting |
any rent whatever, and, with only
one or two conditions, such as remain
ing on and improving the land and
paying the taxes. He reme IA bered
hearing one of the Ministers dwelling
strongly on this point when the bill
was first introduced, and he remem
bered, on account of its very tenor,
that the bill was heartily supported.
Whether it was the Attorney General
or the Minister of the Interior who
did the pleading before the House Mr..
Robertson could not call to mind
just then. The bill was thought to be-
for the good of the poor, and the
seemed a direct retro
gression. He was not prepared to sup
port the bill until reasons better than
those stated could be given for so
doing, and moved that the bill be re
TERED to the Committee on Govern
ment Lands.
BY way of amendment Rep. Ka
mauoha moved that the bill be read ;
the second time by title and then re
ferred. Carried.
Rer. Rycroft seconded the motion
TO refer the bill aud asked that the
Attorney General make some further
before the vote be taken.
Rep. Richards thought the matter
could be settled right on the spot and
asked that the Attorney General
make some further remarks on the
side of the proposed bill to amend.
Rep. Robertson had fairly stated the
view of the House.
To certain extent the Attorney
General repeated his former remarks,
and added that it might not be prop
er proceeding for the House to pass
the bill. For this reason he was in ia
vor of the motion to refer the bill
Rep. RobertsOn's motion to refer
carried unanimously.
Under a suspension of the rules Min
lister Smith read his bill to amend an
act relating to Iaundries and wash
houses. The site of the public wash
house bad been changed, and in order
TO make the law applicable TO the
present building an amendment was
necessary. Bill referred to the Print
ing Committee.
Attorney General Smith gave notice
of a bill to provide for the preservation
of dockets and record books of district
Read for the first time
and referred TO the Printing Commit
tee.
House adjourned at 1885.