The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-15
House OF Representatives.
Adjourned.

Minister King reported signing by
President of bills relating to contested
seats in the Legislature and reorgan-
ization of the Judiciary Department.
Rep. Winston propounded the fol
lowing questions to the Attorney Gen
eral:
.'F'irst-What has been done official
Iy by the Attorney Generals depart
ment in the endeavor to obtain knowl-
edge of the identity of the criminals
who committed the outrageous assault
on Frank Godfrey on the evening of
September II, 1895?
''Second-Has any person or persons
been held for investigation in the mat
ter?
''Third-Why was no reward offered
for the detection of the criminals?
.Fourth-What has been done by The
Attorney-GeneraFs department to aid
others in obtaining evidence to locate
the criminals?
..Fifth-Has the Attorney-GeneraPs
statement or evidence connecting peo-
ple high in position in the community
or cry Government officers or oth-r
persons with the commission on pre-
Vious knowledge OF the said assault?
.Sixth-What efforts have been made
40 u.scoyer The author of the buried
alive .osters circulated in Honolulu on
or abe. the 10Th OF Sept mber, 1895,
and wha, nave Deen the results Of any
efforts, if made?
..Seventb-Is the Attorney-GeneraI S
department yet engaged in any attempt
to obtain knowledge Of the identity OF
the criminals concerned in such as
sault?''
Senate Bill No. II, relating to the re-
striction of Chinese immigration, re-
ported typewriter.
Rep. Winston announced his inten-
ton to introduce bill to provide rev.
enue Ior the Government by means OF
an income tax.
Rep. Robertson reported for the Joint
Judiciary Committee OF the Senate ana
House of Representatives to whom
were referred the report OF the COM
mission appointed in March, 1898, to
revise and codify the Penal Laws, haV-
ing had under consideration the draft
OF a Penal Code submitted by the COM
mission, beg leave to report as follows:
I'VE are free to say that the work OF
the compiler has been carefully and
thoroughly done, and though there is
much i'll the proposed code to COM
mend, it makes many changes, the
adoption of which we cannot advise
at present.
..The adoption of the proposed code
the codification OF the civil laws upon
parallel lines in order to make COM
pIete and uniform system. We do not
think the time opportune to make any
such radical change but are Of the opin-
ion that d compilation OF the penal code
is out of print.
After making some few amend
ments which can be done at this ses-
sion OF the Legislature, the Penal laws
should be compiled and published in
the same manner as the civil laws were
compiled in 1884. This should be done
without delay and we recommend that
an appropriation be made for the pur-
pose.
I'VE therefore recommend that the
report of the commission be laid upon
the table, and we will, with as little de-
lay as possible, submit a bill or bills
for the purpose of making such i'm
prOvements in the Penal laws as seem
to be necessary for the present.
CECIL BROWN.
F. S. LYMAN
W. Y. HORNER.
a. G. NJ. ROBERTSON.
S. K. KAEO.
Senate Bill No. IL, relating to the re-
striction of Chinese immigration, read |
third time and unanimously passed.
Rep. Richards made a motion that no |
bills be introduced into the House after |
ten days. 1t was the sense of the |
House that the opinion of the Senate |
should be sought in the matter before |
taking action.
House adjourned at 1855 a. M.