The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-09

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public outside OF the district OF Homo
lulu on account of the small amount
of business done in those places.
Rep. Kamauoha favored striking out
the sections relating to agents to take
acknowledgements and notaries pub
lie. In certain places there was no
money in the work.
Rep. Bond said that the matter was
one to be carefully considered. He
had noticed that Rep. Kamauoha had
/ just voted for a license on the milk
business where people had to go to
| great expense in keeping cows and for
| other things in connection with the
| business while Immediately afterwards
he moved to strike out the sections
relating to agents to take acknowledge
ments and notaries public.
| Minister Smith said that a reason
able annual license should be required
| of notaries public and agents to take
| acknowledgements. The outside dis
tricts should not be charged a license
| fee since not much business was done
| in those places. Minister Smith moved
that the license fee of agents to take
| acknowledgements be placed at $50 and
that the outside districts be stricken
out of the section.
Rep. Rycroft favored making the Ii
cense fee of agents to take acknowl-
edgements in Honolulu, one hundred
dollars. They were making a great
deal of money and should pay for it.
Rep. Robertson said he was in favor
of striking out the whole section. These
agents to take acknowledgements and
notaries public were in one sense of
the word government employees. They
stood between the positions of govern
ment employees on one side and the
lawyers on the other. Neither gov
ernment employees nor lawyers were
required to pay license fee. Why
should those who stood between these
two positions be charged a fee?
Minister Smith made a motion that
the license for notaries public be made
ten dollars in Honolulu and five dol
lars in the outside districts. This |
would make quite little revenue for |
the government.
Rep. Kamauoha said that notary |
public was convenience. In the out |
side districts there was no money in |
it. If people in these places were to |
be charged license fee many of them |
would be throwing up their jobs and |
thus the public would suffer from in |
convenience.
The two amendments to Section 88, |
made by Minister Smith, were carried. |
Several sections were passed and
then came on the section referring to |
tailors. Rep. Robertson wanted to |
know why they should be singled out |
from among other industries. There |
should be some consistency somewhere. |
Rep. Bond was of the opinion that
districts outside of Honolulu should be |
charged high license fee. Honolulu |
was the place that was making all the |
money in the line of business referred |
to.
Rep. Rycroft did not consider it |
right to put the license on all the
tailors. If licenses could be placed on
the large establishments without in
justice, all right but he did not think
that could be done.
Recommendation of the committee
to strike out the section relating to
tailOrs, carried.
Rep. Robertson moved to strike out
the section relating to tobacco, cigars,
and cigarettes. Motion was lost.
Rep. Rycroft moved an amendment
to the effect that the wholesale dealers
in tobacco be charged license fee of
s1OO.
Rep.Mc Bryde said there should be
some difference made between retail (:
and wholesale dealers. 1t was not {
fair to charge large and small dealers {
the same.
Rep. Winston moved that the section {
be deferred until the Minister Of FL :
nance should be present. s
Rep. Richards moved that the vote j
10 refer that section to committee be
considered. {
Rep. Robertson-It seems to me {
that this is one of the provisions that
the House of Lords up stairs has in s
serted to grind the poor man down on I
his very knuckIes and to allow the
rich man to go free.
Rep. Robertson said the license pro- {
posed was unjust and should not be al I
lowed. He moved to amend the sec :
ton so as to make the annual fee $3.50 {
20 import" thus throwing the burden {
off the shoulders of the poor man. {
Rep. Richards referred to the i'm
DortatiOn at ports OF the islands out s
side of Honolulu and thought that the l
section should be referred to COM s
nittee to get figures for the use of the
House, before further consideration.
Motion to reconsider carried. Sec {
ion referred to a select committee. {
At II noon. House adjourned to f
80 p. m.