The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-23

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announced concurrence of that body in
I certain House amendments to Senate
! Bill No. 8, relating TO internal taxes.
! The following sections were not con-
! Cured in and a conference committee
was asked for: Sections 10, 81, IS, So,
/ 81, s., SO and 81.
Another communication announced
| transmission of certified Senate Bill
No. II, relating 10 ports of entry; also
the information that the report OF the
Joint Conference Committee, relating
| to House Bill No. 6, extending certain
streets in Honolulu, had been adopted.
Accompanying the report was the re-
port of the Commission on Land Trans
fer and Registration of Deeds, no ac-
ton having been taken by the Senate
other than receiving same.
Senate Bill No. Il, relating to I'M
paid claims, passed third reading.
House Bill No u, relating 10 land
deleterious to public health, taken up
in second reading with the report of
the committee Passed second reading
with three new sections introduced by
Minister Cooper. Ordered typewriter
and read third time when reported
upon.
Rep. Richards spoke of the sale of
old Hawaiian (uncancelled) stamps as
being a source from which the Gov
eminent could obtain great deal of
revenue. The following figures were
given of stamps in the possession OF
the Government:
Surcharged postage stamps and en-
velOpes on hand.
Packages contain $50 sheets to a
package and 80 stamps to a sheet.
Thirty-eight packages 2-cent postage
stamps, $500.
Twenty-Five packages scent postage
stamps, $15,625.
Seven packages 10-cent postage
stamps, $3.50.
Two thousand one hundred and thir-
ty-fve sheets 13-cent postage stamps, |
$12, $40.
Two thousand and seventy-four |
sheets 18-cent postage stamps, $18.-
1920
Five hundred and five sheets 5O-cent |
postage stamps, Sleeps.
Eight hundred and seventy-five |
sheets 81 postage stamps, $43,75O
Twelve thousand scent envelopes, |
$500.
Ten thousand 10-cent envelopes, ST.
$50.
Total, $123 ,383.2O.
When Rep Richards read his figures
he had the total amount that the Gov
eminent would receive summed up to
$3.50 733. 20. This was an amount that |
made the eyes of the Representatives
start from their sockets, but when
Cooper looked over the fig
ures he found that 10000 scent en-
would amount to $500, and not
$50 900; also, that 10, 500 10-cent en-
velopes would amount to 1850, and
not $105,000. The true sum total was
found to be $123, 383.2O, and not $685.,
733. 20, which is just S16O, $50 more.
Rep. Robertson reported for the Ju-
dietary Committee on House Bill No.
y, as follows:
THE object of the bill is to provide
for the waiver of jury in criminal
Eases under the provisions of the Con-
and to allow appeals, jury
being waived, to be tried by the Cir
:uit Judges.
I'VE have prepared substitute bill
which we submit herewith with the
recommendation that it pass"
A motion was made and carried that
he time set for the destruction of post
lge stamps be set for December 31st,
1896.
Rep. Kamauoha said that besides the
Nolokai Committee, Reps. Davis sLd
were to go.
The ergeant-at-arms was granted
to go, and then came Tie
question of interpreter.
Mr. Wilcox said that he had been re-
used permission to go, whereupOn Rep.
said that since the Legisla-
ure was bearing part of the expense
IF the trip it was no more than right
hat it should have something to say
lbout the people allowed to go, instead
If this being left altogether in the
hands of the President of the Board of
Health.
The House was of the same opinion,
and upon vote Mr.. Wilcox was given
,rders to go along with the party.
At II noon the House took a recess
Until 100 p. m. s
AFTERNOON SESSION.