The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-05-15

4. Act relating to ARRAY and amend
ing the Penal Code.
Rep. Richards reported House bills
Nos. 40, A and As typewriter and
ready for third reading.
Rep. Rycroft presented the following
report of the Select Committe appoint
ed to consider House bill No. 8:
Your Select Committe to whom was
referred Senate bill No. 9, relating to
internal taxes, having had the same
under consideration, beg leave to re-
port as follows:
Without here stating our reasons
we recommend that the following am
endments be made:
list. That the title be amended to
read as follows: An Act relating to
Internal Taxes and to repeal Chapter
LXI. of the Session Laws of 1892, re-
lative thereto
I'D. That Section 2 be amended by
inserting between the third and 4th
paragraphs thereof new paragraph
to read as follows:
March 81. All personal and dog
taxes which shall remain unpaid on
March thirty-first OF each year, shall
thereby and thereupon become delin-
quent, and ten per cent of the amount
thereof shall be added thereto and
become due as a part thereof
'3rd. That Section Is be amended by
inserting after the word dog in the
first line, the following words, that is
liable to taxation under the provisions
of this act
'4th. That the third paragraph of
Section II be amended TO read as fol-
lcws: In inserting the aggregate
value of each such enterprise for profit
there shall be taken into consideration
the net profits made by the same; also
the gross receipts and actual running
expenses: and where it is a company
being a corporation whose stock is
quoted in the market, the market price
thereof; as well as all other facts and
considerations which reasonably and
fairly bear upon such valuation
18th. That Section 10 be amended by
inserting in the last line the word
there in place of the word one
9th. That Section 6S be amended to
read as follows:
Section IS. If any of the property
by this Act directed to be returned
shall consist of real and personal prop
erty, or several classes or kinds or par
cells of real or personal property, which
are combined and made by the basis of
an enterprise for profit, the person
making the return shall give detailed
description of such property and state
the aggregate value thereof, taking
into consideration the net profits made
by the same; also the gross receipts
and actual running expenses; and
where it is company being a corpora
ton whose stock is quoted in the mar
ket, the market price thereof; as well
as all other facts and considerations
which reasonably and fairly bear upon
such valuation.
He shall state what, if any, the net
profits as well as the gross proceeds
and actual running expenses of such
enterprise have been during the twelve
months next preceding; and, if known,
what sale or sales of stock or other in
terest in such enterprise have taken
place during the twelve months next
preceding, giving the name of the per-
son selling the person buying, the
number of shares or proportion of in
terest sold upon each sale; and, when
known, the purchase thereof.
18th. That Sections 80 to So inclusive
be struck out.
18th. That Section SO be amended by
striking out of the 4th and 5th lines
the following words, and all other laws
and parts of laws inconsistent with
this Act
18th. That Section 81 be amended by
striking out of the third line the num-
50, So, 81 and So.
10th. With these amendments we
recommend the bill pass"
r. RYCROFT,
A. G. NJ. ROBERTSON,
E. C. WINSTON,
S. KAEO,
E. E. RICHARDS.
sidered with the bill.
Rep. Robertson presented the follow
ing report of the Judiciary Committee
on House bill No. 80, relating to foot
binding:
I'VE recommend that the bill pass
with the following amendment:
Sec. Lines 4 and 5. Strike out
the words or by both fine and impri-
sonment"
Minister Smith presented the follow
ing answers to questions propounded
by Rep. Rycroft in regard to cost of
lunas, guards and maintaining prison
ers while working, on the Puma road,
as submitted by the Sheriff of Hawaii:
For jailors and guards for the
months of February and October, 1895,
inclusive, s1,637.50.
For provisions, medical treatment
and sundries, s2,560S3.
Total cost, S4,19S.33.
Total number of days labor per-
formed by prisoners, 12,100.
The above does not include the sal
aries paid to the prison lunas who
worked the men at their daily tasks,
as the salaries of such Iunas were not
paid by the Police Department"
Minister Smith moved that House
bill No. As, relating to quarantine reg
ulations, be taken up in third reading.
Rep. Robertson moved that the Tax