The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-08
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Section 76 in bill relating to hotels
and boarding houses. Referred to
committee.
Sec. n allowing. private families to
have not more than four boarders or
dodgers without a license. Referred
to committee.
Sec. 70 exempting country hotels
passed.
Sec. 70 relating to tax on sales OF
merchandise was objected to by Rep.
Robertson on the ground of it's not
being equitable. He favored a per-
centage tax on gross amount Of sales.
Rep. Kamanuoha thought it would
be difficult to ascertain the exact
amount of sales because merchants are
Ioath to tell what their business
amounts to in a year. He favored
original bill. Sec passed as amended.
Section 80, applying to license to an
agent for sale of foreign made goods.
Passed.
Section 81, referring to commercial
travellers under above section. Passed.
Section 80, referring to sales of arti-
cles such as opium, alcohol, liquors,
cigars and cigarettes under this section.
Rep. Kamanoha wanted fire arms in
cluded because men who have guns or
fire arms must have a license. 1t is
not right to charge a man for using
gun, and not the man who sells it.
We should stop the sale of fire arms or
we will have repetition of the past
trouble.
Passed as in the bill after a long
discussion.
Section SO, providing for harsh pun
ishment by fine and Imprisonment was
Id O@I4
''at hard labor
Section "a, relating to tax on sales of
milk by dealers or private individuals
Mr.. Winston said it was the knottiest
problem the committee had to solve.
He had list of thirty well to do people
who have COWS and who derive an
income from the sale of milk to a good
paying lot of customers.
Petition from milk dealers was read.
Passed as amended by comittee This
fixes the license at $25 for persons who
sell milk.
Penalty for selling adulterated milk
was made a fine not to exceed $50.
Section permitting private families
to keep three cows and to sell sur
plus product to neighbors was stricken
out. Rep. kamanuoha thought SIS,
should be put on the business on all
other districts outside of those named
in the bill. 1t would be a kind of
guarantee that the artesian water
would not be so literally used.
Rep. Richards thought $25 was big
fee for Hilo unless the plantations
were considered. He would ask Minis
ter Damon if it would include those
plantations.
Minister Damon thought it would
include the plantations. He suggest
ed that $15 would be sufficient for Wal
luku and Hilo and So for other outer
districts.
Rep. Robertson amended to read
$40 for districts of Wailuku and Hilo."
Carried.
Rep. Richards asked for a reconsider
alton because the amendment had not
been read by the secretary. The am
endment was read as requested, and |
he objected to the provision, but would |
favor a SIS license for the town of |
Hilo, within radius of one mile of the |
postoffice. Motion to reconsider was
lost
Rep. Richards said it was not right to |
force a vote on the House that had not
been read by the secretary and was not |
understood by the members. He con-
tended that the motion was put unpar- |
liamentary and in a way which made it
impossible for the members to under |
stand it, and only four had voted
Rep. Bond supported the motion.
Rep. Kamauoha said the House had |
rules that should be followed or wiped |
out. The amendment was read by the |
member and translated by the inter- |
prefer for the benefit of the Hawaiian |
members. The motion carried and |
now, because the Representative from
Hilo didn't vote, he asks that it be
considered. 1 object.
House adjourned at 1885 p. M.