The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-10
House OF Representatives.

biennial fiscal period and al Act ap-
propriating certain moneys to defray
the expenses of the Legislature Of
1896
Rep. HaIuaIani presented a petition
from number of Eva residents pray
ing for a bridge over the Waiawa
stream Referred to Committe on
Public Lands.
Rep. Robertson reported from the
Judiciary Committee on the bill re-
garding the custody and preservation
of the dockets and records of district
magistrates. Committee recommend
ed bill pass. Report laid on the table,
to be considered with the bill.
Rep. Rycroft reported for the Com
mittee on Public Lands, on the bill to
amend certain sections of the Land
Act, as follows:
Your Committee on Public Lands,
to whom was referred an Act relating
to homestead leases, beg leave TO re-
port.
1.-THE object of the bill has been ex-
planned as follows:
'First-That by requiring a small
annual rental from said class OF leases,
there will be caused healthier and
more independent feeling on the part
of the lessees, as they would not then
feel like beneficiaries or objects of
charity of the Government; and sec
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to the Government in partial compen-
sation for the outlay in surveying the
hOmesteads and making them accessi
bic by constructing roads to them.
"After due consideration your com
mittee feel that the idea of the Legis-
lature as expressed at the last session,
of providing homesteads, to such ten
ants as may wish to take them up,
upon conditions of Improvement, but
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1t seems proper that the class OF per
SONS who will be likely to apply for
homestead leases will, on account of
their lack of means, require all the
assistance and immunIties the Gov
eminent can afford them"
''We therefore recommend that the |
bill be laid on the table,"
Rep. Robertson presented the fol- |
lowing report of the Joint Committee |
on registration of male residents:
"The Joint Committee of the Legis. |
lature to whom was referred the ques-
tion of the general registration Of the |
male residents of the Republic or of
certain classes thereof, beg leave to
report, that they have had such mat
ter under consideration, and have
arrived at the conclusion, tbat If il
is the opinion Of the Legisl ,ture, that
such law be enacted, that it be
general or universal in its application,
so that no class OF people can say that
they have been Disseminated against.
The idea OF registration is in itself
Objectionable to q majority of people,
but as the law be enacted, will mat
eriaily increase the revenue in the
way of collection of taxes that are
now lost, and will also be q mode of
Identification, and also of detection
of criminals, it is thought that the in
terests of the Republic will be ad-
vanced by the enactment of law of
sucn character. The committee here
with submit bill for the consider
alton of the Legislature, which is
based on the bill of 1892 and the bill
introduced at the special Session OF
the Legislature.
Rep. Haluslani presented petition
from residents of Honolulu to the
affect that the Government require
all fish sold in Honolulu TO be sold in
the fishmarket and that the rent of
the stalls be reduced to reasonable
rate. Petition referred to the Sanitary
Com mittee.
Rep. Richards presented petition
from sixty people in North Hilo pray
ing for reduction of appraisment on
homesteads.
Rep. Robertson asked for informa-
tion from the Minister of Finance, as
follows:
Please state what general rules re-
garding the assessment and valuation
of property made by the Board of I
Equalization of taxes are now in force
and what changes have been made
from time to time ia former rules
made by said Board.
Rep. Hanuna asked Attorney
General Smith why it was that re |
ports from the different departments
of the Government had not been
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eentatiOn to the House. A bill regard
ing such provision had been passed at
the session of 1895.
Rep. Robertson gave notice of his
intention to introduce an Act to better {
define the powers of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs in regard to the mill
tary affairs of the Republic.
Minister Cooper expressed his in a
tention of introducing q bill for the
extension of certain streets in Homo
lalu. Under suspension of rules, the
bill was read for the first time. Re
ferred to Printing Committee.
Rep. Hanuna moved that the bill
for the preservation of 1
dockets and records of district magis-
trates be brought up for second read
ing. Carried. Read second time and
referred to Printing Committee. 1t
was decided to read the bill third
time Tuesday.
In answer TO a wish for remarks on
the bill, Minister Cooper said that =
there had been much carelessness in
the preservation of records and dock
cts. Original records had been lost,
and but few sets remained complete.
Rep. Hanuna wanted to know why c
Hilo and Waikiki had been excepted
in the bill. To his mind, they had as
much right as any other place to the =
provisions of the BILL
Rep. Richards wanted to know if it
was necessary to keep the records of
Hilo and Wailuku at those places;
could they not be brought to Homo
lulu, and thus save an item in the
bill ? .
Rep. Robertson spoke of Hilo and
Wailuku as the headquarters for Ha-
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