Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06
TWO new SENATE BILLS
Upper House Passes the Bill Amending
Sections Of Land Act.
Senate Adjourns Until Monday for Want Of
Business House Bills Pass
First Reading.

In the Senate this morning a
was read from the
House reporting the passage of
House Bill 70, descent of proper
ty, and House Bill 80, laundering
of clothing, etc. Also that the
House had adopted the report of
the Joint Conference Committee
on House Bill IS, claims against
estates of deceased persons, and
further, that the House had con-
CURED in Senate amendments to
House Bill "a, notice of increase
of assessment.
Senator Schmidt introduced
Senate Bill 80, to amend aud re-
peal part Of Act 80 of the Laws of
the Provisional Government, ap-
proved June Z, 1894, licensing the
manufacture of wine from grapes
of Hawaiian growth, hich passed
first reading. The bill authorizes
the Minister of Interior to graut
licenses for the manufacture of
wine from grapes of Hawaiian
growth, provided the applicant
for such license shall first file
with said Minister bond with
one good and sufficient
surety to the effect that
he shall not manufacture any
brandy, rum or any spirituous Ii
quors, that he shall not msnufac-
ture wine out of grapes grown in
any foreign country, that he shall
not sell any wine manufactured
under this license to any person
other than to licensed dealers in
spl,ituous liquors or wines or
beer; that he shall, on or before
the last day of December in each
year, furnish the said Minister
with correct statement, in writ
lug, of the quantity of wine manu-
featured by him during the pact
gear and the quantity sold and
still on hand. The Marshal. or
his deputy or the sheriff or de-
putty sheriff of the respective dis.
trict shall from time to time in
spect the stock of wine of Ii
censed manufacturer and CON
vince themselves that no wine is
or has been sold except to licensed
dealers, and upon a forfeiture of
the bond provided for before any
district magistrate the license
granted by the Minister of the In
terror shall cease and determine.
The penalty for manufacturing
wine for sale without first contain
ing the license prescribed or
for selling said wiue otherwiss
than as prescribed by the coudi
tons of the bond is the same as is
prescribed for selling spiIituous
liquor without license.
Senator Brown from the Joint
Judiciary Committee presented
the Conference report on House
Bill 30 which WAS ordered consi
dered with the bill.
S-nate Bill 33, amending a
number of sections of the Land
Act, passed third reading.
Under suspension of the rules
Minister Cooper introduced Sc
na'e Bill ~, concerning Chinese
immigration. The bill provide
for the introduction of 5000 Chi
nese laborers upon acquisitions
approved by the Board of Immi-
grafton, ca h one of whom is re-
quired 70 give bond with securi-
~ from the employer to the effect
that he will return to China at the
expiration of his contract.
In explaining the provisions Of
the bill Munster Cooper said to @
reporter that Chinese immigration
was entirely suspended pending
annexation, the only Chinese
coming being under permit and
bond for six months resi-
dence. 1t was found tina
this six months permit wa,
unsatisfactory as those coming
under it did not always return
The purpose of the bill is to ado
a new paragraph to Section 2 o
the Chinese law OF 1892 which
provides that the Minister of For
eign Affairs may issue permits t.
Chinese for a temporary sojourI
in the country, not to exceed TIVE
years. The bond is conditioned
that while 30 sojourning the i'm
migrant will not engage in an.
, mechanical employment othe
) than service in the field or in rio