The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-04


ing President TO the Legislature.
Through the entire correspondence
no retraction has been made by this
Government to the stand taken in the
first instance, but as the correspon-
denee progressed the likelihood of
satisfactory settlement of the contro-
versy appeared to be very remote.
This was the reason that led the Gov
ernment to make the suggestion that
the points at difference, be referred to
disinterested arbitration for decision
The Attorney General announced
the receipt by Minister Cooper of a
letter from President Dole stating that
he was very we'll in San Francisco
and expected to leave for home on the
Mariposa.
The following petitions were then
presented:
l. Achi-Petition from Kau for an
item of 81 900 for jail and courthouse
at Pahala
2. Achi-Petition from Kau for an
item of $4,000 for the improvement
of the road from Punaluu to the Vol
cano.
3. Achi-Petition for an item Of $15,-
900 for road from S. Kona to Waio-
hinu
4. Paris-Petition from Kau for an
item of $1,000 for road from Punaluu
to the Wailua homestead lots.
5. McCandless-Petition from 80 or
more residents of Kalihi and particu-
larly that part of Kalihi along the
road EVA of Kamehameha School ask
ing for an appropriation for the laying
of Government water pipes.
Representative Gear presented a petit
ton from the members of the Chinese
Y. M. c. A. asking that their grounds
and building be made exempt from
taxation.
Representative Robertson presented
petition from "a number of gentle
men with wheels" asking that the BIZ
cycle Act pass.
Representative Isenberg reported
the receipt of a communication from
Colonel Fisher inviting the Committee
on Military to be present at drill on
the Makiki baseball grounds on the
night of March 7th.
Representative Paris presented a pc
tition to the effect that an item of
$400 be inserted in the appropriation
bill for wharf shed at Hookena, S.
Kona; also an item of $50 for repair
ing the Court house at that place.
Representative Gear introduced his
bill for the regulation of the practice
of pharmacy and the sale of poisons in
the Republic of Hawaii Read first
time by title and passed
Notice of intention ito introduce the
following bills was then given:
l. Gear-"An Act relating to steno-
graphers, interpreters and clerks for
certain courts of the Republic of Ha-
waii"
2. Gear-"An Act prohibiting the
specific or penal enforcement of con-
tract for personal services and repeal
ing various chapters and sections of
the present laws
3. Gear-"An Act to amend Section
33 of an Act entitled an Act relating
to internal taxes and to repeal Chapter
81 of the Session Laws of 1892, relative
thereto approved the Sd day of
June, A D. 1896
4. LOebenstein-"An Act amending
Section of Act 81 of the Session Laws
of 1896, relating to the internal taxes;
also section 81 of the Act aforesaid
s. Loebenstein-"An Act amending
Subdivision of Article "a of the Con-
stitutiOn of the Republic of Hawaii in
accordance with Article 103 thereof"
Representative Loebenstein pro-
pounded the following question to the
Minister of Finance: will you kind
ly inform this House whether statis-
tics are on record of the amount of
taxes both real and personal, that be-
came delinquent after the first day of
January, 1897; also of the number of
taxpayers or voters whose taxes were
delinquent subsequent to that date.
The answer of the Attorney-Genera
to the question of Representative Gear
in regard to the question of issuing of
warrants by the Marshal or his dep
uties, was brought up for considera-
tion. In relation thereto, Representa-
tive Robertson introduced the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, 1t is the right of every
person against who an offense has been
committed to make complaint thereof