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Constitution, it was intended that the $3.50
was for the term for which Representatives
were elected.
Noble Smith SAID the Committee on Ac-
counts had refused to pay the first draft
presented to them for compensation for
the present session. He though this
matter of construction OF Article 80 of the
Constitution.
Rep. Kauhi understood that the commit
tee were going to report against this pay
ment, and he was glad III nau Deen brought
up at this stage.
Noble Widemann thought this touched
the pockets of representative closely, but
it ought to touch their honor more closely.
They ought not to be in too much haste.
Noble Baldwin said he was not lawyer
but he thought the constitution put it as
plainly as English can express 1t that
representatives are entitled to their COM
pensatiOn for this session. The compensa-
ton was part of the expenses of the ses-
sion set forth in the report of a committee,
some time ago, OF which he was a member.
Noble Smith was inclined to think Noble
Baldwin and others of the same OpInlOT,
were correct. But he wanted an authoTl-
tative decision of the question raised.
Minister ThurStOn said there was no
question on his mind as to the right of
representatives to compensation for this,
apart from the extraordinary session. The
session of 1887 belonged TO one period, the
present session to another period, and
Representatives are entitled to $3.50 for each
biennial period, according to the constitu-
ton.
Minister Ashford said the Act of last
session was an expression OF opinion that
representatives are entitled to pay for that
as well as the present session.
Noble Townsend voted against the pay
ment of compensation for last session. so
far as he could understand, it was not con-
templated in the constitution that mem
bers should receive the $3.50 otherwise than
for the time for which they were elected
Noble Hitchcock, on reading the cOnsti-
tuition, could not see where 1t forblds
representatives getting $3.50 for this session.
The session of 1887 was not a session in
binary session" entirely outside of the
period for which the $3.50 is specifically
provided.
Minister Green said that in the event of
the house being called together next year,
which would make two sessions in the pre-
sent biennial period, he could not see how
it is to be supposed that members are to
serve two and half years under the COM
pensatiOn authorized for only two years.
Noble Baldwin read from the dictionary
the definition of period IN support of his
views.
Representatives, under the rules, being
disqualified to vote on the question, the
ayes and noes of Ministers and Mobiles |
were taken, when there appeared:
For the ResOlutiOn-Green, Austin, |
Thurston. Ashford, Robinson, Jaeger,
Waterhouse, Foster, Luhiau, Wight, Not |
ley, Wall, Hitchcock, Baldwin, Bailey, |
Richardson, Makee, Wilcox, Bertelmann
10.
inst-TOwnsend-1.
The President said that though the ma
jOrity of votes cast was for the resolution, |
yet he could not declare the resolution car
ried, as the 10 was not majority of the |
members of the House present.
1t was suggested that a sufficient num-
Der of representatives retire to leave bare
quorum. number did accordingly re-
tire
Some discussion of desultory kind en-
sued the outcome of which was that the
question was referred to a select commit
tee, consisting of Mobiles Baldwin, Smith,
Townsend, Richardson and Warehouse.
CHANGES IN COMMITTEES.
The President made the following APP
pOintmentS on committees of which he had
been himself a member before his election
to the Chair;
Election Laws, d. H. Hitchcock; Lii
censes, A. Jaeger; KOnohiki Fisheries, w.
A. Kinney; Asiatic Immigration, G. H.
Dole; Judiciary Committee, w. o. Smith;
Petitions, G. P. Kamauoha.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
DesertiOn Act-Third reading of the bill
to repeal section 81 of the Penal Code "to
prevent married persons deserving each
other"
Noble Smith moved indefinite postpone
ment.
The ayes and noes were taken on the
motion, when there appeared:
Ayes-Smith, Warehouse, Luhiau, Not
ley, Wall, Baldwin, Bailey. Richardson, G.
n. Wilcox, Bertelmann, Naone, Deacon,
Mcguire, Kamauoha, Nawahlne, Heleku-
nihi, A. S. Wilcox, Nakaleka-18.
NOes-Green, Austin, ThurstOn, Ash
lord, Robinson, Townsend, Hitchcock, c.
Brown, Kamai, Kinney, Horner-11
L The bill was indefinitely postponed
Telegraph Cabes-SecOnd reading of
nter-island cables bill with report of com
nittee thereon
The first section passed.
Adjourned at 3;45 to 10 o'clock Saturday
morning