The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-07-31
REPORT OF COMMITTEES.


President w. II. Castle in the chair.
Roll called and absentees noted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES.
Rep. G. Brown reported from the
judiciary Committee to whom was
referred the bill to abolish tuition fees
in Government schools, recommend
ing new bill, and amendments to the
original bill. The reason they in
troduced a new bill was, that the
original bill contained two distinct
ideas. Adopted.
The rules were suspended and the
bills read again by title, and passed
to engrossment to be read third
time ON Thursday.
Also from the same committee on
| the petitions of John +. Bowler and
More e Co. for the payment of GER
tain sums for work and material
furnished for the Palace, recon-
mending that the three petitions be
laid on'lhe table, and that the sum
of $4,000 be inserted in the Appro-
priation Bill,st pay any judgment
that may be obtained against the
| Government, for labor done and ma
terial furnished.
Rep. Kinney moved to adopt the
report.
Noble Widemann moved to have
the report printed and made the
order of the day next Tuesday.
Noble Baldwin moved to lay the
report on the table.
Rep. G. B own said if the House
meant to kill the report they could
have done it last week, and saved
the committee great deal of work.
He thought it was not serving the
committee right to refer back these
petitions to them, land then when they
make certain suggestions, throw
their report out of the window.
The motion 10 lay on the table
was lost.
Rep. Kamauoha moved to receive
the report and lay it on the table to
be considered with the Appropria-
ton Bill.
Minister Thurston said the COM
mittee went along well enough until
they came to the last paragraph of
the report, where they recommend
that certain amount be inserted In
the Appropriation Bill. 1t is none
of their business what is done with
the petitions after they are laid on the
table. He commended that the CON-
mittee went beyond their instruc-
tons when they recommended the
: appropriation of money to pay these
claims. All they had to consider
was, are these claims such as should
be recognized by this House ant
paid by the government, or are they
| invalid, and consequently to be
taken no notice of. He said it was
no use for the committee to argue
that the putting of this item in thu
Appropriation Bill will not helE
these people to recover judgment
: against the government, because i
will. The Courts will hold that there
was some valid claim, or the Legis
lature would not have made con
: tingcnt appropriation. He Therefore
> moved to accept the report up to thu
y last paragraph, and to reject that.
Noble Smith said that at the las
session matter of SIS, 900 was dis
, cussed, and it was concluded tina
we had better pay that amount, a
though it was not strictly in accor
: with law that the debt was cor
tracted, but it would protect on
, credit abroad. Now there is clail
. for So, 200 and the government sa
! repudiale it and then destroy on
, credit at home. He was in favor {
having the report printed and dis
cussed, rather than TO have hast
action in which an injustice could /
done.
Minister Green said that there W;
no parellism between the $500
spoken of by the Hon. Noble Smit
and these claims before the Hous
He could not understand why ii
- Judiciary Committee insisted in'for
;. ing this House to insert a certa
- amount in the appropriation, fl
~ these claims.
20 Noble Baldwin favored the motto
" to lay the report on the table to
considered with the Appropriate
Bill.
Noble Widemann said we we
tie now just where we were four da
h, ago, and he did not see the use
an discussing this matter any more. |
therefore renewed his motion to ha
a the report printed and a day
e. apart for its discussion.