The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-08
PETITIONS.

KealOalii, praying for permission to con
tinue treatment of certain female leper pa
tent at Kakaako, and that the Board Of
Health be directed to supply the said patient
with food while under his treatment. The
petition was accompanied with memoran.
dunn books and lists of medicines for lep
rosy Referred to the Sanitary Committee.
The same member also presented a petit
ton from the wife and daughter of another
Ieper praying that he be left under Kealo-
alii's treatment tor further period of four
months. Referred to the Sanitary Com
mittee.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Rep. F. Brown reported three bills
printed.
Registrar of COnveyanees Bill--Noble
Baldwin read majority report of the FL
nance Committee on the bill read a second
time on Friday, entitled An Act to amend
Code, relating to the Registrar of Convey
anceS.
The principal change proposed by the
bill is the provision that the fees of that
department shall be paid into the public
treasury, and that the Registrar of Con-
veyances shall receive such salary as shall
be appOrtiOned by the Legislature.
According to the present law, the Regis
trar derives his pay from the profits of
his department after deducting all eXpen-
ditureS for clerk hire, etc., from the re-
Ceipts of the department.
The bill was referred to this committee
on motion of Noble Castle, who suggested
the amendment: In counting the num-
Der of words necessary to make one hun
dred words each group of figures used to
express any date, number or otherwise,
shall be counted as one word and no more. ]"
On investigation, we find that the Regis
trar of ConVeyances has been in the habit
of counting each numerical figure as one
word thus 1888 would be counted four
words, whereas the amendment would
have this group OF figures counted as one
word.
The committee are of opinion that while
the charge of p cent for each figure APP
pears high, the average charge of so cents
for one hundred words is not high, the long
words making up for the short ones.
The receipts OF the Registry department
will not probably exceed the running ex-
penses of the department. Committee re-
commend the bill pass as introduced.
(Signed) H. p. BALDWIN,
j. w. KAwAINUI
J. ID. PARIS, Jr.,
A. S. WILCOX.
Noble Widemann said he had not signed
the report. He did not think it was neces-
sary to burden the law with matters of de-
tail that were in the power of the Minister
OF interior TO regulate.
Noble Castle said the rates were double
those of most of the States. In New York
the rate was 10 cents per one hundred
words. He would not, however, press the
amendment.
The bill passed to engrossment, to be
read third time on Saturday.
KEEP. t. Brown said the Judiciary Com
mittee have not reported owing to the alb
Sence of two members.
MINISTERIAL ANSWER.
Minister Green read the following state
ment i'll answer to Rep. Paris question of
yesterday relative to the nOn-payment of
salary of the District Judge of North KOna:
1t has been usual in closing the Treasury
books at the end of the biennial term for
the Registrar of Public Accounts to put
aside the salaries of the district Judges, to
avoid the necessity of re-apprOpriating
said amounts (and for their convenience
and pay them out when the proper YOuch-
erS come along. In the case of the District
} Judge of North kOna, paper purpOrting
to be draft on the Treasury, was lately
presented in favor of third parties but he
had omitted to sign it. The holder was IN
formed that on the draft being properly
signed it would be at once paid.
Noble Smith moved the matter be refer
red to the Judiciary Committee. Carried.
NEW BILLS.
Noble Castle, read, first time, by title:
An Act to amend section $50 of the Civil
Code relative to security for costs in GER
tain cases.
An Act to authorize the clerks in the
Supreme and Circuit Courts to tax costs.
An Act to facilitate the proof of service
of processes in civil cases.
An Act to provide for the terms of the
Circuit Court in the Second Judicial Cir
cult.
Rep. Helekunihi read, first time, a bill !:
TO amend section 722 of the Civil Code,
relating to attendance AFT school
Noble Castle asked the hon. member to
point out the section proposed to be
amended, and moved the bill be returned
to the member for correction. Carried.
NOTICES OF NEW BILLS.
Noble Young gave notice of:
A Bill relating to the Honolulu Street
Railway.
Rep. Brown gave notice of:
An Act amending the act relating topro-
ceedings in bankruptcy.
Rep. KamauOha gave notice of bill:
To define the meaning of the word
8 drunkenness.
Minister ThurstOn gave notice of:
An Act to extend the term of the Com
mission of Boundaries.
QUESTIONS TO MINISTER OF FINANCE.
Noble Townsend asked the Minister of
Finance:
l. How is the printing of department
and bureau reports dOne-by contract or
)therWiSeP
2. If by contract, how are contracts
awarded?
3. If otherwise, how is the patronage
awarded, and how is the price of the work |
RESOLUTIONS.
Kakaako spital.-Noble Baldwin pre-
sented the following:
Resolved that a committee of seven be |
appointed by the President to visit the |
leper hospitaI-tO examine into |
he condition of the hospital-the method |
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