The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-28
REPORTS OLE COMMITTEES

Noble Smith read reports OF the Judiciary
Committee on eight subjects:
l. Petition from South Kona, relating to
certain Anti-ChneSe Societies. Recon-
mend the petition be referred to the COM
mittee on Chinese matters.
2. Petitions introduced by Noble Hitch
cock and Rep. {. Brown, relating to office
of Governor. Recommend the petitions
lie on the table to be considered with the
bill.
3. Petition to make the President of the
Board of Education a Cabinet Minister.
the table until proper constitutional
amendments are introduced.
4. Petition to amend articles SO, 81, 80
and AZ OF the Constitution. Recommend
it lie on the table until proper amendments
are introduced.
5. Petition that no government or crown
lands be sold or leased to persons other
than residents and citizens. Committee
think it would not be wise to enact such a
law and recommend the petition be laid on
the table.
6. Petitions On for abolition of konohiki
run on kOnOhiki lands. Recommend to
refer petition to the select committee on
kOnOhiki fisheries bill.
The foregoing six reports were adopted.
Z. Bill to amend section 1868 of the Civil
Code, relating to practitioners in courts.
Committee think the bill will tail to accom-
plish what may have been the intention of
the intrOducer, and recommend 1t be laid
on the table. Accepted and laid on the
table to be considered with the bill.
g. Bill relating to liens of mechanics
and material men. Recommend sundry
amendments and, with them, that the bill
pass. Laid on the table to be taken up
with the bill.
MEMBERS ABSENT.
Noble Smith on behalf of Noble Bailey,
stated that the latter had found it neces-
sary, on account OF urgent business, to go
to Maui.
The President made a similar statement
on behalf of Noble Baldwin.
Both Mobiles were excused.
MINISTER'S ANSWERS.
Minister Thurston answered the ques-
tons of Rep. Kamanoha, relative to claims
for lands taken in the burnt district of
Honolulu for the improvement of the
streets In answer to the first question: list
is submitted of unsettled claims on file.
The answer to the second question is that
a settlement of each individual claim is a
matter of adjustment with the claimant,
based upon the application as compared
with carefully prepared return from the
Government Survey, showing the number
of square feet taken and the nuHlber of
feet frontage on the new street line, and as
this has not yet been done with the I'M
settled claims it is impossible to give the
area to be taken or amount of COmpenSa-
ton, but the latter amount, after a careful
is placed at $48,O40
NEW BILL.
Minister Green read, first time, bill
to provide for the number, charges and
of the pilots in the harbor of
Honolulu.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Military Bill.-Second reading of the
IfVfo rVyh hvTO I'D
from previous day. Sections IL to Is (some
of them amended), passed.
The bill, as a whole, passed to engross-
ment. to be read third time on Monday.
Officers to Take Acknowledgements
Third reading OF the bill relating to Off
GERS to take Acknowledgements. Passed.
Drunkenness reading of the
bill to define the term drunkenness.
Minister Ashford moved the bill be re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands
and Internal Improvements, for the reason
that many persons consider drunkenness
to be an internal improvement.
Noble Hitchcock moved the bill be laid
On the table. Carried.
Noon recess, one hour.