The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-07-05


shall be designated commissioners
of Agriculture.
Noble Burchardt moved TO amend
so as to create board not merely
for each island but for each port of
entry.
Amendment aud section as
amended passed.
Sec. 2 provides for the duties Of
the commissioners. They are given
power TO enter any premises where
they believe the blight exists and
cause any tree or plant affected 10
lie clcansed or destroyed.
Noble Widemann moved to amend
by adding the word trees, so as to
make the expense of cleansing any
tree or trees on any place borne by
the property owner.
Rep. KapaehaoIe opposed the
amendment, thinking the public
should pay the expenses.
Noble Muller was against the
amendment.
Rep. Richard moved an amend
ment to provide for the relief Of
poor people who might be affected
by the law.
Noble Widemann said the taro
blight comes and goes, and any
body finding it in his fields should
destroy the plants without waiting
for the commissioners. The latest
tree blight was confined to this ISL
and.
Rep. Waipuilani did not agree
with the hon. Noble. IT coffee
trees were to be destroyed for the
common protection, the public
should bear the expense.
| Noble Crabbe moved an amend.
ment which the President said was
the same as that moved by the re-
preventative from Hamakua,
| Rep. White said the English YER
sion was that the trees should be
destroyed, while the native version
was that they should he removed.
This would make trouble among
Hawaiians. He moved to strike out
the words, "or destroyed"
Rep. Brown was in favor of the
bill generally, but further amend
ment was required. Ii was too ar
bitrary, gave too much power to
commissioners. They could destroy
his trees without giving him oppor-
tunity 10 cleanse them. He moved
an amendment giving ten days.
trial to see it trees cannot be
cleansed before destruction.
Noble j. Kauhane considered the
bill hardly intended to meet the
blight known for many years in this
country, but rather to prevent the
further spread of the blight lately
appeared. 1t would not be right tt
make the country pay for the sup
preston of this blight on large plan
tations. If this law passed withou
Noble Widemann's amendment, ant
; people found the Government pay
ing for removal Of the pest, Their
would soon be no money left in tn
, treasury for any other purpose, i
would all go TO paying expenses o
removing this new blight.
Noble Baldwin thought there wer
some reasons why owners of plant
!. should pay the cost Of destroyin,
the blight, but they could not dis
tinguish between the rich and th
poor in the matter. Therefore til
: public ought to pay the expenses
A man on another island had a
!, equal interest in clearing out th
= pest with one living in Honolulu
" Perhaps there was a danger of pIar
tiers getting in league with commits
. sioners and having their ripe can
:. cut for them at public expense, bt
II to lay joking aside he thought thel
> would be sufficient limit 10 the e.
I, pense in the amount of the apprt
y priation. Neither the Minister {
= the Interior nor commissions
;. would attempt to exceed I'll
~ amount appropriated.
4 Noble j. Nj. Horner thought I'll
bill very reasonably drawn as
IS stood, and lie did not see that the
could do much better than pass
without mateIia! change. The b
re confined all action to reasonable
Of discretion.
Rep. Paehaole was in favor of Il
De section as in the hill.
ne Rep. Richards amendment ca
I'd ried.
r. Noble Widemann's amendmen
10 make the expense private char
To the owner OF premises, was los
be Rep. Browns amendment, pr
H. viding ten days trial at cleansin
IN carried.
re Sec. 3, providing for notice to
Y. given by masters of vessels bringi
a. plants into the kingdom, so th
hit they may be inspected, WAS read.
n Minister Brown moved to ms,
o. "vessel" for "wharf, so that plar
be inspected before landing. Cs
of ried.
hi Sec. 4 prescribes that q comm
I'M sioner On discovering disease in
We imported plant shall notify his c.
mt leagues and they shall destroy I
ill plant and its dontainer il the dises
ne be proved.
,al Rep. Richard moved to amend
IRE that the plant shall be destroy
before leaving the vessel. Lost.
H. Noble Marsden moved, second
INF by Noble Crabbe, that the sect