The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-07-05
Afternoon Session.

The House bled at 80.
Motion to read section by section was
carried.
Section l authorizes the appointment
OF three competent persons for each
island having ports OF entry who shall be
designated Commissioners OF Agricul-
ture."
Noble Burchardt moved to amend SO
as to create board not merely for each
island but for each port of entry.
Amendment and section as amended
passed.
Section 2 provides for the duties OF
the commissioners, to seek to prevent
the introduction of blight disease into
the Kingdom. They are given power to
enter any premises where they believe
the blight exists and cause any tree Or
plant affected to be cleansed or des-
troyed.
Noble Widemann moved to amend by
adding the word trees, and so as to make
the expense OF cleansing any tree or
trees on any place borne by the property
owner.
Rep. Kapaehaole--Am not in favor of
the amendment. 1t will work great
hardship especially among the Ha,
waiians. They own great many small
cannot pay the expense. The benefit is
public and the expense ought to be
borne by the public. l am in favor of
the section as it stands.
Noble Muller-I am not in favor of the
amendment.
Rep. Rickard-I am in favor of the
section as it stands with the addition OF
the words plant or plants and Noble
Widemann's first amendment. The OBJ
iect is public and it would be burden
for the land owner not merely to lose the
trees but also to have to pay
Noble Widemann- The taro pest re-
| ferred to by the member from Molokai is
| something which comes and goes and
does not spread. do not know why we
| should tax the other islands to pay the
| expenses of suppressing blight con-
| fined to Honolulu.
| Rep. Waipuilani-I am not in favor OF
the amendment. According to the argu-
ment of the honorable noble, coffee
| owner in Kona ought to cut. The law is
| intended not merely for this pest, but to
any which may be injurious.
| Noble Crabbe- have an amendment
which 1 think will cover the whole
ground. (The amendment changes the
wording from singular to plural.)
Rep. White-In the Hawaiian version
it saws the trees shall be removed, in the
English destroyed. l, therefore, move to
strike out words, or destroyed.
Rep. Brown am in favor of bill in
general, but as it stands it is altogether
too arbitrary. The committee can come
into my yard and tell me to cut a tree
down without giving me any chance tc
cleanse it. | move to amend. The effec
of the amendment is to give the land
owner ten days. grace in which to en-
deavor to cleanse the tree before the
committee shall have authority to order
the tree destroyed.
Noble Kauhane- That the expense
ought to be borne by the landowner.
the pest got into the cane fields of rich
plantation, the general public ought no
to have to pay that.
Noble Baldwin There are some rea
sons why the private owner ought to pa.
/ himself, but the argument is on tn,
, whole stronger the other way. The in
habitants of Kauai have direct interes
3 in graduating the blight in Honolulu
D 1t may reach Kauai with any vessels.
, Noble Ho-ner-This bill seems YER
reasonably drawn, and / think we Cal
hardly do better than pass it as it is
: 1t saws the commissioners shall take a.
: reasonable precaution. The contingen
= cies which have been anticipated ar
largely imaginary.
Q Rep. Kapaehaole-I agree with intro
4 Queer of the bill that the expense
should be paid by the Government, an
g | move to amend by adding to this SCI
ton the words that the expense sha
S be borne by the Government"
e Noble Homer Does not section
cover that amendment?
e The President - There are quite
II number of amendments.
d Rep. Richards amendment was ca
y ried.
e Noble Widemann's amendment pu
t ting expense in private owner was los
Rep. Browns amendment giving te
e DAYS grace TO landowners was carried.
e Rep. kapaehaole withdraws h
amendment.
d Section passed as amended.
J. Section refers to plants brought frol
% a foreign port and the duties of the Gu
II tom officers.
5. Noble Marsden moved section pass
l. read.
st Minister Brown moved to strike o
n word wharf and substitute vessel. Carrie
Section as amended passed.