The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTY-THTRD DAY.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. n.
Morning Session.

reau ana, as usual, approved.
Noble Baldwin from the Commit |
tee ON Finance presented report on
Bill li3 to provide for the DISPOSE
ton of the Hospital Tax Funds,
and to the effect that the committee
consider it just that the money be
turned into the Treasury as special
deposit subject to the order of the
trustees of the Queens Hospital and
recommend the passage of the bill.
After considerable argument and
the voting down of two proposed
amendments and an appeal from the
ruling of the chair, the report of the
committee was adopted. Bill order
ed to engrossment and for third
reading on Saturday next,
Noble Thurston from the Com
mittee on Public Lands presented
the following report:
Your Committee on Public Lands
and Internal improvements to whom
was referred Bill 112 defining high
ways and defining and establishing
certain rights and duties in connec-
ton Herewith, report that they have
had the same under consideration.
The bill is the same one that was
introduced by the Minister of Inter
Tor before the Legislature of 1890
and at that time unanimously recon-
mended by the Committee on Com
merce for passage. The reason for
its failure of passage by the Legis-
lature of 1890 does not clearly APP
pear, as the bill covers ground which
has long needed legislation in this
country, viz: the accurate defining
of the status and control of public
highways and the laws incidental
thereto, and a law governing and
compelling the construction and
maintenance of sidewalks.
The necessity for a law compelling
uniformity of construction of side
walks is especially needed in Homo
lulu. There is now no law by which
the owner of property can be com
PEELED to maintain the sidewalks in
front of his property. This should
be remedied and made to conform
to laws upon this subject as they
exist in other enlightened countries.
The sidewalks in Honolulu are far
behind the roads and are a disgrace
to the town. 1t is fair to say that in
no place in the United States of its
size are there better roads or worse
sidewalks than in Honolulu In
fact, in many places in town the I'M
certainties and inequalities of side
walk construction and elevation are
menace to life and limb. This
condition of affairs should no longer
be tolerated.
The bill in question appears to
fully cover the subject, and, with the
verbal amendments contained in the
copy of the bill submitted herewith
the committee hereby recommend
that the same do pass.
Noble Marsden from the Commit,
tee on Ways and Means presented a
report on Bills II and 2lA, relating
to the amendment of the labor laws
The committee consider that the
changes sought by Bill u would be
serious injury to the agricultural
interests of the country, and they
recommend that the said bill be LAID
on the table. The provisions of Bill
2lA contain all of the law as it now
stands with an addition of words re
lative to 'the time during which he
has abscnted himself" This bill tn,
committee recommend be passed
Report accepted and tabled for con
sideration with bills.
Rep. Smith from the Sanitar,
Committee presented a report OF
Bill l63, relating to coroners, tn,
object being to make deputy sheriff
coroners. The committee recon
mend the passage of the bill. Ia
bled for consideration with the bill
> Noble Neumann from the Judi
ciary Committee presented a repor
> (Which he said was a majority one
on Bill 8, providing for the holdin;
) the December term of the ID Judi
7 cial Circuit in Waikiki instead o
/, Lahaina The minority (Noble Neu
| mann and Rep. SMITH recommen'
? that the bill pass on the score o
1 economy and convenience to tn
; residents of Maui. The majorit
! Noble Peterson and Reps, Ashfor'
3 and White) recommend that the bill
4 be tabled until after action ON tn
Judiciary Reform Bill Reports az
cepted and tabled for bill.
Rep. Smith from the Sanitar
, Committee presented report o
+, Bill No. 5 to repeal Chapter "A O
the laws Of 1888 relating to lepe
,, suspects. The committee say tina
= segregation and treatment of lepeI
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