The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-30
THE LEGISLATURE.
One Hundredfh Day.
THURSDAY, Sen

-''ole NhHalls reported printed a |
report OF the Sanitary Committee on /
several petitions and resolutions con. |
corning leprosy.
Rep. Wilder read a report Of tho
Committee on Commerce on the hin
10 exempt from taxation implements,
etc, of coffee and ramie production.
Inc committee confirms its former
favorable report on this bill. The
committee find that the government
cannot at present give any further
aid than that provided for in the bill.
laoled Tor consideration with the bill.
RESOLUTIONS.
Noble Pua introduced resolution
calling upon the Board of HeaIth to |
let all lepers now at the receiving ..
station remain there until certain l
specialists arrived from abroad. t
Noble ThurstOn moved the resoIu-
tlon be referred to the Sanitary Com
mlttee to investigate the circum
stances. Carried.
Under suspension of rules Rep. Ka- -
mauoha presented a report of IT, a &c
select Committee on the MAJ erIoef oi
government aid to nriv.S;r g 2tioo 10:
Tabled for >cc-1tIs,deration with the
Approximation Bill.
- 70 REP. Kamauoha also presented
report of the same Select Committee
on scholarships, salary of Prof. Lyons,
etc. recommending that the items pass
as follows: Scholarships $4,000, Prof.
Lyons $1,000, building and repairs of
schools $4,000; also several new
items for schOolhouses. Tabled with
the bill.
At 1880 the House proceeded to the
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The third reading of the Judiciary
bill was the order, but the bill was
not quite ready.
The Judiciary Committee was in
structed to provide the sections of the
bill with subheadings.
to highways.
The Secretary read n report of the
Committee on Public Lands and In
ternal improvements on the bill.
Noble Thurston said the bill was in
PRODUCED by the late AttOrney-Gener-
al. 1t had been drawn up at the
speakers request in 1890, and had
been since revised. The object of the
bill was to provide for uniformity of
sidewalks, etc.
The bill was taken up section by
section.
(The first four sections passed.
SECTION l. This Act may be cited in
all public proceedings as "The High
ways Act, 1892"
DEFINITION OF PUBLIC HIGHWAY.
SEC. 2. All roads, alleys, streets
ways, lanes, courts, places, trails anC
bridges in the Hawaiian Islands whether
now or hereafter opened, laid out OF
built by the Government, or by private
parties and dedicated or abandoned tC
the public as highway are hereby de-
clared to be public highways.
All public highways once established
shall continue until abandoned by due
process of law.
DEDICATION OF HIGHWAYS BY PRIVATE
PERSONS.
SEC. 3. Any road, alley, street, way
lane, court, place, trail or bridge laid out
constructed, opened or maintained b.
individuals or corporations as hlghwa,
may become public highway by dedl
cation or abandonment or surrende
thereof to general use by such individual
Or corporation, provided that the same
shall be accepted or adopted by the Min
lister of Interior.
DEDICATION OR ABANDONMENT.
SEC. i. Dedication or abandonment
of any highway mentioned in Section
of this Act may be by deed or by SUI
render or abandonment: such surrende
or abandonment shall be taken to b
when no act of ownership by the owne
thereof has been exercised within fiv
years.
Section 3.
OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN I'll
GOVERNMENT.
SEC. 5. The ownership of all publ
HIGHWAYS and the land, real estate an
property of the same shall be in the H,
waiian Government in fee simple.
Noble Horner objected to this. TIL
title should only be in the Cover
ment as leng as it is maintained as
highway.
Noble Thurston did not see that a.
Joining owners had any better eqult
than the Government. Supposin
King street should be abandone'
what equity had the adjoining owner
The land was not taken from them.
Rep. Iosepa strongly favored II
amendment offered by Noble Horne
The amendment adds to the sectiO
the words, $50 long as the same sha
be maintained as highroads."
Rep. Smith saw no objection to tt
amendment.
The section was referred to con
y mittee composed of Rep. Smith, y
bles Thurston, Peterson and J. y
Horner and Rep. Aki.
Atnoon the House took the usual I
cess.
- AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House was called to order
l:43.
Sections 6, 4, 5, 9, 10 and IL passed