The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-29

are not. l am informed that medica-
ted baths are allowed one class at the
station while others less fortunate are
refused them. The Attorney-General
thought it would be a good thing for us
TO investigate the affairs at the Insane
Asylum, and we did so and found every
thing all right. He wants scrutiny; he
should not refuse to sanction the ap-
pointment of a committee to visit the
settlement-say a Saturday night and
return Sunday night, and no time
would be lost
Rep. Rycroft-The honorable member
suggested going with the Board of
Health and now he wants to go on a
Saturday night.
Rep. Hanuna-The Board of Health
could arrange to leave on Saturday
night, so that the talk about waste of
time is nonsense.
Rep. Bond-The President of the
Board of Health is present, and l think
it best that he be informed that reso-
luton has been presented asking that
committee be appointed to visit the
settlement.
Minister Smith, am in favor of
committee of the Legislature going up.
Rep. Rycroft-The Board of Health
CcthlAOI 1CIuoC a
Minister Smith-Who has the floor?
The committee could go up with the
next regular visit of the Board of
Health, and | am in favor of the Leg
islature investigating every public in
stitution in the Government. l think
l invited a committee to visit the In
sane Asylum and prison, and l would
be glad to have committee to investi-
gate the affairs at the settlement. The
conditions there are peculiar; it is a
| Government or city of itself, and the
Board of Health has arbitrary pow
| erS- almost equal to martial law, al
though it might not go so far. 1t would
| be no more than right for the members
| to see that those rights are not abused.
Rep. Rycroft thought the visit might
| be good thing, but he would move the
matter be considered later Motion lost.
Rep. Hanuna's motion to appoint
committee of five carried.
l. Minister Smith-Under suspension of
the rules | wish to give notice of inten-
| tion to introduce bill to regulate the
hours during which children be per-
mitted on the streets. Following is the
| text of the Act:
| Section 1. Any child under Is years
of age who, except in case of necessity,
shall go and remain on any public
street or highway after 9 o'clock in
the evening and before o'clock in the
| morning, unaccompanied by an adult
person, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than So or by Imprisonment
not exceeding fourteen days.
Section 2. Any parent or guardian
having the care, custody and control of
a child under Is years of age who, eX-
cept in case of necessity, shall knowing
ly and voluntarily suffer or permit such
child to go and remain on any public
street or highway after 8 o'clock in the
evening and before 4 o'clock in the
morning, unaccompanied by an adult
person, shall be punished by fine of
not more than $5 or by Imprisonment
not exceeding fourteen days.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect
from and after the date of it's publica-
tion.
Under the same suspension of rules
the Attorney-General gave notice of
his intention to introduce an Act to
prevent injuring, distorting and de-
forming the feet of female children un-
der the age of Is years.
Under the same suspension Rep. Ka-
mauoha gave notice of his intention to
crease in the number of mobiles and rep
resentatiVes from the different islands.
Under the same suspension Minister
Cooper gave notice of his intention to
introduce an Act entitled "An Act to
to define the procedure in action of con-
demnation under the right of eminent
domain. The Minister added that sew
eral bills had been submitted to him
TO draft, some of them very lengthy, but
his department had no money to pay
for the translation of them.
Rep. WinstOn-If bills have merit the
House will pay for the translation.
|. The proposed amendment to Article
63 of the Constitution of Hawaii to read:
Each law shall embrace but one sub
ject, which shall be expressed in it's
title"
Minister Cooper moved that the bill
pass its final reading.
After the Clerk began calling the
names of members, Minister Smith in
terrupted, and Minister Cooper pro-
posed an amendment inserting the
words Title of Laws after SO in the
bill. Carried
Bill as amended passed.
Bill No. 20, relating to fire limits,
was taken up with report of commit
tee recommending the elimination of
all of Section 1 of the bill.
Minister Smith-The fire limit has
been extended from time to time, and /
as the city grows it will still further |
be extended. Each time it has been
extended there have been complaints of l
hardship to people owning property
within the limits. But the members
must remember that the law does not
compel the erection of fire-proof build |
ings where other buildings now stand, |
but if improvements are made the
buildings shall be made fre-proof Like
the opening of streets and other i'm
prOvements where the purse is touched,
complaints arise. The Government