The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-28
HOLD SHORT SESSIONS.
HOUSE AM SENATE NAVE nurLit
TIE BUSINESS.
senate In Recess to Monday-A Recon-
sidersiion IN the House
Committees.
SEVENTH DAY.


ident or heads of departments.
Notice was received from the
House that Bill No. 4, Homestead
Leases Bill, had passed that body.
The biennial report of the
Auditor General was presented.
Senator Rice reported official
copies of the Bill for the Improve
ment of Streets of Hilo, Homestead
Leases Bill and Current Accounts
Bill as amended.
Under "Order of the Day." Mr..
Damon's bill to appropriate the
sum of SIS, for the expenses OF
the session of 1896 was taken up
and passed second reading. This
is Bill No. 7.
Bill No. ?, current accounts,
came up on third reading.
Mr.. Hooking inquired if there
was an appropriation for the pay
ment of interest on the money
loaned under this bill.
The chair replied that that was
provided for.
The bill then passed its final
reading.
Senate Bill No. 4, relating TO
Homestead Leases, came up for
final reading. Bill passed.
Senate Bill No. 8, to provide for
improving the streets in the town
Of Hilo, was read by its title and
referred to the Committee on Pub
lie Lands and Internal Improve
ments.
House Bill No. I, authorizing
the Minister of Interior to make
certain class Of leases, was taken
up and read. This bill passed its
final reading in the House Thurs
day. 1t was referred to the Com
mittee OH Public Lands and Inter
nal improvements.
Mr.. Brown suggested that the
committee, in considering the bill,
look carefully into the Land Act to
see that nothing therein conflicts
with it.
Mr.. Damon said he had received
letters and seen in the public prints
matter regarding the amount of
money paid in taxes by the other
islands, especially Hawaii, and the
amount received in return. If the
Legislature desired he would be
pleased to make report of the mat
ter. 1t amounted practically to a
sort of strife between the outer ISL
ands over their share of the dis
bursements.
AT 1890 the Senate adjourned to
10 Monday.
The following report was receiv-
ed from IA. Laws, Auditor General.
81 beg to hand you my report to
the Legislature of 1896. having
made full report Of the workings
of the Audit office to the special
session converting last summer
have deemed it unnecessary to sub
NIT another lengthy report at this
time, and this one is therefore
brief.
1.-The commission appointed at
the special session to prepare and
lay before you draft Of revised
audit act, have prepared such "A
draft, l understand, and it will en-
gage your attention, l hope, at a
later period of the present session. -
Tabled for future consideration.
Rep. Hanuna moved that the
rules be suspended so that he could
withdraw his motion made the
other day that the report Of the
Board of Health in re cholera
epidemic be translated and printed.
Allowed.
Rep. Winston from the Commit
tee on Commerce reported on
House Bill No. 2, relative to max
ing Kealakekua a port OF entry, re-
commencing that the bill pass,
Accepted and made the order Of
the day.
Senate Bill No. 3, relative to the
biennial fiscal period passed third
reading unanimously.
The Kealakekua port of entry
bill was brought up for second
reading and ordered typewriter
to be read third time tomorrow
Rep. Robertson gave notice thai
there would be a meeting of the
Joint Committee on Foreign Affair.
in the Foreign Office at O'Clock
this afternoon, and that the Com
mittee on Registration would NEE
at ago o'clock in the Legislative
hall.
House adjourned to 10 o'clock to
morrow.
NOTES.
Rep. Hanuna has mastered tn
intricacies of the typewriting ma
chine and does all his work on one
| Rep. w. P. Haia is expected t
arrive from Maui by the steame
Kinau this afternoon.
. Secretary Jas. N. X. Keola ride
a wheel now. He only learned
the science of it few days ago.
"Jcsh" Tucker, Sergeant of tn
House, is very attentive messer
ger and up-to-date.