The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-31
House OF Representatives.

House OF Representatives.
Speaker Naone announced the re-
ceipt Of a communication from the
Minister fthe Interior answering the
questions pTopOunded by Rep. Robert
son regarding placing on the market for
rent or sale of homestead lots on Mt
Tantalus. The lots had been surveyed
and the matter was now under cOnsid-
Grafton.
Rep. Rycroft reported for the Com
mittee on Public Lands, to whom had
been referred an item of $12, 347 in the
current receipts bill for Government
nurseries and forests. The committee
stated that the appropriation named
was for the support of the Government
nursery on King street and also to pro-
vide for the removal of the same to the
south side of Punchbowl. In their
opinion the value and usefulness of the
nursery would be much increased by
the proposed change. The Executive
should endeavor to carry the project
into execution. The committee rec
commended passage of the item. Laid
on the table to be considered with the
bill.
Rep. Richards reported House Bill
relating to the dimensions of the ma
tiCnal ensign, typewriter.
Rep. Bond propounded the following
question to the Minister of the Int
rior: please state the increase or de-
crease in the number of Portuguese,
Chinese and Japanese immigrants dur
ing the past five years"
First reading of Senate Bill No. an
noun cod as unfinished business.
The recommendations of the COM
mittee as presented at Saturdays ses-
sion relating to appropriations under
current expenses for the military, the
Committee on Public Lands and the
Survey Department were adopted
without discussion.
Rep. Richards moved for the inser-
tiCn of an item of 1857 in favor of A. B.
Loebenstein, for certain expenses of
surveying Government lane in Hilo
The survey had been made for the pur-
pose of selling or renting certain home
steads. and the expenses OF surveying
We're to have come out of the proceeds.
As il was. land near the lots surveyed
was sold and the latter remained; con-
sequently, the expenses had not been
paid. Referred to Committee on Pub
lie Lands.
The recommendation of the commit
tee on the item appropriating the sum
of 81, 347 for forests and Government
nurseries was adopted and the item
passed
Rep. Richards reported House Bill
No. Is. rel7ting to the terms of Circuit
Courts. printed.
Report of the committee on the sal !
airy of the clerk of the Second Judi !
cial circuit, asking that the appropri- |
alton be made~S1 800, carried.
Rep. Kamauoha moved for a recon |
sid~ration of the salary of the clerk of
the Third and Fourth Judicial circuits |
Rep. Robertson rose to point of
order. The item had passed and a |
space OF two days had also passed. Ac- |
cOrding to Rule 4S there could be no
reconsideration after such time.
Rep. Kamauoha-The House can do |
most anything if it will only vote so.
After Rep. KamauOha had explained |
his grounds for bringing up the matter |
of reconsideration Rep. Robertson |
called for a ruling on his point of order |
The Speaker was of the opinion that |
the time was unlimited during which a |
member could bring up the matter of |
reconsideration.
Rep. Robertson read the rule alluded |
10 anu Tie speaker ielI the udIleE WIFI
the House.
Rep. Robertson went into an explain
alton of the rule, and Rep. Kamauoha
withdrew his motion.
House Bill No 10 passed third read
ing with a vote of Is to 1.
Senate Bill No. % read by title and
referred TO the Judiciary Committee.
House Bill No. 6, relating to the ex-
tension of certain streets in Honolulu
taken up section by section.
Sections l and 2 passed as amended
by the committee. Bill passed second
reading and was ordered typewriter
and read third time Thursday.
House Bill No. II taken up in first
reading and referred TO the Judiciary
Committee. Quite a little debate was I
INDUCED in, but the matter was finally
left with the Judiciary Committee. {
House Bill No. 10, amending the Ses- I
sion Laws, was referred to the Judic- I
larry Committee.
House adjourned at 11:45 a m. i