The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-24
House of Representatives..

House of Representatives..
House called TO order with Reps
Kaeo and McBryde absent.
The following report of the Com
mittee on Education was read:
Your Committee on Education, to
whom was referred a petition from
.Hilo praying that Hawaiian or half
white school teachers who have given
instruction in public schools in the
English language for three years, or
who may have held situations as teach
ers in the public schools on the first
day of January, 1896, be not removed
therefrom, but be permitted to con-
tinue in such situations without hav-
ing a teachers certificate, having had
the same under consideration beg
leave to report as follows:
Your committee find on inquiry of
the Board of Education that the said
Board has no intention of importing
teachers from abroad, as was appre-
hended by the petitioners. On the con-
trary, their purpose has been to en-
ploy Hawaiian teachers whenever such
could show proper qualifications.
1.-THE Board have rules, however,
which require all school teachers to
hold certificate, which certificate may
be secured by any person of good moral
character, on passing the prescribed
examination.
ut appears probable to your commit
tee that the petition under considera-
ton had it's rise in the fact that GER
tain teachers in Hilo district failed to
present themselves in compliance with
the rules, for examination, and that
upon so presenting themselves, after
having been notified that the rules
were obligatory to those who wished
to hold situations as teachers in the
public schools, they failed, on two diff
ferent occasions, to pass such an ex-
animation as would have entitled them
(other qualifications being satisfac-
tory to hold certificates.
Your committee feel confident that
no Hawaiian or half-white teacher
will be removed by the officers of the
Board for the mere purpose of making
for imported teachers, but
heartily approve of regulations which
require satisfactory scholastic as we'll
as moral qualifications of those who
aspire to hold situations as teachers.
Finding no occasion for interfering
with the prerogatives of the Board of
your committee recommend
that the petition be laid on the table,
Minister King reported signing by the
President of the kerosene oil, Chinese
and gambling and gaming
bills.
The committee to whom was referred |
House Bill No. %, relative to legacies,
recommending passage of the
dill as amended, eXempting from taxa
ton the persons and schools therein
discussed.
A petition from r. w. Irwin, Ha-
Taiian Consul at Toxic, Japan, relative
10 certain matters connected with jap
anese immigrants, under the conven
ton of 1886, was read. In this Mr.. r.
win made claim for So per head on GER
tain Japanese shipped by him.
Rep. Winston wanted to know if the
petition could be presented to the Su-
preme Court directly.
Minister Cooper was not sure as to
this.
A motion was made to refer the mat
ter to committee.
Rep. Robertson objected, saying that
the Supreme Court would be the proper
place for the petition to go, they proba-
bly, being less partisan and better able
to judge.
Rep Kamauoha was in favor of re-
ferring the matter to committee to
find if there was any merit in the petit
ton. In his opinion Mr.. Irwin had ex-
ceeded his limit after having been adj
vised by the Hawaiian Government.
He should be made to get his money
the best way possible.
Minister Smith asked that the petit
ton be read again, he having just en-
tered the room. Request granted.
Minister Smith said that some inves-
tigation of the matter should be made.
The case may have merit and again be
very frivolous. The House should have
an investigation before handing it over
to the Supreme Court Minister Smith
moved that the matter be referred to
the Minister of Foreign Affairs to re-
port to the House.
Upon being put to vote the motion of
Minister Smith carried.
Minister Cooper presented the follow
ing amendment to Article 63 of the
of the Republic of Hawaii:
AICICl6 Oo-1dCu ldW SudII SLHOIdC0
but one subject, which shall be ex-
pressed in it's title" Referred to the
Committee.
A communication from John Ena,
the House for the honor con-
ferred upon him 6y reelection to the
Council of State, was carried.
House adjourned at 1920 a. m.