The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-05-01

Minister Smltn-l am IN IdhOI VI
committee OF the Legislature going u
Rep. Rycroft-The Board of Healt
cannot refuse committee
Minister Smith-Who has the floor
The committee could go up with IN
next regular visit of the Board {
Health. and am in favor Of the Les
islature investigating every public IN
sfftution in the Government. 1 thin
I invited a committee to visit the In
sane Asylum and prison, and woul
b. glad 10 have a committee 10 investi
xate the affairs at the settlement. IN
conditions there are peculiar; il is
Government or a city of itself, and tn
Board of Health has arbitrary pow
ers-almost equal TO martial law, al
though il might not 90 so far. 1t would
he no more than right for the members
70 see that those rights are not abused
Rep. Rycroft thought the visit might
he a good thing, but ne would move the
matter be considered later. Motion lost
Rep. Hanuna's motion to appoint
committee of five carried.
Minister S1nith-Under suspension OF
the rules l wish TO give notice OF inten-
rion 10 introduce a bill to regulate the
hours during which children be per
mitted on the streets. Following is the
text OF the Act:
Section l. Any child under 10 years
of age who, except in case Of necessity,
shall 90 and remain on any public
street or highway after 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 IS 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
" and voluntarily suffer or permit such
child to 20 and remain on any public
street or highway after 9 o'clock in the
evening and before 1 o'clock in the
morning. unaccompanied by an adult
person. shall be punished by fine of
not more than s. or by imprisonment
not exceeding fourteen days.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect |
from and after the date of its publica- |
ton.
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 I'M
der the age of is years.
Under the same suspension Rep. Ka
mauoha gave notice of his intention to
introduce a bill providing for the in
crease in the number of mobiles and rep
reseLtatiyes from the different islands.
Under the same suspension Minister
Cooper gave notice OF his intention TO
introduce an Act entitled An Act to
20 define the procedure in action of con-
domination under the right of eminent
domain. The Minister added that sew
eral bills had been submitted to him
10 draft, some of them very lengthy, but /
his department had no money to pay
for the translation of them. II
Rep. Winston-If bills have merit the ;
House will pay for the translation. |
The proposed amendment 10 Article |
6 of the Constitution of Hawaii to read: {
Each law shall embrace but one sub
jet, which shall be expressed in its {
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 63 in the G
bill Carried. S
Bill as amended passed. v
Bill No. %, relating to fire limits, S
was taken up with report of commit b
tee recommending the elimination of S
all OF Section l of the bill. |
Minister Smith-The fire limit has 1
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 C
hardship 10 people owning property C
within the limits. But the members
must remember that the law does not Il
compel the erection of fire-proof build o
ngs where other buildings now stand, p
but if Improvements are made the il
shall be made fire-proof. Like
the opening of streets and other i'm r.
DrOvements where the purse is touched, il
complaints arise. The Government fl
ioes not intend 10 infiict hardships on
any one The people must yield to the C.
public welfare. A man may have cess Fl
pool on his premises that is injurious TO
the health of his family or his neigh p
bOrs, and while he may be satisfied to re
take the risk and not have it cleaned,
he must yield to the pressure and do il
that which is for the health of every b
one, even though it be an expense. fl
Rep. WINSTON would like to ask
who is interested in this change. l e
have been around as one Of the COM d
and found no one who wanted 5
the change made.
Minister SMITH do not wish to i'm
ply that any member is interested in u
the property now taken into the limit; d
he Senate committee found several per-
sons interested A mistake was made
IN the Senate amendment In the sec II
lion Of the city which includes King n
street to the streams there is series of
which invite fire, and FIRE d
IN one building means extending to d
others in the block. 1t may not come v
or ten years; it may come tomorrow, u
md TO protect everyone the bill should IL
lass.