The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-01

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settlement.
Minister SMITH am in favor OF
committee of the Legislature going W
Rep. Rycroft-The Board of Healt
cannot refuse a committee
Minister Smith-Who has the floor
The committee could go up with tn
pext regular visit of the Board o
Health. and / am in favor OF the Leg
fslature investigating every puohc IN
sfitution in the Government thlnH
I invited a committee to visit the In
sane Asylum and prison, and l woulo
h. Glad 10 have a committee TO investl-
Qste the affairs at the settlement. The
Conditions there are peculiar; il is
Government or city OF itself, ana the
BOARD of Health has arbitrary pow
ers-almost equal to martial law, al
though it might not go so far 1t would
he no more than right for the members
IN see that those rights are not abused.
Rem Rycroft thought the visit might
ne 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 Smith-Under suspension OF
the rules | wish to give notice OF inten-
fion 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 pubic
street or highway after 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 IS or by Imprisonment
not exceeding fourteen days.
Section 2. Any parent or guardian
having the care, custody and control of
q child under Is years of age who, ex-
cept in case of necessity, shall knowing
ly and voluntarily suffer or permit such
child to 90 and remain on any public
street or highway after o'clock in the
evening and before 4 o'clock in the
morning. unaccompanied by an adult
person, shall be punished by a fine OF
not more than s. or by imprisonment
not exceeding fourteen days.
Section g. This Act shall take effect
from and after the date of its pubiica-
ton.
Under the same suspension of rules
the Acknowledgement 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
Introduce a bill providing for the in
crease in the number of mobiles and rep
resentatiyes 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.
Rep. Winston-If bills have merit the
House will pay for the translation.
The proposed amendment to Article
S3 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
hill Carried.
Bill as amended passed.
Bill No. %, relating to fire limits,
was taken up with report of commit
tee recommending the elimination of
all of Section ! 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
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
shall be made fire-proof. Like
the opening of streets and other i'm
provements where the purse is touched,
arise. The Government
does not intend TO inflict hardships on
any one The people must yield to the
public welfare. A man may have cess
pool on his premises that is injurious TO
the health of his family or his neigh
bors, and while he may be satisfied to
take the risk and not have it cleaned,
he must yield TO the pressure and do
that which is for the health of every
one. even though it be an expense.
Rep. WINSTON would like to ask
who is interested in this change. /
have been around as one Of the COM
mittee, and found no one who wanted
the change made.
Minister Smith, do not wish to i'm
ply that any member is interested in
the property now taken into the limit;
the Senate committee found several per-
sons interested. A mistake was made
in the Senate amendment. In the sec
ton of the city which includes King
street to the streams there is series of
buildings which invite fire, and fire
in ono huilding means extend;ng To