The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-17
ON HOUSE BILLS
Senate Discusses Concurrent Mea-
SlrGS.
ACTS ON SUBSCRIBING SENTENCE
More Questions Asked In the Lower
BranCh-Street Appropri-
atoms Asked.
ACTS ON SUBSCRIBING SENTENCE
SENATE.

| s Senator Holstein presented a petition
| from residents and tax payers of North
Hohala asking that $4,000 be appro-
| priated to build a road to the Govern
ment leased lands in the district. The
petition was referred to the Committee
on Public Lands and Internal Improve
ments.
The opium act and the act to pro-
vide the Oahu Railway with wharves
were reported printed by Senator Rice
who also reported appropriation bill 3.
The total of the bill as returned by
the committee amounted to SS4 ,215.17.
| Senator Lyman reported from the
Judiciary Committee on the House
bill relating to coroner's inquests.
Senator Brown of the Judiciary Com
mittee reported on the message of the
President relative to joint resolutions.
| There was some discussion as to
whether the report should be adopted
or ordered printed and what would be
the effect of adopting it. AS the House
! had asked for a conference on the sub
ject it was voted on motion of Senator
McCandless to refer the report to the
| Committee on Rules to confer with the
House committee. The opinion of the
judiciary Committee was that resolu-
| tions uponthe action or course taken by
the Executive should be joint, and as
such an expression of the Legislature
and not one branch thereof If the
| practice resolved itself into the pas
sage by only one member Of the Legis-
| lative power of approval or dissatisfac-
ton, the Executive might receive one
day a resolution from one branch con-
! demning an action, and the next day
one from the other branch recommend
| ing such action.
Senator Brown reported from the
Judiciary Committee House bills relat-
| ing to suspension of sentence, to the
| service Of summons, to the finding of
accused persons guilty Of lesser Of
| Tense than that charged.
! Senator McCandless gave notice Of
! his intention of introducing an act
to convert land at Aala into a public
park.
Appropriation bill for unpaid
claims was taken up and the usual
enacting clause passed and the bill as
a whole passed second reading. Third
reading was set for Tuesday. Senator
McCandless had been petitioned to in
| troduce an item of $25 for hack hire
for the Band on New Years Day, 1898.
Minister Cooper stated that the bill
was presented the first time some two
weeks ago, and he believed that it was
rather too late in the day for any firm
to send in a bill for services rendered
five years ago. No action was taken on
the item.
On motion Of Senator Brown the
opium bill was read by title and was
referred to a special committee Of five
members.
The Senate bill to provide the Oahu
Railway with wharf land was read b!
title and referred to a special commit
tee of three members.
The House bill relating to coroner's
inquests was taken up, together will
the report of the Committee recon-
mending its passage. Senator Brown
gave the history of laws on coroner
inquests. He explained that there wa
no change in the principle Of the law
The amendment provides for the exer
else of the discretion of the coroner il
calling inquests and for the paymen
of 81 a day to coroner's Jurors Tn,
report of the committee was adopted
passing the bill at second reading
| 1t was set for third reading on Friday
The substitute House bill relating t
assault and battery convictions passes
second reading on the adoption of tn
report of the committee and was set 70
: third reading on Thursday.
: The substitute House bill relating t
, the service OF summons passed tn
j, second reading on the adoption Of tn
recommendation of the committee
Third reading was set for Thursday.
The House bill relating to the sus
= pension of sentence was taken up sec
= ton by section, and provoked discus
sion. The committee believed that tn
act as reported is too sweeping. The
made no recommendation as to tn
passage of the bill The Attorney
General said that in actual operatio
: the law had proved exceedingly benef
= cial In the years 1894 and 1895 Their
were 393 suspensions and under Their
only Il cases where sentence was in
: posed. In the last period there wei
f 46S suspensions and only % sentence
e imposed under them. There were man
a cases where the convicted persons wei
y, not criminals at heart and the SUI
u pension of sentence prevented repet
ton of the act. The act as introduce
would distribute the responsible
The practical effect had been goo
In any case there must be some di
cretion. Out of the many case
brought before the Magistrates son
l. were brought in against people WI
=, would be benefited by the suspense
= of sentence. Criminals should
=, placed where they could not injul
= society. The whole object of law vi