Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-03-16
CLAIMS AND SMALL DEBTS
Bill 10 Pay Eighty four thousand Dol
lars Passes Senate.
Judiciary Committee Reports Against Aciion by
a Single Branch sympathy Given
Senator Schmidt

to construct wagon road from
Honokaa- Xxi landing to the gov
eminent homestead lands at Avn
nj. Referred TO the Committee on
Public Lands.
Senator Rice from the Printing
Committee reported Senate Bill
No. 3 as revised and Senate Bills
No. 10 and 10 printed aud ready
for distribution.
-Four reports were received from
the Judiciary Committee on House
Bills.
Senator Brown from the Judi
ciary Committee presented the
following report on the Presidents
message relating to House Reso-
.utions:
The Judiciary Committee to
whom was referred the message
of the President relative to reso-
lutions passed 10y only one branch
of the Legislature, upon the action
r course to be taken by the Exc.
cutive branch of the Government,
say, that in their opinion such
resolution should be joint, and as
such an expression by the Legis
lature and not of branch or part
thereof. The Legislature acts as
an entirety, and in our opinion
neither the Senate as such, nor
the House of Representatives as
such and each Independently of
the other, has or should have the
right to direct or control the &C
ton or course to be taken by the
Executive branch of the Govern
meot. If the Legislature or any
particular branch of the legisla
tive power is dissatisfied or ap-
proves the course or action taken
in any of the Executive branches
of the Government, such dissatis-
faction or approval should be ex
pressed by the Legislature as
body; if the practise resolves it
self into the passage by only one
member of the Legislative power Of
such approval or dissatisfaction,
we will have a state of affairs, the
contemplation of which is any
thing but pleasant. The execu
tive might receive one day a reso-
luton from one branch condemn
ing certain actions, and the next
day from the other branch a reso-
luton recommending and favor
ing such actions; in case of that
nature what could be expected ?
Nothing more than if no resolu
lions had been passed, as the pas
sing of them was not the joint act
Of the Legislature and under the
constitution the Legislature must
act, except in certain cases there
in specified, as one body.
On motion of Senate McCand-
less the report was referred to the
Joint Rules Committee.
Senator McCandless gave notice
of his intention to introduce
bill to convert land at Aala into a
public park.
Senate Bill No. 3 was taken up
as revised and passed the second
as a whole. The bill ap
D 'opriates SS4,2l5.l7 for the pay.
ment of claims, unpaid bills and
salaries due prior to December 81,
1897, of which the following is
recapitulation:
Claim of Canadian and ..r
Australian s 3. Co.'S 9,439 IL
Claim of Chas. Dun
we'll. $3.50 90.
Claim of Sundry Per.
sons in re s. s. Kinai
Msru. ........ 6,O1s 90
Expenses of Special
Session of Senate
1897 ................ 500 90
Judiciary Department. 5,l6l rs
Affairs. 1870. 1900. 1862 %
Department of Finance 22,672 "a
Department of the At
torney. General -. 1898 So
OF Public
instruction. ....... 1852 90
OF Interior. 1877 Sc
Board OF Health. 1875 II
The third reading of the bill
was set for Tuesday next.
Senate Bill No. 10, the opium
bill, was read by title and on mo-