The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-18

3 of the Civil Laws >of 1897, page 81,
which Colonel Baird, United States
District Attorney for Hawaii, has
stated leaves the present method of
having laws promulgated by publica-
ton in the newSpa perS unprovided for
Section 2, repealed, provides that all
laws enacted by the legislative power
of the Republic of Hawaii shall be de-
posted and preserved in the office OF
the Minister of the Interior, who shall
promulgate the same by publication in
such newspaper or newspapers, as he
may deem proper.
Most of the bills so far introduced
into the House contain the concluding
section, This Act shall take effect
from and after the late of its pubIca-
ton, and this is considered by Colonel
Baird as entirely unnecessary, and that
all laws should take effect upon their
approval by the Governor
Dickey moved to accept the reports
Emmeluth agreed to this if a motion
was so made, and seconded in order to
bring the bills before the House and
have the objectionable clauses struck
out In order not to have any con-
fiicting motions presented, he moved
reports be received and tabled, to be
considered with the bills Mahoe want
ed the bills lifted from the table forth
with. Makekau then went into long
discussion of the matter. a substitute
thought, should be translated and
printed in the Hawaiian language.
Upon motion the report on bill u was
adopted, and the substitute bill ordered
printed. The judiciary committees re-
port on House Bill -. relating to the
eight-hour law, was presented by EN-
meluth. The committee considered the
bill had been faulty drawn, and a
substitute bill was recommended. The
report and substitute bill We're receiv-
ed and viii be considered later
Gilfllan gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bill entitled An Act
regulating the placing of electric wires
ana poles of the Oahu Ice and Electric
Co, Ltd, in the streets of Honolulu
( and elsewhere in the city of Honolulu"
Sergeant at Arm NakookOo at this
juncture reported the receipt of a
message from the Senate relative to the
appropriation bill E,mmeluth said the
matter of the appropriation bill had
been given considerable thought by
him. He said:
For the interests of the House. the
| people. and the whole community.
consideration of the appropriation bill
| should be deferred He had gone
through it and had stricken more than
| three-fourths of the items there. The
| rhe Legislature should wait until the
municipal bill was adopted. Then the
Legislature could see its way clear 10
make the proper appropriations.
pom motion the communication be
tabled and taken up with the appro-
priation bill was carried.
The House bill relative to vacancies
| in the offices of circuit judges was
taken up and passed it's first reading
The House bill, to prevent the wan
ton destruction of food fishes in the
waters of the Territory of Hawaii,
passed its first reading.
Nailima gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bill entitled, An Act
providing a system of taxation for the
Territory of Hawaii, and repeating all
other laws.
! The rules We're suspended upon re-
quest of Emmeluth, who presented a
report from the judiciary committee
on House Bill %. Providing for Judg-
/ ments by default in suits upon con-
I tracts before district magistrates
! The report recommended several MI
nor changes in the bill, which were
adopted, and the House moved for Its
! third reading.
At this point the discussion about
the press described elsewhere, oc-
| Cured.
Some one called for unfinished bust
ness, and the House then tried to find
/ where it was at The minutes We're
resorted to, and at length House Bill
! 20 was called, and Paele spoke in its
favor believing there was too much
centralized power vested in the BOARD
of Health
Monsarrat wanted to know whether