The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-26

ter of little Importance TO you. but long
experience has shown that it is best to
be particular about the authenticity of
papers.
Mr. Gilnllan-We have got to get prac-
tice in this sort of thing.
The Governor-The first was certi-
fed by you, l believe. addressing Mr..
Makainai)
Mr. Makainai-I certified to it
The Governor-You should have de-
manded the clerks certificate. In re-
gard to the second resolution. if you
wish me 10 respond I will do so.
Mr. GiIfillan-I think it would be a good
thing.
The Governor am just waiting for
papers that came in yesterday. do not
wish to be technical, but experience has
shown that il facilitates business to rec
ognize certain ways of doing things, par
ticularly as to the correctness of copies
OF documents.
Mr.. Gilfllan-There are so many green
horns in the House. we don't know how
to start; with the very best of intentions
mistakes will occur.
The Governor know that a great
many members have had no experience
| In legislative procedure These two res
olutions. I suppose, are worded Just the
same-the one Mr.. Makainai certified to
and the one that came in yesterday. AS
soon as I received this one yesterday I
Immediately told Mr.. Halves to arrange
| for a meeting, as the resolution was per
fectly satisfactory. I suppose you know
! that Mr.. Brown has returned, and is now
| in tho City.
but the committee had been appointed
we were compelled to carry out the
| wishes of the House.
| The Governor-This is a letter that was
given Mr.. Brown to take with him.
Breads from his letter-press copy book. y
!, December II. 1900. etc
The Governor-The latter part of last
year there was some uncertainty as to
the authority of the Territorial Govern
ment in the management of Government
lands Mr. Baird. the United States At
torney, has expressed the opinion that
the Territorial Government was not au-
thorized to proceed with the disposition
OF Government lands according to the
Hawaiian law. The instructions from
Washington have been such that we felt
That we had authority. but this matter
coming up from an officer of the United
States Government, and the matter hav
ing gone to the Government at Wash
ington, it seemed to me desirable tina
Mr. Brown SHOULD be there. Mr.. Brown
Is better posted on land laws, and know,
being done in that connection than any
one else in the country,
It seemed better that he should b.
there, especially In regard to this matte
that Mr.. Baird has raised; also in re
; gard to some provisions of the Organic
} Act which were not very well understood
here-mainly the provision in section
stating the legislative power.
Legislative authority section 90. afte
| mr. 10 T,apiSla shall IA
; power and so forth not inconsistent witt
the Constitution and laws of the Unite,
States locally applicable, goes on to sa.
: that the Legislature shall not grant an,
5 special or exclusive privilege, immunit.
or franchise without the approval o
Congress, but it may by general act pro
vide for the incorporation of persons to
gether, and then states what must b
the purposes of such incorporation whic
the Legislature may authorize, giving
long list. including bodies corporate, 70
manufacturing and other pursuits, saw
ings banks cemeteries, railroads. cor
p porations for operating irrigation
z bitches, colonization and Improvement Q
q land and benevolent and other associa
: lions. Then comes a provision, "Provid
. ed, That no corporation, domestic or for
: eign, shall acquire and hold real estat
in Hawaii in excess OF 1000 acres: an
: all real estate acquired held by sue
z corporal tons or associations contrar
thereto shall he forfeited and escheat
: the United States but existing veste
: rights In real estate shall not be I'm
. paired"
In regard to that section, it was s
. short that it was matter of dout
: whether acquire and hold real estat
;, included leases or not, or simply refer
!. red to fee simple titles. It was a ma
ter of considerable Importance for tt
sugar planters are cultivating larg
amounts of land leased from the Coy
% ernment Some have considerable Ian
- in fee simple but others are leasing lam
!, as much as 1000 acres, which is the lart
q est amount leased.
- II this section was intended to cove
n leases, as soon as these leases terminal
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