The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-27
IMPORTANT ACTS BROUGHT
FORTH IN THE HOUSE.
Tomorrow to See the First of the In
dependent Caucus Measures-A
Memorial to Congress.
BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE
HOUSE.

HOUSE:
BY Dickey, (RepD, An Act to appro-
pirate $4,000 to repair damages Caus-
ed by the late storm.
BY Robertson, (Rep), Three Acts
amending sections of the civil code re-
lating to powers of circuit judge at .
chambers in guardianship matters.
BY Gilhllan, (Rep), An Act to pro- .
vide for a commission to investigate .
claims growing out of the losses caus-
ed by the Board of Health i'm suppress
ing plague.
BY Hoogs, CRepD, An Act TO provide
for laying Of electric wires underground
i'm the business part of Honolulu and
to enable any firm that does sufficient
business to so lay wires.
BILLS OF WHICH MEMBERS
HAVE GIVEN NOTICE IN THE .
HOUSE:
! Haaheo CDem.-nu), An Act to re- 4
| peal section obl of the ctNll code pro-
| NidIug for the public advertisement of
unpaid taxes, by the collector.
| hanlho (Dem.), An Act to repeal sec :
! ton "A OF the session laws of So relat- .
/ ing to segregation of IeprOsy ana Sec
/ uOus %, ana y5S, part 4 OF chapter 62
oL the penal laws OF 49, TO prevent the
spread of leprosy.
Robertson, lbepJ, An Act to amend
/ section 80 OF chapter 5S Of the session
| laws of 1892.
hauiho CDem.), An Act to repeal sec
| lions SZ2, go ana the second para
graph OF 924, part chapter 80 OF the
penal laws of 49, relating to vaccina-
! ton.
Kumalae RepD, An Act to prohibit
! the Board of health or Health officer
from condemnng any property for de-
! Ia.ru,Uou without compensation.
Hoogs (RepD, An Act to prevent the
! employment of minors in saloons or in
places where Intoxicating LIQUORS are
kept or sold.
PuInki CDem), An Act to amend sec
ton III, chapter 10 of the civil laws
of '97 relating to attending schools.
Haaheo (Dem.-IndJ, An Act to
amend section Sl4 Of the civil laws re-
lating to dog taxes.
The House suddenly ceased wrang-
ling over rules this morning after
Dickey had spent about half an hour
trying to correct an error he thought
ne detected yesterday. He was voted
down. Then bills and notices of bills
followed thick and fast, but none of
., the Inderendent rscucGs measures
showed up. All the bills introduced
passed for the first reading and were
ordered printed.
The first of the caucus measures viii
come tomorrow. Notice will be given
/ by Emmeluth that he will introduce an
act to provide for elections This cleo
ton law means the proportional repre-
Isentation scheme. 1t has been discuss
ed and approved in caucus. 1T will
pass, say the Independents, with COM
plele confidence. Aside from the in
: production of proportional representa-
i ton the new election law will be very
e much like the old one
r j. 2. Makainai CDem.-IndO, presen-
f ted petition from about 800 residents
I OF the Fifth Representative district
asking that School street be extended
to the Kamehameha road. The petition
= set forth that King street is not suffi-
cient outlet for the heavy travel Eva
e from Honolulu. In case of an epidemic
t ana quarantine of Chinatown hundreds
! OF people would be shut out of Homo
t lulu, said the petition. The extension
t of the road was also urged as a means
OF making the city more attractive to
e tourists.
e The petition went to the Public I'm
d proVements Committee and then the
r introduction of bills began.
e The first of Robertson's acts to
+ amend the code was the first bill 10
Y be moved on. There was a bit of con-
8 fusion before it went to the Secretary S
e desk. Mahoe thought the order ought
t TO De hrst motion to reject but he
L was overruled.
n Dickey's act for repairing is for re-
a pairing of roads, bridges, etc, damaged
4 by the storm of the beginning of this
o month. 1t places the sum appropriated
# $4,000, in the hands of the SuperInten-
II dent of Public Works.
e The laws regarding lepers which Ka-
nlho proposes to repeal have to do with
Il arrestlng of lepers. They provide thai
every police officer or deputy sheriff
e snail, il he has reason to believe any
u person in his district is afflicted with
u leprosy report at once to the agent OF
II the Board of Health.
II Ihe laws regarding vaccination which
"A Tn Il.
d which provide that all parents shall
lie nave their children Vaccinated and that
IT no children unVaccinated shall attenC
the public schools.
kumalae (Rep), introduced a Join
{, resolution. asking Congress to pass al
IL Act TO enable Hawaii to become
Y state. Discussion of the resolution
was set for tomorrow. 1t is as follows
BE it resolved by the Senate anC
p House Of Representatives of the Ter
~ ritory of Hawaii:
st That the Congress of the Untet
States be and hereby is respectfully re
queSted to pass, at an early day, al
: Act enabling the people of this terri
tory who are citizens thereof and dul
Quallned TO vote, to meet in convention
ana frame and adopt state cOnstitu
tion, whereby and whereunder thi
territory may be admitted as a Stat
of the Union.
Resolved That the governor of tn
territory be and hereby is requested [
transmit duly certified copy of thi
Joint resolution to the President of tn
United states the Speaker of the Hous
OF Representatives of the United State
and the President of the Sente. wit
the request that this joint resolutio
be laid before the Congress Of the Unit
ed States"
- The House adjourned at noon till ]
y tomorrow.
REYNOI.D WILL. RESICNT