The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-15
HOUSE HAS
HORSE PLAY
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a new bill. -
The clerk read the communication
from the Senate in which that body
stated it had amended the House Bill
by eliminating the letter ~ from.
the word ''fourty," as it appeared in
the House bill, making it read forty,
/ Kumalae favored changing the spell
| ing in accordance with the request of
| the Senate. Keiki said the error prob
ably occurred in the typewritng the
| bill before being finally printed
Emmeluth said as there was no mis-
| take in the original and inasmuch as
the House passed the original. the
Senate could be informed to that eff
feet.
Hoogs, at this juncture, appeared IN
the House bearing volume of Web
ster's Dictionary, opened it at 81 AMI
proceeded to show the word forty as
officially spelled.
Dickey said the House couldn't tell
when the bill was read. The legisia-
tors could not tell whether 1t was
forty or "fourty,'' but the wise
men of the Senate" had found it out,
and dumped it back on the House. He
thought the Senators were foolish to
pick up "such a small matter" as the
! spelling of a word.
Emmeluth asked how the word for
ty' was spelled in the bill introduced
by Representative Mossman. The lat
ter said it was correctly spelled. He
| offered a motion that the bill be made
| to conform with the original bill as
| introduced. His contention was that
| the original bill was the one introduce
ed-not the one sent to the upper
! House.
Emmeluth's motion carried, and was
made the order of the day on Friday.
Kekaula was of the opinion that not
only should the secretary sign each
| bill, but the speaker as well, should
sign each bill before the same was
sent to the Senate. Prendergast's mo-
ton that the bill be typewriter and
made the order of the day for Friday,
| was carried.
committee of the House was not ap-
pointed to confer with a similar com
mittee from the Senate, according to
the rules. The chair did not find any
! thing in the rules giving him power
| to appoint such committee Emmeluth
suggested that the chair. inform HIM
self as to whether there was any pro-
vision to that effect from the upper
! House
| Kekaula moved the communication
| be sent back to Caypless. the latter
| had not appended his official title os
clerk of the Senate. Carried.
Kumalae presented the following pc
| tition, signed by thirty-six Kewalo
residents. as follows: I'VE, the under
| signed residents of the district of Ke-
| WdlOy IN Honolulu, Respectfully petl-
| ton this honorable body that bill be
passed accepting the roads in the said
district, and that the said bill provide
| the Improvement of the roads. The
reason of this petition is that the
Board of Health by its arbitrary action
is compelling the residents of the said
| district to do impoSSibilitieS.
Upon motion of Kumalae the petit
tion was referred to the committee on
public lands.
| Emmeluth presented petition from
Miss Holt, in part, as follows:
The undersigned represents that she
| is the owner of a certain piece of land
| in Honolulu, situate on ,Maunakea
street That the government has taken
a portion of this property. in area one
tenth of an acre. for the use of a road,
refusing to pay your petitioner more
| than 5000 for the same, measuring by
the square feet. which is grossly an
| inadequate price for the land taken
| Petitioner has no remedy at LAW
| against the government and that the
| same is unfair and unjust, and will de-
prive your petitioner of her right to
| her property without just compensa
| ton, and prays this honorable body to
| investigate this matter and see that an
| adequate price is paid your petitioner. "
| Emmeluth moved it be referred to
/ the committee on public lands. Make
| kau then began to steam up, and gave
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| port of his contention that the matter
| be referred to the committee on public
| expenditures. Emmeluth said that in
| a few days the House would find that
the committee on public expenditures
would have enough to do in finding out
what had become. of the public money.
| that was gone, without having new
matters thrust upon it. The bill was
referred to the committee on public
| lands.
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| mttee, asked for more time to report
on Petition 3. as they-were waiting for
! the report of the special Molokai com
mittee He understood the latter re-
port would be in next week. Request
granted.
Emmeluth, chairman of the commit
tee on judiciary, asked for further
| time to report on Bill i, relating to
| claims commission. Granted.
| Makaina, for the committee on pub
| lie lands, presented a report on House
Resolution &c, praying for the appro-
| priation of $4,000 for repairing the
| government road at Kawaihae. The
committee suggested $4,000, instead or
| 49, 000
In a second report from the same
committee, on House Resolution Il,
praying for an appropriation of SPA
! $50, the committee on public lands ask
| ed that the bill be referred back to
the introducer. to be properly framed.
The first report was accepted, and
will be taken up with the appropria-
ton bill. The second was returned to
the introducer of the resolution for
correction.
Under the head of resolutions Emme-
luth presented the election law, of
which he had given previous notice,
entitled, AN Act: rules and regula-
tions for administering oaths and
holding elections" The bill passed it's
first reading.
Kaauwai introduced a bill entitled,
IAN Act relating to the teaching of
English and Hawaiian languages in
the public schools
Kaniho gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bin to abolish the gov
eminent band.
Kaniho also gave notice Of his inten-
ton to introduce a bill entitled, AN
Act providing for the honoring of the
English and Hawaiian languages In all
the courts of the Territory.
Nailima introduced bill of which
he had given notice entitled. AN Act
relating to the opening or widening of
Streets Passed first reading.
Monsarrat presented a resolution for
road building. as follows: BE 1t re-
solved that the following amount be
inserted in the appropriation bill: $780,
600 to complete road from Pohalasto the
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