The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-29
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE HOUSE
Continued from Page 81

/ Secretary Cooper announced that House
bill No. had finally been signed by the
Governor, and the $4,000 will forthwith
! begin to disappear. Most of the members
got their warrant before leaving he
hail. The Emmeluth bill for restricting
the time within which present plans for
STRENGTHENING must be completed went
over on account of his absence. It
would have passed third reading. but
Mr.. Mossman objected and said he had
lsundry questions to PROFOUND to the
leader of the Independents in relation to
1.-The bill. The school library bill by Ka-
! waihoa was passed on second reading IN
opposition to the committee report on It.
! and comes up for final passage today
The committee thought 1t was too expeu-
sive but the House thought 1t was good
thing. and through it went. The special
committee on the Makekau county bill
was appointed, consisting of Makekau,
Mossman, Emmeluth, Paele and Mahoe
independently and Aylett and Keiki Gre
putlicans) A digest of this important Ill
appears elsewhere in this issue. In m
PRODUCING the bill, Mr.. Makekau stated
that there We're many corrections to be
made in II before 1t would be in shape
to present to the House, and wanted a
SPECIAL committee appointed then, but it
could not be done under the rules. 1T
lahoma and Nebraska laws.
The House met little after nine ard
was soon in full swing. Makainai held
the center of the stage with six COM
mittee reports in a bunch recommending
that his two bills. one for number ng
Honolulu houses and the other for nam
ing Honolulu streets, be passed. They
also reported that they thought s107 900
for roads was more than the District ef
W. entitled n hJlt M0SSrpa n &C.
olution for $1,000 for Palolo roads They
thought proper, and also Kekaula's re-
quest for $1,000 for Kau Hawaii, roads.
Mr.. Beckley, the Vice Speaker, threw
two bouquets at the Republicans by an
nouncng that Wilcox and Gilfillan would
act as chairmen of the Agriculture and
Manufactures Committee and the Com
mittee on Public Health and Education
during his occupancy Of the Speakers
chair.
Several resolutions were brought In, all
asking for appropriations and all were
laid over until the appropriation hill
comes up. They asked for $3,001 for
school house, Kealia, Kauai; $500 for a
storehouse, Kohala s1,400 for school
house, Kohala; $3.50 for a teachers cot
tage Kaanapali, Maui.
Mr.. Monsarrat then brought in his
resolution asking for the appointment of
a special committee to investigate the po-
lice call box system now being exhibited
in the City and after a big debate it
was adopted, and Messrs. Monsarrat,
Mossman. Makainai, Kawaihoa and Ku-
malae will investigate into its intrica-
cies and report whether they think $l5,-
600 should be spent on 1t.
Mr. Robertson introduced one of the
bills he had given notice of, relating to
amendments to the Audit Act of 1898. Ka-
niho, who was the only man who voted
against the Crabbe G. A. r. bill, gave
notice of his intention to bring another
bill. Notwithstanding his unavafltng ef-
forts to get any action on the bills he
has already introduced.
The balance of the morning was taken
IN with Senator Kalauokalani's Dill TO
! Provide for the Exemption of Certain
Personal Property from Attachment,
Etc" Robertson wanted 1t referred TO
Committee on Judiciary, but some one
suggested that as it had gone through
the Senate Committee on Judiciary, that
step was unnecessary in the House. He
succeeded in getting 1t read by sections,
and then the fun began.
/ Mfr. Dickey thought If 1.-TWO oxen'' were
I exempt that surely 1.-TWO cows" ought
to be also The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Paele wanted "canoes" specifically
added. as the word ''boats'' was not big
enough to include them. Kumalae want
ed the instruments of pupils as well as
of teachers of music exempt, but the
House was catching on to the Repubh-
can game by that time and downed the
motion. Robertson moved to strike all OF
the section relating to bicycles, which
specified what kind of bikes were exempt
and the House agreed with him, but
when Gilfillan got up and wanted to eX-
emit a horse and carriage for everybody,
, instead of only doctors, ministers and
surgeons, as provided in the bill. the
House got into a big debate and cd
iourned In the middle of 1t. Meantime,
Robertson had got in another blow. NOV
ing to insert "a watch and chain" as
one of the exempted articles, claiming
every Jap had watch and chain even
If he was only getting SIS per month.
They sat on that idea. Robertson fol-
lowed it up with motion to commit 70
a special committee and Prendergast
moved to adjourn shortly after noon.
Dickey got in motion to take a recess,
but could not find a second in time to be
of avail, the House adjourned for the
day.
A.