The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-28
DEATH OF JOHN A. MOORE FOR POLICE GALL BOXES.
MONSARRAT INTRODUCES
RESOLUTION.
Committee Named to Take Up the
Badge Bill Finally Passed.

Vice Speaker Beckley, who still oc-
cupies the chair of the House, Speak
er Al<ina being still indisposed, this
morning announced the committee OF
seven who are take hold of the coun-
ty government act and report on it.
The committee consists of II. H. Ma
kekau, w. Aylett, w. Mossman, Jr.,
John Emmeluth, j. w. X. keili, j. k.
Paele, S. X. Mahoe.
Chairman Mdllainai of the Commit
tee on Public Lands and Improve
ments presented five reports. The
committee approved House Bill No.
AZ, providing for numbering of houses
with some minor amendments. II was
recommended that petition 20, ask
ing that road boards be prohibited
from extending streets without OBJ
tanning consent of owners of property
through which the roads must pass,
be laid on the table, as the subject is
covered in bill now before the House
Petition 2S was declared to ask too
much for road improvements i'm Hama
and it was laid over to be taken up
with the appropriation bill. A petit
ton for $1,000 for roads near Pauahi
was approved by the committee and
the petition was also laid over for
the appropriation bill. The same ac-
tion was taken with resolution No
"A.
House Bill Al, providing for naming
streets and posting names on them
in Honolulu was approved by the
same committee.
Vice Speaker Beclley announced
that during his occupancy of the chair
! Representative Wilcox would act as
| chairman of the committee on Agri-
culture and Gilfillan as chairman of
the committee on Public Health.
| Secretary Cooper sent communica-
ton informing the House that the
Governor had signed the appropriation
bill.
| Monsarratt introduced resolution
to appropriate $4,000 for a police call
box system in Honolulu. He wanted
committee to investigate. Hoogs
supported the resolution and Paele
moved that the resolution be tabled
and that Monsarrat be delegated to
produce an act covering the subject.
If the system was a success people in
HamalSua would also like to try it.
Paele thought the call boxes would
make mounted patrolmen unneces-
sary.
Mossman bobbed up with a wordy
kick. There had been no police call
boxes in the past and he didn't see
why there should be in the future.
Aylett thought the growth of the
city made a box system a necessity.
He said that if there should be a
riot at Kipahulu it would be a long
time before force of police could
get there under present conditions
/ CT IL I,
not opposed to the resolution, and
didn't favor it either and then he
questioned the amount. Monsarrat
said that it was only a matter of in,
vestigation by a committee and the
amount didn't matter. The chair fin
ally named Monsarrat, Mossman, Ku
malae, Kawaihoa and Mallekau to in
vestigate.
Robertson introduced his bill tC
amend the law regarding the audit
ing of public accounts and disbursing
of public moneys and it passed first
reading.
Emmeluth's act amending the law
regarding compensation for owners o.
buildings removed for widening OF
streets was laid over owing to the alb
sence of the author.
The Grand Army badge bill from
: the Senate came up for third reading
and Dickey discovered some inelegan
English in it. He wrestled with tn,
agonies of composition for a few mo
ments and then produced a new sen
tence, but the House thought the
amendment was not important enough
to cause a days postponement anC
: the bill was finally passed with only
one negative vote.
The school library bill passed sec
ond reading in spite of repor
against it from the Committee OF
Education.