The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-08
TO REPAIR STORMDAMAGE
HOUSE CONSIDERS DICKEY'S
EMERGENCY BILL.
Cuts it Down from $4,000 to $4,000 and
Distributes it Among a Number Of
Districts.

Districts.
! The House OF Representatives spent
! the entire morning considering Dickey',
| bill appropriatng $50, 600 for the repafi
| OF Damages to roads and bridges by tn,
l FEBRUARY stOrme. The Public land.
committee reported the bin favorably
except that they cut it down to sos 600
ana distributed II up SO hat MakaWa,
got ony $4,000 of the $4,000 Dicl5ey
wanted and of the $4,000 or $4,000 ne
said the district really needed Dickey
labored hard TO get the house TO make
II S5OO0O. He told OF the storms In
winch thirty-three inches of rain fell In
forty -eight hours. and washed ont mir.
teen gulches in the Kula district and
on the sides of Haleakala to bedrock
something which did not occur once I'm
a NE time. 1t came out In debate that
Molokai roads had also suffered. and
Dlckey tried TO take advantage of this
TO get support for his $50 600 measure
by proposing $1,000 for Molokai and
SlVOVO for Makawao. But even then
he could not make it.
Finally the house approved the bill
as recommended by the committee.
Then 1t was moved to pass il on second
reading. DiCkey raised the point that
approving it was passing it on second
reading, but the chair ruled against
him. Then he took the ground that If
the chair was right, and the motion to
pass on second reading We're in order.
a motion to amend was in order and he
moved to. make il .JJJ instead Of
S2oO0O. But the chair ruled against
MN again, Then Dickey moved to make
the bill the special order for tomorrow
so as to get it through on third read
ing. But the house refused to do this
< . l.
regular order, and may be reached In
the course of time, though it processes
to be an emergency bill.
Inc report of the committee on the
bill was as follows:
Your committee on Public Lands and
Internal improvements to whom was
referred House Bill No. 2, after a care
tul consideration beg leave to make the
following recommendations:
l. That in place of the words Thirty
thousand dollars" in line of section /.
of said bill, insert the words Twenty
hve thousand dollars" so that said sec
tion Will read as follows.
Section 1. There is hereby appro-
priated from the public treasury TWEEN
ty-five thousand dollars as an -emer-
gens,y f's.1fe fnr the purpose of repairing
the damages to roads, bridges and other
PUBIC works by the late storm during
the month of February, A. D., 1901
q That in line g. section 2 of said bill
insert after the words deem necessary
for the purpose mentioned" a list of
the apportionment of the said $25, 900,
so that said section will read as fol-
lows:
Section 3 The Superintendent of
Public Works shall have the control of
said fund and shall expend such part
OF same as he shall deem necessary for
the purpose mentioned as follows:
Hawaii; Hilo, $500; Hamakua, So
800; North Kohala 81 ,000 other districts
of Hawaii, $4,000; total for Hawaii,
Maui: Makawao, $4,000; wailuku
mountain road to Lahaina SO, OOO Hama
81, 900
Kauai, $4,000.
Oahu: Waialua, Koolauloa and Koo-
laupOko, $1,000.
Subject in all districts outside of Ho
nolulu to the approval of the several
road boards.
The report is signed by Jesse P. Ma
kainai, r. H. Makekau, William b.
Nailima, r. Puuiki and A. f. Gilhllan.
representative Beckley for the COM
mittee on Public Health reported on
BIZ NO. 3, relating to vaccination, find
ing that lin the interest of public
health such a measure should be imme
diately passed at this session"
The bill simply repeals sections 923
and the second paragraph of section 924
Of the penal code imposing a penalty
on parents for failure to have their
children Vaccinated according to the
provisions of the act, and repeals Sec
ton which prohibits children from adj
mittance to private and public schools
without a certificate of successful vac
,ination. 1t leaves the act requiring
vaccination, but without the penalties
by which 1t is enforced.
The report of the committee was
tabled to be taken up when the bill is
The house then adjourned until 2
o'clock.
The Senate did very little this morn
ng, and adjourned early in order to
enable the committees to get to work.
Notice was given that the new quarters
m the Bungalow were ready and the
senate decided 10 meet there Monday
House Bill No. /, came up to the SEN
ate for the fourth time, this time pro-
perry certified, and was given first
reading. The concurrent resolution
from the house stopping the issue of
permits in Chinatown until
the subject can be investigated by a
lolnt committee. was received.
Notice of intention to introduce bills
was given by one of two senator's, and
the adjournment was taken until to-
the nadjournment was taken until to-