The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-12

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Upon motion it passed its first readir.
The rules were again SUSPENDED lug
Makekau presented resolution h ~, ana
on the bill just introduced 1t ROAD ing
Be il Resolved, by the Hons. -.
Representatives, the Senate conc.
ring, That special committee of a.,
members shall be appointed bv ~
| Speaker of this House to Join sn,
committee as may be appointed nm
| the part of the Senate to conside~ -
bill now introduced, and such OH.
that may hereafter be introduce
providing for county or municina,
government, and that all such hina
shall on introduction be referred ,S
! such committee with power to inv,,e
any persons they may deem best ~
advise with and assist the commi,
tee in drafting or perfectng bills 90,
ering the subject matter of this rey
olution. and that the committee No
instructed and directed to report unor
any matters submitted for their con
sideration within ten days after sam
have been SO submitted.
The honorable member of Kula-p m.
gan Robertson.
II am not the member from Kula ana
I call for point of order" retortel
DIckey. /"
THE member from-Maui--is ont n,
ORDER" said Robertson, sarcasticany. -
have the floor"
Robertson kept the floor and Dickey Ga,
down. The resolution was again READ
and Dickey offered an amendment to !,
calling for the erasure of two words
viz, ION Introduction" His motion wa.
not seconded.
The Chair said the only motion before
him was to have the report printed En-
meluth then seconded Dickey's motion
The Chair, after perusing the rules. said
there were only two motions to be con.
sidered-to commit or to order the same
printed.
Dickey said the resolution was passed
under suspension of rules. That was
passed. and the matter was then before
the House afreSh.
Robertson said the House was doing
business under the order of the day. The
resolution was out of order, under Rule
So, and. besides. had defects. He moved
that the bill be printed as the only prom
er motion that could come before the
House.
Emmeluth thought the bill should be
carried along with the least expense pos
sible. To print it now would not be
economy. Many of the laws in the coun-
ty bill were not as they should be and
he favored its being made the order Of
the day in its present shape Dickey Of
ceive a second, and he asked to offer an
other one
Robertson cut in with the suggestion
that the bill be printed and placed in
the hands of all the members, so that
they could study ii. He did not favor
putting it in the hands of the committee
before the whole House knew its con-
tents.
Upon the suggestion of the Chair. Ma
kekau withdrew his resolution, and the
bill had easy sailing. The bill was order
ed printed.
House Bill 10, relating to the criminal
jurisdiction of District Magistrates and
amending section of Act 40 of the Laws
of 1896, and section II of chapter LVlI Of
the laws of 1892, was read by title for
the first time. The bill was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
House Bill II, relating to practice in
criminal cases and amending sections /, ?
3 and of chapter XII of the Session
Laws of 1876 was read by title and re-
ferred to judiciary Committee.
House Bill 1S to amend section Of
chapter 1 of the Penal Code, defining fel
onieS and miSdemeanorS, was read by IL
/. tie and referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
House Bill 10 was read for the frs
time by title. This relates to the sale o
= alcohol 1t was referred to the; judi
: ciary Committee.
House Bill %, to provide that eigh
: hours shall constitute legal days worl
was read for the second time by title
Makekau moved to have it referred L
the committee of the whole. Robertson
3 moved it be referred to the Iudiciar,
Committee.
Dickey said the title and body did no
: agree. The title said eight hours, an,
the first section made il only seven hours
Emmeluth said the introducer of tn
bin ought to state what kind of work il
} to be limited by the bill He wanted 1
: know whether 1t meant Government o
: civil labor, or both. The Chair rule,
: him out of order. The motion to refe
the bill TO the Judiciary Committee pre-
vailed
: House Bill "a, empowering Distric
Magistrates to issue commissions to taxi
, testimony was read by title for the see
ond time, and referred to the judiciary
Committee.
| House Bill %, providing for Judgment
by default in suits upon contracts befor
: District Magistrates was read for th
: SECOND time by title and referred to III
Judiciary Committee.
House Bill %, TO repeal section / o.
: chapter LVI of the Penal Code Of 1862
: and chapter XXXVI of the Session Law
: or 1890, relating to the desertion Of nus
band or wife was read for the first TIM
: by title. Robertson objected to too mucf
! work for the Judiciary Committee. h,
did not think ii was a matter Of law
but rather of policy. He moved 1t be re-
, ferred TO Committee on Miscellaneous
business. The last motion prevailed.
, House Bill q, relating to abolshine
personal taxes, was read by title for the
second time and referred to the Joint
Committee on Taxation. Passed
No more hana?" inquired the Chair
| YEARLY. He then asked some one "a
suspend the rules to give him an oppor-
tunity to present some correspondence
under the caption of heads of depart
! ments. He presented set Of answers Il
, the questions propounded to the Supern
| tendent of Public Works on March 6, IS
; follows:
Il beg to make the following reply.
Il. The appropriation of $500 for the eI-
tension of the wharf at Ke Au Hou
: North Kona, Hawaii. was not enough u
complete the work estimated by this de
{ partment.
Y. The money was never drawn from
: the Treasury Department.
The second communication in regard %
the questions submitted by the House or
the 9Th instant in the session OF 1898 y
was inserted in the appropriation bill Of
an item of $500 to lengthen the wharf al
Hookena, and (2) an item of 5000 for
warehouse at Hookena. Why was MOI
the work Accomplishment I beg TO MAKE
the following reply: "a The appropriate
for the Hockena wharf was $500; the fo
lowing expenditure was made in this aP.