The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-26

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varIII GIsLsfct, unlII a COnisniLIse OF
laIIs E1Olse Codiu report as 10 the ek-
tSAsGOu oI the nEe lIllIIIs- Inc opposl-
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anu IA eFIaence WAS IaI geIy cue 10 TIE
aSaIs OF Ine nUiae R1ie members OF
.aae Legislature IuaI the eAIeusIon OF
tne nre limits meant only the exten-
sIvn OF Inr area IN wnIcn IumOer couId
Oe stored IN the nmlIs or honoIuIu-
slnce the facts relaIIng 10 the st II
age OF LUMBER. mat Is, all Iumoer al
tuis time nappens 10 De stored within
Lne area known as the nre limits, ana
having good reason 10 Deueye that
Ine extension or sucn nre limits would
Uniy mean the extension OF the lumber
ara area OF honoiula, your committee
recommends tnat the petition be IaId
on the table, until the House can learn
tne attitude OF the Executive as 10 a
onI IaJely introduced by the chairman
OF your committee, ana having in view
the removal of lumber yards outside
the nre limits.
kespectTuny submitted, Jessie p.
MakaInaI, X. Puuki, K II. MakekRu,
y N. b. Naifima, A F. GiInIIan.
robertson said the report was a
grand dun and advised that it be Te-
Jected, as there were at least three
lumber yards outside OF the fire limits.
DIckey stated that some of the mem
Ders had friends in the burnt district,
wnlch brought in for returns from Chi
which brought in fat returns from Chi
nese tenants, and on that account did
not want the flre limits extended.
The report was tabled to be consid-
cred with the viil.
Beckiey presented a draft of bill,
drawn up by the Board of Health, 10
prevent the spread of smallpox and
other dangerous diseases.
The Judiciary Committee report ed
on Senate bill No. II, relative to the
protection of sepulture, recommending
the bill pass. The report was adopted.
The same committee reported faS-
orab4y on Senate bill No. SO, relating
to terms of the Circuit Courts, and
Senate DILL No. %, relative to the IL
legal marking of cattle.
The Committee on Public Lands .e-
ported on House bill No. 103, regular.
ing plumbing, finding that the bill
aimed to bring cesspool building on a
scientific basis. recommending the bill
pass slightly amended.
The Committee on Public Health re-
ported -Unsse hill Ill non4Y0z-st-
ing Antoine Serrao for damage done
him in the late plague through the
death of his wife, supposedly from
plague The committee thought tbs
affair came under the Jurisdiction o.
the Court of Claims and thats thS
House had no right to interfere. Tht
report was tabled.
Gilfllan presented a unanimous re
port from the special committee in re
gard to liquor licensing.
The following is the committees re
port:
; Hon J. A. Akina. Speaker of tn
: House of Representatives
Sir:-Your special committee az
: pointed to investigate abuses in tn
granting OF liquor licenses througho,l
: the Territory, after hearing eyiGepc
and carefully considering all condl
D tions. begs leave to report as follows
Evidences of gross abuses OF pow
er, of disregard of the rights of th
: people, of fragrant irregularities, If nc
! ,,-nrca in 4ho Granting of liransoo an
| what may be termed subserSiency {
the wishes of the wholesale interest:
as against the small dealer all show
!, in the evidence taken and which
submitted herewith, appear to you
committee to call for comment and /
suggest remedial legislation at TIL
time.
Ii is to be noted that while unde
\ one head the policy OF the departmer
. interested in the licensing of the liQuc
tramc may be strongly marked. aga'
Il when there comes to the front anoths
J man. the policy is changed withol
; seeming reason in law. though it
l. well known that all the while the re-
q power behind action remains the sam
v Inconsistency marks each transactiC
dS AQtQ IN tue kSSllLuOnF UtlOEG W.
II committee. The range is from q de
le laration of one minister that he wou
5, resign before he would grant heeni
N for certain place on Fort street
lie the yielding of another license with
ie the next block east In addition, Il
granting a restricted license TO ol
T man, and during the term OF such
cense the granting of three spirit
y censes within few hundred yards
l. me location OF the original license
- which practically confiscated q
!. rights OF the original licensee und
- his license privilege. From compe
~ ing one sufferer from the sanitary q
is to lose the use Of his license
~ months and refusing him the right
ne open in a new place. TO the grant
10 and immediate withdrawal OF
nj cense TO an American citizen and I
ch resident. and the Immediate issuar
to OF the desired privilege TO q Japane
rs One minister refused TO follow
ng road line in measuring the dfstar
nd 10 3 church from the place Of one |
re- plicans. the next allows three spi
licenses. In plain violation Of law. vi
ng in half the distance from & SINH
ne church edifice.
II is impossible 20 cali attention
Ids all the phases Of peculiar actit
Ort which have characterized the issual