Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-14

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thousand lepers to be cared for. It Is
n the tropics and has much low-lying |
md insanitary lands in Honolulu and |
elsewhere. It has an extremely mixed |
large proportion of
" HON have no idea of sanitation, and
will do nothing to leep their premises
clean except under compulsion. II lies
Oh the highway between the United
States. the Orient and the British Col
on!es. and Is constantly exposed tNI
contagious and infectious diseases
The urGblems arising from these con.
dtions make the work of sanitation rs
important and responsible as the WORK
of any department in the Territorial
Government
We think 1t proper to say that we
consider the present Board of Health.
with the exception of the Attorney
General, who receives a salary, re.
markably devoted and self-sacrifiicing
in their work. The present system
was created when the sanitary prob.
lens of the Hawaiian Islands were
comparatively simple: It is extreme.
ly well adapted for typical Ameri.
can village or town not exposed to in.
faction or contagion from other coun.
tries, having no disease like leprosy
to deal with. and in which an over.
whelming majority of the people vol.
UNFAIRLY and intelligently keep their
own premises in a sanitary condition.
Its members are exceptionally good
men, but its machinery is, in our opin.
ion, inadequate for an economical and
efficient performance of the work II
has to do.
Changes in Criminal Laws.
Many of the laws now IN existence
in this Territory for instance the law
relating to larceny in the second de.
gree. provides a punishment by i'm.
prisonment at hard labor not more
than two years or by fine not eX.
cceding SlO00-seCtion 1872, page Sc.
Penal Laws of 1897. Section 200. page
100 of the Penal Laws of 1891 pro.
vides a punishment for malicious in.
jury by Imprisonment at hard labor
not more than two years or by fine
not exceeding $1,000. Section 2l5. page
40 of the Penal Laws of 1891 relat.
ing to feloniOus branding of cattle pro.
NlhNH a punishment At Ihlh ldbOl hON
more than two years. and many other
! offenses provide a punishment by i'm
prisonment at hard labor not more
| than two years. of which offenses prior
to annexation. the District Magistrates
of this country had jurisdiction. but
| by a number OF decisions by the Su.
preme Court of the United States any
offenses which render a person liable
to Imprisonment at hard labor for
more than one year Is called an infa.
nous offense, of which District Magls.
trates have no jurisdiction to try. II
has therefore become necessary, since
the Organic Act went into effect, to
take such cases before the Grand
Jury.
In order to give the District Magis.
trates Of this Territory Jurisdiction, as
we have mentioned, II will be neces.
sary to amend the existing laws OF
this Territory where they provide for
more than one years Imprisonment up
to two years, by striking out the word
two" and inserting the word "one" in
its place, so as to comply with the de.
cision OF the Supreme Court of the
United States, or by some other
amendments of a like nature. giving
the District Magistrates jurisdiction in
such cases.
The Liquor Question.
Pursuant to the special charge
Your Honor gave to this Grand Jury
in reference to liquor licenses, we have
investigated the same and report as
follows:
We recommend that not more than
one liquor license be issued to any
one corporation.
We also recommend that no licens SEES
for liquor saloons be granted without
the consent of at least two.thirds OF
the occupants Of adjacent buildings on
.ne street within POO feet OF the prem
ises in which the saloon Is to be locat.
ed in cities and towns; and within a
+, dius of half mile in country dis.
tricts; and further that no saloon be
lccatcd within half mile of any pub.
lie landings outside of Honolulu.
We approve of the present limits
established for the sale of distilled
liquors in the city OF Honolulu, and
We recommend that same be not eX.
tended
We recommend that all Primo H.
censes for beer saloons be continued
until their expiration, or until a spe.
cial session of the Legislature is call.
ed.
We recommend that neutral zone
about $50 feet in width be established
about the present saloon limits and
the city front, where no intoxicating
liquors shall be sold, and ,nat outside
OF this neutral zone, licenses for the
sale OF pure beer under proper re.
strictions be granted upon the pay.
ment of $3.50.
We recommend that stringent laws
be enacted to suppress the distillation
of okolehao and the brewing of
swipes. The present Federal laws
punish the brewing and sale of swipes
by fines up to $4,000 and Imprisonment
up to five years. and by framing Terri.
torila laws, such that the Territorial
and Federal officers can work in con.
junction, We believe that this evil can
be entirely suppressed.
We recommend that a law be enact
eu prohibiting the employment of mi.
nors in liquor saloons and also prohib.
iting minors from entering or congre.
eating about liquor saloon premises.
Complaints.
There have come 20 the notice OF
this Grand Jury two Communications
from private citizens for investigations
which your Grand Jury deem impor.
tant to dwell on.
In a..