The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-01
JOINT STEERING
COMMITTEE
FIVE MEMBERS FROM EACH
HOUSE AGREE ON A DIVISION
OF THE WORK.

After the Senate opened this morn
ing and approved it's minutes notifica-
ton came from the House that IL was
ready for business. A House commit
tee appeared to meet with the Senate
committee to arrange the work of the
session between the two houses. But
as the House had not officially notified
the Senate of concurrence in the steer
ing resolution adopted yesterday, the
House committee went down stairs
again. Later President Crabbe appoint
ed as the Senate steering committee,
Senators DiClSey, KalauOkalani AChi,
Woods and Wilcox. The House. a lit
tie later having notified the Senate OF
it's concurrence in the resolution the
Senate took a recess and the two COM
mittees got together.
On motion of AcM the item Of S15,-
coo for advertising the resources Of the
Territory was increased to 5000, OF
which $4,000 is to be used for the pur-
chase of $4,000 copies of Frazier and
Logan's Handbook Of Hawaii.
Senator Paris introduced the loan bill
making appropriations of $2,2SS,O00 and
also the emergency appropriation bill
Both are the bills passed by the Senate
at the regular session.
When the steering committee came
back Chairman Diclfey announced that
it had been agreed that the word
should be divided so that the Senate
should take up appropriations for I'M
paid bills, emergency appropriation
and for salaries, and the House should
take up the loan bill and the two cur
rent account bills.
The Senate then took up the unpaid
bills appropriation bill. A number of
changes were agreed to and the bin
passed second reading.
Senator Achi offered the following:
Resolved by the Senate, the House of
Representatives concurrng, that the
appropriations under the Loan bin
shall be kept within the amount allow
ed by the Organic Act
Resolved, further, that after deduct
ing from the total loan allowed for two
years the appropriations made in the
bill as introduced for Territorial i'm
provements, the balance of the Loan
appropriations bill be apportioned
among the several counties and re-
ferred to four joint committees to be
composed of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives from the several senatorial
districts.
| This resolution having been agreed
on by the joint steering committee was
Z adopted, and it is expected will be
adopted by the House.
! - communication was received from
/ the three judges of the first circuit ask
ing the Legislature 20 make appropria-
! tions for the payment of three steno-
graphers three clerks and three bail
ifs for the first circuit, SO that three
courts could sit concurrently, as a bill
passed at the regular session provided
might be done, and thereby the press
/ of business i'm the courts be kept up
with.
The communication set out that in
spite of the best efforts of the judges
/ to clear the calendar, the amount of
/ business had accumulated; the only
! way it could be kept up with was by
/ having a sufficient number of court Of
! hcials to man all three courts The
communication was referred to the Ju-
| dietary committee.
The Senate then adjourned until 10
| o'clock tomorrow morning after Sena-
! tor lsenberg had expressed the appre-
citation of the members for photogrS mis-
/ OF the Senate and it's officials presented
( to each senator with the compliments
{ of the Senate officials