The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-03-10

the entire Appropriation Tor Two yeHrr.
with O. rruylan that tho money could o.
. taFon over by tho counties after tha
end ~ tN months Confederation Nas
= -'.iv ~ " frr 0ut airy.
FOR LAW COMMISSION.
THE bin providing Tor a commission
Go compile tho laws Of Hawaii passed
it. second reading. IN amendment 10y
senator Achi fixing the compensation n
90. three members az $1,000 each. with
au additional $500 for clerk hire ard
printing was adopted. An amendment
ty Senator Dickey, permitting the work
g. occupy more than one volume was
adopted. but the amendment striking
out the section fixing the price at SO
per volume was lost.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The services of the Sergeant at Arms
was required to fill out the quorum In
the afternoon.
The bill relating to the license and
brewing of sprituous liquors passed
second reading. The bill for the man
ufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors
was referred to the committee on mis-
cellaneous petitions.
! Senator Crabbe presented a petition
/ from the officers of the Free Kinder
garten Society asking an appropriation
from the Legislature for "A kindergarten
] in connection with the Normal School,
a, recommended by Superintendent
/ Atkinson. II was referred to the com
mittee on health and education.
/ The bill making felonies of only such
crimes where the punishment exceeds
one year, and the one relating to
,rfy pf lot toe
/ passed second readings.
The bill relating to notice by publ
cation passed second reading.
MORE BILLS PASSED.
! The bill repeating the law relative to
"desertion of married persons" Tas
passed unanimously.
! The bin reducing the punishment for
ombczzlement by public officers was
passed unanimously.
The bill amending the law relating to
malicious injury was passed unaui-
mOusly.
The bill amending the burglary law
end reducing the punishment to twenty
years for burglary in the first degree
ana ten years in the second degree
PASSED unanimously.
The bin amending the law relating to
lilluSllIdl anu lf-lpl lsiN'l Stli'bIS was
PASSED unanimously. The act gives
circuit judges the lower to send minors
to the reform school. Senator Paris
suggested an increase Of the age limit,
hut Senator Brown replied that the age
had been fixed at 10 years, which was
the prevailing custom.
The bill amending the law relating to
procedure in criminal cases passed its
second reading. 20 be read the third
time Wednesday. The bill gives the
right to prosecute in some cases either
by grand jury indictment or upon in
formation. Two juries failing to agree
upon verdict shall have the effect of
an acqulttal.
The bill amending the penal laws re-
la ting to the felonious branding of cat
tie, sheep, goats, donkeys or mu'es
was passed unanimously. Senator
Baldwin suggested that cattle" be
amended to animals" but the amerd-
ment was lost, Senator Baldwin at first
. refusing to vote because he did not have
a dictionary in which to look up the
matter.
The bill amending the Jaw giving
, corporations the right to hold other
stock was passed unanimously.
The substitute bill to encourage the
cultivation of pineapples and castor cl
plant by exemption from taxation foI
five years passed, Kalauokalani and
Achi not voting. Both the latter sen
ators, including Kaohi, refused to vote
but Kaohi afterwards voted YES
President Crabbe ruled that Senators
l were compelled to vote under the rules
and when they still refused the chan
4 said their votes must be counted will
1, ma n
Senator Baldwin, the Senate excused
, the two Senators from voting. Ach
introduced the castor oil bill and claim
ed that the substitute wasn't the same
:, The emergency appropriation bill pass
. ed unanimously. Senator MCCandles
: moved an amendment, changing tn
= $4,000 item for widening the Moliiil
road to IS, 900. He stated that the roa,
sought To be built was only one-thr,
d the length for which the $4,000 hu
e been originally asked. Senator Brow
IS favored the old amount, saying that
n the road was not built the Rapid Tran
; sit you'd be compelled to cross an
y recrhss the road several times. He sal
=, thar the Rapid Transit would spen
:. 100000 i'm extending the line TO kaiudl
/. which he thought was the best residcrI
. section of the city. Senator Kalauoka
~ ami said he was opposed To giv:n
$4,000 for the benefit of the Rapi
Transit, ANA that il was a bad prec'
- dent Senator Dickey proposed thai
rs be made $4,000. senator Baldwin sal
~ he wouldn't vote for a subsidy n'
le that the appropriation Was simply f
al widening a government road. The ~"
was left at $4,000 when the vote ".
taken, Aohi, McCandless and the thr'
"A Home Rulers voting no"
:, Senator McCaudless moved the insa
" ton Of an item Of $1,000 for repa.
on Lusitana street, from Lunall
street TO Pauoa Road, which was ca
% Red
~ Senator Paris moved AN item
$4,000 Tor e court house and jail
i" kdilua, Hawaii which resulted in q
ny President Dubbr casting the deciii
vote against H.
IN senator WILCOX moved uu insertion
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