The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
VIOLATED
| ORGANIC ACT
The House Pays
No Attention
to Law.
Adjourned for Three
Days Without
Leave.
Has Passed the Emergency Bill
on Second Reading Loan
Bill ia Committee.

! The House adjourned for more than
three days yesterday morning in direct
and fragrant violation of the Organic
Act The adjournment was taken out
of pique at the action of the Senate in
failing to provide for the salaries of
the members of the House, but despite
that it was Illegal.
! Section AZ of the Organic Act says:
THAT neither house shall adjourn
during st4y session for more than three
days, or sine die, without the consent
of the other
The House adjourned before noon
yesterday until Thursday morning.
Eliminating Sunday, the three days
which is permitted by the Organic Act
expire at noon Wednesday. Unfor-
tunately there is no punishment for this
violation of the Organic Act, and like
the ignoring of the clause respecting
the use of the English language moth
ing can be done, unless the validity of
some law passed by the legislature is
questioned in the courts.
One attorney was of the opinion that
as the Organic Act provided that neith-
er house could adjourn for more than
three da 3 without the consent of the
other, which was neither asked or CIV
en-, the House must of necessity resume
it's sessions on Wednesday when the
constitutional limit of adjournment has
been reached. Like a law which sets
out a crime, but specifies no punish
ment for the violation, no penalty can
be inflicted because of the fiagrsnt dis
regard of the Organic Act.
AT the opening of the House session
Kou presented resolution calling for
the following appropriations: Break
water at Punaluu, $4,000; breakwater at
Kaluanui a.. Lelepa. $4,000; breakwa-
ter at Makao, $4,000; which was laid on
the table.
The House then went into committee
of the whole and took ND the Emsr-
gency bill. The item of S25, 900 for roads
and bridges Fourth district carried, as
did also Kumalae's amendment to al
low irresponsible bidders to get con-
tracts, provided a bond is furnished.
After two recessess the bill was
adopted. It carries a total of $243, 416. 20
as against $196, 646S5 which was the
amount when it came from the Sen
ate.
THE LOAN BILL.
The Loan bill was taken up in COM
mittee of the whole. Keliinoi moved to
refer the bill to the delegations from
each island so that the division as to
counties might be made. Chillingworth
moved that the Territorial items be
first disposed of in committee, but Ku-
malae wanted the counties to first get
their shares. Kaniho did not believe
the legislature had any right to con-
slider the bill at all; it should have been
disposed of at the regular session.
Harris moved the adoption of the
committee report, but Beckley objected
that this would pass the bill upon sec
ond reading. The chair then ruled the
motion out of order. On motion of
Beckley the title of the bill was chang
ed in accordance with the recommends
ton of the committee. and then Kelii-
noi's motion to refer to island commit
tees was carried.
Rep. Chillingworth moved to adjourn
which Kumalae amended to Thursday
morning, and this carried, II to 10, the
Republicans largely voting against the
illegal motion.