The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-10

From the facts found by your COM
mittee it is impossible for us to do
otherwise than recomend that the bill
be laid on the table.
Respectfully submitted.
l. l. MCANDLESS,
]. D. PARIS,
J. B. KAOHI.
Senator Kaohi moved the report be
adopted, which was seconded.
SOME LEGAL DOUBT.
President Crabbe said there seemed
to be some doubt about the question
The heirs of the Coney estate claimed
that the sister and widow of John H.
Coney had no right to sell any part
of the real estate during the minority
of the children. The speaker and his
brothers had suffered the same way
from the administration of the Meek
ness on the part of the Government,
while having control of the property
under a lease, to take land for road
and afterward throw the leasehold
Cooper said $4,000 was right It's pay
ment would be subject to an order of
court or of a commissioner. OF course
there was an increase of value of the
remainder of the property through
road betterment. All the same. the
sale to the Government did not seem
just to the heirs.
THE ESTATE BENEFITED.
Senator McCandless quoted from
copy of the will he had procured, and
argued that it must have cost 5000
to put the road up there. 1t was an
immense benefit to the estate. More
over, according to the will, the chill
dren were entitled to but half of the
property, so that there was not the
least doubt the government owned one
half of the portion bought for right of
way. He did not believe the Coney
estate had a bit of right to the land
under the terms of the will.
Senator Achi, being answered by
Senator McCandless that there hal
been no judicial decision, said he had
an amendment to offer to the bill.
A motion was then made and carried
to receive the report and consider it
with the bill.
AWAIT HOUSE ACTION.
Senator Dfckey presented the report
of the conference committee on Senate
bill No. 9, eighteen months current
revenue appropriations, recommending
the adoption of the House amendments
with certain changes agreed upon in
conference which have been already re-
ported
President Crabbe moved and Senator
Baldwin seconded, that the report be
adopted. Senator Dickey suggested
that the correct practice would be to
await action of the House, which was
done.
BAND EXPENSES.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for ex-
penses of the band in trips to the other
islands passed third reading by the
following vote, Senator Dickey having
changed from no to aye:
Ayes-Achi, Baldwin, Crabbe, Dickey.
Isenberg, Kalauokalani, McCandless.
Nakapaahu, Paris Woods-1O.
Noes-Kaohi-1
AN OMISSION SUPPLIED.
House bill No. 10, appropriating s4,-
9S4.2S for unpaid bills of the Govern
ment. came up for second reading.
President Crabbe moved to insert an
item he had overlooked on Wednesday,
being $45 to pay the bailiff of the Sec
ond Circuit Court.
Senator McCandless wanted the bill
referred to a committee, as he thought
the debt was covered in the Emergen-
cy bill. He was not seconded and the
bill passed as amended.
CONEY BILL DEBATED
The Coney bill came up for second
reading and the committees report was
read again. Senator McCandless NOV
ed the report be adopted.
Senator Achi said there was some
show for the claim of the Coney heirs.
The statute of limitations had not run
on the Governments adverse possess
sion. The question ought to be de-
cided by the courts. NO" he replied
to remark by Senator McCandless;
1.-The Legislature is not settling it if
you adopt the amendment I now move -
complications, as the heirs might put
fences across the road. He moved to
add the words, subject, however. to a
decision of the Supreme Court on an
agreed statement of facts, or other
proceedings
President Crabbe stated that his ex-
perience with the Meek estate was
that suggested by the previous speak
er. 1t was a matter of 100000 or $40,
600 to him, but he lost his claim TO
land in Beretania street on the plea of
adverse possession raised against him.
The Coney estate had another year be-
fore it could be shut out by adverse
possession.
Senator Baldwin moved to add TO
the amendment the words "of the
courts
YELLOW DOG TREATMENT
Senator McCandless complained of a
seeming disposition to pay no atten-
ton to the committees work. They