The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-03-06

Congress for Educational purposes Il
Hawaii.
A petition from the settlers In Olaa
asking for an appropriation for a schoo
house at the 22-mie road. was referred
to the committee on health and edu.
cation.
| A petition from a number OF resident,
OF Honolulu. asking for an appropria.
ton of 81 900 for an instructor in lace.
making In the public schools, was re-
! ferred to the same committee.
Thirty-five settlers Of Mountain View
asked for an appropriation OF $4,000
for a road in that vicinity. stating that
the money already appropriated had
not been spent. 1t was referred to the
committee on public lands.
THE BAILIFF LAW.
Senator C. Brown reported for the
judiciary committee, recommending the
repeal Of the bailiff law. and 1t passed
its first reading.
The Judiciary committee reported
favorably on the Dickey bill designat-
ing public holidays, and Its passage was
recommended. The only changes are in
dropping two of the obsolete holidays,
January II and November 2S, and add
ing Decoration day and Washington's
birthday. The report was adopted and
the bill was made the final order for
today.
WAYS AND MEANS REPORTS.
Senator Baldwin reported for the
committee on ways and means rec
ommending that the Kalauokalani bill
exempting all persons up to $1,000 and
providing that corporations, estates.
etc, should not be exempted, be laid
on the table, as all these mattel are
provided for in the county bill. The
report was adopted.
Senator Baldwin reported on the
Brown loan bin, and recommended its
passage The report was adopted, and
the bill will be put on its passage to-
day.
Senator Baldwin reported on the ka-
lauokalani bill increasing the taxation
rate to 2 per cent that "all taxation
measures are fully provided for in the
county bill" He recommends that the
bill be tabled, to be taken up with the
county bill.
The ways and means committee sec
commended also that the merchandise
bill introduced by Kalauokalani be
tabled.
SUBSTITUTE BILL.
Senator c. Brown, for the judiciary
committee, reported a substitute bill for
the one providing for the repeal of the
tax on the importation of spiritucus
liquors, saying that the whole law
should not be repealed. The substitute
bill provides for a fine of $500 or a years
Imprisonment for importation of liquors
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the importers own use. The report was
adopted and the bill passed its first
reading.
JUMP ON McCANDLESS.
Senator McCandless was the target
Of a general attack from two or three
of the Senators yesterday, because of
report of the committee of public
lands and internal improvements. Nc
Candless reported that resolutions pro-
viding $35, 900 for Queen street improve
ment, for improvement of lilo and
kona roads, for water main on Liliha
street, 5000 for cemtery, $4,000 for
Moilili road, and $4,000 on Maui roads,
be laid on the table to be considered
with the general appropriation bill He
stated that many of the improvements
provided in the resolutions were con-
tanned in the estimates of the public
works department The report was
withdrawn because of objections from
Achi, Isenberg, and Baldwin.
NEED OF NEW LAWS.
Senator Cecil Brown reported for the
judiciary committee, recommending the
adoption of the hill cutting the penalty
for larceny to one year. The report
was adopted.
Senator Dickey introduced a resolu-
ton providing for the insertion of an
item of s62 in the appropriation bill to
reimburse the registration board of
Maui for expenses of election, and
which could not be paid because of the
exhaustion of the appropriation BILL
LAHAINALUNA AGAIN.
Senator Ach introduced a resolution
calling upon the public lands committee
to investigate the title TO the land
upon which the Lahainaluna Seminary
stands. He stated that if the state
ment made by Senator Baldwin re-
garding the sectarian nature OF the
school is true. then the Legislature
could not make an appropriation for
the support of the school, as the Or
ganic Act provided that the Territory
could not appropriate public money for
a sectarian institution.
Senator Baldwin stated that he had
since looked up the exact language of
the grant from the American Board OF
Foreign Missions to the Territorial
government, and found that 1t was
simply "A negative statement, namely;
That mo other doctrine than the Cos
pei OF the Protestant church could be
taught there.
on motion 81 Senator Isenberg the
resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on health and education,
MORE MONEY WANTED.
Senator MoCandless presented q res
olutiou calling for the insertion In the
appropriation bill of an item of $1,000
for school houses at Aiea and EVA.
The resolution was referred a. the com
mitter un health and education