Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-23

ton to adopt the report, recommend
ing indefinite postponement, was put
and lost. The bill finally passed second
| reading by a good margin, u years and
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! Treatment Of leprosy.
House Bill 20, relating to the treat
ment of leprosy by anyone who might
wish to do so, passed second reading.
Mr.. Harris moved that the dill be de-
ferred for twenty-one days and Mr..
Kumalae asked IL Mr. Harris had had
extend the session.
House Bill q, relating to vaccination,
passed second reading on motion of Mr.
Harris and House Bill 1872. relating to
an electric franchise for A. V. Gear
and associates, took the same course.
House Bill III, relating to attorneys
at-law, was indefinitely postponed, a
similar measure having been passed
in the Senate and been sent down to the
House. House Bill Isl, relating to Dis
! trict Courts. passed second reading.
To Reorganize Health Board.
House Bill 80, an Act to reorganize
the Board of Health, came up in third
reading on the special order of the day,
and was passed by a vote Of % TO 8,
the ayes and noes being as follows:
| Ayes-Messrs. Andrade. Chilling
worth, Gandall, Harris, Kali, Kalama,
Kaniho, Kealawaa, Keliinoi, Kou,
Knudsen, Kumalae, Lewis, Long, Ma
kaleka, Oil, Paele, Pail, Pulaa, Purdy,
Vida, Wright and Mr.. Speaker-23.
Noes-Messrs. Jaeger, Greenwell and
Kupihea-3.
Absent-Messrs Aylett, Damien, Fer
nandez and Haia-4.
Agricultural College.
House Bill II, providing for an agri-
cultural college and model farm was
brought up in third reading and passed
by unanimous vote of "a, the follow
ing being absent: Messrs. Aylett, Da-
mien, Fernandez, Haia, Jaeger and
Long.
The Wireless Telegraph bill was TAX
en- up in third reading and, on motion
of Mr.. Harris, the appropriation was
reduced from $4,000 to $4,000. After
the consideration of the agricultural
college bill, Mr.. Harris moved to re-
consider on the ground that there we're
petitions on the table relating to the
bill.
These petitions were read and Mr..
KeliinOi moved to strike out $4,000 and
insert $4,000. Mr.. Kalama spoke
against such large sum. He said he
was decidedly in favor of the bill but
$500 was plenty with the help that the
merchants were giving the company.
He too had received communications
from his constituents asking that he
help the bill along.
Lewis Favors Bill.
Mr.. Lewis spoke in favor Of the Sl2,-
900 subsidy. He said that Hawaii was
receiving each day the news Of the ont
side world through the medium of the
wireless telegraph. Every member OF
the House should vote for 1t, since the
wireless telegraph was of untold value
10 the people in the country districts.
He had just received message from
Hilo telling of the fact that n commit
tee had been appointed at a public
meeting to take charge of the celebra-
ton on July 4th of the celebration OF
the commencement of work on the Ko-
hala-Hilo railway.
Mr.. Gandall, who had opposed the
bill on the ground that Kauai had not
seen any benefits from the wireless tel
egraph, said that since the other
islands had received such great benefit
from the system and since the members
from these districts were all speaking
in favor of it, he would support the
motion to pass the bill at $4,000.
Mr.. Kaniho wanted all government
messages delivered free of charge and
the foreign news given TO the govern
ment officials on the same basis.
Mr.. Fernandez spoke in favor of the
$4,000 subsidy. Mr.. Kumalae support
ed the motion Of Mr.. Kaniho, exempt
ing government messages.
Mr.. Keliinoi's amendment to make
the subsidy $4,000, carried.
Mr.. Kumalae's amendment relative
to government messages, carried.
The bill then passed third reading
as amended. by vote of "a to !, Mr..
Nakaleka being the only one to vote
no.
On motion of Mr. Kupihea, the House
adjourned until 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
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