Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-24
ROUGE
rmyas,h Day


Afternoon session.
when the House met yesterday after
noon letter was read from Treasury
Agent Maclennan making 2 o'clock the
hour for a meeting with the special
committee " the House On the dis.
penslng " the hre claims money
tMessrs Harris. vida and PurdyD. Mr.
harris asked the clerk To telephone
and make the hour 3 O'Clock and then
presented a number OF reports from the
Finance Committee
Tho first was against the Brown bill
To make a trustoeship OF the Chinese
Fund. This was adopted. The com
mitiee reported In favor OF the Crabbe
uquor license bill, amending II 10 as to
limit the issuance Of liquor licenses to
citizens or to corporations having cit
liens In the majority of their stock
holdings There were further amend
ments 10 the effect that the license fee
be cut from $3.50 to $500 and to pro-
vide that no saloon shall be located
within 800 feet of school or church.
The report was adopted.
Mr. Kupihea tried to get in a report
but was shut on by the Speaker who
ruled that hereafter all such matters
would go over without reading until
the appropriation bills came up for
consideration.
On the regular order OF the day. an
attempt was made to get the loan bill
OF the Senate taken up. There was an
other wordy war and the Speaker re-
marked that II the members did not
take up so much time talking to each
other. they might have passed tho
loan bill ten days ago. The bill then
passed second reading and was made
the special order for today.
The House next went into a commit
tee OF the whole, with Greenwell in the
chair and House bill Is. amending the
laws governing the segregation OF lep.
ers, was taken up. II developed that
the measure was directly in conflict
with the provisions Of the Paere bill.
passed on Wednesday. However, the
bill passed second reading.
The committee arose and reported
and then went into a committee of the
abhiI W Dill Ols
ing to the storage Of lumber. and SO,
defining the fire limits OF Honolulu.
Both these measures were passed and
the committee reported accordingly.
For a Fish Commission.
Senate Bill 81, relating TO the APP
pointmcnt of a fish commissioner. was
brought up on second reading. Mr..
Kalama moved to indefinitely postpone
the bill. Mr.. Knudsen said he had had
experience with fish commissioners on
the mainland. They had proven OF
great value and Hawaii should have
such an officer In order to protect the
food fishes in Hawaiian waters. The
bill finally passed second reading.
Mr.. Andrade moved TO reconsider
Senate Bill A. relating to the wanton
destruction of food fishes in the waters
of the Territory, which had failed Of
passage in second reading just n short
time previous, but there were not
enough votes to carry.
Repeal OF Stamp Duty.
Senate Bill 20, relating to n repeal of
stamp duty on certificates OF stock,
passed second reading. Senate Bill 10.
relating to the punishment of gov
eminent beneficiaries, was laid on the
table, similar bill having already
! passed.
Salaries Of Judges.
Senate Bill 33. relating to additional
salaries for the judges OF the Circuit
Court was lost In third reading by q
vote of 10 to 10, and on motion OF Mr..
Kumalae, the measure was indefinitely
postponed. The vote on passage in
third reading was as follows:
Ayes-Andrade. Chillingworth. Gan.
dali, Jaeger, Kalama, Keliinoi, Knud-
sen, Long. Pail, Pulaa-1O.
Noes-Aylett, Damien, Greenwell.
Haia, Kali. Kaniho. Kealawaa. Kou,
Kumalae. Kupihea, Lewis, Nakaleka,
Oil, Paele, and Mr.. Speaker-15.
Acknowledgements. Fernandez, Harris,
Purdy. Vida and Wright.
tiilo Recreation Grounds.
House bills were next taken up in
third reading, the first being 1874, relat-
Ing to recreation grounds for Hilo.
which passed by a unanimous vote OF
rs. House Bill 179, the companion
bill, providing for public park at
Waiakea, Hilo. Mr.. Kaniho moved to
indefinitely postpone and Mr.. Green.
well to pass the bill. The latter pre-
vailed by a vote of 81 to 6. those vot-
ing no being as follows: Messrs. Da-
mien, Haia, Kali, Kaniho, Nakaleka
and Pail.
Pauahi Street Extension.
House Bill 1O6. providing an appro-
priation for the extension OF Pauahi
street, passed third reading by a vote
of % TO 2, Msssrs. Greenwell and
Knudsen being the only ones to vote
no.
House Bill 60. providing for the ex.
tension OF School street from Liliha to
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