The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-04
FOR SUNDAY
BASE BALL
REPRESENTATIVE VIDA GIVES
NOTICE OF AN ACT TO ALLOW
IT-A gURFEW LAW.

\. Fernandez, chairman of the House
committee ON printing enrolment this
morning presented a resolution that
the rates to be paid for work ordered
by his committee should be $3.50 a page
for printing 30 cents page for proof
reading. 70 cents folio for tranSlating
| and 25 cents for typewriting. Harris
wanted to know how the rates had
been fixed. He moved an amendment
to make the rate $3.50 for printing and
proofreading, 80 cents a folio for trans
lating and l2l2 cents page for type
writing, and said that these were the
regular rates. Harris also wanted to
know what had become of the bids
| called for
Kumalae came to the support of Fer
| nandez's resolution He said the
| House ought to employ good men, such
as We're used in the courts, and that it
would have to pay well if it was to
! have the work done promptly
Harris asked what was the court rate
saying he understood it was 80 cents
| for translating, and Kumalae said he
didn't know. 1t turned out that the
/ bids We're $3.50 for printing and proof
! reading, but only the Star had carried
! out this rate, it was stated, other con-
/ Germs demanding 80 cents more page
/ for reading proof
| Greenwell, member of the printing
icOmmittee, said he had never heard of
I the resolution brought forward by his
chairman, and thought he ought to
! have been consulted as a member of
/ the committee He said he had had
parties come to him and ask for a
chance to do work at the rate proposed
/ by Harris. on the suggestion of the
speaker the matter was referred back
to the printing committee.
The House returned to the order of
the day and House Bill number 4, was
called for final passage and found to
have not been returned yet from the
| printer. 1t is an act to make the Ha-
waian flag the Territorial flag. Ka-
niho said he wouldn't vote on it be-
cause it hadn't been printed and he
| was excused from voting. The rest
| of the members thought they could
/ vote anyhow, and the bill was passed
with seven dissenting votes.
The county bill is still being waited
for and the House adjourned to tomor-
row.
Bills. resolutions and reports of COM
mittees followed in rapid succession
in the House this morning. Repre-
sentative Wright and Damien had their
j innings for a good deal of time Wright
got in an act to give the government
of the Territory of Hawaii the right
to condemn any private lands which
years, making such lands a part of the
public domain and paying the owners
% per cent over the assessed value.
Wright also presented two petitions
from the seventh precinct Republican
club of the second district. Both OF
them have reference to extending the
county government system The first
asked that public institutions be under
the counties and the second was as
follows:
1T being the sense of the members
of the Republican precinct club of the
18th precinct, second district that coun-
I ty government should be so IN tact as
well in name therefore be ii
Resolved by this club that the
district magistrate should be elected
by the vote of the county at the regu-
lar elections the same as other elected
officers and that the county IN all mat
ters when it is alone concerned shall
| nave the chance TO declde by vote VINO
shall fill these very important offices.
No one person can be as good judge