Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-21
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he was not absent. Speaker BeckleyI
said he had learned from the Vice
Speaker that the House had been call.
ed to order at the instance of the Gov.
ernor. With all due respect to MIR.
Dole. he had no right to send such an
order to the House
From Attorney General.
Mr.. Beckley said that the Deputy At.
tCrney General had promised to send
down a copy OF the opinion which had
been sent to the Governor. This opin-
ion conceded with the view taken by
the Chair and would be ordered spread
on the journal OF the House.
Mr. Andrade said that before the
Speaker ruled on the matter, he would
like to ask a question:: Was the con.
sent of the Senate asked for the ad.
journment that was taken on Satur-
! day?
Speaker Makes Ruling.
Speaker Beckley answered that
there was no necessity for asking the
consent of the Senate. The House was
within the rights given 1t by the Or.
ganic Act. lie thereupon ruled in &C.
Cordance with the remarks already
quoted He refused to recognize the
minutes of yesterday and they were
ordered stricken from the journal.
| There was no motion to appeal from
the ruling of the Chair.
! Atkinson's Communication.
The House then proceeded to the
work of the day and the following pc.
tition from the Superintendent of Pub.
| lie instructions:
II find that the item for incidentals
down IRON what was asked for by this
department to $1,000. would like to
call your attention to this fact and
ask that the amount be made $500.
| believe the school agent for Honolulu
has called your personal attention to
the matter.
"ALATAU T. ATKINSON"
Tabled to be considered with the
Appropriation Bill.
A communication from the Senate
accompanied Senate Bill 3. the six
months salaries bill, which passed
I third reading in the Upper House on
the 14th inst. The bill was read first
| time by title and referred to the
Printing Committee.
! Beekley on Pumping Plants.
! Speaker Beckley said that In case
I there were no objection, he would in
struct the clerk to write to the Super
I intendent OF Water Works for a list of
the engineers and firemen OF the pump
ing stations who had gone out on a
strike. II 1t was not case of strike,
then the. House would like to know
IL the cessation of work on the part of
the engineers and firemen was due to
action on the part Of the Superintend-
ent. 1t was due to the House that they
be made acquainted with the facts by
means of which the interests of the
city and property owners were jeopar.
died.
Mr.. Harris said he wished to go on
record as being against sending a com.
munication Of such tenor to the Super.
intendent of the Water Works. II was
not right to presuppose that any man
or men had gone on strike. The
proper course would be to ask the rea,
sons for the shutting down OF the
pumping plants.
Mr.. Beckley said his remarks were
simply in the line of suggestion. He
would accept such an amendment as
that made by Mr.. Harris. He stated
further that he understood the engi,
neers were still on the pay roll but
tnat the firemen had not received pay
for a month and a half. Mr.. Harris
answered that there were some OF the
fremen. who had not been paid a cent
for four months,
The clerk was thereupon ordered to
communicate with the Superintendent
OF Water Works.
Emergency Bill Again.
Senate Bill 3. the Emergency Appro
priation Bill, was taken upon the order
OF the day. After the reading OF few
items, a motion on the part of Mr.. An
drade to postpone further considera
ton of the bill until the report of the
Judiciary Committee on the petition Of
Isaac Noar for reimbursement for
land taken by the Government for road
purposes, carried and the report, which
IL as follows, was read:
Your Judiciary Committee, having
had referred to it, Petition No. OF
this Honorable House, and the report
OF the Committee of Public Lands ant
Internal improvements, to which sait
petition had heretofore been referred
said petition praying for the payment
by the Government Of the Territory Of
Hawaii to the petitioner, Mr. Isaac
Noar, for certain damages resulting t.
him by virtue of the taxing by the
Government of a certain parcel Of land
more particularly described in the re
port of the Committee on Public Lands
and Internal improvements, which
said report is made part OF this re
port and is therefore hereto attached
and made a part hereof.