Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-07
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Want Lands Opened.
A petition was read from residents
and voters Of the district of Kau, Ha.
wall, praying that the lands of Hionaa
and Kaalaiki be opened to the public
a. homestead lands. Referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
The Finance Committee recommend,
ed indefinite postponement Of II. d.
i04, IAN Act to regulate the payment
of taxes, water rates, fines, costs and
other Territorial assessments" on the
ground that the act provides that treas.
ury warrants shall be received at par
In payment Of such fees, and this
would allow speculation as the war.
rants are now being discounted.
Adopted.
Citizens of the Seventh Precinct,
First Representative District, as above
referred to, petitioned that IL the Coun.
~ Bill passed II should provide that
the Island Of Hawaii should be divided
Into at least two counties, of which the
Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits
would be the respective boundaries.
This was referred to the Committee
OF the Whole of the House, since 1t 70.
fers to the County Act.
Education incidentais.
Secretary Rodgers of the Depart.
ment Of Public instruction forward an
account Of Incidental expenses as per
request.
The Clerk of the Senate transmitted
q Senate bill relating to summary
proceedings to recover the possession
OF land. Bill passed first reading In
House by title. The House was inform.
ed that the report OF the Joint Com.
mittee on County Act had been adopted
IN the Senate.
Governor Cleghorn transmitted co.
pies Of the report of the Park Com.
mission for the two years ending De.
cember 81, 1904.
Secretary Holloway of the Board OF
Agriculture and Forestry sent in his
"incidentals and general expenses" &C.
count for the last six months of 1904.
Vaccination Repeal.
Committee on Health suggested in
definite postponement OF considera
ton Of H. B. No. 10, repeating Secs
917-920 and 922, 924 and 925, relating
to vaccination, deeming 1t "inexpedi
ent and unsafe thus to remove safe
guard SO necessary because OF our
very mixed population and exposed
position"
Reps .Kaniho and Cox urged laying
this report on the table to be consid
cred with the bill. Carried. Rep. Ka
nihos talk against the report was
strenuous indeed.
Many to Blame.
Health Committee reported on the
resolution introduced by Rep. Maize
Iona in re investigation Of alleged pol
luton Of the water of an auwai at
Walahole, Oahu, by the overflow from
a bathing pool belonging to Mr.. II.
+. Wichman. Committee had dlscov.
cred that no one person alone was re.
sponsible for the nuisance, many res.
ldents were responsible. It was rec.
commended that such laws as are al.
ready In force for the abatement of
such conditions be enforced. Report
adopted.
The Committee on Health considered
the petition concerning the repeal of
the suspect laws (leprosy) not in form
conforming to the requirements of the
Organic Act and asked that 1t be re
TERED back to the introduced for trans.
lation into English. Favorable consid.
Grafton was advised in reference to O
petition asking for an appropriation
tor medicine. Adopted.
Don't Want Young Bros.
1t seeming that the pilots of Homo
lulu having expressed unanimously a
preference for the present reliable and
safe service" furnished them by boat
crews, the Finance Committee recon-
mended tabling the communication Of
the Young Bros. offe9lng their launch
services; adopted. This committee rec
commended allowing Rep. ShelJon's in.
sertion In the appropriation bill Of
$4,000 for Fifth Circuit Court ex.
penses for the biennial period. Adopt
ed.