The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-02-28
IN THE SENATE
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of the proposed new counties, with an
amendment increasing the committee.
The senate CONQUERED in the amend
ments. ...
The Pulaa joint resolution to amend
the Organic Act to permit Hawaiians
ignorant of English to serve as jurors
went to the judiciary committee.
The citizens of Kohala sent in a pc
tition for a doctor and for various road
and other improvements in the dis
trict. Referred to the several commit
tees having charge of the matters ask
ed for.
Citizens of Kau presented similar
petition asking for the appropriation
of $94, 440 for roads, bridges, school
houses, school cottages and jails and
for the appointment of physician and
the restoration of former rate of pay of
police. Reference the same as in for
mer petitions.
The public land committee reported
favorably on Senate Bill "a, providing
for the filing of maps of surveys of
land, with slight amendments. Laid
on table to be considered with the
bill.
The ways and means committee pre-
scented favorable report on Senate
Bill No. 49, relating to the bonds OF
public officials. 1t was amended how
ever to extend the time from thirty ia
forty-five. Laid on the table to be
considered with the bill.
The ways and means committee re-
ported favorably on Senate Bill 33, pro-
viding for indexing the records in the
office of the Registrar, of Conveyances
in modern manner. Laid on the table
to be considered with the bill
The judiciary Committee made the
following report:
Hon. D. P. r. Isenberg', President OF
the Senate. erta e
Sir: Your judiciary Committee to
whom Senate Bill Number S8 was re-
ferred respectfully report as follows:
The object of the bill is to allow the
High Sheriff, or other officers to post
pone the sales on executions from time
to time instead of postponement of only
seven days at a time; upon actual ex-
perience the former High Sheriff says
it is for the benefit of all that law OF
this kind should be passed.
We therefore recommend that the
act may be passed with amendments
J to agree with the Revised Laws of Ha-
wall.
Respectfully submitted
w. c. ACHI, Chairman,
c. H. DICKEY,
j. c. LINE.
Laid on the table to be considered
with the bill.
The printing committee reported
progress.
Dickey introduced a bill to amend
section 1868 of the Revised Laws
Passed first reading and referred to
the printing committee.
Bishops new bill to amend Section
1892 of the Revised Laws took the same
course McCandVess introduced the
following, stating that the power re-
solution under which the committee
was acting was not sufficiently CONF
prehensiVe:
Be It enacted by the Senate of the
Territory of Hawaii, the House OF
Representatives concurring:
That the special joint committee 10
which was referred the county law
drafted by the county act commits
sion,9are hereby requested to consider
any and all other bills or matters per-
tanning to county government or local
control.
l.. L. McCANLESS.
Dowsett said he was about to ask
for instruction on this point, he being
a member Of the joint committee. II
had been ruled at the committee
meeting last night to consider only
the county commission bill, and the
original resolution certainly said that
the Joint committee should only con-
slider the county commission act.
Achi offered the resolution as un-
necessary and continued to oppose II
after President Isenberg had told him
that the chairman of the joint commit
tee had ruled that but one act would
be considered. He thought that the
joint committee was taking an eX-
traordinary course in refusing to con-
slider the bill. If the joint committee
refused to act, then it was the duty or
the senate committeeman to act and
return the other bills to the House.
Dickey argued that the Senate had