The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-02-27
IN THE SENATE +.


wise.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed the passage OF the bill to give Dis
trict Magistrates power to extend the
time Of execution beyond sixty days.
! The same committee recommended with
some amendments the passage Of the
bill to protect public documents from
being stolen.
! At the request Of the chairman Of the
judiciary committee, Dickey read the
! following from that committee:
Your committe on judiciary to
which was referred Senate Bill No. 25
begs leave to report:
I'VE have examined the bill carefully
1t is to the effect that the question
asked jurors as to their qualifications
as Jurors are to be propounded by the
presiding judge instead Of the attorneys
in the case. At times proposed Jurors
are exposed to cathechism by strenu-
Gus attorneys that is anything but
pleasant and sometimes even insult
| ing unless restrained by the court.
The plan in Massachusetts is for the
presiding judge to ask the questions
and not to leave the jurors to the
mercy of the attorneys. We think that
the intent of the bill is a good one but
that it is too sweeping as it stands and
that the matter should be left more to
the discretion Of the presiding Judge.
we therefore recommend that Sec
ton be amended to read, Section /.
on motion of either party the court
shall, or the parties or their attorneys
| s.f 1a
mine on oath any proposed juror to
learn whether he is related to either
party, or has any interest i'm the cause,
or has formed or expressed an opinion
or is sensible of any bias or prejudice
therein, and the objecting party may
introduce other competent evidence in
support Of the objection. If the court
finds that the Juror does not stand in
different in the case another shall be
called i'm his stead"
This is almost the exact wording Of
the Massachusetts, statute which has
: been found to work well. We recon-
Lmend that with this amendment the
bill pass
The report was laid on the table to
be considered with the bill
= Paris introduced resolution asking
/ the Superintendent of Public Works
what amounts appropriated under the
I loan fund remained unexpended. Also
what amounts remained unexpended
for the various islands.
p The resolution was adopted.
Y The following was introduced by
7 Brown:
, Resolved, That the sum of $1,000 be
q inserted i'm the appropriation bill from
the loan fund for the completion OF
: Richardson street in Hilo.
o 1t went to the Loan Fund committee
4 The order of the day then REQUIRED
a OH the third reading of Senate Bill q
A the barber shop sanitation act. 1t
r passed, all voting aye but McCandless
= and Achi.
4 Senate Bill 2S the Hayselden milk
p bill next came UP on third reading
| The President asked TO be excused
= from voting on the bill and Paris
[ wanted to know whether the bill COW
cred anybody having a few cows and
T selling milk to neighbors.
r 1t covers everybody that has d
r license said Bishop.
e That is just who the bill covers,
. said McCandless.
Dickey argued that the law was uu-
necessary, reading from the statute t
show that the Board Of Health haC
ample power already to regulate tn,
matter.
/, Hayseden said, II that were true, h'
did not see why the bill should pass
/ He said II was a bill to protect the out
side districts. There was ample pro
lection in Honolulu for the people. TIL,
S Board Of Health was here. In tn,
, outside districts the milk business wa
principally in the hands of small deal
ers, and if some such bill as this wer,
not passed, the people there would b.
., without protection. If the Board o
Health was not competent to draft pro
=, per regulations then vote of lack o
o confidence was i'm order. But If w
" have a Board of Health 1t should b
. trusted. The Senator from Maui sal,
g that it was unreasonable to say tina
the Board of Health would compe
small diaries to have cement floors, bI
- if cement floods were necessary 70
g health, then they should be established
J. mitted the fouling of water used a
p Koloa school without protest from tn
e Board of Health
N McCandless bore this out, saying
r. bathing pool had been established
Is yards from a school. There was lay
enough, but the Board Of Health di
a not enforce the law. We should &c
II a board that should enforce 1t. TIL
le vote on the bill showed that it wa
e, lost. Eight to six.
Ayes-Bishop, Brown, Dowsett. Gan
dali. Hayselden, Kalama-6.
Noes-Achi. Dickey, Hewitt. Lan'
McCandless Paris, Wilcox, Woods
- Excused from notwithstanding.
20 The bill to amend the garbage lay
was next I'm order on third reading. AN
!. Continued on Page 81