The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-30
THE LEGISLATURE. THIRTY.sIXTH DAY.

and Section 80 be amended to read
as follows:
1.-The precincts and polling places es-
tabliShed or as may be established by
the laws of the Territory for the cleo
tion of Senators and Representatives
shall constitute the precincts and poll
ing places for the the election of coun-
tv officers, provided, however, that in
places where, under the existing di-
vision of precincts, voters in different
districts vote at the same polling place,
the Governor is hereby required to
change the polling places within each
district so as to allow the voters OF
such district to vote within the dis
trict in which they are registered"
BILLS ADVANCED.
On motion of Achi, opposed by
Dickey. consideration of the Govern
or's appointments were deferred by
seven votes to Monday next.
Bills passed first or second reading
by title and were referred to appropri-
ate committees as follows:
Standard telephone franchise bill.
Redemption of property bill.
Maui electric railway franchise bill.
Taxation amendment bill.
FISH AND GAME BILLS.
Bishop opened a debate on the sec
ond reading of the bill to prevent the
wanton destruction of food fishes He
asked if 1t interfered with private fish
cries or inclosed fish ponds. Would
it make fish dearer9
Isenberg, having called Vice-Presi-
dent Paris to the chair, said it was the
same as his bill killed last session.
The Asiatics were catching small fish
in quantities by fne-mesh nets and
feeding them to hogs and ducks. Ger
tain small species making pat of the
food of HawaiianS We're excepted IN
the bill. If the Hawaiian members
knew of any other species that should
be excepted they ought to name them.
Owing to opposition last session the
prohibition of throw nets was left out
of this bill.
Gandall MADE IN interesting speech,
giving much information of alarming
diminution in certain kinds of valuable
food fish. He told of Asiatics who
fished with nets within nets, the inner
most one being of mosquito netting
so that they made hauls that included
fish ranging from sharks down to the
tiniest of the fnny tribes. They fed
the minuter kinds by the bushel to
hogs and ducks.
Dowsett showed that the section pro
hibiting the use of giant powder IN
fishing was already covered by the ex-
listing law, and on his motion 1t was
struck out.
Achi spoke of the difficulty, recCg-
nized by the Supreme Court, of en-
forcing penal laws without interven-
ton of the grand jury. This led to
having the bill reIerred to the Judi
ciarv Committee.
The bill requir' Y p license tr SO
a year to hunt wild game was consld-
cred on second reading.
Paris moved that the bill do not ap-
plav to a man hunting on his own land.
Dowsett objected strenuously. He
thought that men like Mr.. Paris and
others owning thousands of acres ought
to take an interest in protecting game.
The bill did not prevent their shooting
wild cattle, hogs and goats, but the
birds on the land of Mr.. Paris one hour
| might be on other lands the next hour.
| Japanese were Strengthening birds all
| over the country. Go out Waialae and
| they would see people shooting birds
| upon the public highways.
Paris did not think the argument
| suited at all If he found a japanese
| shooting on his land he would have
| him arrested This bill would stop
japanese shooting without license on
| the public roads.
Dowsett replied that every employee
and all visitors at Mr.. Paris s place
| would get permission to kill birds.
The amendment was lost. as was
| another moved bv Paris. that the Ii
eense fee be So instead of SO.
| The bill passed second reading, to
| be read a third time Friday.
LAW PRACTICE BILL
The bill to prohibit the High Sheriff
| and his deputies from practicing law
during their terms of office was OPP
| posed bv Bishop and Dickey, and by 7
to laid on the table. The objection
| TO it was that it would interfere with
the economical working or the county