The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-07
THE SENATE
FIFTEEN tn DAY
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colleagues on Saturday what a Demo-
crat could do as the head of a special
Sunday law committee, submitting a
report that reformed" the McCandless
bill for letting everybody do every
thing. The bill went over until Tues
day but the bill as It has been chang
ed presents a number of features Of in
terest In its text it is as follows:
AN ACT RESPECTING THE OBJ
SERvANCE OF THE SABBATH
DAY.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature OF
the Territory Of Hawaii:
Section 1. Sunday within the mean
ing of the provisions of this Act is the
first day of the week and includes the
time between the midnight preceding
and the midnight following the same
day.
Section 2. All labor on Sunday is
forbidden, excepting works of necess-
ity or mercy, in which are included all
labor that is needful for the good or
der, health, comfort, or safety of the
community, or for the protection of
property from unforeseen disaster, or
danger of destruction or injury, or
which may be required for the pro-
secution of or attendance upon reli-
gious worship, or for the furnishing of
opportunities of reading or study; pro-
vided, however, that this Section shall
not apply to newspaper printing Of
fees. steamship companies, railroads,
telegraph and telephone companies,
hotels, inns, restaurants, restaurant
cigar stands, stores for the sale of to-
bacco products only, ice cream parlors,
soda water stands, drug stores, fruit
stands for sale of fruit only, livery
stables, hackmen, owners and opera
tors of licensed shore boats, news de-
pots, agriculturalists, florists, graziers
and ranchmen. farmers, graziers and
ranchmen shall perform such labor on
ly as is necessary to the up-keep of
equipment and the care of live-stock)
electric light plants, ice making plants,
gas works and slaughter houses; and
provided further, that personaf~bag-
gage may be conveyed to and from ves-
sells leaving and arriving at Port on
that day, and to and from any rail-
road station; that on Sunday the load
ing and unloading, coaling and de-
spatch of vessels engaged in inter-
state or foreign commerce and vessels
carrying United States mail shall be
permitted, but no freight shall be dray-
ed or conveyed from the dock, pier,
wharf or landing upon which 1t is un-
loaded, except livestock and perisha-
BILE goods; that during the entire day
milk, bread, fruit and ice may be sold
and delivered; that until nine o'clock
in the forenoon fresh meat, fresh fish,
fresh fruit and fresh vegetables may
be sold and delivered, and that barber
shops may be kept open until eleven
O'Clock in the forenoon, and public
markets until nine o'clock in the fore
noon.
Section 3. All outdoor recreations,
sports, museums, aquariums and games
may be conducted on Sunday provided
1t be done in a manner not constituting
a common nuisance.
Section 4. Except as otherwise pro-
vided no person shall serve or execute
any civil process on Sunday and any
such service or execution shall be void.
Section 8. Whoever wilfully inter-
rupts or disturbs any religious assem-
bly, or assembly for religious worship,
whether such offender commit such Of
Tense within or without the place of
assembly and whether such offense be
committed on the Lords day or at any
other time, shall be punished as pro-
vided in Section of this Act.
Section 6. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this Act shall, up
on conviction, be fined not over $50
or be imprisoned not over thirty days.
Section T. All parts of Chapter 220,
80 tla
Revised Laws of Hawaii and all other
laws inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed.
Section s. This Act shall take effect
from and after the date of its APP
prevail.
WOODS REPORT.
Indeed, Senator Woods was the whole
thing at Saturdays session, pretty
nearly, for he likewise presented mi
nority report on the forestry bill.
which is Senate Bin No. Al, which was
a hummer. 1t was a minority report,
being signed by Woods alone. The bill
itself, on second reading, was read sec
ton by section and was then sent TO
the judiciary Committee for some cor
rections to make it conform to the Re-
NiSeu soldtubeS. LIE Iepoi l
follows:
REPORT OF MINORITY OF PUBLIC
LANDS COMMITTEE ON SEN
ATE BILL NO. Al.
Hon. D. p. r. Isenberg, President OF
the Senate
Sir: A minority of your Committee
on Public Lands beg leave 10 dissent
from the recommendation of the ma
jority, in their report IN Senate Bill
No. Al, wherein they recommend the
passage of the law, for the following
reasons, viz:
"a The existing law. Section OF
Act A of the Laws os 1893, proviGes
that after a certain fores- reservation
has been set apart, it cannot be sold
or leased without the consent of the
Legislature. The proposed amendment
changes this provision, and permits the
Governor, with the approval of the
Commissioner of Public Lands, to take
any lands out of forest reserve, first
giving a public hearing upon the sub
ject.
f2) The reasons given for the change
are, that II it is necessary to wait for
the Legislature. in order to secure ac-
ton, it makes the procedure too slow
a