The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-20


-Four senators, Achi, Gandall, Hewitt
and Hayselden. were absent when the
Senate was called to order this morning.
The Senate went right on the order Of
the day, which was the third reading OF
Senate Bill 43, providing for the com
mutation Of sentence OF prisoners. The
bill passed without dissent.
Senate Bill ~, giving the governor the
right to set aside land for forest re-
serves, came up on second reading,
with the reports of the majority and
minority of the Public Lands Commit
tee. 1t passed and will be read for the
/ third time tomorrow.
Senate Bill a., the Lane Leprosy bill,
was next in order on second reading.
| That is, this is one Of the Lane leprosy
/ bills, being the one that permits out
side physicians to treat lepers on APP
plicatiOn to the Board Of Health. 1t
/ was read section by section. and Dickey
offered an amendment providing that
the patients so treated should remain
I'm the custody of the Board of Health
during treatment.
Dowsett spoke strongly i'm favor of
deferring action upon the whole matter
of leprosy, i'm view Of the action of
Congress looking toward a scientific
study of the disease. This was a bad
time to enter upon any new departure.
II would look like a lack of confidence
in congress. Paris took the same view
as Dowsett, on whose motion the bill
was laid on the table.
Senate Bill g. the prison parole bill,
ION second reading, was passed and will
T ha fpt fI..
House Bill so, to prevent the use of
the flag for advertising purposes, was
read for the second time section by sec
ton, and passed. 1t will be read for
: the third time on Wednesday.
A letter from Maui Republicans and
citizens accompanied a set of resolu-
tons passed by the Sixth Precinct Re-
publicans of Waikiki and the wailuku
Improvement Club asked for the pass
age Of the County Act.
Incidentally, the resolutions asked for
a new court house at Wailuku, to cost
$4,000.
The County Act resolution was placed
on file, and the court house adjunct
went TO the Maui delegation. The Sen
ate then took up the County Act, second
reading, at Chapter u, relating to the
first election of County officers Con.
sideration of Section 81, relating to the
date for holding the first eelction wa,
deferred, and then like action was tax.
, en- with the whole chapter.
: Chapter 10, relative to the removal o.
4 County offictrs, was passed
l. Chapter IA, relating to the powers anC
duties of Boards of Supervisors, wa,
amended to give supervisors power tC
fix the salaries of all County officer.
and passed, action on the tax rate be,
ing deferred.
Chapter Is, defining the duties and
powers of the Sheriff, was passed as II
the bill, although Dickey claimed tina,
the effect would be to legislate the Higf
Sheriff out Of Office. This was the frs
action of shrevalty section. The bal,
ance of the chapter passed.
I Chapter 16, relating to the duties O.
Deputy Sheriffs, passed.
Chapter II, relating to the duties o
the County Clerk, came next, and Dow
set moved that all the duties of tn
County Recorder as defined in the orig
inal Commission bill, be added to tn,
chapter. The senator did not favor tn
I plan himself but wanted to get tn
sense of the Senate on the point as t,
whether there should be records kept il
the counties, or whether that should b.
I a Territorial matter
Dickey did, but did not think tn
transcript of records could be made 70
the counties at this time The Dowset
amendment was lost, and The chapte
passed.
Chapter IS, relating to the duties o
County Auditor, passed as in the bill.
Chapters ~ and 20, defining the du
ties Of the Assessor and Tax Collector
went to the Duwsett special committee
having the taxation matter in hand
and the Senate took a recess until
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