The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-17


It.m uf tIUI 0nr H. payment .. jurors
uHI .sr.H... of H. Second '.u.
Court Carried.
A.h. moved tbr appropriation uf $500
n HHN expenses uf ih. Hf. County pI
West Hawai-. This carried.
McC1udless moved to strike out the|
item Increasing the salary of the Sec-
Rotary of the Board of Education from
&l25 to- $500 per month. This carried,
and the bin passed third reading With
out dissent
House Bll 1888. ON third reading. was
postponed until Saturday.
Achi introduced bin to amend 1884
of the Revised Laws.
The bill provides for hearing Of SUI
preme court cases by all the justices OF
said court II was read first time.
Senate Bill 1874. increasing the pay of
circuit judges, on second reading was
deferred until p. m.
House Bill 75, on second reading, was
deferred until p. m.
House Bill 1856, to segregate juries,
passed second reading on the adoption
Of majority reports oy the committee
1t will be read for the third time to-
morrow.
Achi moved reconsideration of House
Bill 1i6, which passed third reading on
Saturday. This is the bill to provide
fire departments for small towns. Re
consideration carried, and the title was
amended to fit the bill Then the bin
was passed.
House Bill $50, raising the legal rate
from 6 per cent to s per cent, was killed
on second reading by the adoption of
the committee report that it be tabled.
House Bill los, amending the jury
law, passed second reading. 1t will be
read for the third time tomorrow.
House Bill 14S, repeating obsolete
laws with relation to the manufacture
of poi, passed second reading. 1t will
be read for the third time tomorrow.
At the opening of the Senate session
this morning, Senator Dowsett from
the ways and means committee re-
ported favorably on House Bill As in
relation to suits on open accounts, and
also on Senate bill 1893 the income tax
bill
Paris introduced a bill to amend the
law relating to impounding animals.
! The bill passed first reading without
the formality of going to the printing
| committee.
Senator Hewitt introduced a bill to
correct the mistake in the bill provid-
ing for terms of the Circuit Court in
Kau. Under the bill as it passed over
the governors veto, it was made man
| datory upon the courts to meet at
/ Kohala and Kau on the same day.
Consideration of the governors veto
raising the pay of jurors was next in
order. The matter went over until to-
morrow.
From the revision committee, Dickey
reported some minor corrections in the
! trading stamp bill.
The Achi joint resolution permitting
the Treasurer to transfer certain
moneys to the land fund, passed third
reading without dissent.
Senate Bill 1874, to repeal certain
sections of the penal code, passed third
reading only McCandless voting against
It.
Senate bill 1876, to protect the owners
of registered bottles and containers
passed third reading.
At this point the noon recess was taken
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first order Of business at the af-
ternoon session was the second reading
of Senate bill 124, increasing the sala-
ries of Circuit Judges. The bill, on
motion of Bishop was laid on the table
! as a measure of economy.
From the judiciary committe, Dickey
reported advocating that Senate bill 9S
making taxes payable to county as
SCISSORS be laid on the table. The re-
port was adopted
From the judiciary committee, Achi
made a verbal report on Senate bill 20,
relating to proceedings of the land
court, cOncurring in the amendments
made to the bill by the house. The
report was adopted, Dowsett and Isen-
berg voting against it. This passes
'the bill
The judiciary committee reported
favorably on Senate bill 1879, the Dickey
bill to furnish money to the counties
The bill was then taken up on third
reading, and passed without dissent.
House bill 70, amending the law re-
lating to negotiable instruments so as
to make it the same here as in the
states, was taken on second readine
and read section by section, the pro.
ceeding promising to last severa
hours.
Achi, however, began to propose
amendments, whereupon Dowsett sale
that if the bill was changed at all, Il
might as well be killed, the object be-
ing to unity the laws of states.
And then Achi made a long speech
against this scheme of indications say.
ing the law did most fit conditions here
There Achis motion to amend was
carried, whereupon on Dickey's motion
the bill mas tabled.
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