The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-02-28
THE SENATE
tconiiuuea from page l,

The Committee on Public Expendi-
lures reported favorably on Senate Bill
No. AZ, to put government employees
in the same category with all other
citizens in the matter of their indebt-
edness to the government for taxes and
otherwise.
on second reading, however, II went
over until tomorrow to have some cor
rections made in it.
Senate Bill No. 25, relating to the
qualification of jurors, passed second
reading, and will come up for final
action tomorrow, the judiciary Com
mittee submitting the following report
with the bill:
JURYMEN INSULTED.
Your Committee on Judiciary, to
which was referred Senate Bill No. %,
begs leave to report:
I'VE have examined the bill carefully.
1t is to the effect that the questions
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 a catechism by strenu-
Gus attorneys that Is anything but
pleasant and some times 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.
I'VE therefore recommend that Sec
ton l be amended to read: Section /.
On motion of either party The court
SHALL or the parties or their attorneys
may under direction of the court eX-
anime on oath any proposed juror to
learn whether he is related to either
party, or has any interest in the cause,
or has formed or expressed an opinion
or is sensible of any bias or prejudice
therein. and the Directing 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 in his stead"
This is almost the exact wording Of
the Massachusett statute which has
mend that with this amendment the
bill pass"
ROUTINE MATTERS.
Paris introduced a resolution asking
the Superintendent of Public Works
what amounts appropriated under the
loan fund remained unexpended. Also
what amounts remained unexpended
for the various islands.
The resolution was adopted
The following was introduced by
Brown:
Resolved, That the sum of $1,000 be
inserted in the appropriation bill from
the loan fund for the completion of
Richardson street in Hilo.
1t went to the Loan Fund Committee. |
The order of the day then required
on the third reading of Senate Bill 81, |
the barber shop sanitation act. 1t |
passed, all voting aye but McCandless
and Achi. 'te- '--'-'
On motion Of Dickey the bill went
over until tomorrow morning.
Senate Bill 49, defining the duties
of the Registrar of Conveyances, on
third reading went over until tomor-
row morning.
Senate Bill 30, the bill prohibiting the |
spraying of clothes from the mouth in
passed third reading, there
being no dissenting vote.
Senate Bill 81, to protect public docu-
ments from thieves, passed second |
reading after an amendment fixing the |
penalty at $1,000 fine and one years i'm
prisonment, and will be read for the |
third time tomorrow.
Senate Bill 20, to protect owners of |
containers of beverages and medicines, |
went back to the Miscellaneous Com |
mittee for amendment, and the Senate |
adjourned until tomorrow morning.