The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-10
THE suNDAY LAW.

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THE SUNDAY LAW.
The bill to amend the Sunday law
came up for third reading. Senator
Achi moved 1t be deferred for one week
and referred back to the same conf
mittee, as "lots of people wanted to be
heard on it,"
Dowsett asked Dickey to read his
amendment that was rejected yester-
day which provided that no admission
fee be charged for outdoor sports on
Sunday. He thought it was only fair
that the aquarium, the museum, the
zoo and similar institutions should be
free on Sunday, as well as baseball.
Dickey renewed his amendment, CIV
ing reasons for not including the aqua
rum, zoo, etc. These were private
enterprises, some of them were very
fine and, IL made free on Sunday their
owners might close them on that day,
which was the only day large pro-
portion of the public could indulge
themselves in innocent sights and rec
reations.
Dowsett thought there should be no
discrimination and, as the aquarium
was free one day in the week it might
as well be Sunday. After hearing the
remarks of the two succeeding speak,
ers, however, he withdrew his proposed
amendment.
McCandless spoke of the injustice of
compelling those who had money in
vested in innocent shows to make them
free on Sunday.
Isenberg, taking the floor with Vice
President Paris in the chair, spoke
against putting the aquarium and the
zoo in the same category as baseball,
en- the ground that 1t would lead TO
their closing altogether on Sunday.
This would deprive the working people
of sources of enjoyment. Although he
was president of the Baseball League
he admitted that the Sunday games
had been as good as the League games,
and he had helped to pay the expenses,
but If admission was charged on sun
day it might lead to the introduction
of professionalism on that day with
attendant abuses.
The amendment carried by to
on a show of hands.
Dickey secured the passage of an
other amendment in the section relat-
! ing to disturbance of religious worship,
to strike out the words land whether
such offense be committed on the
Lords Day or any other day." be-
| cause they would make the law I'M
| constitutional
QfGI Go thctt tut hn n II
driving for "hackmen." but as the
objection would apply to several 9TH
er occupations specified he withdrew
the amendment as opening the door to
interminable changes.
Finally, the bill passed third read
| ing, with only Dickey's vote against
it.
| OTHER BILLS PASSED.
| The bill relating to pounds and es-
trays passed third reading, IA to /,
Achi wanting it deferred till the coun-
] ty bill was disposed of.
The bill relating to vagrancy pass
ed third reading, with an amendment
by its author, Bishop, substituting the
word enclosed" for closed premises,
as the way the bill stood an intruder
on premises who found an open gate
could not be punished
The bill providing for an archives
commission passed third reading unani-
mously.
The bill to amend section $50 of the
Revised Laws of 1905, relating to the
communication of government rights in
land awarded by the board of commits
sioners to quiet land titles, passed third
! Al off hy
Bishop to make interest on amounts
due the government be compounded
annually, and one by Dowsett to make
the interest instead of per cent
were lost
/ CIRCUIT COURT TERMS.
After considerable discussion the
House Bill relating to terms of circuit
courts passed third reading 1t gives
Lahaina a term of the second, and Wal.
|. ohinu a term of the third circuit Hew.
lit carried the Walohinu proposition
The terms as fixed are as follows:
, First Circuit at Honolulu the frs
! Mondays of January, April and Septem
bel.
, Second Circuit at Waikiki the SECOND
Wednesdays of March and June, anC
at Lahaina the second Wednesday o
October
, Third Circuit at Kailua, North Kona
: the fourth Wednesday of April, IN tn,
I District of Kohala on the fourth Wed
nesday in July, and at Waiohinu, Kau
on the fourth Thursday of November
Fourth Circuit at Hilo on the thir,
Wednesdays of February. May and No
vember, and in the District of Hama
kua on the third Wednesday of August
| Fifth Circuit at Lihue, Kauai, on tn,
| first Wednesdays of March, July an,
r November.
, When Hewitt moved to give Waio
I hinu n term as above, Bishop aske'
1 him If there We're any accommodation
there. Hewitt replied that Waiohin-
could accommodate people attending
court as well as Kailua.
1 Paris said Kailua was central plac
and suitable for two terms of court
There were 700 voters in the Kona Dis
trict, as compared with about 300 1
Kau and 400 in Kohala. He would sec
ond Hewitt's amendment, however
: changing the last term of the year fror