The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-16
DAY IN
THE HOUSE
HoUsE-FoRTY.FoURTH DAY.
Morning Session.

Morning Session.
There was some lively lobbying for
few minutes before the House came
to order yesterday morning, delega-
tion having arrived to coach the mem
bers on the vote for reconsideration
of the Local Option bill. Among those
most active on the floor were Dew. j.
W. Wadman, Theo. Richards, "Pala-
MAJ Rath, Rev. Doremus Scudder and
Perley L. Horne. They were headed by
Chaplain Kalino, of the Senate, who
invoked the divine blessing on the
members in place of Chaplain Lono,
who was at Waianae attending meet
ing of the Hawaiian Evangelical As
sociation.
The Agriculture committee reported
favorably on House Bill 19s, defining
the duties of the Superintendent of
immigration, to open the busines of
the day.
LOCAL OPTION RESURRECTED.
Before going into committee of the
whole, Kaleo moved that the House
reconsider their action on the Local
Option bill, the speaker ruling him out
of order for the time being.
BILLS FOR THIRD READING.
House Bills ss and 80, relating to
the establishing of a registrar of con-
veyances for each of the counties, were
on the order of the day but were
deferred until today.
House Bill 154, removing the exist
ing doubt as to the power of the Com
missioner of Public Lands and the
Superintendent of Public Works to dis
pose of certain public property passed
third reading without debate.
House Bill 100, drafted by Rawlins
to cover such case as the Claverdon
burning, where the judge. charged the
jury to find the defendants not guilty
of attempting to set fire to the vessel
if their efforts only resulted in the
setting afre of the cargo, carried and
is ready to go to the Senate.
The Senate returned House Bill H.
providing for the maintenance of the
family of deceased person. pending
proving of will. The bill was lvolum-
inously amended, the House refusing
to concur in the amendments.
RECONSIDERATION.
Kaleiopu moved for reconsideration
Of the vote on Senate Bill 64, which
had been deferred The motion car
ried and the bill passed third reading.
This is a bill granting a franchise to
second electrical power company on
Maui.
| GOVERNOR IS BILL DEFERRED.
House Bill 215, an executive measure
to appropriate 45,117.96 of the re-
naming cash balance of the Loan Fund,
came up for second reading being re-
| ferred to Committee of the Whole for
consideration on Monday. Rice made
the motion.
81 do not see how we can consider
any appropriation for the Nuuanu dam
until the Special committee has report
ed" he said.
GARNISHEES.
The Judiciary committee reported
favorably on Moanauli's amendments
to the garnishee law, the principal
feature of which is to raise the amount
of any salary subject to sequestration
to fifty per cent. AT present it is
twenty-five per cent. The report was
adopted.
Another bill of Moanauli IS, intended
to take the Kau district out of the
third judicial district and place it in
the fourth, was tabled on the Judi
ciary committees report.
UP TO THE GOVERNOR.
lit is up to the Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii said a report
from the Public Lands committee re-
garding the incompleted state of the
Manoa and Palolo roads. The report
criticizes the executive for not using
the funds provided for these works
and recommends the reappropriation of
enough to finish the two roads.
The Public Expenditures committee
reported on the bill providing for the
repayment of moneys wrongfully col
lected as licenses in 1905 and present
ed an amended bill The original bill
called for the repayment of $4,000, while
the amended bill totals up to $4,000
''lf one is repaid, all should be
repaid" explained Rice. "The commit
tee can not see why one should be-re-
paid and the others not paid"
The report was withdrawn for cor
rection.
LICENSE MONEY FOR COUNTIES.
The Finance committee reported on
House Bill al3, which switches fifty
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