The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-30
HOUSE WILL
RECONSIDER
Continued from page One.)
GRAB BILL AGAIN.

requested to return House Bill 1876, 70
further consideration by the House.
The Speaker asked what the statu
of the bill was, the clerk hastily tell
ing him that the matter had passet
first reading in the Senate. He adde(
that this knowledge was unofficial
and was rebuked for giving any hear.
say information to the House
Correa seconded the motion to bring
back the bill bat was ruled out of or
| der, he having been in the minority
! Nakaleka then seconded Longs mo-
ton.
In spite of the fact that such a mo-
ton could not be debated many of the
members wanted to talk, Pail offering
motion that action be deferred.
The vote showed the motion to have
carried and the recall of the Grab Bill
was ordered.
SPENDING OF PUBLIC MONEYS.
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the expenditure of public moneys.
This bill provides some stringent
regulations regarding the drawing up
and letting of contracts for all pub
&c works and for the purchasing of
supplies for public use. Its second
section is a peculiar one, bringing up
again the one man for one job propo-
sition, which had been tabled in the
Senate. The section specifies that no
man shall draw pay from two positions
aggregating more than the highest pay
for any grade of one of the positions,
whose combined salaries do not
amount to more than one hundred
dollars. IF their combined salaries do
amount to more than that, evidently,
they can draw as much as possible
and without any limit under this law,
under the principle that to those that
have shall be given. 1t is possible
that the mot has been inserted by
but in it's present shape the
bill seems to state the opposite of what
would naturally be looked for.
BILLS FOR THIRD READING.
The order of the day was much
shorter than usual, containing only
three bills on the list for third read
ings. These were:
House Bill 156, requiring that the
testimony of all witnesses examined |
before any inquest shall be reduced to !
and signed by the witness, a
of which shall be forwarded |
to the Attorney General;
House Bill $50, providing for a legal
change of name by decree of the
Governor, such decree to be founded |
upon the petition of the person desir- |
0us of the change and shall be publish
ed for four consecutive weeks in some |
newspaper of general circulation in the |
Territory.
Senate Bill IS, providing for payment |
If claims of public accountants.
UNNECESSARY BILLS.
Coney moved the postponement Of the
1rst bill, one of these covering the
same subject introduced by Sheldon, !
which might better have been Jumped
INTO one to save translating and print
ng costs and time. Kaleiopu wanted
o warn the House that there were only
eighteen working days left and that too
much postponement was not wise.
Ccney's motion carried.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Rawlins explained the necessity for
the DEGREES of the former
rulers of Hawaii. There is a gap in
he law at present which does not al
ow an adopted person to be known by
he name of it's adopted parents. The
dill passed.
Senate Bill S. passed without oppo
sition.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
A committee to represent the House
n the carrying out of the concurrent
resolution making guests of the Terri
tory the Congress onal delegation was
named by the Speaker. one member
from each of the four islands. Akau,
Pail. Coney and Correa being selected. /
SECOND READINGS.
A number of printed bills were dis
tributed and passed on to committees.
These We're:
Sheldon's bill regarding coroner's in
quests;
Rices bill to enable the counties to
provide for county loans;
kalana's bill making appropriations
of $4,000 for the completion of the Ka-
lihiwaena school, and
Sheldon's bill appropriating $4,000 to
repair and reconstruct the stone en-
bankment of the Waimea river, Kauai |