The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-13
IN THE SENATE
SEVENTEENTH DAY.
AFTERNOON SESSION.


In the Senate yesterday the bill
which had come up in the morning
relative to the encouragement of diver
sihed industries came up on second
reading There was considerable de-
bate on the matter which resulted in
several amendments being made, in
GLIDING the elimination of the section
eXempting the pineapple industry from
taxation. The bill passed second read
ing.
There was considerable debate be-
tween Senators Smith, Chillingworth,
Hewitt and Dowsett over House Bill
No. % on second reading. on motion
of Chillingworth the matter was defer
red until Wednesday
The Judiciary committee reported on
House bill 81 relating to the amend
ments Of Sections 223S and 2231 of the
Revised Laws, regulating divorce cases.
action was deferred until Wednesday
Afternoon.
House Bill No. AZ, giving the Board
of Health power to frame sanitary reg
ulations for barber shops; No. Sc, pro-
viding that sheriffs shall appoint dep
uty sheriffs, and No. Ga, relating to
counties, passed first reading by title.
The Judiciary Committee reported on
Senate Bill No. Al, regulating the con-
duct Of trials of civil and criminal cases
and to repeal section 1897 of the Revised
Laws The bill in its original form
was amended and the committee re-
ported that it be passed as follows:
An Act to Regulate the Conduct of
the Trial of Civil and Criminal Causes.
BE it Enacted by the Legislature Of
the Territory of Hawaii:
Section l. The trial of every criminal
and civil cause in any court of the Ter
ritory shall proceed in the following
order, that is to say:
l. The prosecuting officer, or plain
tiff, as the case may be, and the de-
PENDANT, or his attorney, may state
their respective cases;
. The prosecuting officer or plain
llllt as the case may bt' must All1ll plO
duce the evidence on this part;
3. The defendant may then open
his defense and offer his evidence in
support thereof;
A. The parties may then respectively
offer rebutting evidence only;
5. When the evidence is concluded,
unless the case is submitted ON either
side or both sides without argument,
the prosecuting officer or plaintiff, as
the case may be, must open the argu-
ment and fully and fairly state his
theory of the case and the reasons
which entitle him to a verdict; the
defendant may then reply and the
prosecuting officer or plaintiff, as the
case may be, may conclude the argu-
ment, and in such conclusion to con-
fine himself to answering any new mat
ter or arguments presented by the de-
PENDANT or his attorney
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with or repugnant to, this
act are hereby repealed.
Section 8. This act shall take effect
from and after the date of its approval.
The bill was passed second reading
later in the session, by adopting the re-
port of the committee.
Under suspension of the rules, Sem
ator Hewitt for the Educational COM
mttee. made a report on House bill No.
72, relating to truancy The bill in
creased the punishment for truancy and
its passage was recommended. There
was some debate between Senators
Hewitt and smith but the report was
finally adopted.
House BIZ 112 relating to public
health and House Bill No. 113 relating
to the use of autos and motor vehicles
in the streets of Honolulu, passed sec
ond reading.
The House reported the passage of
Senate bills Nos. 80 and 40.
The Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock
This morning.