The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-14
IN THE SENATE
AFTERNOON SESSION.

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The standard oil measure Senate
Bill No. %, was up for second read
ing, but the matter was continued for
discussion to tomorrow, on Lanes
motion.
on House Bill No. Sc, relating to the
amendment of Sec. 1862 of the Revised
STATUTES, relating to deputies, high
sheriff appointments, bonds, etc, the
judiciary Committee made the follow
ing report, in part as follows:
Section 1862 of the Revised Laws
provides that the high sheriff may APP
/ point not more than two deputies for
whose acts and defaults he shall be
responsible for upon his official bond.
The bill under consideration provides
that the high sheriff may appoint dep
uties without limiting the number.
This provision seems reasonable.
"The only other amendment in the
bill is the following: In section 1862
of the Revised Laws it is provided
that the high sheriff shall exact from
his deputies bonds of indemnity with
sufficient sureties, etc, and the pro-
posed amendment provides that he
may exact such bonds. The committee
hesitated somewhat in approving Of
this latter amendment, but i'm view of
the facts that the high sheriff is re-
( sponsible under his own bond for the
acts and defaults of his deputies. and
as sometimes it is desirable for a per-
son to be commissioned aus a deputy
for a special purpose or temporary SER
vice, it might be difficult to have the
matter of a bond attended to; so we
concluded to recommend the bill as it
came from the House of Representa-
tives."
On motion of Dowsett the report was
adopted carrying the bill on second
reading.
Senator Smith for the Judiciary
Committee relative to House Bill No.
81, seeking to amend Sec. 2291 of the
Revised Statutes, reported as follows,
in part:
In the law as it now stands a pen
atty is provided for any child under
fifteen years Of age who shall be upon
any public street or highway after 9
o'clock in the evening and before
o'clock in the morning unless accom-
panied by an adult person excepting in
/ cases of necessity.
The bill under consideration chan
ges the hours from o'clock in the
evening to 4 o'clock in the morning.
There is also another amendment
changing the penalty. Under the ex-
listing law the penalty is fine of not
more than five dollars or imprison-
ment not exceeding fourteen days. and
the bill under consideration places the
!, penalty at a fine or not more than five
dollars or imprisonment not exceeding
ten days. We do not know why the
change Of the term of Imprisonment
was made, but it does not seem to be
a matter of very great Importance.
i There is a matter to which we
would call attention which is this:
Section of the bill provides that This
Act shall take effect from and after
its passage which should be from and
after its approval But this hardly
seems sufficient ground for amending
and returning to the House.
The report was adopted passing the
bill on second reading
i The Miscellaneous Committee report
ed in favor of Senate Bill No. So seek
ing to appropriate $4,000 to reopen the
road between Kappa and Kahuku, on
Hawaii, reported in favor of the bill.
Senator Kalama, the chairman. dis
scented.
The bill provoked a discussion on the
motion of Senator Brown, to accent
the report
senator Knudsen questioned the wis
dom of appropriating the money on
the ground that it would open dam
gerous precedent. He considered If a
matter belonging to the counties. Ha-
| Wah County was surely not poor to
make this appropriation.
Senator Coelho thought So too Ma.
III had had storms, as the last speaker
had said Kauai had experienced and
the sides of the mountain had slipped
down over the road, and the people of
that island would like to have money
from the Territory to make repairs, Ha
thought the item ought to go into the
loan bill appropriations.
Senator Brown urged the enactment
or the measure. With the road block
ed the transportation of the mails was
hihdered. Senator Smith asked if If
were not true that the lava had not
even cooled and it was not practicable
as yet, to cut through.
Senator Hewitt replied that it was
not proposed to cut through. The
conditions required that a new road
should be built Senator Coelbo de-
Clared the bill had haap lyiI,l l., -,