The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-05

} 40 roiief Ito wanted no more Molo
knn experiments.
senator Downett cxylh ned his callin
On Surveyor Wall ana had been told b,
him that the less money given the les
work would bo done that all that hai
been asked FOR was needed In the hon
est administration OF the Affairs .
the office. The Senator opposed Civ
ling such large amount and asked th'
senators where the money 10 meet al
OF the Items IL to come from? III
would rather see the bill deferred
Senator smith said he would rather
do away with the parks, which brinl
no financial returns. than this item
which IL for one OF the paying depart
ments OF the Territory. A motion tC
defer carried
The item of $4,000 for the Attorney
Generals department called forth some
comment and 1t was decided to call
upon the Attorney General for an ex-
PLANTATION. This was done and the
item afterward passed.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Several items under the head OF
/ Vi Neliit az Ioi a Ae-N-
| zle. one item had been increased
from $4,000 last year to $4,000 at the
present time. Senator Mccarthy ex>
planned that 1t was for manual train
ing and the boys We're TO be taught
carpenter work and in the summer va
cation they would travel around the
country and make repairs to school
houses. The item was almost funny
enough to laugh at SO 1t was thrown
into the moFgue. Another item of
$4,000 was for several things unnamed,
one of which was believed to be trip
to the coast by the Superintendent,
was knocked. ~ small bit for an auto
mobile was denied by Senator Dowsett
He said that was covered in another
item The item was cut from $4,000
TO $1,000 at one fell swoop.
At this point the committee found so
many things needing explanation that
it was decided to have the Superin,
tendent appear before the Senate and
tell what they mean. The committee
then, on motion of Senator Coelho,
rose, reported progress and asked leave
to sit again.
BILLS REPORTED.
Senator Lane reported S. b. SS and
80 from the Printing committee and on
motion they were taken up and re-
ferred The first applies to lands and
was referred to that committee. The
second was in relation to undated res
ignations and was referred to the Judi
ciary COMMITTEES.
The Judiciary comm ttee reported
further consideration of the bill rela-
ting to juries and the report was laid
on the table to be considered with the
bill.
Senator Hayselden, from the Lands
committee, reported as follows on petit
ton No. % from Levi c. Lyman:
Your Committee on Public Lands has
investigated the matter presented by
Petition Number %, introduced by
Senator John T. Brown on behalf of
Levi c. Lyman, and recommend the
making of an appropriation of the sum
of Four Hundred Eighty-n!ne and %
100 dollars C$4S9.22) for Mr. Lyman's S
relief
The case is one where Mr. Lyman be-
came the holder of two freehold agree
ments covering homestead lots in Po-
nahawai, District of Hilo, and there
after performed all conditions required
of him, including full payment of the
purchase prices at which the lots were
appraised, excepting only that he did
not fulfil the condition of residence as
required by law in such cases, which
failure, in this last respect, was not
fairly his own fault he having ac-
cepted and reasonably acted upon the
information given to him by the then
Land Commissioners. that inasmuch as
he already then held one lot this be-
ing neither of the two lots here in
volved) and as those two lots, added
to the first, did not exceed 100 acres in
ali of agricultural land, he might take
them up, as additional holdings, with
out actually fulfilling the residence
condition. Under the land laws as
they stand, this default cannot be rem,
edied by Mr., Lyman and he must SUBJ
nit to cancellation of his freehold
agreements.
Upon the hearing before your com-
mittee, the truth of the facts and the
justice of petitioners claim We're con-
ceded by present Land Commissioner
Williams, present sub-land agent of
the First District, Mr.. Pratt recon-.
mending that the petitioner be reim>
bursed his payments of the purchase
prices with interest.
1t is pertinent to add that when Mr..
Lyman made these payments they were
improperly turned over to the Govern
ment instead of having been held on
special deposit by the Department of
Public Lands pending the final DISPOSE
tion of the freehold agreements in
question, this having been done by the
then Land Commissioners. The De-
partment, under its present admnis-
tration, is therefore without funds to
return the payments made, and an ap-
preparation by the Legislature is neces-
sary to meet this special case
The s4S922 hereinabove recommended
to be appropriated is computed as fol-
lows:
l. Amount of purchase price
pad for Lot No. 81, as per
map No. g. under Freehold