The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-12
LAVA AND
LEPROSY

(From Saturdays Advertiser)
Morning Session.
The star discussions in the House
yesterday morning were over the bill
to appropriate for the opening up of
road over the recent lava flows on
Hawaii, and two bills relating to the
leper settlement and leper suspects.
Kaniho of Kohala made n plaintive
plea for the Territory to come to the
rescue of the big islands depleted ex
chequer in the matter of the lava-sub-
merged road, and lost out, his bill &c
open up the obliterated highway be-
ing tabled on the report of the Com.
mittee on Public Lands, acting on the
advice of the Attorney General.
Kaniho also had much to say on the
subject of leprosy. A bill strcnuously
opposed by him, making it the duty
of police officers and physicians to re-
port cases of suspected leprosy to an
agent of the Board of Health, was
tabled.
Another bill providing for a hospital
to be built for the treatment of leper
suspects, passed third reading without
opposition.
| COMMITTEE REPORTS.
| The Lands committee reported on
House Resolution "a, appropriating
$4,000 for repair work from Honolii
gulch to Kappa gulch, Hilo. The De-
partment of Public Works recommends
relocation of the road through Homo
lii gulch at an estimated cost of $685.
500. The recommendation was
adopted.
The same committee reported on
House Resolution 81, providing $780,
900 for three roads on Maui. The re-
port favored the third item Of the
resolution, providing for $4,000 for a
belt road from Kukuiula, Kipahulu, to
Mohuidu, hdupo, nand.
The same committee reported favor
ably on House Petition No. IA, from
Molokai, asking $4,000 for the compile
tion of the second section of the Ha-
lawa.Puuhoku road
1t was recommended that Kaniho 8
bill appropriating $4,000 for repairing
the roads over which the Mauna Loa
lava flowed, be tabled.
The Committee on Education recon-
mended tabling House Bill 6s, appro-
priating money for teachers cottage
at Honaunau, South Kona, the same to
be considered with the appropriation
bill.
The Miscellaneous committee recon-
mended that Resolution 116, appropriat-
ing $4,000 for school and court build
ings on Maui, be adopted.
The same committee recommended
the adoption of Resolution Ia, re-
questing the Judiciary committee to
draft law making the county police
truant officers.
The Committee on Education recon-
mended the tabling of House Resolu-
tions II and go for consideration with
the appropriation bill, providing for
teachers cottages at Hilea, Kau and
Ala-e. a.
A resolution, providing $500 for a
teachers cottage at Halaoa, North
Kona, was similarly tabled.
The committee of the whole report
ed on Senate Bill SO, making additional
appropriation for the county of Ha-
wall, as reported on Thursday.
THE FIRST DEBATE.
The first debate was on the Commit
tee on Public Lands and improvements
report tabling Kaniho's bill to appro-
pirate for the opening up of a road
through the lava flows, on advice of
the Attorney General.
Kaniho said that the Attorney Gen
eral had it in for him; that the road
must be built and that no one could be
sued for the damage done.
Rawlins assured the gentleman from
Kohala that the committee had not
got it in for him.
Kaleiopu championed the commit
tee, whom, he said, were trying to do
the right thing by all the counties.
He moved the adoption of the report.
DAMAGE BY CALAMITY.
Kaleo said that the Legislature could
not repair damage done by the lava
flow any more than it could make good
damage done by fire in Honolulu.
Sheldon said that he had received
petitions asking that the Legislature
make good the damage caused by the
food on Kauai. He had written his
constituents turning down their re-
quests.
Mahoe was of the opinion that as the
road had been obliterated, the reopen
ing should be considered as new
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