The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-22
SCHOOL ACE
UNCHANGED
House Refuses to Make
Nineteen Years the
Limit.
HoUSE-TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.

HoUSE-TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.
There was little transpiring beyond
routine work in the House yesterday
and both the morning and afternoon
sessions were short ones. The morning
hours were spent principally in a debate
over the compulsory age for school at
tendance, bill being reported which
raised this from sixteen to nineteen
years.
Alawa and Kaleiopu were the prin-
cipal supporters of the measure, which
had been adversely reported on, Chair
man Long, of the Education committee,
leading in the reply. In this he was
backed by Rice, Rawlins and Sheldon.
1t is prophesied that there will be
another attack made today on the
amendment to the County Act, which
has put up the salaries of county Off
cials all along the line. The bill will
be up for a third reading and it is
said that enough of the members have
heard from their constituents or re-
allied on their own account that it
takes money to pay salaries and that
the taxpayers have already about all
they care to stand for.
Morning Session.
The reading of a notification from
the secretary that the Governor had
signed House Bill 80, Act Il, relating
TO the holuIng of Circuit Courts.
The Public Lands committee, report
ed IN reference to House Petition %,
from Puma, asking for $4,000 for
road from koa to Kamaili, that the
work had been provided for and rec
commended the tabling of the petition.
Items of $4,000 for road from Ka-
mali TO connect the Puma road with
Kalapana. one of $4,000 for a road
from Kapoho, Puma, to the Kaimu gov
ernment road, about eight miles, one of
ma road to Kalapana school road and
q bridge for the same, and $4,000 for
grading and constructing a road from
Hamakua down Waipio valley, were
recommended by the committee for con-
sideration with the appropriation bill.
That the road from the Oahu Rail-
road & Land company's depot in Wal
anae to Puuohulu is under the jurisdic-
tion of the county is the decision of
the committee. which recommended the
tabling of a resolution dealing with it.
The petition of residents of Keanae,
Wailuanui and Nahiku, asking for $780,
600 for a road from Wailuanui to Ma
hiku, was tabled.
The petition of J. d. Koki, superin-
tendent of the Kamuela water works,
asking for $4,000 for the purchase of
water pipes and the laying of line
to the end of the Waimea homesteads
was tabled.
POLICE FINES FOR COUNTY.
The Finance committee presented
long report on Mahoe's bill to turn over
to the respective counties the police
court fines collected in each, the sug
gested amendments being verbal ones
only, leaving the principle of the meas
ure intact. The bill specifies:
''That any money or moneys col
lected by any district court within the
Territory as fines and costs, are realiza-
tions for the county, and the same shall
be paid in, and kept in the County
Treasury for the use of the county
wherein such moneys shall be collected.
The original bill was also to include
all license fees collected by the County
Treasurer, but this was cut out by
the committee, whose report was
adopted.
A MODEST REQUEST.
The request of the residents, of ha-
Molokai, who have imbibed
ideas as to the value of
arge famies, that "the So poll, school
and road taxes be repealed as to par
ents of five children or more; and that |
he tax on family vehicles in country |
districts be 50 on fourwheeled car |
.iages and $50 on two-wheeled car
.iages.'' was firmly but politely re-
fused.
A further request that the govern
nent lands at that point be opened up /
o bona fde homesteaders was also /
efused, the committee stating that
laving interviewed the Supt. or
Public Lands, they found that the pros
,ects of complying with the request IS
-ery remote, on account Of all the avail
.bIe lands in this locality for home
teading and settlement purposes be-
ng at present. held under leases Tor
oag terms.
These refusals were notified by the
ommittee agreeing TO the consldera-
ion with the appropriations of an item
f $4,000 for a wharf at kaunakakai.
LEGAL SCHOOL AGE.
\ report on Alawa's bill, raising the
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