The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-16

and prescribing what premises may be
so used;
House Bill 2O3, defining rights of
landlords over the baggage and prop
erty of guests;
Senate Bill 20, appropriating 1924
for the additional use of the Depart
ment of Public Works;
Senate Bill 30, appropriating $4,000
for the use of the College of Agricul-
ture and Mechanical Arts.
Senate Bill p. to exempt lepers in
the county of Kalawao from taxation.
GOVERNMENT FENCING.
House Bills I79 and 1874 passed third
reading without debate, but 1919, the
fencing bill, was discussed. Rice want
ed TO know where the money was com
ing from to do the work, as to fence
the lands now would cost the Terri
! tory Sl50,000. He thought this bill
was intended to give some land owners
cheap fencing and asked also as to
what effect the bill would have regard
ing fencing along government roads.
Sheldon defended his bill. He thought
| the government should have to do the
same as any private owner regarding
/ line fences.
| Rawlins pointed ont some serious
legal objections to the bill, which, in
| his opinion, nullifed the effect of the
| proposed law, the general fencing law
now providing for hearings in the Dis
triet Court while the Territory can not
| be party to suit except in the SUI
preme Court.
| Rice wished to recommit the bill to
/ the judiciary committee. Pail moving
TO postpone it until the last day of the
month, which carried. The same date
was chosen for the superintendent or
| immigration bill.
Rice's bill regarding the holding of
real estate by banks carried.
Conveys bill giving landlords lien on
| the baggage of guests was discussed
/ Rawlins favoring it and pointing out
that it was a measure similar to that
| in force on the mainland. Kaleiopu
wished to cut out all reference to inns.
lodging houses and boarding houses. II
might be well, he thought to give a
cinch on those coming from abroad, but
such a law should not apply to people
| coming into town from the counsry dis
trfcts. The idea of not being able TO
beat a pake boarding house man was
| 70 no q
Fifth His amendment carried and so
did the remnant of the bin.
KALEIOPU FURTHER AMENDS.
The encouragement to irrigation sys-
TEN companies was limited by Kaleiopu
by an amendment cutting off existing
and established systems and making II
also not applicable to systems in Ho-
nOlulu. Rawlins wanted to defer &C.
/ ton, which brought a warning from
Sheldon that there existed only few
/ DAYS in which the House could feel safe
from the veto axe During these days
the bill might be muzzied.
RAwLINs' MUzzLE
Rawlins objected very much to the
use of the word "muzzle.' Such was
not applicable TO anyone. who, like him
self. was doing conscientious work
Sheldon withdrew the expression and
the bad word was ordered expungec
from the records
FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION.
Sheldon was balled up to a consid-
cradle extent over his horse and vehi-
Gle bill. which provided that all such
left in the public streets be securely
! tied. AS this bill included automo-
| biIos and other vehicles, there were
some lively amendments, the measure
finally passing.
FINANCES OF THE HOUSE.
The expense of the House up until
Saturday night has been $lS,94306, OF
| which IS. e69.32 has come from the Fed
eral appropriation of S20,0 900 and s1o.-
| 273. n from the Territorial appropriation
of $50. 600. Should this proportion hold
| through the remaining fourteen days OF
| the session there will be left within
$3.50 of half the amount voted for the
| House expenses. The average daily
expense so far has been $421, by nearly
/ fifty per cent less than any other House
| of Representatives of Hawaii have been
/ able to get along with. The printing
/ of the House journal will call for sew
| eral thousand, however.
| Afternoon Session.
| Another House Bill was reported as
| having passed third reading unamend-
| ed IN the Senate. this being No. 139-
| House Bill 1872 was also returned, this
being the information regarding fire.
arms bill, which was amended to make
the maximum fine for suppression OF
| information not more than $780,
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The resumption of the order Of the
day was then taken up, the laundry
bill being considered, Rawlins having
the hard labor clause struck out. ka-
leiopu raised a point of law and had
the bill put over until today.
Rawlins wanted to know what had
become of the ava license bills intro
duced by him and Sheldon, Rice ex-
planning the House Bill 20S. up for third
reading was a compromise measure.
The bill passed.
Senate Bill 20 was passed.
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