The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-08

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affecting not only the unfortunate pa
tfents on Molokai but every person in
the Territory. He suggested that the
| Health Committee confer with the
members of the Board of Health and
thought that the Kalihi receiving sta
ton was the proper place for the con-
ference not the floor of the House. In
the first place, the members should de-
fer all action on the bills until after
the return of the committee from Molo-
! kai.
VACCINATION MATTERS.
Routine matters then occupied the
| House until the report of the Com
mittee on Health and Police dealing
with a proposed amendment of the vac
| cination law was read. The committee
proposed to table the amendment, be-
| ing sustained in this by a vote of 20 to
| 9, but not until after an hour had been
spent in oratory.
| Hughes spoke warmly against any
meddiing with the law respecting COM
pulsory vaccination, being opposed with
| equal warmth by Kaniho and Mahoe.
Kaleiopu also took a hand in the de-
bate he and Kaniho carrying on a
long and objectless discussion, in which
Kaniho said that as long as his amend
ment did not prohibit vaccination he
could not see where any kick came in.
During the afternoon session Kalef-
opu introduced another amendment to
the vaccination law, his idea being to
abolish the penalty feature of the pres
ent act while the amendment he ar
gued against in the morning was to cut
out the compulsory feature, a distinc-
ton without any difference apparently.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Kaleiopu offered a bill to set aside
the amounts realized by the govern
ment on improvements on surrendered
public lands, the money 10 form a fund
to repay the purchaser in the event of
another surrender of the property to
the government.
Sheldon gave notice of a bill per-
hitting the use of typewriters in the
making of public records.
Rawlins gave notice of a bill to
amend the law regarding the regis
trations of partnerships, making 1t
compulsory for any firm g two or more
members to file with che Treasurer
the names and addresses of the part
ners, the nature of the business and
it's location
Kalana sponsored an amendment to
the assessment act to allow deputy
assessors full compensation for asses
sing and collecting, up to a maximum
of five per cent of the total taxes.
A resolution appropriating $4,000 for
a wharf at Kaiuaha, Waimea, and
$4,000 for a wharf at Puea, Waimea,
was put in by Mahoe.
Each of these was received and pass |
ed for the first reading, being referred
TO the proper committees.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Committee on Agriculture re- |
ported favorably on Sheldon's bill to
allow railroad companies to operate !
their railroads with motive power |
other than steam, and on the Senate |
bill amending the County Act, refer
ring the bill regarding the liability Of |
common carriers for damage to perish |
able goods in transit to the Committee
on Judiciary. Chairman Long, of the /
Agricultural committee explained that |
the question of the enforcement of this |
bill had come up, making it necessary !
for the judiciary committee to con- !
slider that phase of it.
A resolution apprOpriating $4,000 for |
the county of Hawaii and $26,825 for |
miscellaneous items was tabled upon |
report of the Committee on Miscellany.
as being covered by previous resolu-
ton.
The Public Lands committee turned |
down number of resolutions as being |
covered in the Loan Appropriation bill. |
These were to provide $4,000 for a trail |
between Pukoo and Wailau, in Molo-
kali $4,000 for the completion of a wa
gon road between Kahekapaakai and |
Makolelau, MoIokai; $4,000 for court
house at Pukoo, and $4,000 for a land
ing and roal at Wailau. An item for
$4,000 to widen the Pauoa road was
turned down because the matter was
one for the county to deal with, but
one for SIS, 900 for widening and ex-
tending School street and No. lane
was recommended.
Kaniho Immediately wanted to know
for the committee members to show |
him that opening a new street was a
Territorial matter and widening an
old one was q county affair, according
to the Interpretation of the Attorney
General. Kaniho took issue with the
General but finally subsidized,
after being voted down.
This committee recommended plac-
ing the sum of $1,000 in the appropria-
ton bill for a courthouse at Kalaupapa
and an equal amount for a school
house. An item of 100000 for the ac-
curing of water rights, reservoir site