The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-05


counts efIleefs and eeunis employees
The Bit stlpuiatrs the periods wher
such salan' warrants may be issued b,
the auditor and by whom the voucher
should be certified. The importan
feature 81 Il r. an amendment 20 come
providing for the payment u iaborer'
ut the end OF each week
WORK Fot mon HENRY.
Concy presented a measure undei
which the powers and duties imposed
by law upon the Superintendent OF
Public Works regarding the construc-
ton. repair and maintenance Of jails
prisons. station houses and houses OF
correction are transferred 10 and i'm
posed on the High Sheriff of the Ter
ritory. The aim OF the bill is either
to take away some OF the power OF
the Superintendent OF Public Works
on general principles, or to give the
High Sheriff something to do.
CLERK EARNS STIPEND.
Clerk Wise earned his pay yesterday
morning all right, reading through
House Bill As. the negotiable instru-
mcnt measure. for its third reading.
This bill contains seventy-five pages
of matter and is about as interesting
as chapter out of dictionary. Dur
ing the reading the clerk was given
permission to sit down. while Stem
ographer Kearns carried drinks for
him from the filter. The reading of
the bill began at $3.50 and was not con-
cluded until an hour and five minutes
had passed. Rawlins offered a num-
Der of amendments to correct verbal
and topographic errors, which were
| accepted.
Roll call on the bill showed: ayes
81, noes 4. absent 5.
RAILROAD BILL DEFERRED.
Senate Bill 81, the Hawaii railroad
tax exemption bill, was up for third
reading, being laid over until Friday
on motion of Rice.
IMPROVEMENT PAYMENT.
| Kaleiopu's House Bill 166, setting
aside the amounts received from the
sale of improvements on public lands
| reverting to the government in order
that the outgoing tenant may receive
the same without delay, was read a
third time. kaleiopu explained that
the bill was for the relief of outgoing
tenants, enabling them to get their
money due without waiting for legis-
lative appropriation. 1t did not amend
| the land laws nor come into conflict
with the Organic Act There was only
one vote in opposition to the passage.
JUDGEMENTS AND EXECUTIONS.
House Bill 1863 was read, providing
that an execution may follow imme-
diately after the rendering of judg-
| ment unless stopped by a perfected
| n he ha
the bill pass.
House Bill 10, relating to the IL
censing of trust companies, putting
the annual fee at $3.50, passed it's third
reading.
| House Bill III, Rawlins' bill provid-
ing that only black lead pencils may
be legally used for marking ballots in
Territorial elections came up for a
final hearing. Rawlins explained that
the measure was a protection to the
voter.
Rice wanted to know If Rawlns
meant the pencil to be black or the
lead to be black, which question was
duly answered.
The bill passed with three dissent
ing.
WALLACE.
The deferred Wallach resolution
came up in it's regular order and the
] members got ready for scrap.
Kaniho opened the ball by moving
| that the resolution pass. He moved
this without making a speech, SEEM
ingly confident that he had a majority
with him.
Kaleiopu moved to defer the matter
again until Friday, by which time
Wallach could be summoned to appear
before the House and be examined as
to his qualifications.
Kaniho wanted to know who would
examine Wallach. No one in the House
knew anything of leprosy and the best
way to examine the man was to let
him get to work and allow the results
to speak for him. He feared if the
resolution was deferred it might grow
cold. He thought that as the resolu-
ton only gave him the privilege of
treating patients and allowed him no
payment for his work the resolution
might well be adopted. At the end of
the six months, when the patients can
say that DR.. Wallach has cured them,
1t will be time to see about putting
him under salary for the Board of
Health.
Kaleiopu explained that he did not
want to block the resolution, but he
wanted to remind the House of the
claims of DR.. Rice, made before the
House. That man had witnesses re-
garding cures he had made and four
patients We're turned over to him on
the assurance that he could cure them
of leprosy. Rice stated to the Health
committee that he would be success
full and was sent to Kalaupapa, where
he asked to be given the worst cases
for treatment. He assured the House
of his powers, now another man makes
the same claim and it stands the
House in hand to consider his claims
seriously before allowing him any
rights. The responsibility does not
rest on the members of the House, but
on those in charge of the settlement.
The majority of the members do not
know Wallach and it may be that he
may do more harm than good.
Pail rose, not to oppose the resolu-
ton, but he saw no use of acting upon
1t because 1t gave Wallach no protec-
ton from whatever statements the
other doctors might make. These
might make meteorological examina-
lions and deny the cures. Other in
dependent physicians should be called
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