The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-26
BUSY DAY IN
LEGISLATURE
How Week Opened in
Territorial Senate
and House.

Morning Session.
A notch less than an hour was the
time consumed by the Senate in the
morning session yesterday. This means
that there is no time lost in the upper
House, and it means also, that the
representatives should get busy at
something besides wranglng, for de-
lay in the lower house means delay
all round.
Roll call showed all present, the
chaplain went through his duties per-
functorily and the journal of the third
day was read and the items approved
in due order.
The fact that the Governors mes
sage was received on the first day and
passed over without comment or men
ton seemed to have dawned on SEN
ator Lane over Sunday SO that when
the routine duties had been perform
ed he moved suspension of the rules
SO the words Received and place on
file' could be inserted. This was
granted and the journal will stand as
though the words were inserted the
first day.
The following communication from
President Pinkham was read and re-
ferred to the Health committee:
1.-The Legislature of 1905 appropriat-
ed fifty dollars per month for a gov
ernment physician for the district of
Koolaupoko, Oahu, but the approprfa-
ton has been unavailable for the rea-
son that 1t stipulates such physician
must be resident of the district.
There is none resident, nor have I
been able to secure one to reside there.
Drs. Pratt and Mouritz have visited
the district several times and attended
to the schools and sick without COM
pensatipn At present there is much
sickness there, particularly among the
children, and / am appealed to for aid.
+ sent one doctor over, paid by private
funds, but am unable to continue this
course I respectfully request the Sem
ate to take such action as is neces-
sary to make the appropriation avail
able
A similar communication has been
addressed to the Honorable Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
FOR RELIEF OF LILIUoKAI4ANI.
Clerk savidge then read the House
Concurrent Resolution No. 4, as fol-
lows:
Resolved by the House Of Repre-
sentatives of the Territory of Hawaii,
the Senate concurring, that it is the
wish of the people of the Territory of
Hawaii through their representatives
in the Legislature of the Territory that
the Delegate to Congress is hereby re-
quested to introduce or support,
measure looking to proper federal
appropriation for the payment to
Queen Liliuoka1ani of an ample sum
in settlement of all existing claims on
her behalf.
And be it further resolved that the
clerk of the House of Representatives
is hereby authorized to send certified
copies of this resolution to the Pres
ident, the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives and one to the Delegate of the
Territory of Hawaii to Congress"
A communication was received from
the House informing the Senate of the
appointment of a committee composed
of Messrs. Hughes, Rice and Waiwa1-
ole to investigate the Nuuanu dam.
When this was filed, President Bishop
announced his committee for the Same
purpose, Senators Chillingworth. Kala- |
ma and Knudsen.
MAUI FIRE EQUIPMENT.
Senator Smith from the Judiciary |
committee to whom had been referred |
Senate Bill No. 4, relating to a Fire |
for the towns of Wailuku /
and Kahului and for the town of La
haina, said:
1.-The bill does not deal with the sub I
ject of the transfer of property and'I
equipments from the Territory to the
county, but treats only of the control
Of the organization. 1t seems TO the
committee that the control OF the Fire
Departments in each county should be
given to the Supervisors of each
county.
The report from the Judiciary COM
nittee relative to Bill No. II, relating
20 the rights of married women to
ieal with their separate property was
adopted and passed second reading.
The Committee on Rules recon-
nended adoption of the temporary
ules for permanent use.
A communication from the retiring
chairman of the Board of Supervisors
# Hawaii county, through Clerk Pua
vas a request for an increase of the
,ay of the clerk to $4,000 per annum
md that of the supervisors to 800 per
month. This is practically a request
or an amendment to the County Act
which fixes the salaries of county Of
icials and will be taken up later
Bills No. and II were taken up and
,assed second reading and referred to
ne Judiciary committee.
A matter that required a great deal
L attention in the Judiciary commit
ee was the consideration Of the bill
king the appropriation for pay Of
enators. This was introduced during
he morning, Senator Lane stating that
when the bin was first introduced and
he sum of $4,000 requested, the mat