The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-29
AN APPEAL
To MANHOOD
Continued from page One-)

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= hours a dav, and hit them well shouI'
if thew were worthy, receive som
| / recognition. As result Of this he Ia
1 the salary Of the stenographer IN tn
| office of the Superintendent Of Publ
Works raised and the position of ster
! ograpber. IN the office Of the ass1stan
I Superintendent. which item had bee
1 stricken from the bill. reinserted. /
I this respect he played no fayorite TO
he did as much for the clerk OF IN
department
senator ChiIlingworth s great fgh
was on the item Of salary for Assistan
Superintendent Of Public Works which
had been stricken out. The item nov
/ appears as superintendent OF Natel
| Works. Supervising Engineer and Su
perfntendent Of Sewers. The office o.
superintendent Of Sewers, now filled
by Mr.. Venhuizen, has been discontin-
ued under the bill.
There was little of routine work. The
clerk read communication from the
Secretary of the Territory announcing
that the Governor had signed the joint
resolution calling for the appointment
of a tax commission and House Ball
No ~, relating TO an amendment to
Section 213.
House joint resolution, relating to
wharves and landings in the Territory
and the ownership thereof, passed first
| reading
Senator Hayselden, from the Commit
! tee on Public Lands submitted the Col
lowing:
Your Public Lands committee have
had under consideration House Bill No.
III, being AN Act to provide for the
disposition of moneys received by the
Government on account or sales of i'm
provements placed upon public lands
by settlers or homesteaders.'
Under the present law, no provision
is made whereby the retiring occupant
of Government lands held under any
of the various terms of agreement and
surrendered to the Government may be
reimbursed for the amount of the cost
of improvements upon the land.
This bill provides means by which
when the lands are again sold the COM
missioner may set apart from the pro-
ceeds a sum equal to the amount of the
appraised value of the improvements
again sold, said sums to be payable
to the retiring occupant.
It seems to your committee THAT a
person improving lands at his own ex-
pense, should, upon the cancellation of
his lease or agreement, be entitled to
the cost of all improvements, and this
is the object of the bill. We there
fore recommend it's passage.
Senator Makekau, from the Miscel-
laneous committee, reported on the bill
relating to trusts as follows:
Your Miscellaneous committee to
whom was referred Senate Bill No. 70. |
being IAN Act relating to Trusts. begs
to report ns follows:
The principal object of the bill is to |
protect the poor classes from being i'm |
posed upon by those who would COM
bine together with capital, skill, or
otherwise.
Similar laws are passed in many |
States in the Union. A similar law
was passed in the state of Ohio in
1883; and a test case was entered in
courts in said State; after a stubborn |
fight, the law was sustained.
There is no law in the Territory CIV
ing the local courts the power to try
eases relating to trusts. In the last
Legislature of the State of California,
1 similar law was introduced by Sen
ator Cartwright of Fresno county.
In case this bill would be passed, 1t
will give jurisdiction to our local
courts on such cases.
In adultery cases, we find that our
ocal courts have jurisdiction in such
Eases, and at the same time the Fed
eral court has jurisdiction to try the
same.
Therefore. we fail to find out any
reason why this bill should not be
passed.
And we further believe. # law of
his kind is good in the State of Ohio
and other States. such law must be
good in the Territory of Hawaii.
We further believe that it is the duty
Of the Legislature TO enact laws for
he benefit of the greatest number OF
The people IN the country: and this is
one of such laws.
We therefore recommend that the
bill may be passed.
These reports We're laid on the table
10 be considered with the bills.
APPROPRIATION BILL.