The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-19
HOUSE AND
PROMOTION
Continued from Page One.)

CONTINUED from rage ouGs1
The Public Lands committee will con
slider both propositions.
| Mrs. Sarah B. Henry has a grievance
and asks the Legislature to assist her
against the Land department. Her case
is one of a right of purchase lease, pass
| ing through enough hands to make a
snarl which the Land department re-
fuses to untangle. The request is for
the Legislature "to take such action as
will put the Land department in a
position where it will have to give re-
lief in such cases., This matter went
to the Public Lands committee.
A statement of money expended by
the U. S. Experiment Station in tobac-
co experiments was submitted and sent
to the Committee on Agriculture.
RESOLUTIONS.
Kahana submitted resolution that
$4,000 be set aside for the opening of
a new government road from Kamaila
to join the road connecting the Puma
road with Kalapana.
Kaleo asked for $4,000 to extend
Judd street from Nuuanu to the Pa
cifc Heights electrical station. Both
were handed over to committees, the
first to the Public Land and the other
to the Miscellaneous
Il taJo II
cess until 2 p. m.
Afternoon Session.
Before going into committee of the
whole on the special appropriation bill,
Rice moved for the appointment of
committee of one member from each
representative district to meet a Sen
ate committee on the measure, which
carries 100000 for the use of the gov
eminent. This was agreed to.
HAWAIIAN RULED OUT.
Rawlins, for the Judiciary committee,
returned two of Mahoe's petitions to
the House, refusing to consider them
because both were written in Hawai-
ian and as such could not be admitted
under the provisions of the Organic
Act. While the committee understood
the petitions they could make no ex-
ceptions.
Mahoe took this in good grace, ex-
cusing the use of the Hawaiian ON the
y,loo Of 1anIy Of +;,oo
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Judiciary committee reported on
House Bill II, which provides for the
maintenance and support of the family
of a deceased person pending the settle
ment of the estate, recommending it's
passage.
Sheldon's typewriting bill was rec
the conduct of the trial of civil and
criminal cases and Rawlin s House Bill
120, regulating the registration of CO.
partnerships, were passed through the
second reading
Senate Bill %, which prohibits the
wanton cutting, damaging or injuring
of trees and shrubs, was amended and
passed.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Attorney General Peters was sum-
moned to explain the need of his de-
partment, the appropriations for him
ho;
first gave the necessities for an in
cidental fund of $4,000, which covers
travelling expenses, extra stenographers
stamps, detectives, court officers and
number of other general expenses.
Rice and Rawlins led the questionings,
the former suggesting the cutting of
the item to $4,000
Peters explained that his office diff
fered from the other departments, in
asmuch as the work was elastic, a press
of business some months entaiIing $1,000
expense or more, and some months fall
ing below $400. The department was
economically carried on and had been
fortunate in not having had expensive
cases to deal with. Possibly $4,000
would do, but the efficiency of the At
torney Generals department. might suf-
fer, as it depended upon having the
funds ready to meet an emergency
should it arise.
The expense Of preparing briefs in
cases before the United States Supreme
Court viii be paid out of the incidental
fund. The item of $4,000 for appeals
to United States courts was asked for