The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-02
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The House spent the principal part
of Its morning session on Saturday In
n long drawn out and objectless de-
bate over n bill comforting on the
counties the right OF eminent domain,
The bill was plain enough on Its face
and was also succinctly explained by
Rawlins, but this did not prevent Ka-
niho from haranguing the House for
over half an hour, nor keep Mahoe and
Kaleo from following the lead of the
member from Kohala. Sheldon, too,
got In on the debate on the objecting
side, but the measure finally came to
a vote and the bill passed its third
reading.
An interesting report was read by
the clerk during the session, dealing
with the status of the various House
bills which had passed. These are
seventy-one in number, of which the
Senate has forty-fve and the Governor
four, while nineteen have become law
through the Governors signature, two
are in force through the veto being
and never recovered.
or the bills which have already be-
come law, six are credited to Sheldon,
five to Rawlins, three to Kaleiopu and
one each to Pail, Kaluna, Leleiwi, Ka-
hama and Rice. There are two bills
in the hands of the Governor which
will have been held by him the limit
by tomorrow, while two others of Shell
"a taA IN
his scrutiny.
AS the days pass the number of
House bills not acted upon in the Sem
ate grows larger instead of decreasing
and the possibility of the session not
concluding within the legal limit looms
larger every day. For this reason the
House members are issuing their re-
ports, such as the above, disclaiming
all responsibility for the delay.
Morning Session.
The House transacted it's business
Saturday morning with a new set of
officials. Clerk Wise and his assistant
being absent for some time, their places
being taken by Stenographer Kearns
and Interpreter Kaulukou, who filled
double roles for the time being.
No RESULT OF CONFERENCE.
Rawlins presented report of the
Conference Committee which consider
ed the Senate amendments on his bill
relating to private ways and water
rights, amendments so voluminous that
they were described in the House as
IA book" The report recommended
knocking out some of the many amend
ments and accepting the rest. Raw
Inns explained that the Objectionable
amendments increasing the costs in
water right cases had been knocked
out. The report was adopted on roll
call.
los LUAU INVITATION.
An invitation was received from the
Hawaiian Relief Society to the MEM
bers for a luau, to be held that evening
at Brewers wharf.
Kaeiopu, as a member of the society.
explained that the soc'ety had nothing
to ask for from the House except the
honor of the presence of the members
at the luau.
The Clerk was instructed to thank
the. society for the invitation.
%, LIBRARY BILL.
A report was presented from the
Committee on Education relating to
Hughes library bill, and was adopted.
The bill provides for the establishment
of the Hawaiian Library and provides
for is care and management.
REGULATING PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
The same committee reported favor.
ably on Senator Hewitts bill to put
all private schools under the same reg
ulations as those governing public
schools so far as hours of attendance
are concerned, and also requiring pri,
vate schools to be recorded with the
Department of Public Instruction.
LABORERS' PAY.
A bill TO take the place of the one
vetoed by the Governor, respecting the
pay of road laborers, was introduced
by Nakaleka, This BIN provides that
the daily pay for each working day or
each lpborer engaged in constructing
or repairing roads, bridges or streets.
waterworks or other works either by
contract or otherwise for the Territory
Of Hawai-, or for any political subdi-
vision thereof. shall not be less than
one, dollar and twenty-five cents.
The bill passed its first reading and
was put on the special order of the day |
for Monday.
ap THIRD READINGS.
There was only one House bill on
the order of the day, that being Longs |
act relating to negotiable instruments |
which was deferred until Tuesday |
Two Senate bills, numbers 70 and A |
We're also on the calendar. The first
of these confers the power of eminent |
domain on the counties In certain |
cases, the intention of the bill being |
to allow the counties 10 condemn |
lands needed for county purposes, a
power at present only vested in the
Territory.
DRAWN OUT DEBATE.
The consideration Of this bill drew
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for the benefit of the man evicted.
House joint resolution relating to the
ownership of wharves and landings in