The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-26
CRAB BILL
POSTPONED
HOUSE -rwENry-sIxT DAY.

HOUSE -TwENTY-sIxTH DAY.
A bitter attack was made In the
House yesterday ON the County Salary
bill, generally termed the Salary Grab,
by Representative Hughes and many
members scurricd TO cover when IT was
seen that the measure would very prob
ably be lost. Many of those who took
part in the debate hastened to say that
they had been opposed to II from the
beginning but had been hurried along
during the second reading by the
others.
Hughes characterized the measure as
legalized robbing of the taxpayers
and blow at county government The
final consideration was put off, after a
long debate, until Thursday.
Many members spoke their mind,
also, on the bill to pay deputy assessors
five per cent commission in addition
to their salaries. During the discus
sion of the third reading the word
"graftn was mentioned, driving some
members into a fury.
Wallach, the female rock faker, was
discussed again by the Legislators dur
ing the afternoon, a resolution to allow
him to experiment at the expense of
some leper patients and with the Board
of Health footing the bills being in
troduced. Moanauli, of Hawaii, had
the honor of introducing the resolu-
tion and speaking in favor of it. The
feeling of the House regarding the re-
quest was fittingly shown when 1t was
laid over for whatever action was
necessary until April Fool IS day.
Morning Session.
There were no reports nor communica-
tions to be heard by the House at it's
opening session yesterday, the order
of notices of new bills being the first
to be taken up. Under this Kaluna,
Rice and Sheldon, each presented a
loi SohoiuciatiOh anu Put
these through their first readings.
MAUI LOAN.
Kaluna's IS bill was duplicate of the
House Bill 141, the measure providing
for public loans by the County Of Oahu,
with Maui put into the place of honor.
sheldon s notice included these bills,
one to amend the coroner IS inquest law
to provide for the forwarding to the
Attorney General of true and correct
copy of all recognizances and examina-
tions taken by the coroner, another to
provide for a true and correct copy
of the inquisition of coroner's jury
to be forwarded to the same official,
and another providing that evidence
before a coroner must be written and
signed and transcript forwarded to
the Attorney General.
provide for county loans was presented
by Rice. This is general act, pre-
scribing the nature of county loans
and the manner of their issuance. No
bonds are to be issued except for the
erection of penal, charitable and edu-
cational institutions and for public
buildings, wharves, roads and harbors
and other public improvements. No
such bonds shall be issued without the
consent of the supervisors,
the confirmation of the proposed issue
by the Legislature and the approval of
the President of the United States.
A HEADY JUDGE.
The presentation of the report of the
Police committee regarding the re-
moval of the Koolauloa courthouse
from Hauula to Laiewai, which advised
against the move, brought out an ex-
preston of opinion from Rawlins that |
he would like to see a petition pre-
pared asking for the removal of the |
Judge of that district from office. This
Judge, the speaker declared, was stub
born, headstrong and lacking in judg-
nent or a sense of the fitness of things.
If the petitions had asked for the re-
noval of the courthouse to Laiewai
ie would have favored it.
Akau objected to the Health and
Police committees report on his reso-
ution asking for $4,000 for draining,
illing and making sanitary Waiolama
wamp, the report passing the same up
o the appropriation bill. He wanted
o know how this was to be done as
he appropriation bill had passed out
# the House.
This provoked general discussion of
matters of ways and means and pro-
edures, in which the new loan bill
gured. The report was finally adopted.
The committee recommended the APP
ropriation of 500 for jailor's house
/ Hauula.
ASYLUM MEDICAL BOARD.
An act creating a Medical Board of
hree physicians to have the sole di-
ection of the treatment of inmates of
he Insane Asylum and have the power