The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-04

holding over of magistrates until their
successors are appointed and quail
fed.
HAWAII UNDIVIDED.
Moanauli's House Bill las, to divide
the Island of Hawaii into two coun-
ties, was tabled on the committee re-
port Rawlins explained that the COM
mittee had found the majority from
Hawaii Overwhelmingly against the
division They had asked one dis
tinguished Hawaii member to appear
before the committee but he had beg
ged to be excused from doing the work
of the judiciary committee and had
not appeared This reference was
made in the direction of the corner in
which Kaniho holds forth, Rawlins adj
ding to it his own remark that the
honorable member had never been
asked to do any of the committee work
and never would be.
PAYMENT OF COUNTY SALARIES.
| Sheldon presented a bill relating to
the payment of salaries and wages Of
:, county officers and county employees.
The bill stipulates the periods where
such salary warrants may be issued by
the auditor and by whom the vouchers
! should be certified The important
| feature of it is an amendment to come,
| providing for the payment of laborers
at the end of each week.
WORK FOR HIGH HENRY.
Coney presented a measure under
which the powers and duties imposed
by law upon the superintendent of
Public Works regarding the construc-
.tion, repair and maintenance of jails,
prisons, station houses and houses of
correction are transferred to and I'M
posed on the High Sheriff of the Ter
ritory. The aim of the bill is either
to take away some of the power of
the Superintendent of Public Works,
on general principles, or to give the
High Sheriff something to do.
CLERK EARNS STIPEND.
Clerk Wise earned his pay yesterday
morning all right, reading through
House Bill As, the negotiable instru-
ment measure, for its third reading.
This bill contains seventyfve pages
Of matter and is about as interesting
as chapter out of a dictionary. Dur
ing the reading the clerk was given
permission to sit down, while STEM
ographer Kearns carried drinks for
him from the filter. The reading of
the bill began at $3.50 and was not con-
Guided until an hour and five minutes
had passed. Rawlins offered a num-
Der of amendments to correct verbal
and topographic errors, which were
accepted.
Roll call on the bill showed: ayes
81, noes 4, absent 5.
RAILROAD BILL DEFERRED.
Senate Bill 81, the Hawaii railroad |
tax exemption bill, was up for third
reading, being laid over until Friday |
on motion of Rice.
IMPROVEMENT PAYMENT.
Kaleiopu's House Bill 166, setting
aside the amounts received from the
sale of improvements on public lands
reverting to the government in order
that the outgoing tenant may receive
the same without delay, was read a
third time. Kaleiopu explained that
the bill was for the relief of outgoing
tenants, enabling them to get their
money due without waiting for legis-
lative appropriation. 1t did not amend
the land laws nor come into conflict
with the Organic Act. There was only
one vote in opposition to the passage.
JUDGMENTS AND EXECUTIONS
House Bill 1859 was read, providing
that an execution may follow imme-
diately after the rendering of a judg-
ment unless stopped by perfected
appeal All the members agreed that
the bill pass.
House Bill 40, relating to the Ii
of trust companies, putting
the annual fee at $3.50, passed it's third
House Bill III, Rawlins' bill provid-
ing that only black lead pencils may
De legally used for marking ballots In
Territorial elections came up for
inal hearing. Rawlins explained that
he measure was a protection to the
voter.
Rice wanted to know If Raw1ins
meant the pencil to be black or the
cad to be black, which question was
July answered.
The bill passed with three dissent
ng.
WALLACE.
The deferred Wallach resolution
anne up in it's regular order and the
members got ready for a scrap.
Kaniho~ opened the ball by moving {
hat the resolution pass. He moved ]
his without making a speech, SEEM
ngly confident that he had a majority ,
With him.
Kaleiopu moved to defer the matter {
Lgain until Friday, by which time
Vallach could be summoned to appear I
before the House and be examined as
o his qualifications.
Kaniho wanted to know who would
Examine Wallach. No one in the House {
NEW anything of leprosy and the best |
way to examine the man was to let {
linn get to work and allow the results !
O speak for him. He feared if the s
esolution was deferred it might grow (
old. He thought that as the resolu- (
ion only gave him the privilege of t
reating patients and allowed him no
payment for his work the resolution I
night we'll be adopted. At the end of t
he six months, when the patients can
ay that DR.. Wallach has cured them, {
will be time to see about putting
lin under salary for the Board of t