The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-12
IN THE HOUSE
FORTY THIRD DAY
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Boards of Supervisors of the counties;
and was passed by the House at a first
reading
LAND AGENT CENsURED.
The Public Lands committee in re-
porting on a petition Of Mrs. Sarah b
Henry for information regarding the
right to a Purchase Lease of a lot at
Kaohe Pahoa, Puma, Hawaii, made
the following report:
Your committee have interrogated
the Commissioner of Public Lands and
/ Sub-ageut Williams of the First Land
/ District ind find that Mr. VILLAS had
| failcd to report to the commissioner the
matter involved herein The evidence
shows that Mrs Henry has fuldned the
conditions required to give her the
/ patent to the lot i'm question, and that
upon her making certain proofs requir-
ed by law to be made and paying in
the cash payment due, she is entitled to
the grant
The Commissioner of Public Lands
so admitted and stated and your COM
mittee feels that Mrs. Hnry will be
given every assistance by the Public
Lands Department to obtain her rights.
Your committee, fro mthe testimony,
find that Mr.. Williams has not a pro-
per understanding of the duties of his
office and his acts and amer indicate
that he does not accord those having
business relations with his office the
courtesyq and consideration due them.
In fact, he is rude, curt and unmanner-
ly and W erecommend that the Com
missioner severely censure him in that
respect, and instruct him that he is
servant Of the people and should polite
~ answer questions asked by land hold
ers and others having relations with
the department.; that he is there for
that purpose and should encourage the
business of his office by explaining to
tenants fully their rights and duties
and to assist them by so doing in per-
fecting their claims under the law"
THIRD READINGS.
House bill 1856 requiring that interpre-
ters in the Circuit courts shall be citi-
zens Of the United States, was passed
at third reading.
House Bill No 1872, requiring the re-
gistration of all arms and ammunition
in the possession of any person or firm,
passed a third reading in the House.
The judiciary committee reported on
House bill 100 recommending it's pas
sage, which report was adopted. The
bill relates to the punishment of arson.
Senate bill rs prohibiting persons or
corporations from cutting or obstruct-
ing government roads without due au-
thority passed a third reading in the
House.
Senate bill IS looking to the encoura-
cement Of the honey industry, by pre-
venting the importing of any bees hav-
ing any disease into the islands. The
bill passed a third reading.
SECOND READINGS.
The following House bills were re-
ported from the Printing committee
and referred to the proper standing
committees:
House bill 1876, a universal franchiIe
| bill, designed to give any copanies de-
string them, franchises for electric
light and power plants in the Terri
tory;
House bill 200, making special appro-
priation of 100000 for the use of the
County of Maui for general road inn
provements;
House bill pol to appropriate $4,000
for defraying the expenses of trans
latiug the session laws of 1905 and 1907
from English into Hawaiian;
House bill POP relating to the hold
ing Of real esetate and corporate stock
by banking corporations
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
LOCAL OPTION.
The House resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole to consider House
bill Is introduced by Representative j.
A. Hughes to grant local option in the
sale of liquor in the various counties.
With Correa in the chair the rules
were suspened and the bill was read.
Hughes first introduced a motion to
/ suspend action on the bill until another
, day.
Kaleiopu opposed this, as did Rawlins
and Hughes again took the floor to
| defend his bill
He urged the passage Of the bill, Civ
ing as grounds the great spread of
intemperance and its serious effects in
every part of the Territory. He made
strong temperance speech
Kaliopu thought that the bill would
instead Of working against the spread
of the saloon, only increase them. He
said he was convinced that local OPP
ton would result in liquor licenses be
ing voted I'm many Of the districts
i'm which there are comparatively few
saloons at present, Especially was he
certain that this would be true in the
y Fourth District He also thought tina