The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-29
AN APPEAL
To MANHOOD


some or the members Ielt hhoulu wv ~
lowed. Senator Hewitt is one Of them
lie believed that the young ladies witt
hit the KEYS on typewriter min,
hours n day, and hit them well should
IL they were worthy, receive som'
recognition. As result of this he hat
the salary Of the stenographer in TN
office of the Superintendent of Public
Works raised and the position of stem
opraphcr, in the office of the assistant
superintendent, which item had beer
stricken from the bill, reinserted. II
this respect he played no favorite fol
he did as much for the clerk of Thu
department
Senator Chillingworth g great fgh
was on the item of salary for Assistan
Superintendent of Public Works whicl
had been stricken out. The item nov
appears as Superintendent of Water
Works, Supervising Engineer and Su
perintendent OF Sewers. The office oil
Superintendent of Sewers, now filled
by Mr.. Venhuizen, has been discontin-
ued under the bill.
There was little of routine work. The
clerk read communication from the
Secretary of the Territory announcing
that the Governor had signed the joint
resolution calling for the appointment
of tax commission and House Bill
No. 49, relating to an amendment to
Section 2l3.
House joint resolution, relating to
wharves and landings in the Territory
and the ownership thereof, passed first
reading.
Senator Hayselden, from the Commit
tee ON Public Lands submitted the fol
lowing:
Your Public Lands committee have
| had under consideration House Bill No.
| III. being "An Act to provide for the
disposition of moneys received by the
Government on account OF sales of i'm
provements placed upon public lands
by settlers or homesteaders.'
Under the present law, no provision
is made whereby the retiring occupant
of Government lands held under any
of the various terms of agreement and
surrendered to the Government may be
reimbursed for the amount of the cost
of improvements upon the land.
This bill provides a means by which
when the lands are again sold the COM
missioner may set apart from the pro-
ceeds n sum equal to the amount of the
appraised value of the improvements
again sold, said sums to be payable
to the retiring occupant.
1t seems to your committee that a
person improving lands at his own ex-
pense, should, upon the cancellation of
his lease or agreement, be entitled to
the cost of all improvements, and this
ig he Oh nf hn We thnra-
fore recommend its passage.
Senator Makekau, from the Miscel-
laneous committee, reported on the bill
relating to trusts as follows:
Your Miscellaneous committee to
whom was referred Senate BIZ No. 70,
being IAN Act relating to Trusts" begs
to report as follows:
The principal object of the bill is to
protect the poor classes from being i'm
posed upon by those who would COM
bine together with capital, skill, or
otherwise.
Similar laws are passed in many
States in the Union. A similar law
was passed in the State of Ohio in
1898; and test case was entered in
courts in said State; after stubborn
uSll, llit law was suSluihtu.
There is no law in the Territory CIV
ing the local courts the power to try
cases relating to trusts. In the last
Legislature of the State of California,
a similar law was introduced by Sen
ator Cartwright of Fresno county.
In case this bill would be passed, II
will give jurisdiction to our local
courts on such cases.
In adultery cases, we find that our
local courts have jurisdiction in such
cases. and at the same time the Fed
eral court has Jurisdiction TO try the
same.
Therefore, we fail to find out any
reason why this bill should not be
passed.
And we further believe, II n law of
this kind is good in the State of Ohio
and other States, such law must be
good in the Territory of Hawaii.
We further believe that it is the duty
of the Legislature to enact laws for
the benefit of the greatest number OF
the people in the country; and this is
one of such laws.
We therefore recommend that the
bill may be passed.
These reports We're laid on the table
to be considered with the bills.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The bill appropriating money for SAL
aries of Government employees was then
called for third reading At the start
senator Brown began a move to cut
the salary of the Treasurer to $3.50 from
$500 as recommended by the Governor.
He did not wait until the bill was reg
ularly read but he Was reminded that
he would have plenty of time TO use his
hammer. When his time did come he
spoke long and earnestly in support of
his motion. In fact he talked SO long
on the measure that his colleagues lost
interest and when the vote was put
the motion was lost.
Senator Lane had succeeded in rails
ing the pay of the assistant clerk of
The Secretary's office little bit and
Brown wanted something to offset II.
The office of Registrar of the Treasury
will now carry salary OF $3.50 through
the efforts OF Senator Lane, but the
office OF Insurance Comm ssioner will
be the same as before. The stenogra.
pher In the Public Works department
was down for raise of twenty-five
dollars "A mnuth hut 10 usuH aaplnnsiNr