The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-25
IN THE HOUSE
TwENTY-sEvENTH DAY.

The Public Lands and Improvement
committee reported on House Resolu-
toon "a that It had Investigated the
matter of road construction in PaloiO
valley, and recommended insertion in
to the Appropriation bill an item Of
$4,000 for completion of the Waiomao
Homestead Road, and the same amount
for the Pukele Homestead road The
report was adopted.
The Committee on Public Lands and
Improvements reported on a petition
asking for 100000 to be inserted in the
Appropriation bill for erecting a break
water at Kaluaanui, recommended
that it be tabled which was done.
The same committee reported on a
petition for $4,000 for Improvement OF
the Kapoho homestead Roads at Puma,
recommending that it be tabled to
await the reply Of the Governor on the
subject of Road Loan appropriations.
House bills III ard t34 came up for
third reading and passed without de-
bate.
House bill No. 125, to enable exc
cutors administrators and trustee Of
deceased persons to register TO titles to
lands, was recommended for passage
on motion passed to a second reading
House bill 1877, establishing a form
Of making public acknowledgements,
was recommended for passage, and on
motion passed to a second reading.
A hot debate arose over Sheldons
House bill 1874, authorizing the election
of road supervisors, which was recon-
mended to be tabled by a majority re-
port of the committee.
Sheldon supported the bill and NOV
ed against adopting the committees
report
Correa spoke against the bill, on
grounds that it was creating too many
elevtive Offices and making more dan
ger of one man holding more than one
office
Rawlins opposed it on the ground
that such a system of securing road
supervisors would, be certain to get
would lead to wasteful expenditure of
public money.
Half a dozen other members spoke on
the subject along the same lines as
the above.
The majority report was signed by
Representatives Rawlins, Long and
Coney, while the minority report was
signed by Sheldon and Waiwaiole.
Coney stated that under the present
law when there is no work for a road
supervisor the expense ceases, but if
an elected salaried man was created,
the expense would continue whether
any work is done or not.
Opponents of the bill characterized
the bill as another grab measure.
Rawl'ns took exception to what he
termed an attack on him by Pail, in
timatins that the committee had not
good reasons for it's recommendations
In heated speech he told of the man.
ner in which the judiciary committee
passed an bills, and declared that he
would rather resign his place as chair
man on the committee than be dictated
to in the consideration of bills sub
mitted to him. He did not and would
not allow the work of his committee to
be done by the house, and no bill was
reported without fullest consideration
Kaleiopu opposed the bill on the
ground that it provided that the road
supervisor elected shall be able to read
and write the English language. He
held that this would be an unjust dis
elimination.
Sheldon moved that action be de-
ferred till next Tuesday TO allow the
minority of the comm ttee to file a full
report.
The motion was put and carried.
The expenses Of the present Legis-
lature to date was reported as follows:
House ....................... IS, 007. Sc
senate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81, 461 10
Total .---- g. 4ss sc
The Speaker took occasion to com
pliment the Judiciary Committee on