The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-14

| high sheriff shall exact from his depu-
| ties bonds of indemnity with sufficient
sureties, ETC., and the proposed amend
ment provides that he may exact such
bonds. The committee hesitated some
! what in approving of this latter
amendment but in view of the fact
that the high sheriff is responsible UNI
| der his own bond for the acts and de-
faults of his deputies, and as some
times it is desirable for a person to be
commissioned as deputy for a special
purpose or temporary service, it might
be difficult to have the matter of bond
ATTENDED to; so we conclude to recon-
mend the bill as it came from the
House of Representatives
| THE CURFEW LAW
| Senator Smith from the Judiciary,
reported also on the curfew law as fol-
lows:
| The Judiciary committee has had I'M
der consideration House Bill No 61 en-
titled An Act to amend Section 2291
of the Revised Laws of Hawaii" and
recommend the passage of the bill.
| The principal change sought to be
accomplished by the amendment is as
follows:
| In the law as it now stands a pen
| atty is provided for any child under
fifteen years of age who shall be upon
any public street or highway after
nine o'clock in the evening and before
four o'clock in the morning unless ac-
companied by an adult person except
| ing in cases of necessity.
| The bill under consideration changes
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evening to four o'clock in the morning.
There is also another amendment
changing the penalty.
| Under the existing law the penalty
| is a fine Of not more than five dollars
or Imprisonment not exceeding four
teen days, and the bill under considera-
ton places the penalty at a fine of not
more than five dollars or imprisonment
not exceeding ten days. We do not
know why the change of the term of
| Imprisonment was made but it does not
seem to be a matter of very great i'm
portance.
There is a matter to which we would
| call attention which is this: Section 2
of the bill provides that This Act
shall take effect from and after its pas
sage" which should be from and after
| its approval" But this hardly seems
sufficient ground for amending and re-
turning to the House.
| senator Dowsett moved the adoption
of the report, saying that he agreed
with the Senator in this instance and
wished to convey to the chairman of
the committee the confidence he feels
in him through the wisdom shown in
the report as result of his delibera-
| tons
| Senator Knudsen moved the adoption.
| Carried
LAVA-DESTROYED ROAD
| Senator kalama from the Miscella-
neous committee reported against the
bill appropriating money to open that
part of the road at Kahuku, Hawaii,
destroyed by volcanic eruption. A
majority report was filed by other
members of the committee favoring the
appropriation.
Senator Makekau moved passage of
| the bill.
Senator Knudsen said If the county
is bankrupt he would not object to
| lending Territorial aid, but if a be-
| ginning is made all of the counties
will want to get their hand in the
!
! Territorial appropriations.
Senator Brown spoke in favor Of the
| bill because the road is new one,
not an old one that is washed out by
| a flood. Without this road the trans
portation of the mails is hampered
| Senator Coelho opposed the bill, say
| ing Maui had suffered through land
| slides following a storm and to pass
| the item would be the opening of a
| way to graft that would be disastrous
| in it's results.
| Senator Smith asked if the lava had
| cooled. If it has not it would be i'm
practicable to build now
| Senator Hewitt described the condi-
ton of the flow and said it would re-
| quire construction of a new road 1t
| does not mean that the road is to
| be cut through the lava. The plan
must be to build across the flow which
is 40 feet high, and it could be easily
| accomplished.
Senator Woods moved to strike out
from Kappa, South Kona,'' and have
| it read public road kau district"
Senator Coelho said the bill, or a
similar one, has been killed in the
House and it is a waste of time to
discuss it here.
Senator Makekau spoke earnestly in
| support of the bill and on motion it
passed second reading.
BATCH OF VETOES.
AT $40 p. m Secretary Atkinson an
| peared in the chamber with message
! from the Governor. This was a veto
of Senate Bill No. IA. relating to the
rights of married women.
On motion of Senator Knudsen ac-
ton on the message was deferred until
| today.
Another message was the veto of
| Senate Bill No. 4, relating to fire de-
partments in Kahului, Waikiki and
| Lahaina.
Senator Knudsen made the same mo-
| ton as on the previous bill
The third message was the veto of
the bill providing that five hours be
considered day, for employees of the
government, on Saturdays.
Senator Knudsen made the same mo-
ton as in the previous cases.
HAWAII COUNTY LOAN.
Senator Makekau moved a suspen-
| sion of the rules to permit his intro
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