The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-20

Action was deferred for one week OF
Rice's motion.
Senate Bill Al, an act regulating the
conduct of trial in criminal and civil
cases. Rawlins spoke in favor of the
bill, which provides for the prosecu
ton, in criminal cases, being compelled
to make the first presentment of its
case and confines the last presentment
to answering only new matter brought
up by the defense. This was the
fairest law ever introduced, concluded
Rawlins. There were no votes register
ed against the bill.
SECOND READINGS.
House Bill 136, up for second read
| ing, which amends the salaries of
county officials, promised to be inter
esting. Rice wanted to consider it in
| committee of the whole, while the
| speaker and Mahoe thought the Mis-
ceIlany committee ought to first deal
with it. Mahoe thought it ought to
go somewhere, anywhere until Kaniho
got back into his place to fight it.
Kaleiopu wanted to know why the
| other Hawaii representatives could not
look after the interest of their county
Coney, the introducer of the bill,
favored the committee of the whole,
the Kauai following being chary of the
Miscellany committee, apparently. Ka-
leiopu agreed with Coney and suggest
ed that he be made chairman of the
committee, a suggestion that struck
the House as funny but which was ac-
cepted by the speaker.
House Bill 1877, amending Chapter
Isl of the Revised Laws to provide a
form for an acknowledgment of any
instrument offered by an officer of a
corporation or joint stock association.
House Bill 1873, to establish the Ha-
waiian library and provide for its care
and management, went to the Educa-
tion committee. As the item in the
appropriation bill providing for this
was killed the disposition of it did not
bother the members.
House Bill 139, imposing a license
fee of So for hunting with firearms
on Oahu, went to Police committee.
GOVERNOR IS LITTLE ROAST.
Governor Carter handed out a large
sized jolt to the House in a message
telling of a veto he had decided upon
and his reasons. The message read:
"Herewith / return House Bill No.
Is, entitled 'An Act to Amend Sec
ton 2737 of the Revised Laws of Ha-
wall Relating to Coroner's Inquests' as
] am unable to give my sanction to
law which is so loosely drawn.
1.-THE bill proposes certain specific
words as an amendment, and then in
restating the section, as amended, the
same words are not used. Further, it
deliberately alters another word in the
present law without even mentioning
it.
'EThe changes may not be material
and the object sought is not question
ed, but legislation of this kind does
not reflect credit upon u.s.
The reading of this did not seem
to please the members. Rawlins moved |
that consideration of the veto be sus-
pended until this afternoon to allow
him and the other members to 90 over |
the Governors objections, his motion
carrying.
At 10:45 the House rose for recess. |
Afternoon Session.
On resumption of business after re-
cess the House returned to the order |
of reports from standing committees, |
receiving from the Miscellany commit |
tee a recommendation that an item of |
$4,000 for the extension Of kukui street |
to Asylum road in House Resolution /
H. be stricken out and the other items |
of the resolution adopted. The recon- /
mended items are: $500 for extension /
of Bates street to Liliha, $4,000 for !
the extension of Vineyard street to |
Asylum road, $4,000 for a new road |
at the west emu OF JuuU street from /
Puunui drive to Nuuanu, $4,000 for a |
new road at Waialua, $4,000 for a new |
road from Aiea to the railroad station /
and $500 for a new road from KaIauao |
TO the station.
kaleiopu wished to refer the whole |
thing back to the same committee be- !
cause as put in by them the report |
means nothing. Mahoe defended his |
committees report, the debate over
nothing getting animated, the two ora
tors, the Interpreter and the Speaker
quartetting at times. The report was
by vote sent back to the committee.
LEGAL ALIASES.
An act relating to change of name.
amending the present law regarding
the same, was introduced by Rawlins.
The bill provides that any person may
change his name by publishing the
fact in the newspapers and securing
a decree from the Governor The bill