The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-09

Two Leading Subjects
Before the House
Yesterday.
Morning Session.

Morning Session.
The star discussions in the House
| yesterday morning were over the bill
to appropriate for the opening up OF
road over the recent lava flows on
Hawaii, and two bills relating to the
leper settlement and Ieper suspects.
Kaniho of Kohala made a plaintive
plea for the Territory to come to the
rescue of the big island IS depleted ex-
chequer in the matter of the 1ava-sub-
| merged road, and lost out, his bill to
open up the obliterated highway be-
ing tabled on the report of the Com
mittee on Public Lands, acting ON the
| advice of the Attorney General.
Kaniho also had much to say on the
subject of leprosy. A bill strenuousiy
opposed by him, making it the duty
of police officers and physicians to re-
port cases of suspected leprosy to an
agent of the Board of Health, was
tabled.
Another bill providing for hospital
to be built for the treatment of 1eper
suspects, passed third reading without
opposition.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Lands committee reported oa
House Resolution "A, appropriatins
$4,000 for repair work from Honolii
gulch to Kapua gulch, Hilo. The De-
partment of Public Works recommends
relocation of the road through Homo
lii guleh at an estimated cost of $685.
500. The recommendation was
adopted
The same committee reported on
House Resolution 81, providing $780,
900 for three roads on Maui. The re-
port favored the third item of the
resolution, providing for $4,000 for a
belt road from Kukuiula, Kipahulu, to
Mokulau, Kaupo, Hama.
The same committee reported favor
ably on House Petition No. IA, from
Molokai, asking $4,000 for the compile
tion of the second section of the Ha-
lawa-Puuhoku road.
It was recommended that Kaniho s
bill appropriating $4,000 for repairing
the roads over which the Mauna Loa
lava flowed, be tabled.
The Committee on Education recon-
mended tabling House Bill 68, appro-
priating money for a teacher IS cottage
at Honaunau, South Kora, the same to
be considered with the appropriation
bill.
The Miscellaneous committee recon-
mended that Resolution 116, appropriate
ing $4,000 for school and court build
ings on Maui, be adopted.
The same committee recommended
the adoption of Resolution la, re-
questing the judiciary committee to
draft law making the county police
truant officers.
The Committee on Education recon-
mended the tabling of House Resolu- |
tions II and 81 for consideration with |
the appropriation bill, providing for
teachers cottages at Hilea, Kau and
Ala-e.
A resolution, providing $500 for a
teachers cottage at Halaoa, North |
Kona. was similarly tabled.
The committee of the whole report |
ed on Senate Bill So, making additional
for the county of Ha-
waii, as reported on Thursday.
THE FIRST DEBATE.
The first debate was on the Commit
tee on Public Lands and improvements
report tabling Kaniho's bill to appro-
pirate for the opening up of road
through the lava flows, on advice Of
the Attorney General.
: Kaniho said that the Attorney Gen
aral had it in for him; that the road
must be built and that no one could be
,ued for the damage done.
Rawlins assured the gentleman from
Kobala that the committee had not
rot it in for him.
Kaleiopu championed the commit
zee, whom, he said, were trying to do
,he right thing by all the counties
lie moved the adoption of the report.
DAMAGE BY CALAMITY.
Kaleo said that the Legislature could
lot repair damage done by the lava
low anv more than it could make good
~ fra IN HouolnfyT