Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-01
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nave an buluUIhl VI tTtlbIN OH lN'
subject and to oppose the bill. with all
the noise of his eloquence. had moth.
inE to say. and II is stated on good au.
thority that the Kohala statesman is
all right now ON the leprosy question.
The House did record amount Of
work this morning, no less than nine
bills passing third reading. There were
ten bills ON the order of the day, but
one Of them was referred back to com
mittee.
The enterprise shown by the Japan.
ese fishermen I'm using gasoline fishing
boats in place of the old sampans.
meets with the disapproval which at
lends every effort of the little brown
brother to better his condition. Keala.
waa introduced bill to make the ar
nual license for ordinary fishing boats
$40 and for gasoline fishing boats $50
A Little Salary Boost.
House Bill 81, by Sheldon, to raise
the salaries Of the County Clerk NJ
Kauai and the Deputy Sheriff of Wal.
mea to $500 and $500 respectively,
passed third reading without debate.
kaniho on Eminent Domain.
Douthitt's Bill No. l5i, ito further
safeguard the taking of property by
railroad companies under power of EN-.
inent domain" came up next. Kaniho
probably doesn't know the difference
between the power of eminent domain
and an obtuse angle, but he felt called
upon to oppose the bill as land grab
bling Act. Suppose" he said, that
have a piece Of land 50x200 feet, with
two houses on IT, and railroad comes
along and wants to run through II.
What chance have | got to move my
house of It." Strange to say, Kaniho's
arguments failed to convince and the
bill passed third reading.
Deputy Sheriff Bills.
House Bill 1855. Alfonso, providing
that deputy sheriffs shall, under the
direction and control OF the sheriff.
perform the duties required by law of
sheriffs, passed its final reading with
cut debate, "a to q.
House Bill 1876, the same as the pre-.
vious measure, but applying to the
deputy sheriff of Honolulu, also passed
Douthitt's burglar bill, H. d. 100,
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bill is to amend the present law,
which makes II necessary for an actual
breaking in to take place to constitute
burglary, by providing that simple
entry with intent to steal or commit
any other felony shall be considered as
burglary. The bill passed third read.
ing without debate, the vote being
unanimous.
The Leprosy Measure.
The revised administration measure.
a substitute for the original bill intro
duced by Hubby. was taken up on third
reading. The bill, later amended by
the Health Committee, provides for the
establishment of a hospital In Honolu.
In for the treatment of lepers. Any
inmate may at any time ask for and be
accorded an examination to ascertain
whether or not he Is leper.
Every person who knows or believes
he knows OF leper at large, shall at
once report the subject to an agent of
the Board of Health. The bill goes at
length into the examination of lepers
and leper suspects, and provides that
If desired the suspect may choose his
own physician to make the examina.
ton. No leper shall be taken to Mo
lokai until after he has been In the
hospital at least six months, unless.
in the opinion OF three physicians, he
cannot be materially benefited by fur.
Their treatment.
The bill carries an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the establishment ana
maintenance of leper hospital at Ho.
nolulu.
Kaniho. wonderful TO relate, had no
speech to make on the bill, merely ask.
ing question and subsiding when II
was answered.
Kamahu offered an amendment to
Board of Health may prescribe the
conditions under which the patient may
be treated at his own expense. He also
wanted to amend the section providing
that the patient must not be taken to
Molokai until after he has been In the
hospital six months. He wanted to
make II year. Regarding the first
amendment, he feared that the Board
might impose conditions that would
MUMMY Nh' ihN'ht w hil'N tHt puii'Ht
to select his own physician.
Kaleiopu reminded Kamahu that the
Board OF Health has charge OF all lep.
rosy matters.
Nawahine wanted 10 make an ameud.
ment providing that any person
known" instead of believed" to be
a leper may he examined as TO his con
dition. He argued that II the examin'
alton were merely upon belief, the law
might be used by persons jealous of
others to make trouble for them by
having them accused OF being lopers.
The bin was put on its passage an |
went through easily.
Tenement House Bill.
House Bul 1T, the substitute tene
mcnt IIonse Bill, introduced by Dou
thitt to take the place OF the bill We
toed by the Governor, came up for final
passage. Although the measure is
about as sweeping In the power 1t gives
the Supervisors as the original bill
Douthitt stated that II was satisfactory
to the Governor. II passed by vote
of 2S to |, correa voting no.
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