The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-12

"a In ihe performance az their duties In
manucrs not resulting from their own
negligence
This bill Be- along thu lines of the ono
In force Among Federal employees and
L parallel io the general sohcmo IN
force among many Of the great elm
ploying corporations.
" soldier injured In the discharge
Of his duty BE- entitled 90 pension,
amy other public employee injured In
doing the work assigned him seems Ger.
tainly entitled 10 care and maintenance
during what time he may be incapa.
ciiatcd from work.
Nakaleka presented the first rcsolu.
tiou of the day, this being one to ap.
propriatc $500 to repair the kamalo
wharf, Molokai.
Inheritance Tax.
House Bill 60, waiwaiole, relates to
Inheritance tax. enlarging the scope Of
the law so as 10 include property he.
longing ia an estate over which the
territorial law may apply although not
necessarily within the Territory. 1t
also extends the time limit for pay.
mcnt of the tax from six months to
one year
Roll call showed Ayes, 90; noes, o.
Poi Shop Limits Cut out.
House Bill As, Kama. met with oppo.
sition ON third reading. This bill wipes
out all restrictions regarding the local.
tiles in Honolulu where the mamufac.
turing of poi may be carried ON. The
present limits within which poi-pound.
ing is tabu are from near the location
of the Kalihi poi factory to Punahou
street and from the sea to Wylhe
street.
Kalciopu moved the third reading
but gave no reasons why It should pass,
Kamahu opposed the passage, point.
! ing out some of the evils that might
result. The measure was one pertain.
ing to the public health and so far
no one had given any explanations as
to why such bill should be introduced
| Kama said his object was not to in.
flict any hardship on anyone, but to
do away with the hardship now of hay.
ing to go away out to Waikiki or Mo.
analua to carry on poi manufacturing,
should the Board of Health decide that
that was where it had to be carried on.
He wanted it left to the Board OF
| Health within limitations. There was
a bill now in, anyway, turning the mat
| ter of poi shops over to the Supervisors.
Douthtt asked, in view of the seri.
BUSINESS of the question, that considera'
| ton be postponed for week. A mo-
ton to defer was lost.
Kaleiopu pointed out how Douthitt Is
tenement bill covered the question,
whereupon Douthitt announced the
withdrawal of his objections.
| Kaniho, who voted against deferring
on Douthit's motion, then moved to
/ defer on his own account preferring
not to he so much with the majority.
Rice ruled him out of order. Kaniho
said his motion was to defer until
Monday, quite different motion to the
one to defer until Tuesday.
On rollcall the bill carried 2S to 0.
Substitute Justices.
Senate Bill 80, Knudsen, provides
that all the Justices of the Supreme
Court must sit together on all cases,
allowing and providing for substitutes
when any of the Justices are prevent
ed from attendance. Long moved to
defer the vote, but got no second.
The bill passed.
Provisions of Divorce Law Bill.
Senate Bill so, relating to divorce,
came up on third reading, being de.
ferred until Monday. The provisions
Of this bill are:
"Divorces from the bond of matri.
mony shall be granted for the causes
hereinafter set forth and no other.
"First. For adultery in either
party, or for wilful and utter deser.
tion for the term of one year; or when
either party is sentenced to imprison.
ment for life, or for seven years or
more; and no pardon granted to a
party so sentenced, after divorce, for
such cause, shall restore such party
to conjugal rights; and when it is
shown to the satisfaction of the Judge
that either party has contracted the
disease known as Chinese leprosy, and
is incapable Of cure.
Second. For extreme cruelty, ha-
bitual intemperance; or when the hus-
band, being of sufficient ability to pro.
| vide suitable maintenance for his wife,
neglects or refuses to do so, for a con.
tinuous period of not less than sixty
days. But if the party applying for n
divorce shall not insist upon a divorce
from the bond of matrimony, Il divorce
only from bed and board shall be
granted, and the relations Of the par.
ties after such divorce shall be regu-
lated by the existing laws concerning
separation.
CAN proceedings for divorce shall
be commenced by libel to be signed
by the libelant and sworn to; and the
same shall set forth the marriage OF
the parties and the cause for divorce
with sufficient particularly to const
tute a case for judicial action.
"Such libel shall be filed in the Of
flee of the clerk of the Circuit Court
and upon the filing thereof, writ OF
summons with the libel annexed shall
be issued under the seal of the court
by the clerk, directing the High Sher
off or his deputy, or the Sheriff of the
county or his deputy, to summon thu
libelee to appear thirty days after ser
vice before the Circuit Judge at cham
: bers to answer the libel.
"Such summons and libel shall b.
served by delivering certified copie
thereof to the libelee personally.
"The Judge shall not entertain in