The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-06
THE SENATE
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nlakua out of the fourth circuit and
put it in the third, and to take Kau
cut of the third and put it in the
fourth circuit with Puma. Tabled for
consideration with the bill
The Judiciary Committee recon-
mended the passage of the bill to re-
peal the law that makes the Secre-
tary of the Territory the person who
has to issue certificates of Hawaiian
birth.
The Judiciary Committee reported
favoraby on the House bill to pro-
tect purchasers of real estate from
fraudulent conveyances.
The Judiciary Committee recon-
mended the passage of Senate bill to
repeal section 301S, II. L., relating to
the circulation of commercial paper,
the report being tabled for consider
alton with the bill. The committee
says the section in question makes it
a misdemeanor for any person or cor
poration to issue anw note, check,
bill or certificate of deposit with the
AANNhN NAeAb IL shall NC vi OuldNtu DIS
currency.
This law was passed in 1883 and
your committee is enable to find any
reasons why the law was passed and
can see no reasons now why the law
should be on the statute book. All
mercantile paper is used as currency
and takes the place of 1t in the bust
hess world. Every day this law is
being broken, yet no court or jury
would think of enforcing it. Should
another financial panic, such as was
experienced in 1907. come again and
the banks should wish to establish
clearing house and issue clearing
house certificates, a perfectly proper
and in times of panic an absolutely
necessary bushes arrangement, they
would be blocked by this piece of fool
ish legislation
The Judiciary committee presented
a report in favor of House bill relating
to bonds of public officers, which was
laid on the table to be considered with
the bill. The object of the bill is to
meet the objections of the Supreme
Court, which lately neld that the
bondsmen of minor officers could not
be held responsible under the word
ing of the law of 1905.
Another report of the Judiciary
Committee recommended that the Sen
ate resolution asking the Attorney
General to furnish certain information
in regard to the injunction suit OF
Waikiki Sugar Co. against the Super
intendent of Public Works and the
superintendent of Waikiki and Kahu-
lui water works be laid on the table.
The report says:
The resolution calls upon the At
torney General to furnish the Senate
with information as to what he in
tends to do in the case. AS the case
is of large Importance to the Terri
it would be very unwise thing for
this Senate to try and force the At
torney General to expose his hand at
this early date, thereby giving the
Attorneys for the Wailuku Sugar Com
pany a decided advantage.
1T appears further that the inter.
ests of the Government are properly
saseguarded as the temporary injunc-
ton left things standing just as they
were at that time. The Government
has not yielded single point"
Coelho said the plantation since the
issuance of the injunction had taken
more water from the streams and let
very little into the pipes supplying the
towns. He moved that the report be
deferred until the consideration of the
Governors appointments.
President Smith-"At the same time
as the appointments of the Govern
orr"
Coelho then amended his motion to
defer the report for one week. Car
ried.
DIVISION OF HAWAII.
Woods presented a report of the
Special Committee on Senate bill to
divide the County of Hawaii as fol-
lows:
The idea of the bill is to divide the
present County of Hawaii into two
counties, to wit: The Districts of Ha-
rlakua, South, Hilo, North Hilo and
Puma, to be called the County of East
Hawaii and the remaining Districts
o. the Island of Hawaii to be called
the County of West Hawaii, with the
county seats at Hilo ana Kailua res
pectively.
Your special committee have con-
sidered the bill carefully and have
agreed on the principle that the ISL
and of Hawaii should be divided into
two counties, but the division should
be changed so that the districts OF
North Hilo, South Hilo, Puma and Kau
may be included in one county, and
the remaining parts of the Island OF
Hawaii may be included in another
county.
I'VE further find out that the bill
as introduced in this House would