The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-03
IN THE HOUSE.


business was crowded into the hour s
session, however.
Two petitions from Kalaupapa were
first considered, both presented by Like.
One asked that law be enacted to
compel the Molokai Store to supply
goods to the lepers at cost on their
store orders issued by the Settlement
superintendent. The second petition
| was for an increase in the amount al
lowed lepers who desire food other than
poi, the amount at present being seven.
ty cents week. This, to quote the
petition, is insufficient food of va
riety for any one person to live on for
| a week. -
Committee Reports.
| The Health and Police Committee
presented an adverse report on Make
kau's bill relating to laundries, dyeing
shops, etc., recommending the indefinite
postponement of the bill on the grounds
that the present law is adequate. On
the same count the bill of Makekan
repeating the present law was tabled
on report.
The same committee favored Kaleio-
pu's bill to repeal section 101S of the
| vaccination laws, on the ground that
the present law is two general.
The bill from the Executive rto fur.
Their ameliorate conditions due to lep,
rosy was recommended for indefinite
postponement because "the present
law being in the main sufficient and.
ssthe few amendments which could be
advantageously made, this bill does not
cover
The bill to prohibit prisoners from
doing work on the public roads was
recommended by the committee Gas it
would make the prison self-suppo1ting
in many ways and source of supply
for other government institutions. -
Monauli s bill to provide for indie
terminate sentences for certain felo
MES was referred by the Police Com
mittee to the Judiciary Committee.
Resolutions.
Hihio asked by resolution for S35, 900
from appropriations to build a new
| courthouse and Jail at Lahaina
Waiwaiole presented a resolution re-
lative to the Waikiki and Kahului wa
ter supplies, stating that the supply
was limited and calling upon the Su-
perintendent of Public Works to report
to the House forthwith on how much
of the lao stream belonged to the PEG,
pie and how much to the plantation.
| He was also asked if the people were
| now getting what belonged to them.
Makekau introduced joint resolu-
tion to the effect that the opinion of
! the school agents should be obtained
before the Board of Education fixes
| the salary of any teacher.
All the resolutions were adopted.
Up for Repairs.
Nakaleka's bill fixing the pay Of
public employees at minimum of $3.50
a day was up for third reading but
failed to pass. 1t appeared to Sheldon
| that there was a flaw in the bill and
he moved the recemmitment of the
measure to the fixing committee.
Senate Bill 4, to provide for biennial
reports from the counties, passed sec
ond reading.
A Bas Commission Government.
Consideration of the Senate amend
ments to the condemnation of the adj
vocacy of government by commission
resulted in the House agreeing that
there was no use bothering the Presi.
dent abont the matter. 1t was decided
not to let him know.
Enabling Bill.
Kaleiopu presented notice of the ex-
| pected Enabling Bill, to allow Oahu
to pay the Supervisor employees for the
past two months, up to February %.
/ Only the notice of intention came in.
Second Readings.
Four bills came up for second reading
in the morning session, House Bills so,
81, 80 and SO.
House Bill 80, Rice, provides for
county representation on the Board OF
Education.
House Bill 81, Douthitt, provides as
amendment to Section 1854, Revised
Laws. that cat any meeting of any
corporation, it shall be lawful for the
members in the transaction of bust
ness, to vote either in person or by
! proxy; provided that nothing IN this
section shall be construed to restrain
J the power of any corporation to pre-
; scribe by its bylaws the mode of vot
ing at meetings of it's trustees, directors
or board of managers, or to prohibit
the issuance by corporation OF pre-
ferred capital stock which shall no,
entitle the holder or holders thereof
r to any vote in the affairs of the cor
} poration, or to take part in its manage
, ment, when the issuance of such pre-
ferred capital stock is otherwise duly
and legally authorized subject to suef
t limitations.
) House Bill 50, which might be entitled
l an act to create muddle in the Oahl
$ police force, reads, or should read:
: The deputy sheriff in each district
with the approval of the city and eoun
e ty sheriff, shall have the power to ap
3 point the police officers in his district
9 or in case of disagreement between th'
s deputy sheriff and the city and count.
e sheriff. the board of supervisors sinai
have the power to approve the appoint
/ | ment of such police officers.
The printed bill distributed yesterda.
e is sadly muddled. as much so as the con
n dition it is intended to create. Doutmt
q stands for the bill.
Militia Enrolment.
i House Bill So. Kamanoulu, is mil
= tarv measure that looks like conscrlI
ton. 1t says in its principal para
II graph:
!; 1.-THE tax assessor of each taxatIo
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