Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-18

of the United States shall apply to
Hawaii, but only SO far as applicable
and with a prOviso expressly except
! ing sections 1850 and 1890 Of the Re-
vised Statutes. The amendment en-
larges the exception by including 9TH
err sections Of the Revised Statutes
| and certain later statutes. The main
object of the amendment Is to re-
move the uncertainty. which has not
infrequently caused difficulty, as to
whether the provisions of the organic
act are exclusive in regard to the
subjects to which they relate or
whether other provisions Of the fed
eral laws which were enacted with
special reference to other Territories,
although in general terms, apply also
to Hawaii. Notwithstanding the spe-
cial provisions of the organic act of
Hawaii upon the same subject.
The method of stating the amend
ment. namely. by reference to the fin
al report OF the commission to revise
and codify the laws of the United
States. dated December Is. 1906, in
stead of enumerating the statutes IN
question, is adopted partly for brew
| ity. because the list of statutes would
be somewhat lengthy. and partly for
convenience, because all these stat
utes are collected and set forth In one
place In this report. The exclusion
OF these statutes from application to
! Hawaii has the indOrsementof the
disinterestcd commissioners appoint
ed to revise and codify the laws Of
| the United States under authority Of
Congress. for all the statutes in ques-
| ton are included In chapter (Title
NLIV, chapter 2. of the report, the
first section of which has been pre-
pared and inserted by the commission
as follows:
Sec. 5S17. The provisions of this
chapter that are general in their
terms shall be applicable only to the
Territories of New Mexico and Ari-
zuna: and the words any Territory
and each Territory and other words
OF like import, wherever they occur
| many OF the following sections of
this chapter, shall be taken to mean
said Territories. and no other"
This method of legislation by ref
Ell ence is not without precedent. For
example. in section of the organic
act many Hawaiian laws were re-
pealed by reference to an unenacte |
compilation prepaid by an individual.
and, II I remember rightly. the laws
OF Oregon were made to apply to
Alaska and part of those of Arkansas
to Indian Territory by reference.
Section 2. Amending Section 20
The object of this is to increase the
pay OF members of the legislature
from $500 to 5000 for a regular ses-
sion and abolish the compensation for
any extra session.
Three classes of sessions are now
provided for by the organic act,
namely, regular sessions, special ses-
sions. and extra sessions. The last
named Is the session which the gov
ernor | obliged TO call Immediately
after regular session In case the
legislature fails to make the neces-
sary appropriations during the regu-
lar session. The legislature regular
~ failed to pass the necessary appro-
priations at the regular session in or
der that they might obtain the pay
(S200D for the extra session, which
OF course was very short. This was
done until Congress began to make
appropriations for expenses OF the
legislature with a proviso that there
should be no compensation Tor an ex-
ira session. The amendment incor'
porates this proviso as permanent
provision. and the salary OF the regu-
lar session Is Increased by the amount
OF the salary thus done away with
for an extra session.
II is desirable that the salary Tor
the regular session should be In
creased. The'session Is sixty days In
length, exclusive OF Sundays and holi-
days; living at the capital Is some
what expensive, and these reasons, as
well as the creation OF numerous Of
fees with higher salaries under the