The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-26
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Appropriation 3ili Yesterday. taking ul
co. creator part oi the afternoon srs
E.un arguing as O. whether they shul
go ahead or not Tho "nois won nu
points During ihc discussion, for tto
fret time, 10 was openly stated in ihe
House that The members were Working
on the bill with ths intention Of bring
ing it into conformity with the Fair.
child scheme II county segregation fnr
tho different branches of government.
The Judiciary Committee yesterday
submitted "a surprising measure. That
Is q bill io crcate a lunacy commission
but allowing AN appeal from the nnd.
Ings of The commission to Circuit
Court jury lu order to get this bin
into the ilpSso. tho committee killed
q bin which l'd not contain the PERM.
cious right OF appeal. Such a bill as
is now iu the House would be no sur.
prise " II came from the same source.
fpr instance. as the ridiculous Kauiho
Loprosy Bin, presented the day before,
but coming from the Judiciary Com.
mittee of the House. 1t was certainly
"a surprise.
Not cross word was spoken to the
press representatives yesterday and it
is generally supposed that the last has
been said about abridging the free
right of comment
During the morning session the
House resolved not to agree with the
Senate amendments 10 the Enabling
Bill. turning its ease over to a confer
ence committee.
Business Was Slack.
There were no resolutions, no petit
tions, no new bills and no reports from
standing committees when the House
daily menu was taken up yesterday
morning and the regular order of the
day was reached twenty minutes after
the chaplain had invoked the Divine
blessing upon the members. Between
minutes and order of the day, one item
of business was transacted, that being
the passing of a communication by the
Speaker to the Education Committee,
the communication being announced as
from the Christian Endeavor Society.
~ cannot see why all the individuals
sending these identical letters cannot
all sign one and get ii over with instead
of each sending separate letter. This
is getting monotOnous, said the
Speaker.
Municipal Amendments Disliked.
The first business on the order of the
day was the consideration of the things
the House had done to the second En-
abling bill. There was no discussion
about this matter, the House agreeing
to disagree without any debate. A
conference committee was named, con
sisting of Douthitt, Cohen and the intro
Queer.
Senate Bill 81 was read third time
and passed. This bill validates what.
ever invalidity there may be in the
charters of the existing transportation
companies in the Territory.
The second reading of House Bill 90
was deferred on account of the absefice
through illness of Waiwaiole, the intro
Queer This is the bill providing for
the appointment by the county sheriffs
of the deputy sheriffs of Maui, Hawaii
and Kauai.
This finished the order of the day.
Petitions.
petition from thirty eight citizens
of Kapahulu, Waikiki, was presented
by Kamanoulu, asking for $3.50 to ex-
tend the Kiawe street water main an
other one thousand feet.
Another petition from forty citizens
at Keanae, Maui, asked for $500 to
build stone and cement breakwater
zoos feet long at Keanae "to prevent
the damage of a food to taro, rice and
other agricultural land. -
One standing committee got report
signed in time to catch the flag, the
Judiciary Committee recommending the
passage of the Alfonso bill to protect
ulent conveyances.
Told to Get Busy.
Long suggested, as the House was
through with all business in sight, that
the members visit the schools. The
Speaker, however, advised the various
committees to get busy on the bills in
their respective hands.
Coney, of the Health Committee, gave
notice of a meeting of his committee
at the fshmarket TO go into the Lobster
Bill. The Speaker agreed that this was
an appropriate place to go into the
merits of the measure.
The House took a recess at 9:45.
Afternoon Communications.
a number of routine communica lions
| from the Senate We're received after the
noon hour, among them being one trans.
mitting Senate Joint Resolution l. This
resolution is one to encourage early
rising and industry and makes the of
flee hours of all government depart.
ments from $3.50 n. IN. to p. M on all
| business days but Saturday, when the
Offices may close at noon.
On motion of Rice the resolution pass.
ed first reading.
Departmental Appropriations.
The special committee looking into
the bill to provide additional appro
priations for the departments for the
current biennial period, recommended
the passage of the bill as soon as pos
sible AS the departments needed the
money. The report was adopted. This
is Senate Bin SO.
The Finance Committee recommended
the passing of House Bills "a and l27
and favored the tabling of House Bill
ll5. The latter bill, dealing with The
expenditure of public money, is coyere,
already by Senate Bill so.
Furtado's Splendid Isolation.
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