The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-26

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water and sewer works; to collect rates
for water supplied 10 consumers; and
for the use of sewers This is num-
bered House Bill 10.
Divorce and Separation.
House Bill IA, relating to divorce and
separation, introduced by Castro, was
read a second time and referred to the
Judiciary Committee. This bill puts a
stop to snap judgments and speedy
hearings in divorce matters and pre-
vents the heretofore practically secret
proceedings in the divorce courts. The
bill also provides for the attendance OF
the Attorney General or a deputy at
all trials for divorce. The important
section of the bill says:
Must Be Public.
Ono proceeding for divorce or sepa
ration shall be heard until after the ex
piration of ninety days from and after
the completion of service on the oppo
site party, of the libel or cross-libel or
other petition and summons, and the
court and the parties and each of them
shall lie powerless to waive this require
ment as to the time of hearing. Upon
the filing of every libel, cross-libel or
other petition for a divorce or for a
separation, a notice of the fling of such
libel, cross-libel or other petition
(Which notice shall contain a general
statement of the grounds alleged in the
petitiOn) shall be Immediately posted,
and there maintained until the trial, by
the clerk of the court in which such
libel, cross -libel or other petition is
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way of the Judiciary building in Homo
lulu, Oahu; one such notice in con-
spicuous place near the courtroom IN
which said libel, cross-libel or petition
will be heard (if such courtroom be not
in the Judiciary building) and other
such notices in such other public place
or places as may be designated by any
court or judge having jurisdiction of
the proceedings, notice of which is SO
being posted; provided, however, that
the requirement as to posting in the
hallway of the Judiciary building shall
not apply to proceedings in any circui.
other than the First Circuit. -
Grounds For Divorce.
Divorces from the bond of matrimony
shall be granted for the causes herein
dIIeT SET IOrtn, anu no OCnHr:
First. For adultery in either party,
or for wilful and utter desertion for the
term of three years, or when either par
ty is sentenced to Imprisonment for life,
or for seven years or more, and no par
don granted to a party so sentenced,
after divorce for such a cause, shall
restore such party TO conjugal rights
and when it is shown to the satisfaction
of the judge that either party has con-
tracted the disease known as Chinese
leprosy, and is incapable of cure
Second. For extreme cruelty, habit
ual intemperance, or when the husband
being throughout the period hereinafter
named of sufficient ability to provide
suitable maintenance for his wife, neg
lects or refuses continuously throughout
consecutive period of three years so
to do. But if the party applying for a
divorce shall not insist upon the divorce
from the bonds of matrlmony, divorce
only from bed and board shall be grant
ed and the relations of the parties after
| such divorce shall be regulated by ex-
listing laws concerning separation.
Stripping the Mayor.
House Bill 80, to amend the Homo
lula Municipal Act a measure from
Kaleiopu, was up for second reading.
| The bill is one to bar the Mayor from
any official status at meetings of the
Board of Supervisors, striking out the
section designating him as presiding
officer at board meetings. 1t also linn
its the veto power, to a certain extent
and eliminates the present time limit
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resolution must lie on the table before
a motion to override the veto can be
called for. The section restricting the
! Clerk to only one assistant unless the
| Mayor recommends more is amended
by empowering the Clerk to appoint
ga clerk and such other assistants a;
he may deem proper.
Senate Bills Read.
Senate Bill 4 was taken up on frs
reading, there being little mix-uI
over the fact that the Speaker ant
others thought this to be the second
reading. Senate Bill II caused won
derment until it was discovered thai
the clerk was reading No. Z. Senate
Bill "a also passed first reading, the
three going on the order of the day
for today for second readings.
Hanapepe Prevention and Cure.
Sheldon moved the House back int
the order of resolutions to present (;
request for $500 for Jail at Hama
pepe. Mr.. Sheldon explained that ;
Jail was much-needed improvement
to that part of his constituency. Then
in view of prevention being bette
than cure. Sheldon asked for $50,00'
for a Hanapepe school.
| Wamea also needs jail, Sheldon
asking for $4,000 for one. He ais,
wanted $4,000 to construct an EN-
bankment for the Waimea river a
Whimea, and $1,000 for a new filte
at intake of the Waimea waterworks
Fraudulent Conveyances.
House Bill 5, Alfonso, arrived print
ed just in time to be read on secon,
reading and referred to judiciary Com
mittee. This bill provides that "whc
, ever sells and conveys any land o
other real estate knowing that an IN
discharged attachment, mortgage o
any other incumbrance exists Thereon
which is not noted by memorandum o
the certificate of title thereof, an
without informing the grantee of sue
attachment, mortgage or other lncun
u