The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23

the land laws should be administered
from Washington instead Of by the
Legislature. this being the second time
this session that the House 5 own reso
| luton In this matter has been decided
against.
Recommendation,
The recommendation in the bills in
| cluded in the concurrent resolution pre-.
scented differ in some respects from the
amendments urged 10y the Governor ON
Congress. One important change is that
an appeal is allowed TO the Circuit Court
in disputes between the department and
the one who is taking up public land;
another important change is that the
proposed Land Advisory Board is given
power 10 veto proposed deals instead of
having advisory power only.
The resolution will be printed and
translated and taken up in the House
this afternoon.
| Senate Amendments.
The Senate amendments to the Pupule
bill. which reverses the right to appeal,
making il from a district magistrate
or a circuit judge TO the lunacy com
mission, instead of from the commission
to the court, were read. The amend
ments were voluminous and much to the
benefit of the bill. On motion of Coney,
introducer of the original bill, the con
sideration of the changes was deferred
until the afternoon.
The House did not concur in the Sen
ate amendments to House Bill 205, the
bin fixing the salaries of district mag
istrates, conference committee of AT.
fonso, Long and Waiwaiole being
! named. The Senate boosted the Homo
lulu magistrate Is salary from 5000 to
1925 a month.
The concurrent resolution from the
Senate, recommending a boost in the
salary of the Secretary of the Territory,
was tabled pending the report of the
special committee considering the
amendments to the Organic Act, which
is to be accompanied by a concurrent
resolution touching on the salary.
Senate Bill l4l, Moore, providing for
the assessment of the cost of sewer con
struction against the property before
which the same runs, passed first
reading.
No Hard Labor.
The committee of the whole presented
its report on the Election Law bill, one
of the important changes being to
knock out the "hard labor condition
attached to the Imprisonment for viola
tions of the election laws The time
allowed each voter to mark his ballot
is raised from FIVE to ten minutes.
Omitted Items Secured.
Nakaleka presented bill appropria-
ting $500 to pay the district magistrate
of Kalaupapa for the biennial period,
this passing first reading. In the trans
fer of the paying of magistrates from
the Territory to the counties, the Set.
Element justice was overlooked. The
bill provides for his payment by the
Territory and not the County of Maui
Corporation Exhibit Bill Amended.
/ House Bill 231. Sheldon, the hurry.
up measure dealing with corporation
exhibits, presented on Tuesday and
read a second time Wednesday, was
( given its third reading yesterday, not
minute having been lost in its prog
ress through the House.
Single presented an amendment
which limits the right of inspection OF
{ the exhibits to officers of the govern
ment, officers or stockholders of the
corporations, bona fide creditors OIL
! other persons having a lawful ant
proper purpose This passed and tn,
' bill as amended carried by 81 to 2.
Senate Bill 1O7 Coelho, appropriatinf
I sl406.55 to pay unpaid bills, passed
! The bills are for expenses of tn,
boards of registration in 1904 expenses
of the Attorney Generals department
in 1905 and 1906, for the "Volante'
: wreck in 1904 and for damages in tn,
, Hama road in 1900. The bill passed.
+ Prison Labor Bill Killed.
Senate Bill l42, Fairchild, which al
{ lows prison labor on roads, quarries
parks and public works at the reques
OF the Superintendent of Public Work
l or the Mayor of Honolulu, such labo
l. for the city TO cost the municipalit,
: fifty cents per head per day, was rea'
= a third time.
: Some opposed the bill because
gave Oahu fifty.cent a day labor an,
none such to the other counties. Cas-
!, tro opposed it on other grounds, thes
y being that the government had n
!, right to make man slave and farm
!, out his services, even though he be
: convicted prisoner.
Sheldon and Kaleiopu supported nh
n bill in speeches.
n On rollcall the House divided sixtee
/. to thirteen against the bill.
l. Senate Joint Resolution 3, to appoin
8 a school fund commission to secur
2. information from abroad regardin
n school taxes and the distribution O
o school funds, was tabled on motion o
d Furiado.
n Medical Inspection Bill Attacked.
Senate Bill 81, an act to provide 10
medical school inspection in the pull
lie schools, was attacked on first read
v ing, Alfonso moving to reject 1t. I
t answer to a suggestion that 1t shoul
Ie be at least accepted on first reading
n Alfonso asked:
|, What's the use? It's bound to b
beaten. anyway, and we are wastln
A. time over it,"
% 1t passed first reading, nevertheless
u Resolutions.
Two resolutions were presented Jul
n before the House rose, one asking tn