The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-05
A Jury Bill.

ing the same made.
A Jury Bill.
Douthitt's bill relating to trial by
jury, amending sections l744, l746 aud
l7Is, X. L.. House Bill SO, was rec.
commended after amendment, the maiu
clause now reading:
- Demand for Jury. Either party to
civil suit may demand a trial by
jury either by written document
filed in court or by oral demand made
in open court within five days after
the case is at issue, and entered in
the clerk minutes; provided, how.
ever, that if no such demand as afore-
said shall be made for a trial by jury
the parties to said cause shall be deem
ed 20 have waived trial by jury"
Kaleiopu's House Bill Sc, relating
TO the foreclosure of insanitary prop
erty for lien. was killed for variety
of reasons. the father himself dealing
the coup de grace.
Etcetera Means Much.
Douthitt's tenement house bill, off
eially known as House Bill II, an
act TO amend Section 90 of the mu-
nieipal act, passed second reading ON
a favorable committee report. The
report avoids all references to tene-
ments, saying:
''The object of this bill is to vest
in the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of Honolulu power
and authority to pass ordinances re-
hitting to carpenter, machine, black
smith and other workshops, foundries,
or G..v+.pu1
lately which have nullifed ordinances
of the Board of Supervisors on these
subjects inasmuch as such ordinances
were in conflict with Territorial stat
utes upon the same subject. The bill
in question will enable the Board of
Supervisors to pass needed ordinances
upon subjects which vitality affect the
interests of the citizens of the City
and County of Honolulu, and we there
fore recommend that it passp
Friendly to Cotton.
In reporting on Senate Bill 80, to
encourage the cultivation of cotton, the
Finance Committee took occasion to
deny any antagonism TO that staple.
Their report said:
lowing to the fact that cotton
takes six months only in which to ma-
ture, the prospective planter will be
able to determine whether or not the
crop Will be a profitable one in a
much shorter period than the one stip-
ulated as the time of exemption in
this bill. Your committee is, however,
in favor of granting aid to diversified
industries and would therefore rec
ommend that Line ] in the bill be
amended to read: Section ]. For the
three years from December 81, 1909,
all property, real and per-. In rec.
ommending this amendment your com
mittoe does not place itself on record
as being antagonistic 10 cotton culture,
but leaves it open to future Legisla.
lures to extend the period of exemp,
ton should conditions warrant ii.
Representative Board.
Senate Bill 81, providing for a
Board of Education made up of rep
resentatives from each county, was
presented for the House to deal with
Accompanying this was Senate Bill
%, duplicate of the divorce bill pre-
sented in the House by Castro.
Committee of the Whole.
The House, in committee of th,
whole, debated over splitting Hawai-
into two senatorial districts, the mem
bers quizzing the Hawaii delegation
over their desire to so divide thei,
county Many of the members wer,
in facetious mood and quip and jest
passed back and forth between Kau
alan and Oahuan members, mainly al
| the expense of the Hawaii members