The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-17
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er announced after the reading of the
| minutes yesterday. Nobody spoke,
even Kaleiopu making no enquiry re-
garding the matter of Rapid Transit
fare.
| The resolutions from the Maui Su-
pervisors, already given in these col
| umns, were received, being now in
formal and proper form. These were
received and placed on file.
Broken Bottle Bill.
Sheldon IS bill to make it a INSIDE
meanor to throw glass, stones or other
things injurious to horses, hacks and
rubber tires on the roads was recon-
mended for passage by the Police Com.
mittee.
The same committee unanimously
recommended the passage of Sheldon s
| bill to discourage the barred-door habit
/ of Chinese gamblers.
McCarthy's Senate Bill 81, to pre-
vent the violation of graves and blrial
caves, was also recommended.
Lyman's Claim Good
The Public Land Committee report
ed on the claim of Levi G. Lyman for
| $503.15 as being a Just one and recon-
mended its payment. This amount is
made up of $324S0 paid by Lyman in
1899 to the government for land he did
not get and six per cent interest for
nine years and ten months.
Senate Bills introduced.
Senate Bill 49,, coelho, relating to
/ 1od
was read a first time.
Senate Bill 8, Coelho, to authorize
counties to establish and maintain hos
pitfalls, passed first reading.
Hustle Coffee Tariff.
Single presented resolution au-
| thorizing the Speaker to cable re-
quest to Kuhio to throw out his feet
and have coffee protected in the new
| tariff schedule to the extent of six
cents a pound. The cable is to an
nounce that a joint resolution on the
matter was on its way to Washington.
The resolution passed.
/ Alfonso asked by resolution for $10,-
600 to complete the Hilo Jail according
to plan.
Furtado Turned Down.
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| priation bill of his own, setting aside
/ $4,000 for a courthouse at Honokaa.
Correa protested against passing the
bill even ON first reading, and moved
/ that it be rejected Rice seconded the
motion, saying that such bill would
| open the flood gate for special bills
| covering every resolution for appro-
priation already in. He thought now
/ far he 10
/ on record in the matter of special bills.
Kaleiopu, who always picks out some
| technicality to chew on, like a pup with
| a root, objected to debate on privileg-
ed motion. The Speaker ruled him out
of order.
Furtado defended his bill but it was
| rejected on vote.
Enabling Bill No. 2.
Kaleiopu's Enabling Bill No. was
read throughout a second time and
/ passed on second reading, going on spe-
cial order of the day for today.
Third Readings.
/ House Bill IS, Castro, TO exempt a
| homestead from forced sale on fore
| closure, was up for third reading and
passed without debate. The vote stood
ayes 81, noes Y.
House Bill 70, Moanauli, giving the
counties power to establish and main
tain water and sewer works, passed
third reading on a unanimous vote.
House Bill So. Rice, turning over to
the counties the district courthouse,
iails and hospitals, passed final reading.
Roll call showed: Ayes 80, noes 0.
| Weary Debate.
House Bill 96, Alfonso, to set aside
the old Jail site in Hilo as public
park, came up for final vote. Cor
rea wanted TO know how many parks
Hilo wanted, having one already and
/ now asking for two more. He thought
two enough for small town like Hilo
He objected to taking up all the land
for parks and leaving none for public
buildings He favored the Waiakea
park bill, which provides for a fairly
large park.
Kaleiopu said that Hilo only aske 4
for four acres out of all the Island OF
Hawaii, while the little Island of Oahu
had many parks. Such reasoning was
unanswerable. although several wanted
to stem the tide of his eloauence prin-
cipally for the sake of stemming it.
, This purposeless debate lasted until
the Speaker stopped it.
The bill carried without an opposing
| vote.
, Another Hilo Park Bill.
: House Bill 20, Alfonso. was another
park bill. Alfonso waived his right to