The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-19

cases for either prosecution or defense.
Land Information Wanted.
| Cohen introduced the following reso.
| luton, which passed. 1t is possibly the
first move in preparation for the time
when the Kuhio Land Bill passes in
| Congress and land legislation is turned
over to the Legislature. The resolution
reads:
/ Resolved, That the Governor of the
| Territory of Hawaii be, and hereby IS,
requested and directed to furnish TO
| this House of representatives, at the
! earliest possible date, the following
| information relative to the public lands
of the Territory of Hawaii not perma-
| nently alienated or in definite process
of alienation, er public lands leased to
| sugar plantations. which information
! shall be tabulated and summarized,
island bv island and district by dis
| trict. and the information shall be SO
! tabulated that it may be recognized,
identified and compared with the pres
ent published list of public lands and
| the information shall cover the follow
+, ing points:
! "First. The areas, exact or approx
innate, of public lands known to the
government to be suitable for practical
| agricultural operations.
s'Second The water supply, whether
rainfall or irrigation, and, it the lat
/ ter, the source of supply, and whether
adequate, available or diverted.
"Third. The character of the land
and soil, if known.
i '.Fourth. The clearing, if necessary,
to make the land available for agri-
| culture, and whether from rock or vege-
i table growths or both.
| Resolved, That the Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii be, and hereby is,
requested to secure and transmit to
this House, at the earliest possible date,
| the following information from the of
| fcers of the sugar plantations leasing
public lands from the Territory of Ha-
| wall, tabulating and summarizing such
information island by island and dis
| trict by district, which information
shall cover the following points:
| .'First. The total areas of public
| lands leased to each plantation.
/ "Second. The area thereof now util-
lied for the growing of sugar cane.
| "Third The estimated additional
area of leased public land suitable for
the growing of sugar cane but not yet
utilized.
Afternoon Session.
During the. noon recess there was
some CONSERVATION in the Hobbies
/ through the advent of Mary Atcherley,
who grabbed Senators and Representa-
| tives as they lodged. She had had an
hours prolonged conference with the
| Governor, leaving in high dudgeon in
4.ah
! Senator Coelho lodged through the
House, but Harvey was caught. Repre-
! sentatives Moanauli and Nakaleka and
| Speaker Holstein also fell unwilling
victims The lobbyist is on her favor
lite subject, and is laying particularly
| for the health committees.
Home Rule Measures.
Kaniho offered up a bunch of pros
pective legislation, dealing with va
riety of subjects. These were measures
identical with those introduced into the
Senate on Wednesday by Senator
Baker, being Home Rule measures
These were:
An act amending the vaccination
laws.
An act amending the election laws
L. of 1907.
An act transferring the income from
any water systems in the respective
counties for the purpose of repairing
and improving such systems in said re
spective counties.
An act authorizing all license fees
collected in the respective counties tc
be paid into the treasures Of the said
respective counties and to be kept fol
the use and expense of the police de
partments IN said respective counties
An act amending the merchandise
license law that storekeepers paw fol
their licenses according to the assess
ment valuation of their stores Cor ac
cOrolng to the amount of their gros.
ineomes).
An act amending Act l22 of the SEES
sion Laws of 1907.
Another Taxation Bill.
'Waiwaiole also had a taxation bill
to present, measure dividing the va
rlous islands into various districts fo
taxation, educational and judicial pur
: poses.
Makekau gave notice of a bill t,
amend Sec. 10 of Act SO of Session
Laws of 1905
Long presented a measure providin.
that the estate of a deceased illegiti
mate person, dying intestate, shall 9,