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


aud 3, Of Set iia " 1907. nud adding
% new section. This proved iD d. iho
samr uhloSIHus mcnsufp unW under
consideration u Che scnatc. This is
ltnu,o Hu iUi.
Shnric introduced bill rotating 10
scrVisc of legal summons on absentee
owners ~ real rstntc within the Terri.
tory. The hill provides fcf service Ny
publication IL the person to be- served
cannot be found within the Territory.
40 provision Is made for service hy
mail when the address Of the person to
be served is known
Second Reading.
House Bills s., 50. and 90. al intro.
duccd by Rice, are intended to put the
county iails, hospitals, district courts
| and courthouscs under control Of the
various counties. placing the sheriff IN
charge of county prisoners. leaving the
High sheriff with only the pententiary
and the prisoners convicted of folonies
on his hands. The three bills, in their
nam sections are;
Each county shall establish, main
tain and regulate district courthouses.
district and county iails and houses of
detention, punishment, confinement aud
reformation, hospitals and .almshousos.
and shall maintain and support. from
and after July l, 1909, the present dis.
trict courthouses, district and county
iails and hospitals within its bounda.
ries until such time ms it shall provide
other suitable jails, coufthouses and
hospitals. -
g 1t shall be the duty of the Board
| [of the City and County of Honolulu |
to provide for the maintenance and
support, from and after July /. 1909,
of the present district courthouses, dis.
trict and county iails and hospitals
within the boundaries of the city and
county until such time as it shall pro.
vide other suitable courthouses, iails
and hospitals. -
"rhe High Sheriff of the Territory
is responsible, and with the approval
of the Attorney General shall appoint
the necessary jailors and other officers
for the safe keeping of all prisoners
except those held in custody by the
Sheriffs of the several counties and the
sheriff of the City and County of Ho.
Eolulu, and those confined in county
iails or jails under the care and control
of the counties or the City and County
of Honolulu. -
Third Readings.
Thirteen bills came up for third read
ings nine of which were passed, one
was tabled, and three were recommitted
or deferred.
The Honolulu Tenement House Bill
carried, with some opposition, and Kale
iopu's Prison Labor Bill got it in the
neck.
Prison Labor Bill Beaten.
House Bill 81, Kaleiopu, the bill in.
tended to prevent prison labor on the
public roads, met with strong opposi
tion.
Long called for the report of the com
mittee on the bill, the report stating
that the measure was to make the
prisons selfsupporting in many ways
Rice said he failed to see the benefit
of the bill. The object was, he thought
to cut out prison labor in the quarries
but he held that each of the counties
are spending all they can now on roads
and the effect of the bill would be that
less work would be done. Oahu now
benefited most from prison labor, but al
the Volcano the County of Hawaii wa!
being benefited. He moved the indefi
mite postponement of the bill
Kaleiopu was very much surprised
at the position of Mr.. Rice, he said
The question was one of finance, and
while the counties were benefting the
Territory was spending $4,000 year
on them. 1.-THE prisoners are now in
direct competition with the laborers
the very men who are paying for their
support said the speaker, who stated
that he wanted prison labor to do work
for the other public institutions, in the
same way that the Industrial School
was now self-supporting.
"Why can not the men confined in
prison walls, physically and mentally
strong, do the same work as the in
mates of the asylum9" he asked.
Rice replied that Kaleiopu was mis-
taken about the Industrial School being
self-supporting. lie did not object t.
the prisoners doing some trade work
but he did object to forbidding them to
do all school work, while whatever
trade work they did was in competition
with tradesmen. He thought the bill
had some good features and could be
amended into good measure. He
withdrew the motion to indefinitely
postpone and moved to table the bill
The motion carried and the bill was
tabled.
House Bill 8, Alfonso, to provide for
the punishment of anyone selling real
estate, the title to which is defective
without informing the purchaser of the
defect, was read third time. No OPP
position developed and the bill passed
House Bill Is, Castro, providing foI
the maintenance of the family of de
ceased person, pending the administra
ton of the estate, carried through third
reading unanimously.
House Bill II, the Tenement House
Bill" introduced by Douthtt on be
half of the Central Improvement Clut
of Honolulu, came up for final reading
The bill gives the Supervisors extended
powers to regulate noisome trades, tene
ments, hotels, theaters and places OF
public resort. The introducer being ex
cused for the morning, the bill went
over until the afternoon, but his APP
pearance later in the morning revived
the bill.
A surprising amount of opposition
| was shown in the vote eight Hawaiian