Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-18


with enough copies Of the Session Laws
Of 1905 and 1907 and copies of the law
apportioning license money to the
counties, to supply all the House mem
bers. u.tSte ~. \
Kaieiopu introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, calling upon the
heads Of all Territorial Departments to
send in their salary list, for considera'
ton by the House in It's deliberations
en- the salary bill.
Correa presented a. resolution. re-
questing the Public Accounts Commit
tee to make thorough and complete
investigation into the system Of ac'
counting In use In the Territorial de.
rartments, the Information thus OBJ.
tanned to be presented to the House
for It's guidance In considering the ap-
Precipitation bill.
This Is to facilitate the proposed ad.
ministration, measure to create a cen,
trail bookkeeping system and cut out
the separate departmental bookkeep.
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A resolution introduced by Correa
calls upon the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction to answer these two
questions: ..... E
1. Are all the books used in the
public schools kept by the Department
OF Public Instruction. .
Q. Is the Department OF Public In
struction selling them at cost? o..
Moanauli's first resolution, intro.
Guced today, provides that the Print.
ing Committee shall print no transls.
ton copy Of bills until satisfied they
are correct
Castro. by a resolution introduced
this morning, wants to extract $4,000
from the loan fund for the construction
of a reinforced concrete school build.
Ing In Ke~alo. t.a.
Message No. was received from
the Governor this morning, In which
he recommends an appropriation total.
ing t227U to compensate certain OF the
people of the leper settlement at Ka'
lawao for their lands which were TAX.
en- by the Federal Government in 1907
for the purpose of erecting thereon
the ieprosarium. The Governor says
in his message:
did not belong to the persons to be
compensated, becruse II was on gov.
eminent land, yet this csse differs
from others, In that the claimants were
required by the Government to reside
at the settlement and upon land be-
longing to the Territory. II seems only
just that they should be compensated.
The amounts recommended ire the ap
.praisements made at the time and
agreed to by the claimants,
A bill covering this recommendation
was introduced and took the regular
course.
An administration measure was In
troduced by Correa which makes some
radical changes In the boundaries OF
the i've judicial circuits Of the Terri
tory. The division is as follows:
| The first judicial circuit includes the
Island OF Oahu and that portion OF the
ISLAND OF Molokai known as Kalal
papa, Kalawao and Waikolu, common
ly known or designated as the leper
settlement and all other Islands be
longing to the Territory Of Hawaii no,
hereinafter mentioned.
The second judicial circuit includes
the islands Of Maui. Molokai except tn,
portion thereof ,hereinabove designated
as the leper settlement, and Lanai, .Ka
hoolawe and Molokini and their litora
4 islands. Hyr .
The third judicial circuit includes the
districts of Kohala, Kona and Kau Of
the Islanu. OF Hawaii. =.
The fourth judicial circuit includes
the Districts Of Hamakua, Hilo ant
Puma of the island Of Hawaii r.,
The nth judicial circuit includes
the Islands OF Kauai and Niihau.
| A bill Introduced by Sheldon pro
vides for the appropriation OF $500, o.
SO much thereof as may be, necessary
for the compilation and publication o
not less than Ave hundred copies Of thu
reports Of the decisions Of the Unite,
States District Court for Hawaii.
|, At II O'Clock the House adjourne,
until y. m.