Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-27
HOUSE
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bill as amended passed its final read
Ing by vote of "a to 2.
Deferred Action
$50 of the Revised Laws, relating TO
covenants for renewal at auction of
certain Government leases. on the
order of the day for third reading.
was deferred until Monday, Rice stat
ing that he believed Congress had
passed an amendment TO the Organic
Act affecting this section and he
wanted to wait until he could be
sure before having TO vote on the
bill.
Clerks Ad Jibitum
House Bill 1853, introduced by the
Judiciary Committee giving the Chief
Justice and the First Judge of the
Circuit Court authority TO appoint
clerks, stenographers, baillffs. libra
rians, and messengers, nd lib. for
the Supreme and Circuit Courts. and
outlining the powers and duties Of
court clerks, was put on Isl third
| reading on motion of Douthitt. Ka-
| nihO wanted TO know how II would
be II the Judge wanted to appoint
ten clerks for one court. Douthitt
'eplied that It would do no good to
| appoint clerks for whose pay the
Legislature did not appropriate. Ka-
llho. however. was not convinced.
io believed the provision entirely
100 general, and wanted It stricken
! out. Douthitt, whose faith. conf
lence, trust In the uprightness and
nfnllibility OF the Judges is really
touching, was sure no Judge would
'ver do anything wrong. and thought
I very improper for any member ev-
| ir to suggest that Their Honors
would work any game on the Hon
Jrable Legislature. Kaniho was still
unconvinced, but he subsidized say
ing, rcsignc,lly, that the House might
ny the experiment and see what
would happen.
The bill passed third reading, 30
o 0.
The Lobster Bill
The freak lobster BILL" TO pro-
libit the sale of any but few va
-ieties of iced fish, was recommended
or passage by the Health and Po-
lice Committee with an amendment
which enumerates the fish that may
not be preserved on ice instead OF
those taht may Thirty-nine varie-
lies Of fish are tabooed.
House Wants Air-Brakes
COrrea's air-brake bill, measure
| o force the street-Car company to
install air-brakes on its cars, found
favor In the eyes of the Health and
Police Committee, which recommend
ed its passage with an amendment TO
exclude from the provisions of the
| measure cars not exceeding In
weight fourteen tons unloaded. The
Committee had satisfied itself that
with the lighter cars the present
brakes used are effective.
Resolutions
kamahu introduced resolution
for the appropriation OF $4,000 TO
be used as follows: Extending
school street to Kamehameha "
road, $4,000; extending Aud lane
TO School street, $4,000; extending
Vineyard street from Liliha street
10 Asylum road. $500; purchasing
right-of-way and constructing same
from the north end of Judd street to
Pun o Kamalli Cemetery, $4,000;
right-or-way and construction from
Amana lane to Kuakini street, thence
along Serene lane to Judd street,
$40, 900.
Makekau had resolution for the
appropriation of $4,000 to open a
new Government road from the land-
ing at Napoopoo to Hookena, dis
lance of seven miles.
Two Counties
A petition signed by~fifty citizens
and taxpayers of the Second Repre-
sentative District, asking the Legis-
iaturc 10 divide the County of IIa-
wall into two Counties, was present
ed by Kawewehi.
That Volante Claim
The long-standing claim OF o. Toll
lefsen for the loss of his sloop Vo-
lante on March 20, 1902, at Waikolu.
Maui. while loaned to Superintend-
ent Jack McVeigh, came before the
Legislature once more, through a pc
tition from Tollefsen that the Legis-
lature appropriate $3.50 to pay him
for the lost vessel. The 1906 Legis-
laturc voted to appropriate $3.50, hut
the item was vetoed By Governor
Carter.
No Balm for Like
The Miscellaneous Committee sat