The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-20

/ Makekau y main contention was that
/ the report Of the conference committee
| did not deal with the points at issue
and Fixed an "arbitrary ate."
House Bill No. 1873. relating to gar.
nishment, was referred to the Judiciary
! Committee.
House Bill No. l06 was referred to
! the Committee on Public Lands.
The House Joint Resolution on stamp
duties and licenses and establishing n
commission passed its first reading.
Senator Harvey introduced bill
amending section 1876 and 1887 of the
Revised Laws relating TO the transpor.
tation Of lepers.
House Bill No. l25 was taken up on
second reading and was indefinitely
postponed by n vote of eight to seven,
Senator Woods motion to reconsider
being lost. The measure dealt with the
powers of the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of Honolulu.
The judiciary Committee reported
favorably ON Senate Bill No IA, de.
signed to make the Honolulu water.
works self.supporting.
Act on County Bills.
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the whole on Senate Bills Nos. ss, SO,
80, and House Bills 175 and l76, all
dealing with the problem Of county
control and authority.
Senate Bill No. so was first read,
Senator Knudsen calling attention to
one provision in the bill, stating "'that
all counties shall provide for the main.
| tenance of existing schoolhouses,' and
said it should be qualified so as not to
include Lahainaluna Seminary, because
of its new students from the Territory
at large.
Senator Smith objected to giving
the counties power to establish and
discontinue schoolhouses. He said
that such a provision was inconsistent
with the theory of territorial control
in educational affairs. Senator Smith
moved to strike out the clause giving
the counties power over the school
,, houses. Knudsen said that the same
objection could be erected against cOun-
ty control of courthouses.
Fairchild asked Senator Smith if his
objections were based upon reasons Of
law or policy, Senator Smith replying
that his opposition was due to doubt
on both law and policy.
| Senator Moore said that the objec.
| tions raised against the bill tended to
indicate that those who opposed it con-
sidered county supervisors in the light
of legalized highwaymen. He insisted
! that there was no reason to suppose
that the supervisors were going to
deliberately misuse the power with
which the bill intended to vest them.
Replying to objections raised to the
bill by Makekau, Senator Fairchild up
held its provisions and insisted that
the time had arrived when it was abb
/ solutely essential that more power
should be vested in the counties, par
/ ticularly in regard to educational mat.
tiers.
Makekau doubted whether the provi.
sions of the bill were clear enough on
the question of authority, but Attor-
ney A. G. NJ. Robertson gave as his
opinion that there would be no con-
hict under the authority granted by
the bill.
Senator Smith IS motion to strike out
the clause reading "and change, dis
continue and reestablish schoolhouses, +"
was carried and clause providing for
the establishment and maintenance of
schoolhouses inserted IN its stead.
Coelho had an amendment that pro-
vision be inserted for the placing OF
signs on bridges as another county
duty, and il was adopted in an amend
ed form suggested by Senator Smith.
The motion was then made that the
committee recommend the passage of
the bill on second reading and it was
carried unanimously.
Senate Bill No. SO, giving more au
thority to the Boards of Supervisors
of the City and County of Honolulu, was
next taken up for consideration anc
the committee recommended the pas
sage on third reading after amendment
had been inserted providing for th'
posting of bridge signs and inserting
a qualifying clause exempting the Nor
NAL school and Boys and Girls Indus
trial Schools from control by the Cit!
and County Supervisors.
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