The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-19
SENATE.
Continued From Page one.)

1t did not concur III lhe s7eIie1"o
znents to House Bill NO. 10, ana the
Senate judiciary Committee, composed
of Senators Chillingworth, knudsen
and Makekau was named to act as the
Senate conference committee.
Senate Bill No. IL was returned from
the House with amendments inserted.
THE bill deals with employment OF
labor in public works and specifies that
only citizens or persons eligible to De,
come citizens shall be employed in gov
.ernment work. The House provided
T,enalty for the violation of the provi-
sions by public officers. Coelho moved
for the adoption of the amendment, but
On Knudsen IS request further consld-
Grafton of the bill was deferred until
today.
~Atcherley Is Ambitious.
A communication was read from DIR.
John Atcherley in which he informs
the Legislature that he is prepared to
Immediately undertake the systematic
treatment of leprosy and, among other
things, suggests that an appropriation
of $4,000 be made for the cost and
maintenance of a hospital for the
treatment of the disease. Fairchild
objected strenuously to the Ways and
Means Committee being named as the
recipient of the communication. and
President Smith referred Atcherley's
measure to the Public Health Commit
tee.
A petition was read from the Civic
Federation, signed by W. r. Castle,
asking that the Legislature do moth
ing to reduce the appropriation for
the Department of Public Instruction
or to raise the maximum age for com
pulsory school attendance. The petit
fion from the Civic Federation was
supplemented by one from the Teach
ers Association, emphasizing the same
points dealt with by the Civic Feder-
alton. Both communications were re-
ferred to the Education Committee.
A petition was read against the
passage Of House Bill 1913, the measure
to create a special fund for the slim
nlation of immigration and conserva-
ton of resources by the imposition of
a special income tax with $4,000 ex-
emption. The document is signed by
11S voters and was laid on the table
TO be considered with the bill.
Against immigration Act.
The petition respectfully petitions
and urges your honorable body not to
PASS the so-called immigration bill. be-
ing House Bill 10S The purpose of
this bill is to raise revenue to be used
Tim part) to assist the immigration to
this Territory of laborers. There are
at present in the city of Honolulu at
least one thousand laborers who are
unable to find regular or remunerative
employment. The same conditions
exist in other parts of the Territory.
The result of the passage of this bill,
IL it's purpose is carried out, will be
greatly TO increase the number of I'M
employed in this Territory, and cause
great hardship and suffering There
fore we urge that this bill be not
passed.
After the petition was read Senator
Robinson repeated request that con-
sideration of Bill 10S be further de-
layed, he and Senator Woods stating
Wednesday that they wished time to
give the provisions of the bill more
consideration. President Smith said
that Senator Robinson could make a
motion for continuance when the bill
came up on regular order.
The judiciary Committee reported
fayorably on House Bill 119, defining
the word garage according to Web
ster 5 Imperial Dictionary, edition of
1906.
Against Land Bill.
Senate Bill No. so, an act to confirm
the titles of the holders and claimants
of nnawarded and unpatented land and
providing for the conveyance of Ter
ritorial rights, received exhaustive con
sideration in the report submitted by
the Judiciary Committee. The bill is
Coelho measure, and the committee
recommended that it be tabled, but Co.
elho secured postponement of fur,
ther action for week, at which time
he expects to have further light on
the conditions involved in the measure
In the course of its report the commit
tee says:
4.The object of this bill is to provide
a means of quieting titles when claim
ants have an equitable title and wher
they have not proved their claims tt
Land Awards under the provisions Of
the Grand Mahele of 1912.
t.Various extensions of time have
been granted by the Legislature in tht
past, beginning in 1S47 and extended
at subsequent times until 1892, the las
extension.
.If any claimants have failed II
take advantage of these various extern
sions, there is still a way left open tt
them to get their titles cleared up. At
tention is called to Section 276 of tn,
Revised Laws, particularly to that por
tion beginning at line 81 and extend
ing to line 46.
Pnder the provisions of that sec
ton it seems that all persons who hav,
been long in undisputed possession o
their lands and who may now discove
that through some mistake of surve,
or other reason, there is some doubt a
to their titles, may come in and ON
proper presentation of the facts to TIL
Governor obtain quitelaim deeds an,
thus remove any cloud that may be Of
their title, as far as the Government
is concerned.
People are now taking advantag
of this section and the Government ha
issued several such quitclaim deed:
and as the land laws can only be amend
ed by Congress (see Organic Act
your committee recommends that a
claimants take advantage of this set
tion, rather than attempt to enact ne,
legislation on land matters that ma