The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-23
The New once Hours.


csiant sunday School Association OF
Hawaii
The New once Hours.
The WAYS and Means Committee sub.
miited n report, amending the tcsolu
ton introduced by Senator Faitchild.
fixing the oniee hours Of all government
departments from $40 a. m. 20 8
clock y. M AZ the resolution was
originally framed Il could be intcr.
prcied as leaving the discretion In the
fixing " the new office hours to the
heads N departments. The committee
amended Nhe resolution 50 a. 10 make
the office hours named mandatory eX.
ccpt allowing a change with the ap.
prevail Of the Governor.
Senator Kalama thought that " was
waste Of time to read committee re-.
ports upon their submittal and also
have them read again when the bills
were taken up for consideration. He
thought they should be laid on the table
and not read except when considered
in conjunction with the bills. Presi.
dent of the Senate Smith thought
otherwise, and Senator Kalama sug.
gestion was not put into operation.
Rum Act Aftermath.
The Judiciary Committee submitted
an amending report on Senate Bill No.
2s, giving the circuit courts power to
hear appeals taken from the Board of
License Commissioners. The bill was
found to be defective Friday and was
altered so as to limit the appeals to
circuit judge sitting in chambers.
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mended the passage of Senate Bill No.
67 in an amended form. The report
says:
''The object of the bill is to pro-
tect the deer in this Territory from
slaughter during the breeding season,
which, We are informed, extends from
the first day of November to the first
day of April.
Gin nearly all of the States can be
found stringent laws protecting deer
and other game during the breeding
season, and though deer in this Ter
ritory are confined to only one small
island, and are TO be found mostly on
private lands, yet it might be well to
give them some protection.
The bill specifies that the possession
of deer or any portion thereof be-
tween said dates shall be prima facie
evidence of unlawful killing. Anyone
violating the provisions of this section
shall be punished by fine of not more
than fifty dollars for each offense.
conference Committees.
Two conference committee reports
were submitted by Chairman Knudsen
of the Judiciary Committee, but action
on both of them was postponed until
Tuesday.
The first, House Bill No. 90, allow
ing Judge to pay lawyer whom he
designates to defend an impecunious
criminal. was reported in virtually the
same form in which it was received
from the House. When it came up for
consideration in the Senate, President
Smith seemed to think that it might
result in abuse and offered qualifying
amendments, which were adopted by
the upper house. He suggested that
the committee report be laid on the
table, but Senator Knudsen objected,
declaring that such action would be
contrary to the regular procedure. The
postponement to Tuesday was finally
agreed to on the motion of Chilling
worth. Similar action was taken with
the conference report on House Bill IS,
relating to the appointment of district
magistrates. The bill as agreed to by
the members of the committee provides
that to be eligible for appointment to
the Office of district magistrate by the
Chief Justice, person must be a per-
son qualified to practise in any of the
district courts.
Aid for Physicians.
Senator Harvey introduced a bill
adding new section to the law deal
ing with the Leper Settlement and hos
pitfalls. The provisions of the measure
are as follows:
ga reasonable fee and compensa.
ton shall be allowed and paid by the
Board of Health, out of any money or
moneys on hand appropriated for that
purpose, to each and every the physi.
clans engaged in the examination of a
leper suspect under the provisions of
the preceding section, whether such
physician be chosen by the board, the
person taken into custody or his rep
resentative, or by the two physicians
heretofore selected. In no case shall
such fee or compensation be less than
the sum of ... dollars for each
physician engaged in such examina.
ton. -
The second reading of Senate Bill
No. so, the measure introduced by Sen
ator Fairchild, and providing for the
regulation of public expenditures, pro.
duced discussion. The Senator from
Kauai explained that there was need
of some law that would prevent gov,
eminent officials from exceeding an APP
preparation for specific object, and
making up the deficiency by taking
money from some other appropriation
He declared that it was the plan OF
the Ways and Means Committee to in
troduce another bill to provide for a
contingent fund, the money to be open
to the demand of the Governor to cover
any deficiency in appropriation. Fair
child referred to the course of affairs
on Kauai, in explaining the provisions
of the bill for the benefit of Senator