Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-20


ed way has just obtained a license to
practice law In the district courts,
felt himself aggrieved because the
committee had not made him its at
torney instead of Deputy Attorney
General whitney. The committee
had not done its full duty. IL should
have made the b u ! letin reporter
divulge the secret of where he got
his information. The committee
hadn't tried hard enough. Now, IL
IL had only made him its attorney,
he would have forced the reporter to
tell.
81 think" he said, that we ought
to get from the reporter the name
of the person who told him the
story. think ! can get It in about
a minute. l am an attorney-a-law.
I have just received my license II
this House will authorize me to do
so, | will guarantee to get the name
out of the reporter"
Unfortunately the House did not
authorize the venerable Governor of
Cocoanut Island to try his hand at
the inquisition game. so the world
will never know what he might have
accomplished If he had been given
the opportunity.
Third Readings
The House. notwithstanding the
time wasted in declaring to the world
that 1t is pure and spotless, got over
a lot of work yesterday, holding a
night session to dispose of big
batch of committee reports. A large
number of bills were passed on
third reading, and a lot of others
were cast upon the junk pile. The
following bills passed their final
reading in the House:
House Bill pol, Long, relating to
proof and entry OF defaults against de.
PENDANTS in civil actions.
House Bill 1877, Douthitt, the pur.
pose of which Is to do away with the
division of the year into terms IN COZ.
nection with the work Of the Honolulu
Circuit Court and make the session
continuous throughout the year.
House Bill 22O. providing that Cir.
cult Judges shall have power TO com.
pei the attendance from any part of
the Territory of witnesses In civil &C.
tons before any district magistrate
within their respective judicial cir
cults.
House Bill 21O, Castro. the primary
law bill. .
Senate Eli So, Knudsen. relating to
liens of mechanics and materialmen.
Senate Bill 100, Knudsen, relating
to the statute Of limitations The bill
provides that no person shall be
deemed to have been In the possession
OF any lands within the meaning of the
statute merely by reason Of having
made an entry thereon, unless he shall
have continued in open and peaceable
possession thereof for at least year
after entry Or unless an action shall.
have been commenced on such entry
within one year after entry.
Senate Bill 1876. to permit poor per
sons to prosecute civil actions In forma
pauperis. ..,
Senate Bill 1873. additional appropri
alton bill making an additional appro.
rriation OF $3.50 TO carry the Public
Lands Department through the re.
mainder OF the biennial period. The
bill as It came from the Senate merely
provided an appropriation of $1,000 for
the Fourth Circuit Court. but the
House naively knocked this out and
replaced II with the $3.50 item for
the Land Department.
Senate Bill 1888, Fairchild, to pro
vide for the maintenance. extension
and improvement and payment of the
cost of the Honolulu water and sewer
works. The bill provides that all rev.
enues derived from the Honolulu wat.
er and sewer works shall be held as a
special fund for the purposes above
named.
Joint Resolution 8. introduced by
Castro. providing for the appointment
of commission Of three persons, to
be known as the Commission of Public
Utilities. to investigate into the mat.
ter OF services rendered and charges
made by the gas and electric light and
power companies, was recommitted for
amendments.
A Dear Dear Bill.
The House took up the consideration
Of the Governors veto of House Bill
67--the deer bill. Sheldon moved that
as this might be dear" bill before
they got through with It, consideration
Of the veto be postponed until Satur.
day. This carried
House Bill 1875, relating to tax liens,
making tax liens prior liens upon prop.
erty. passed its second reading, as did
also House Bill 226, relating to failur.
to make return of property for taxation
purposes.