The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-26

30 aN matters Ennnrfiel piih lHFH
fUfntds Ihs hf,i nhiffi 10 that thrs
sHai ie lepi safely. Ihlef present
conditions. rs she Counties n hawaii.
Maui. hnl kauai there nfe no nferfnof
tHulis fuf ihr safe storing uf records.
aHi until such areommndai IONS are had.
tti. haule should rot lc undertaken.
in iho matter nf expense BE- wouid
lr found o lr much greater when a.
tidol up under iho.tuunilcs than by the
prrsrni system. aud from r. segregation
nf business handled from thr different
counties We hnd ou Investigation that
Oahu business nmeunts tb seventy i've
per cent of ihc total. and that thc huei
ness of the uutlyng counties would
therefore he fun NJ q loss If this con.
icmplatcd change be made.
1.-THE cost 90 the individual under
the proposed Tin would In many eases
be much greater. for many documents,
such as powers Of "a torney. agreements,
NidRyits. attachments and many others
would have 10 he recorded in all couu-
ties in order 60 fully protect the par.
tics. This point Is not properly covered
by said bill.
Also. when decd or other transfer
conveying lands ia more than one coun.
~. II would be necessary 10 record said
document in eacn of the counties lu
which the said lands are situated. This
would make it expensive in such cases,
and brings forward the point which is
not properly covered by the said bill,
namely: Does the recording of a docu.
ment conveying land in more than one
county, when recorded in only one couu.
ssn g.,
Territory of the existence of such a
document, and would a conveyance Of
portion of the same land in another
county take precedence if recorded in
that particular county before the docu.
ment recorded in the other county? The
bill does not make proper provisions
for clearing the original record of mort
cages recorded under the Territory,
when releases of said mortgages should
be presented for record in another
county. This is also true of assignment
Of leases, revocation of powers of at
torney, affidavits of foreclosure, and
many other documents.
"The greatest confusion would result
from the operation of such a system at
the present time, and would be the
means of making it hard to secure loans
from the banks and other moneyed in
terests.
Your committee has also investiga.
ted the present system now conducted
in the office of the Registrar of Con.
veyances and has been assured, that ii
has been and is now the aim of that
office to segregate under county divis.
ions the documents as they are received
for record, and work is also progressing
upon the early records along the same
lines of division, and the first twenty
five years will be completed this year.
Not until this work of division is com
plete should the present Territorial sys:
TEN of recording be transferred to the
counties. Otherwise great confusion
will result, titles will be insecure and
hard to perfect, loans will be hard to
negotiate and the hardship will fail
more severely upon the small owners
than upon others.
"Your committee therefore from the
above facts and findings recommends
the said bill to be tabled.''
Expert Mason Bill Killed.
Cohen expert mason petition also
got the hook, the committee saying:
"Your Miscellaneous Committee to
6, presented by Honorable j. c. Cohen,
stating, That the road department and
other departments of the Territory of
Hawaii have non-citizens doing all
kinds of mason work who are unskill.
ed, and receive pay at the rate of $1.75
per diem, whereas a mechanic in that
line should receive not less than $500
day, and praying to enact law at
this session of the Legislature whereby
1t shall be obligatory for all workers
in this line to take an examination
touching upon their qualification, and
upon satisfactory showing before an
examining board, duly qualified, Ger.
tifcate to this effect be issued showing
their competency, and that they are
citizens and voters, before they obtain
work upon government work within the
Territory begs leave to report that
it had the same under consideration,
and on investigation finds the facts
alleged therein of the employment of
non-citizen labor at $l.75 per diem by
the City and County of Honolulu to be
true, but, however, your committee rec,
ommends the petition be tabled, for the
following reasons:
"First. That the Legislature has
passed Senate Bill No. II, An Act re.
lating to persons employed in the ser,
vice of the government of the Territory
of Hawaii or any county or municipal
subdivision thereof, which prevents
any further employment of non-citizen
labor on government work.
"SecOnd. In respect to the second
matter of said petition, to wit, THAT
a law be enacted at this session making
it obligatory for all workers on mason
work to take an examination before OBJ,
tanning work, your committee is of
the opinion that it will be 'unwise leg
islation' to curtail and limit the gov.
ernment by enactment of laws requir
ing labOrers in the mason trade TO first
pass an examination as TO their quail
fication, and in fixing the rate of wages
therefor at four dollars per diem be-
fore they obtain employment from the
government; and consider it also 'spe-
cial legislation which viii lead other
des-blacksmiths, carpenters, and
the like-to ask for same privileges. "
Judiciary Committee.
Shingle IS bill relating to liens ON the
property of defendants in suits relat.