The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-26

! dents IN the pack districts.
Long saw an unconstitutional point
| in the bill, in that it gave to the Boards
| of Supervisors the right to fix the
amount TO be paid as damages by es-
| traving stock.
The bill passed.
Sensible Move.
A resolution to appropriate $4,000 for
| the purpose of translating into Hawai-
! ian for free distribution those publica-
| tions of the Bureau of Agriculture and
| Forestry of interest to Hawaiians was
presented. The resolution also calls
| for quarterly "visitationsn of the of
ficials of the bureau to those sections
| of the county where Hawaiian agricul
turalists live. The preamble to the
resolution says that cit is all important
| that a better understanding be dis
| seminated amongst native Hawaiians
with regard to the work of the Bureau
of Agriculture and Forestry in all its
| functions.
The House went into recess at high
noon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House Bills 1876 and ia came back
from the Senate, having passed safely
! there through three readings.
| Senate Bill 116. Fairchild, was in
| PRODUCED, this being bill exempting
money and personal property acquired
! by gift from the special immigration
| income tax.
Senate Bill 90. Brown, passed first
reading. This bill empowers the Board
of Health to enforce sanitary dairy
| conditions and regulate the handling
Of dairy products.
Senate Joint Resolution ? was pre-
sented. This is to quiet title to lands
now occupied by private holders and
! held subsequent to the Grand Mahele,
confirming the occupants in their pos
| session.
Kinney presented resolution that
the proper authorities be told to get
| busy on the building of bridge at
Kaluanui, for which money was voted
in 1905 and again in 1907 The res
olution stated that the place was at
! most times impossible and at all times
| dangerous. u
Kinney had another resolution to APP
! propriate 5000 to buy two acres of
land at Hauula in which to bury the
poor citizens of that district. It is
not stated whether the poor citizens
are to be allowed to die first or be
| buried as soon as the two acres are
available. Kinney also asked for $3.50
to repair the teacher cottage at
| Hauula.
Once started. Kinney piled in the
resolutions, desiring among other
| things a new breakwater at Makaua,
| $1,000; bridge and breakwater at Ka-
luanui. 100000; breakwater at Makao,
| 800; bridge at Hauula, $500; bridge
at Kapaka. $500; two bridges at Pu-
! naluu and Haleaha, $1,000; bridge and
breakwater at Kahana. $1,000; Hau-
ula homestead road, $500, and bridge
at Laiewai and Laiemoloo, $1,000.
Committee of the Whole
| The first work of the committee of
the whole was to strike out all the
| Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry
items, on motion by Rice, the idea be-
| ing to include these in a new bill.
| Correa wished to insert new item
! in the Board of Health list, this be
ing $4,000 for new Kapiolani Girls
Home. The item was tabled.
| When the court items were to be
| taken up, communication was read
from the Bar Association, urging that
| the salary of the court stenographers
be not cut from 1915 month to $3.50,
| as proposed in the bill.
Douthitt explained several of the
items regarding clerks and court Off
GERS, Kaniho asking number of ques-
! tons.
Much Wrangling Over Items.
The item of clerk at $3.50 a month
for the Supreme Court passed without
| debate, but there was much talk over
the stenographer item. Douthitt said
the Chief Justice had asked for two
stenographers at $3.50 a month each.
| Correa wanted to know if they could
| not also act as assistant clerks He
! thought the work was not enough to
keep two stenographers busy. Douthitt
wanted to know if Correa wished to
put his Judgment up against that of
the Chief Justice.
kaniho objected to two stenogra-
pliers. He pointed out that the House
with thirty Judges and indulging prob
ably in more fighting than the mem
bers of the Supreme Court bench did
.
had been told that the stenographers
helped the Judges in determining
cases but even at that he thought one
enough.
After Kanho. Moanauli and Kama
had given their opinions regarding the
Supreme Court, the items proposed by
Douthitt were tabled and the item pass
ed as in the bill for one stenographer
while the House laughed.
Douthitt Talks Out.
That S right. cut and slash, slash
and cut, at things you don t know any
thing about, shouted Douthitt . If
this House is going to override all sug-
gestion of your court judges. all right.
But remember that if this House Grip
piles the efficiency of the courts, the
! blame will rest on YOU.
Douthitt was angry when he present
ed the next recommendation of the
Chief Justice, which was to increase
the item for clerks, bailiffs. librarian
and messengers from $4,000 to $4,000.
The members were eowed for mo-
ment, but Kaniho could not be sup
pressed long and he was up to move
that Douthitt s new amendment De