The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-19

ihs tiaH YESTERDAY rhs hfsi wralhi
hu,iress wss ne ristetiaHsn ~ trse,
'uiipn BY hse, the sres1spa that Az
fesoiulionf CO.. ibo appropriation "
money fot internal lmpin, tmcuu from
ruuent receipts 49, referred without u6.
tiou and debate io The committee hav.
ing in charge the current appropriation
I bills
kaleiopu failed 10 see thc point and
! Thought information on the various
| poinis would be- lacking
Rice explained that hts resolution was
/ 20 Keep down the bulk ~ resolutions
and committee reports and save one
third IT The journal space Many things
are brought in ON resolution, referred
| 10 committee aud reported ON wholly
unnecessarily, the committee on the ap.
preparation bills not reading most Of
the reports az all
sheldon wanted 10 know II the House
would got any report AT all. or would
the resolutions bc muzz'cd directly and
quietly in committee.
Rice contended that valuable time
would be saved aud the session expense
lessened but was willing 10 withdraw
the resolution IL the House wanted to
do the same ms last year.
sheldon said all he wanted was some.
thing whereby the House would know
what was going on.
Rice withdrew the resolution, promls.
ing to present a substitute later on. pro
viding for all resolutions concerning
public improvements being submitted to
committee of the whole.
Kinney presented n request that tho
Revised Laws Of 1907 bc furnished the
members, also a resolution calling for
Sll 800 for Il courthouse. Jail and jail
cr's house at Paalaa, Oahu.
Kalciopu gave motive of two bills, one
TO provide for the opening of roads, the
other being an amendment to the NUM-
cipal Act.
Alfonso presented a resolution calling
for new school buildings and additions
for Hawaii. the appropriation asked for
being $92 900
sheldon said this was one of tho
resolutions to be referred to committee
> of the whole Long moved the adop'
ton of the resolution, which led the
, Speaker to announce that such an
: adoption would carry the appropriation
: without further action. 1t was then
suggested that it lay on the table until
the appropriation bills came in Cor
rcn wanted it referred to the Education
Committee with instructions for that
committee to report to committee of the
, whole.
The Speaker took advantage of this
parliamentary maze to give few SIM
Pile instructions in procedure and parlia
mentary usages.
A suggestion that the Education Com
/ hot 10 wa n NJ
aroused Kaleopu. who objected to be-
/. ing left in the dark The matter finally
went to the Education Committee.
Another resolution from Alfonso, call
ing for 1886, went the same way. Then
still another school requirement bill
came from Alfonso. this time $40, l25
being wanted. Education seems to
come high on Hawaii. A fourth Atom
so resolution called for $4,000 for a
Hilo courthouse. 10000 for a Honolsaa
: courthouse. while the fifth was modest
. $4,000 resolution for repairs to the Hllo
: asmorv. Altogether Alfonso asked for
I 5000. $40 in twelve minutes.
Cohen presented n resolution asking
? that the secretary begin printing bills
e as soon as they become law. This led
= TO a long harangue from Kaniho on
> the necessity of having the laws trans
!, lated into Hawaiian.
$ information Wanted.
|. A number of resolutions calling for
= information were presented. One call
ed upon the heads of all departments
+ to send in full payrolls for use of
+ members in preparing the salary bill.
r Another resolution called upon Public
n Expenditure and Accounts Committee to
r make an investigation into the systems
e of accounting in different departments
= The Superintendent of Public lnstruc
e ton was called upon to report on ques
n tons submitted, these being: "Are al
r the books used in the Public Schools
5. kept by the Department of Public In
struction?'' and as the Department
;. selling them at costH''
y School for Kewalo.
n Castro presented resolution asking
K for $4,000 for the erection Of rein
2 forced concrete school building in Ke
n walo.
ii Administration Bills.
Two administration bills were pre-
= sented One appropriates 1920 to pa!
e for buildings condemned on the lane
- needed for the Kewalo leprosarium, tn
n n other defining the judicial circuits o.
u the Territory In regard to the frs
measure, the message from the Gov
ernOr said:
-, "Although technically the propert.
4 did not belong to the persons To b
=, compensated, because it was on gov
y eminent land, yet this case differs fror
20 others in. that the claimants were re
a. auired by the government to reside a
n the settlement and upon land beiongn
;s TO the Territory. 1t seems only Jus
e that they should be- compensated. IN
n, amounts recommended are the appraist
"a ments made at the time and agreed t
Ia by the claimants.
IN New Judicial Boundaries
ne The bin establishing new boundarle
for the Judicial District, provides tha'
"'The first judicial circuit include
III the Island of Oahu and that porto
=, of the Island of Molokai known as Isl
~ laupapa. Kalawao and Waikolu, con
10 monty known or designated as the LeP'
a Settlement and all other islands beioni
ba ing to the Territory of Hawaii not her