Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-15
Senate Bill 40.
Garnishment Bill.

Affonso's garnishment bill, II. ID.
1893, which Is intended to Obviate the
necessity, In cases where a garnishee
judgment has been issued against a
debtor, of instituting a new suit in
case the person garnisheed shall quit
his place of employment and obtain
employment elsewhere, met with no
opposition when II came up for final
reading.
Professional Jurors.
The enactment into law OF House
Bill 1893, by Douthitt, which was on
third reading, would probably create
a class of professional jurors who
would hang about the courts in the
hope of being able to turn penny
now and then by sitting on jury. The
bill provides that when a sufficient
number of grand or trial jurors cannot
be obtained from the regular panel, or
whenever the panel shall for any rea.
son become less than the maximum
number allowed by law, the court may
order the Sheriff to summon extra
jurymen. Three additional grand
jurors and three talesmen for trial jur-
ors may be summoned from among the
bystanders, II no objection is made by
any party interested" The bill, how.
ever, passed third reading without any
one pointing out the obvious effect of
such law.
Animal Quarantine.
House Bill 1856, Rice, which increases
the powers of the Board of Agriculture
and Forestry In regard to the examina.
ton, quarantine and, where necessary,
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Its third reading without opposition.
Bill Tabled.
House Bill FOG, Douthitt, raising the
maximum limit of Imprisonment upon
conviction of assault and battery from
six months as at present to one year,
was killed on third reading. Sheldon
vigorously defended his bill, but Cas-,
tro and Rice attacked IL and shot II
full of holes. Rice contended that II
the courts were given the power to
send man to Jail for year for as.
sault and battery, there would be dan
ger that prisoners charged with graver
offenses might be allowed to plead
guilty Of assault and battery and thus
escape the punishment they should
suffer.
An Old Judgment.
Senate Bill 102, to provide for the
payment of the judgment for $1,000
rendered January Is. 1905, by the
Judge Of the Third Circuit Court In fay
or of David X. Baker against Alatau r
Atkinson, A. NJ Brown, Lorrin An
drews and George p. Kamauoha, was
taken up on third reading.
The case referred to Is the old tres.
pass case of South Kona. The same
bill was introduced at the 1907 Legis
lature, but failed to become law. The
bill passed third reading without OPP
position and now goes to the Gov
J ernor for his signature. Long, as one
Of the attorneys in the case, was ex
cused from voting.
Land Commission.
The House without discussion passed
Senate Joint Resolution 2. providing
for the appointment of Commission
TO examine into the matter of private
holdings OF land occupied prior to the
Great Mahele.
, Senate Bill 115, supplementary tC
the Conservation and immigration Act
and providing for the expenditure from
: the general revenues of money for the
Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Elk
pertinent Station and photographic
Survey, until the one fourth of the
special fun becomes available, passet
third reading.
Senate Bill 1874, relating to accounts
OF executors and administrators, passed
third reading without debate.
, Shingle introduced bill which pro
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