The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22

says:
/ tsThe object of the bill is to pro-
| tect the deer in this Territory from
slaughter during the breeding season,
which, we are informed, extends from
the first day of November to the first
day of April.
/ ssTn nearly all of the States can be
found stringent laws protecting deer
and other game during the breeding
season, and though deer in this Ter
ritorv are confined to only one small
island, and are to be found mostly on
private lands, yet it might be well to
give them some protection. -
The bill specifies that the possession
of deer or any portion thereof be-
tween said dates shall be prima faeie
evidence of unlawful killing. Anyone
violating the provisions of this section
shall be punished by a fine of not more
than fifty dollars for each offense.
Conference Committees.
Two conference committee reports
were submitted by Chairman Knudsen
of the Judiciary Committee, but action
on both of them was postponed until
Tuesday.
| The first, House Bill No. 90. allow
| ing a Judge to pay lawyer whom he
| designates to defend an impecunious
| criminal, was reported in virtually the
| same form in which it was received
| from the House. When it came up for
consideration in the Senate, President
Smith seemed to think that it might
result in abuse and offered qualifying
amendments, which were adopted by
| the upper house. He suggested that
| the committee report be laid on the
| table, but Senator Knudsen objected,
| declaring that such action would be
| contrary to the regular procedure The
| postponement to Tuesday was finally
| agreed to on the motion of Chilling
| worth. Similar action was taken with
| the conference report on House Bill IS,
relating to the appointment of district
magistrates. The bill as agreed to by
| the members of the committee provides
| that to be eligible for appointment to
the Office of district magistrate by the
Chief Justice, person must be per-
son qualified to practise in any of the
| district courts.
Aid for Physicians.
Senator Harvey introduced a bill
adding new section to the law deal
ing with the Leper Settlement and hos
pitfalls. The provisions of the measure
| are as follows:
g A reasonable fee and compensa-
ton shall be allowed and paid by the
Board of Health, out of any money or
moneys on hand appropriated for that
purpose, to each and every the physi-
clans engaged in the examination of a
leper suspect under the provisions of
the preceding section, whether such
physician be chosen by the board, the
person taken into custody or his rep
| resentative, or by the two physicians
| heretofore selected. In no case shall
such fee or compensation be less than
| the sum of 1880. dollars for each
| ton. -
The second reading of Senate Bill
No. 80, the measure introduced by SEN
ator Fairchild, and providing for the
regulation of public expenditures. pro-
duced discussion. The Senator from
| Kauai explained that there was need
| of some law that would prevent gov
| eminent officials from exceeding an ap-
| preparation for specific object. and
making up the deficiency by taking
| money from some other appropriation
| He declared that it was the plan of
| the ways and Means Committee to in
| troduce another bill to provide for a
contingent fund, the money to be open
| to the demand of the Governor to cover
any deficiency in appropriation. Fair
child referred to the course of affairs
on Kauai, in explaining the provisions
of the bill for the benefit of Senator
| Chillingworth, and the Senator from
| Oahu remarked. eve are here to leg
| islate for the whole Territory, not only
| Kauai
| Coelho launched forth into a state
ment that the Board of Public Works
| has taken thousands of dollars and ex-
| pended the money on the construction
| of the Nunanu dam, when the Legisla-
| ture appropriated the money for pur-
! pose in connection with the city g
water supply apart from the dam con
| struction.
| The report of the Ways and Means
Committee, recommending the passage
of the bill, was finally adopted and
! it passed second reading.
| Coelho in Tang1e.
Coelho had batch of amendments
to his ''wide open'' medical treatment
bill. There was So much 'Estriking
| out that it was thought that a re-
cess would have to be taken for the
! benefit of Clerk Savidge, in which he
could arrange the kinks in the Coelho
measures, but when Coelho had moved
to strike out about everything but the
margin, the Senate was surprised to
find that Savidge was right with the
laxative statesman from Maui. Fur
| Their consideration of the bill was post
| pOned to Tuesday.
Senate Bill No. 23, the amended vac
cination bill, passed third reading with
| a unanimous vote. AS it was first
| drafted, it was intended to repeal the
compulsory provisions of the vaccina-
ton law, but these features were
| knocked out Of it in committee. The
Senate joint resolution establishing
longer office hours for government de,
partments was taken up on second
reading and Senator Fairchild moved
for its adoption. In response to a
question by Chillingworth. Senator
! talrchild declared that there was nc
reason why the government offices