The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-20
Legislators Salaries.

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The above special despatch to The
Advertiser will bring sorrow to those
who had expected to serve their coun-
try in the legislature for 1888 a day.
The increased salary for legislators re.
ferred to in the despatch is the recon.
mendation of the house committee that
the members pay be made eight hun
bred, instead of six hundred dollars, as
passed by the senate. The house com
mittee had also recommended that
the salary Of the Governor be made
$4,000 year, while the bill, as it came
from the senate, put the salary of that
official at $1,000. AS it is, however,
there has been a substantial raise.
The right to appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States from deci-
sions of the supreme court of the Ter
ritory upon bills of exception has been
denied. The amendment recommended
by the house committee, which was de-
feated, is:
"Sec. T. That section eighty-six of
said Act is hereby amended by the addi-
tion of the following words:
Crowded further, That decisions of
the supreme court of the Territory of
Hawaii upon bills of exception from
inferior courts, which are in their ma
ture final and conclusive of the con-
troversy, shall be deemed and construed
to be final judgments of said supreme
court for purposes of review by the
Supreme Court of the United States on
writs of error
Punchbowl Lands.
The clause in the amendments which
has direct bearing on the matter of
the purchase of their Punchbowl lots by
the Portuguese who have resided on
them, holding them under lease, has
been changed somewhat in the house.
In the original draft and as passed
by the. senate, a residence of five years
gave the occupant of the land prior
right to purchase, whether he was a
citizen or not. The amendment pro-
vides that the occupant must be eiti.
zen, actual or prospective, and must
have occupied the land since 1900 The
clause, as it passed yesterday, is:
"The commissioner, with the APP
proval of the governor, may give to
any citizen of the United States or to
any person who has legally declared
his intention to become a citizen, and
who shall hereafter become such, which
said person has, or who and whose pre-
decessors in interest have, improved
any parcel of public lands and re-
sided thereon continuously since April
80, 1900, a preference right to purchase
SO much of such parcel and such ad-
joining land as may reasonably be re-
quired for a home, at fair price, to
be determined by three disinterested
citizens appointed by the governor, in
the determination of which price the
value of Improvement shall, when
deemed just and reasonable, be disre-
garded: Provided, however, That this
privilege shall not extend to any orig
inal lessee or to an assignee of an
entire lease of public lands.
Important Land Amendment.
The most important amendment pass
ed in the house deals with the general
dis osition of the public lands. 1t is:
"No sale of lands for other than
homestead purposes, except as herein
provided, and no exchange by which
the Territory shall convex lands ex-
ceeding either forty acres in area or
I'VE thousand dollars in value shall be
made. No lease of agricultural lands
exceeding forty acres in area, or of
pastoral OF waste lands exceeding two
hundred acres in area, shall be made
without the approval Of two-thirds of
the board of public lands which is
hereby constituted, the members of
which are to be appointed by the gov
ernor as provided in section eight of
this Act, and until the legislature shall
otherwise provide said board shall con.
sist of six members and its members
be appointed for terms Of four years:
Provided, however, That the commits
sioner may with the approval Of said
board, sell for residence purposes lots
and tracts, not exceeding three acres
in area, and that sales OF government
lands may be made upon the approval
Of said board whenever necessary b
locate thereon railroad rights OF way
railroad tracks, side tracks, delsoI
grounds, pipe lines, irrigation dltehes
pumping stations, reservoirs, faetorlei
and mills and appuTienanea5 thereto
including houses Tor employees, mer
eanii We Embellishments, hotels, churches
and private schools ana an such saiei
shall boz Halted % ihe amount aetuall,
necessary fQf ihe economical e0nduei
Of such business or undertaking. Pro
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