Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-24
MORE MONEY IS
SENATE'S DEMAND
Continued from Pare IL

Territory may have in said land by
reason of the failure of the said John
Meek to obtain land commission
award therefor, in pursuance of the
provisions of Revised Laws, Sections
254 and 27G.
while the committee feels that the
Senate should not presume to advise
OF attempt to influence the Governor
in this matter, which is matter
wholly within his discretion whether
he issues such a qut-claim deed or
not. still after careful investigation
of the facts, it is felt that all of the
equities in this case lie with Henry
Smith, trustee, and the DoWsett Com
pany Limited"
The report of the committee was
adopted, carrying with it the subst-
tute resolution offered
The Ways ana Means Committee re-
ported on Senate Resolution No II,
the report stating in part as follows:
'Fhe intent of the resolution is to
obtain the sum of twenty thousand
dollars for the purpose of purchasing
from the Kapiolani Estate, Limited,
surrender of the existing lease which
expires August Is, 1912, in order to
facilitate and expedite the project of
the Territorial government whereby it
is intended that fee simple titles may
be obtained by the sub tenants of the
kapioian Estate as provided by the
recent am, ndmcnt to the Organic Act
"A list of rentals to be collected be-
Ia. lat
which the lease expires was submit
ted, and from such statement it APP
pears that the rentals to accrue Will
be nearly 81, 900, all OF which the gov
eminent may reimburse itself should
amy delay be occasional by reason of
being unable to grant titles by reason
of surveys and laying out of streets
Ii was also made to appear that Ger
tain tenants paid their rentals by do
ing work for the owners of the lease,
otherwise known as Konohilli labor, a
relic of ancient days, There We're 9TH
er equities claimed, such as the sur
render ana placing in the immediate
possession of the government of GER
tain tracts of Unbiased and unoccu-
pied portions of the Ahupuaa of Au-
Waiolimu (the name by which the
whole of this land is known, as well
as the release and quit-cIaim of any
interest or equity in the fee of the
land las well as the surrender of the
lease"
The committee recommends that
$4,000 be inserted instead OF $4,000. /
The report was laid on the table to
be considered with the appropriation
bill
General Routine.
The House apparently misconstrued
the intent of Senate Resolution No. 49,
which it returned with the statement
that it was unable to act upon the
resolution because it was not correct
ly headed and mot certified to by the
proper officers of the Senate" The
resolution referred to the proposed
Legislature trip to the settlement,
planned early for the session, which
was sent to the House for the infor-
nation of the lower house members.
Battleship "Hawaii"?
House Concurrent Resolution No. 4, |
asking the United States government
to name a battleship for the Territory,
was received and read having been
passed by the House. Senator Judd
called attention to the fact that the
form of the resolution as passed by
the House presupposed gross ignor-
ance on the part of the Legislature to
the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Senator Judd pointed out that tho !
naming of battleships after States OF
the Union was made imperative by
law and that the resolution would be
Untitled to consideration if it referred
to 'warship" instead of "battleship"
The same view was expressed in a |
to President Knudsen !,
Of the Senate, written by Sidney NJ |
Ballou. The resolution was finally re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
House Joint Resolution No. !, provid-
ing for the appointment of Panama
Pacific Exposition Commission, pass
ed first reading.