Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-10


ator Fairchid thought the definitions
clear enough and did not think that
any exceptions would be attempted by
the executive department.
On the order of the day, two bills
passed on third reading, both with
unanimous votes, including House Bill
No 2S, reducing the hotel and board
ing-house license, and House Bill No.
50, dealing with the rate of merchan-
disc licenses.
Senate Bill No. AZ projected a dis
cusson on the question of county con-
troll and the circuit courts, the judi
ciary committee reporting on the bills
as follows:
This bill seeks to make the circuit
courts county courts, and provides
that all receipts of said courts shall be
paid into the treasury of the county
or city and county in which the courts
are located, as the case may be, and
that the expenses of these courts be
paid by the county or city and coun-
ty, as the case may be. The circuit
courts are in reality county courts and
are so regarded, elsewhere. In the bill
the salaries of interpreters are not
specifically provided for, but are left
to be determined by the supervisors
from time to time"
Senator Kaleiopu declared that nc
additional burdens should be placed
upon the counties unless they received
increased income.
Senator Fairchild declared that the
| Legislature of 1909 turned over suf-
| licient revenue to allow the counties
to care tor their courts, hut that
| through an oversight commensurate
responsibilities did not accompany the
| change.
Senator Judd thought that the ways
| and means committee should probe the
| financial side of the question and the
| bill was re-referred. The bill en-
bodies the whole plan to make circuit
courts county courts in name and in
! fact
The bill carrying an appropriation
of $4,000 for the copying of wills and
records of the judiciary department
was passed on second reading.
The judiciary committee recon-
mended the tabling of Senate Bill No.
| 81 relating to county attorneys. The
report was in part as follows:
This bill will make it impossible
for any county attorney to practise
or act as counsel for any party in any
civil action in any court, with heavy
penalty for violation of the law
| Your committee is of the opinion
| that theoretically the objects sought
to be attained by the bill are good,
but that as a practical measure the
bill would not work out satisfactorily.
| 1t is believed that besides preventing
| the most capable legal talent in the
counties from accepting public office,
the bill is but a stepping stone for a
request for larger compensation to be
1 paid to county attorneys. County gov
eminent is already costing sufficient as
| it is, and the tendency should be to-
ward economy in administration Your
committee desires to observe that any
attorney at law who would so violate
| his oath of office as to engage in prac-
| tise in the different courts which would
conflict with his public duty can be
reached by process of law"
Senator Robinson, introducer of the
| bill, declared that county attorneys
| should be restricted to service of the
| county only The Senate did not think
so, and adopted the committee report,
| tabling the bill,
Senate Bill No. 10 was tabled on the
adverse report of the judiciary COM
mittee, which found the following OBJ
| jections to the measure:
"This bill seeks to change the eX-
| listing statute which only authorizes
public sales of real property of mi
| nors, by authorizing private sales, and
also sales, both public and private, to
be made upon credit The bill repeats
the provision at present in our stat
utes as to the length of advertisement
or notice before sale, leaving that en-
| tirely in the discretion of the court
or Judge 1t also reduces the time in
which action may be brought to re-
cover lands so sold by guardians to
three years instead of five years after
| termination of guardianship, attaining
4 majority, returning to the Territory or
removal of legal disability. Your
4 committee is of the opinion that the
| changes sought to be attained by this
| bill are not necessary, and for this
reason alone are not desirable al
though other objections could be made
to some of the amendments"
A movement is on foot to add the