The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-02-28
REPORTS KEEP
SENATE BUSY
COMMITTEE HRARuos ARR BRAD
IN UPPER CHAMBER
LrTTLB ROUTINE.


Kapiolani Estate, tho ways and means
committee Of the senate yesterday re-
turned senate resolution number ~
which had been introduced by Senator
Chillingworth to make that provision.
The committee states in its report
on the resolution that the Territory
win be able 60 remunerate itself for
the purchase Of the leasehold rights,
through rentals and the cut in the APP
preparation which the committee made
was done with the idea Of keeping the
sum down 90 one that the Territory
could spend without great loss. The
appropriation now stands $4,000, the
report of the committee and the resolu-
tion being tabled to be considered with
the appropriation bill.
There is still a similar resolution in
the house naming the original $4,000
named in the party platform. The re-
port of the senate committe, in part,
is as follows;
"A list of rentals to be collected
between the present time and that upon
which the lease expires was submitted,
]. and from such statement it appears that
the rentals to accrue will be nearly
$4,000, all of which the government
may reimburse itself should any delay
be oecasioned by reason of being un-
able to grant titles by reason of sur
veys and laying out Of streets. 1t was
also made to appear that certain ten
ants paid their rentals by doing work
! for the owners of the lease, otherwise
known as konohiki labor, q relic Of an
cient days. There were other equities
claimed, such as the surrender and
placing in the immediate possession of
the government of certain tracts of
Unbiased and unoccupied portions, as
we'll as the release and quitclaim of any
interest or equity in the fee of the land
as well as the surrender of the land. -
Meek Claims Kokuaed.
The Judiciary committee also ended
one of its first important hearings and
reported on the Meek claims resolution
which has been pending since the ses-
sion began. This resolution has been
taking up the time of the judiciary
committee in the same way as the Ka-
| piolani matter has taken up that of
the ways and means and both com.
mittees are now ready to take up the
next cases ON their slate.
Chairman Judd of the judiciary COM
mittee returned, together with the re-
| port of the committee Is hearing, sub
stitute resolution which was adopted
in the place of the original as being
more in conformity with the commit.
tee Is findings and conclusions.
The claims of the Meek estate to
certain property to which they had no
other title than grant made by the
! third Kamehameha in 1880 were held
to be valid, the conclusion being based,
among other things, on the fact that
the county and Territory had been tax
ing the Meek estate for it since it was
first taken over by John Meek from
the throne; that the Territory had TAX
en- sidewalk lien; and that the SUI
preme court records showed that the
land commission had stated to Meek
when he came to record it that it could
give him no better title than he al
ready had.
The committee, however, declined to
recommend action to secure the Terri
tory's quitelaim deed to the premises
in favor of the Meek estate on the
grounds that it should not interfere
with the Governor 3 direct perogative.
Routine Matters
Only one bill was introduced into the
senate yesterday, Senator Cecil Brown
being sponsor for it. 1t is measure
extending the powers of banks existing
under charter from the Territory and
practically putting them on the same
status as trust companies. 1t promises
to cause an interesting debate.
The first general bill to be passed
on third reading was Senate bill num-
Der rs, which had been introduced by
Senator Judd to have the decision Of
the United States district court printed
at the expense Of the Territory.
Two thousands dollars is appropriated
in the bill for the purpose, with the
provision that the judges of the court
shall assign the right to publish and
sell the decisions and prepare them
and the syllabi, ETC., free of charge.
The secretary Of the Territory is au-
thorized to make necessary contracts.
Not less than FIVE hundred copies arc
to be printed.
Resolutions Coming Over.
House resolutions commenced to be
sent over during yesterday 3 session
and caused considerable debate, land
ing usually in the hands of the com
mittees.
One senate resolution which had been
adopted and sent to the house came
Se-SN WIN ShhuAbCultub VI the speaker
to the effect that it was not properly
certified to and that it could not be
considered in any form except as a
concurrent resolution.
The senate took the rebuke meekly
until it afterwards discovered that the
resolution had not been sent to the
house at all but to the chairman Of
the health committee of the house for
personal consideration only. It was the
resolution which provides for a speedier
excursion to the Molokai settlement.
The house resolution requesting con
gress to name battleship after Hawaii
was transmitted to the senate who had
thus a chance to get square with the
lower chamber through the fact that
the law states that no battleship can
be named after anything except State
as long as there is State to be named
after There are still four States left.
The resolution viii probably be passed
with the amendment Of the word 70
warship." ChiIlingw0rtb looked aslew
on this suggested course as permitting
the naval government to name a sub.
marine after the Paradise Of tina Paef6c