Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-04
Now Up to Police Committee
and County Attorney to
Draft Changes


After a public hearing last night
the Board Of Supervisors deferred
action on the ordinance to regulate
dance houses. 1t was referred back
10 the police committee and the al.
torney's department, for the purpose
of having inserted certain provisions
advised by Miss BlascoeT, the visiting
social investigator.
At Mayor Ferns suggestion, when
opening routine was over, the rules
were suspended 10 allow the ladies
and a4y others present to express
their views on the ordinance. Mrs
May r. Wilcox, OF the board of edu'
eatiCn, Miss Rose Dawson, humane
officer; Miss Wood. probation officer
Of the Juvenile court, and Miss Bias
coer were the ladies in attendance.
q. T. futile and one or two other
gentlemen also appeared.
Supervisor Murray said the ordi
nance had been redrafted by the
deputy city attorney. He would like
10 have his opinion read so that the
ladies would understand why the Or
dinance was redrafted.
Legal Opinion Read.
Deputy Attorney Milverton, jim his
opinion, pointed out that the board
could not delegate its power of super
vision to a commission, nor could IT
enact the payment of fees for reve.
nue. purposes So the commission
part was cut out and the dance hall
fee made $40 instead Of 500 as in
the original bill
Murray said the only criticism the
bill had received was for the reduc.
ton Of the license fee, but the legal
opinion showed why it had been re-
duced.
Miss Dawson called on Miss Bias
coer to speak on the bill, but pro.
ceeded herself TO make some re.
marks, She urged that the age limit
for admission of girls to dance halls
should be sixteen instead if fifteen,
and read from report an account OF
girl that had abandoned her nome
through the influences of a dance
hall In answer to Supervisor Nc,
Clellan, she said that was the only
objection she had TO offer. but added
that she would like To see q provi,
sion for the proper lighting of dance
halls.
Miss BlascOer told of some Prov
sions of the Kansas City regulations
of such places. Merely passing an
ordinance will not have any effect,
she said, unless something is pro,
Hided for supervision of dance halls.
She had. watched a Kakaako dance
hall for two hours and observed sew
eral incidents that were far from
proper. She suggested that the
Board obtain the cooperation of some
organization in the city for the pur-
pose Of supervision. There ought also
to be specific regulations to enforce.
such as forbidding admittance to any
one under the influence of. liquor,
etc.
Mr.. Milverton, in answer to Muir
ray, said that the regulations sug-
aested should be in the ordinance.
Murray then moved that further &C.
ton be deferred until such provisions
could be incorporated in the bill.
This carried and the ladies then with
drew.
Back in Police Committee.
Later in the evening, at the sug-
gestion of Mr. Milverton. the Ordi-
nance was referred TO the police com
mittee and the attorneys office.
Other Matters Taken Up.
A report Of the ways and means
committee was adopted containing a
compromise for $50 TO pay Mrs. Ma
bel H. Turrill's claim for valuable
eggs added Wy blasting by a road
gang.
The Won Hamm-Young Co., Ltd, in
formed the Board that the police pa
troll wagon for which it had the CON
tract arrived yesterday. Chairman
Murray Of the police committee i'll
vited the members to take a ride i'll
the wagon at two o'clock this after.
noon, which he hoped would be the
only excursion any of them should
ever take in that conveyance.
Mr. Milverton submitted an opinion
Oh a request from the city and county,
physician for the passage Of an Ordin-
ances granting greater powers to
health inspectors and covering pos
sible insanitary conditions. He refer
rec to the large number Of sanitary
statues, board Of health regulations
end municipal ordinances now in en-
istence, and added that cit is hardly
possible to imagine any insanltary
conditions that could not be reached
by existing ordinances. regulations
aid statutes.