The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-21
RUSH WORK BY
REPRESENTATIVES
SHORT SESSIONS OF HOUSE HELD,
BUT MANY BILLS ARE
CONSIDERED.
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only twenty-five minutes, the house
with morning session lasting less
than an hour and the afternoon one
yesterday got through a lot OF work.
A bill by Rep. G.. r. Cooke, would
provide "a close session from January
/, to June /, of each year, for 'the
fish known as bass or other imported
fresh water fish, - Upon return from
the printing committee the bill will be
referred to the committee on agricul.
ture, forestry, promotion, immigration,
conservation, irrigation and fisheries,
of which the introducer is chairman.
Another bill, providing for a stop.
page of the practice, now claimed to
be in vogue, whereby government obi
cials and servants, both of the Terri
tory and its political subdivisions, use
automobiles and other vehicles of To-
comotion belonging to the Territory
and its subdivisions for their own
pleasure, was introduced by Silva.
Kupihea introduced resolution ask
ing for an appropriation of 900 for
the construction of dam, or reser.
voir, at Pahoa, upper Waianae. Kupi'
hea is not particular where the money
is to come from, so long as he gets it
for his constituents. The resolution
was referred to the finance committee.
New Duck Raising Bill.
Kalakiea IS duck raising bill passed
second reading and was placed on the
order of the day for third reading to-
day. This IS the bill which replaces
his measure vetoed by the Governor
last Saturday and which, it is said,
now meets with the approval of the
executive.
Another bill on third reading today
| is tine education committee measure,
which provides for the teaching of the
| Hawaiian language in the public
schools and which is substitute for
measures introduced by Coney and
| Poepoe and heretofore tabled. The
new bill provides that where certain
number of parents require it and the
! school has a teacher who is qualified
to teach the Hawaiian language such
shall be taught the scholars wishing it
! at least two hours each week, provid,
/ ing all this does not entail additional
! expense on the board of education.
The senate returned, as having
passed third reading there, three house
! bills with amendments, which the
1 house hurried to concur in. The sen
ate also sent down three senate bills,
which had Just passed third reading
there and notified the house it had
concurred in amendments made to sen.
ate bill So.
A long-winded and verbose petition
with innumerable copies of letters ex-
changed in correspondence was re-
. . frnn, n Rittiun ra1pfinfr tp
a much needed road in Palolo valley
to give access to the Waiomao home
steads, 1t went to the public lands
committee.
For New Park.
Aside from the printing committee,
which turned in eleven bills fresh
from tke printer, the public lands com
mittee was the only one presenting re-
ports 1t recommended the passage of
the McCandless bill, which would ere
ate a public park, corner of King and
| Gulick streets, to be known as Likilike
Park. The bill will come up today
on third reading and Chairman Wat
I kins, of the finance committee expects
to be heard on the matter, Watkins
is no friend of parks when these will
add to the already heavy woes of the
/ taxpayer.
The same committee recommended
/ the extension of Hayden street,
through the Irwin property at Waikiki,
asked for through petitions. The re-
| port concludes.
"Your committee hands you here
with blue print showing the exten'
tion asked for; and would recommend
that the petitioners forward petition
to the superintendent of public works
to take such steps as provided by law
to extend said Hayden street through
( the Irwin property"
Altogether there will be seven house
bills and one senate measure on the
calender for third reading this morn
ing.