Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-01
HOUSE DID much
PROGRESSIVE
WORK

have their drones and ultra-conserya-
! tive members TO check or balance the
/ radical progressives the few men OF
| this character in the lawmaking body
| that finished its labors yesterday were
! in the extreme minority This is at
| tested by brief review of the more
important measures which have be-
come law.
Much OF the legislation and much
| of the discussion has been over SUB
| j.ets of more or less routine nature.
Governor Frear expresses surprise at
the large number of progressive ideas
the recent session saw fit to approve.
| In this work the house was not be-
hind the senate in originating pro-
gressive suggestions, as attes,ed by
! Inc summary below.
| On a few occasions the conserva-
! tiyes have triumphed, but in general
they were beaten. Among the progress
sive bills to die were reapportion-
ment, the Red Light" bill, blue sky
bill, and Speaker Honstein's excel
lent automobile measure which per-
ished in the senate.
The following summary shows few
of the more important progressive
laws with which the house of repre-
sentatives may be credited as the
originator:
II. B. .28-Act 13-Pension for Judge
Jacob Hardy.
H. B. 54-Act 90-Deficiency APP
preparation bill.
IL. b. 76--Act S5-Prescribing ten
ure of Hawaii county supervisors.
HI. B. se--Act 29-Prohihiting out
side employment of city and county
prisoners.
H. B. 96--Act 31-To protect ma
terialmen and others furnishing ma
terial and labor for the construction
of public works.
H. B. 119-Act 57-Transferring
water license revenues to the board
of agriculture for forest protection
and photographic surveying.
H. B. 12I-Act 56-For the creation
and maintenance of a division of
photography under the board of agri-
culture.
II. B. 144-Act 30-Regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors.,
II. B. 156-Act 67-To prohibit cor
poration contributions to campaign
funds.
H. B. 157-Act S1-To provide $751;
900 for the entertainment of official
visitors.
H. B. 1S4-Act Embarrassing
powers of Honolulu supervisors.
H. B. 191-Act 59-Relating to the
publication of notice of sale, drawing
or allotment of public. lands.
H. B. 209-Act 62-Relating to sani-
tary condition of land.
H. B., 211-Act Regulations Of
The territorial board of health.
H. B. 212-Act 83-Relating to de-
sertion and non-support of wife or
children.
H. B. 217-Act 69-Providing May
elections for Maui supervisors
H. B. 234-Act 91-Appropriating
$4,000 for a road through homestead
lots at Waiomao, Palolo Valley, Ho-
nolulu
H. B. 250-Act 117-To enable any
county or city and county to issue
bonds.
H. B. 26O-Act 119-Providing
civil service system for the territorial
hoard of health.
H. B. 263-Act 177-Inereasing the
license fyee for pool or billiard halls
and bowling alleys.
H. B. 264-Making it a felony for
anyone driving an automobile to fail
to stop and aid any person injured by
said car.
H. B. 270-Act 97-Relating to the
exercise of eminent domain by the
counties and the city and county.
H. B. 278-Act S9-Creating public
utilities commission.
H. B. 280-Act 107-Transferring
control of streets and highways from
the superintendent of public works to
the board of supervisors of the coun-
ties.
H. B. 3O5-Act 11S-Providing May
elections for county officers on
Kauai, Maui and Hawaii
III. B. 22S and H. B. 229-Acts lat
and Establishing the office of
market superintendent and transfer
ring his duties to the federal expert
ment station, appropriating 100000
AOl ITO luc nCn
head
H. B. 103-Act 166-Loan bill.
H. B. 91-Act 14S-Fixing the school
budget.
H. B. 265-Act 154-Providing for
Hawaiian fair at Honolulu
H. B. 237-Act 59-Prohibiting the
sale of firearms to minors under 16
years of age.
H. B. 257-Act 15S-Making it
misdemeanor to defraud drivers of
vehicles in the public hire or rent
service.
H. B. 2S4-Act 160-To establish
the Kauai High School
H. B. 314-Act 163-Transferring
the control of Kapiolani Park from
the park commission to the Honolulu
supervisors.
H. B. 142-Act 164-Reducing the
special income tax from to 1 per
cent, giving half the revenue to immi-
grafton and half to conservation.