Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
MANY MEASURES
INTRODUCED FOR
SETTLERS RELIEF
Better Roads, Loans from Ter
ritory and Warehouse in Ha-
llaIei Provided in Bills

AS Though the day had been set
apart for the relief and assistance OF
homesteaders, the house OF represen-
tatives today passed first reading OF
several bills designed to serve home
steaders on Maui and Kauai. Like
the opening day, the session was
marked by the decided smoothness
with which business was transacted.
H0mesteaders in the vicinity of Ha.
nalei will get $1,000 warehouse, to
be used by regular" citizens as well,
IL bill introduced today passes. Rep
resentative Goodness introduced bills
calling for appropriations of $4,000
and $4,000 for roads on Maui. Rep
resentative Lota presented measure
to appropriate funds derived from the
sale OF homesteads on Kauai for per.
lnanent roads serving those claims.
Representative Crockett further Of
fered assistance to settlers on claims
by the Introduction Of q measure to
exempt homesteads from executions
and other procedure for collection Of
debts. Nawahine presented a bill for
s15,0D0 appropriation for roads on.
Maui Lyman offered g measure To-
bdild 5000 worth OF roads serving the
OF Hilo county, Hawaii
ProhaillE the most ipppEtant Of all
the smeaanros. however. is The bill in
trodnced by Rspresentatiye Hale. This
measure Is designed to provide loans
to be made by the territory to home
steaders Hale also introduced a.
measure to exempt homesteaders from
taxation on improvements. ALI Of these
measures passed first reading.
At this mornings session Represen-
tative Coney introduced resolution
to appropriate $4,000 for new school
building at Lihue, Kauai 1t was re-.
ferred to the finance committee. Kau.
pike presented petition calling atten-
tion to conditions at the Honuapo
warehouse He said that people sery.
ed by the, warehouse objected to the,
discharge Of F.. C. Eaton as earetaker
by superintendent of Public Works
Forbes and Eaton's reinstatement was
urged.
Kaupiko,s bill to provide more lib
eral payments to juries and jurymen
passed first reading. This bill pro-
vides SO a day for attendance in
court and pay while travelling 10 ana
from court. Representative da Silva
presented bills dealing with the iicens-
ing OF persons to sell and slaughter
pork and beef. He also offered a mea-
sure providing that no license to do
q banking business be granted cor
porations in Honolulu with less capi-l
tai stock than 100000 and with less
than 100000 at other districts. These
passed first reading.
Representatives Vierra and w. H.
Crawford started something when
each introduced resolutions to appro-
pirate funds for Jail and court house
buildings at Waianae and Kaneohe.
AS quick as Clerk Woodward had fin.
ished reading the resolutions, Wat
kins took the floor and registered q
protest against the introduction of
such measures He said that the ter
ritory had no power to appropriate
money for county buildings and init
mated that the bills were introduced
that their introducers might make po-
liticaI capital by their presentation.
vierra objected and Watkins replied
that s.IIe merely wanted to warn the
Of the ultimate funeral of
their bills"