Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
DAY IN House
MANY MEASURES
INTRODUCED FOR
SETTLERS relief
Better Roads, Loans from Ter.
ritory and Warehouse in Ha-
1aIei Provided in Bills

AS though the day had been set
apart for the relief and assistance OF
homesteaders, the house Of represen.
tatiyes today pissed 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.
Homesteaders In the vicinity of Ha.
naIei win get q $4,000 warehouse, to
be used by regular" citizens as well,
II bill introduced today passes. Rep
resentatiye 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-
manent 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 bill for
$4,000 appropriation for roads on
Maui. Lyman offered q measure TO
huiid $4,000 worth OF roads serving the
homesteads Of Eilo county. Hawaii.
Probably the most important of all
the measures. however Il the Dill n.
troduced by Representative Hale. This
measure Is designed to provide loans
to be made by the territory to home.
steaders. Hale also introduced q
measure to exempt homesteaders from
taxation on improvements. All OF these
measures passed first reading.
At this mornings session Represen.
tative Coney introduced q resolution
to appropriate $4,000 for new school
building at Lihue, Kauai 1t was re-
ferred to the finance committee. kau-
piko presented petition calling atten.
ton 10 conditions at the Honuapo
warehouse. He said that people serv.
ed by the warehouse objected to the
discharge Of f. C. Eaton as caretaker
BY Superintendent Of Public Works
Forbes and Eaton's reinstatement was
urged.
KauDikoss bin to provide more lib
eral payments to juries and jurymer
passed first reading This bill pro
vides So day for attendance In
court and pay while travelling to and
from court Representatives. eda Silva
presented bills dealing with the licens.3
ing Of persons to sell and slaughter
pork and beef. He also offered mea.
sure providing that no license to do
q banking business be granted cor
porations in Honolulu with o less capi-
tai stock than 100000 and with less
than 100000 at other districts. These
passed first reading.
Representative vierra and w H.
Crawford started something when
each introduced resolutions to appro.
pirate funds for Jail and court house
buildings ct Waianae and Kaneohe.
AS quick as Clerk Woodward had nm.
shed 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 intrpducers might make po-
Iitical capital by their presentation.
vierra objected and Watkins replied
that aHe merely wanted to warn the
of the ultimate funeral OF
their bills
Afternoon In House.
At the afternoon session OF the
house Of representatives. which lasted
less than 90 minutes, numerous bills
and resolutions were offered. among
which was resolution introduced BY
A Garcia to appropriate 500. 900 from
the loan fund to construct road
from 0linda to Haleakala crater.
Another was a resolution by E. j.
Crawford to appropriate $4,000 for the
construction Of a seawaIl from Hauula
to Kaawa in the Koolauloa district.
Garcia also presented 9 resolution tol
appropriate for an office and store-l
room building at Wailuku, Maui. These
were referred to the finance commit
tee A bill to prevent trespassing on
property also was introduced.
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