Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-17
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

Senate Bill 1I3. providing for ter
ritOrial accounting. was today deferred
in the house until Tuesday.
Cookies bill TO establish a territorial
highway commission passed the house
, today and has been sent to the senate
l. Chairman Rawlins OF the house Of
, Representatives committee Of Judiciary
said today that the committee proba
bly, would report on the senate's work
mems compensation act on Monday.
AS predicted by the Star-Bulletin
Watkins II. B. 2S7. to increase the
reclamat ton fund by 100000. was ia
bled in the house today on recommen
dation OF the finance committee, OF
which the introducer is chairman
The Hawaiian Engineering AssOCia,
ton indorseS Cookies bill to prohibit
the city Of Honolulu from paying more
than so per cent of the cost Of per
manent street improvement, according
to a resolution fled in the house today.
Cookies House Bill No. 306. prohib.
ting the city and county of Honolulu
from paying for more than 80 per cent
Of any street improvement for perma.
nent roads, passed the lower house
today and has been sc mt to the senate
The public lands committee has rec.
commended that Senator Castles bill
to set aside the Queen Emma home
for the Daughters of Hawaii to estab-
lish museum therein, he adopted and
the bill has passed second reading
in the house
A special hearing has been called
by Chairman lsenberg of the house
agriculture committee for Monday
morning at $50 O'Clock in the repre-
chamber on the artesian
wells regulation bill.
The health committee OF the hOusa
has reported In favor Of SuperinteRd-
ent ]. d. McVeigh and DR.. w. J. Good
hue Of the MolokAi Tcttlement toda.,
acting upon, re'it'cn for removal
signed by a few alleged disgruntle3
naiinnts at the settlement.
Having been tabled on the military
recommendation the com.
pulsory military education It'll, H. b. !
14S, Is believed to stand little chance
Of resurrection. 1t was tabled on sec,
Ond reading in the senate after it had
passed the lower branch and under
the rules may still be revived any time
up to the next to the last day of the
session with a chance under the rules,
for passage. It was chloroformed with
such ease yesterday, however, that its
Borrowing friends express little hope.
Il copy Of the protest against Rep
resentatiye David. M. Kupihea made
by the central committee on Chill !
lren's welfare to the lower house, |
was received by the senate yesterday.
The soloris. did not understand why
he subject should Re brought before
hem. as they can have no hand in
)uStfng or retaining Kupihea as a |
of the legislative body. that
,ower resting solely with the house
II representatives. The eommunica-
ion was referred by the president to |
he military committee "for action"
Which means It win be tabled
If the governor signs H. B. 153. all |
he political candidates who partici.
'ated in the last general election will
,e entitled to collect $40 rebate"
rom the territory. Despite the fact /
hat Senators Metzger and Robinson
aised objection on the ground it was
retroactive measure, and that the
were enacting a bill in |,
shich they were Individually inter.
sted financially, the senate reconsid. |
red its previous action and passed /
be bill yesterday. Il Is based on, the /
rgument that the $25 nomination fee
elected prior to the general election
las illegal, $40 of ,iris amount having I
cen paid by the candidates before
he primaries were held. The bill re-
all candidates the $40 fee
aeh having hack a total of S1225