Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-03
All Islands to Reap Benefit
From Legislation Passed
in 60-Day Session

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or the bills which went to the gov
ernor from among the record number
OF 457 measures introduced in tax
house Of representatives of the ninth
legislature, there are at least 25 u
80 which stand out prominently al
clean-cnt legislation ami which are Ia
undergo the acid test Of public opin'
ION during the next two years.
How these measures have stood tn 9
test will be definitely known and de-
Etermined when the 1919 Legislature
meets The measures as signed by
the governor, or pending for his sig.
nature, have been held by both the
house and the senate to be workable
ana beneficial not only to respective
counties or districts but to the terri.
tory as whole.
Teachers Pay Raised a..s.
The school budget, perhaps, ranks
first among the house bills, as it pro.
yides, among its usual items, two new
important departures. These are aB.
preparations for widespread build.
ing of new school structures through
out the territory, and a provision
whereby the pay Of all public school
teachers will be materially raised
Agitation for more pay for teachers
was begun long before the legislature
convened and the plan met with the
approval Of Supt. Henry w. Kinney,
There was little, II any,. debate in
committee In. putting this item
through. .-..-
Representative Gerrit P. Wilder
bills for the protection. OF food fish
proved feature of the house session
as a result of his measure tadDolas
and frogs are now protected, as are
Holsters, crabs and erawfish and a
number Of species Of food fish. VII
der also successfully engineered a
measure providing for a commission
on fisheries. Representative Brown
bill relating to protection for nehu
and lao, Hawaiian fish, was signed.
Governor Retains Power &.
Quite little debate was. brought
about In both houses by the bill lTo
yfding that the supreme court instead
of the governor appoint the district
magistrates. This measure was sign
ed BY the governor after 1t had beer
agreed In conference to amend .he
bin allowing the governor to retain
his power of appointment, but with
the approval Of the senate
A measure considered by many
house members 10 be of vital iinpcr
lance was the one introduced by Req
| resentatiye Cooke providing q severe
penalty for aiding or ahetting the
commission Of q statutory offense
with, or In the presence of, female
under is years old.
As regards homestead road inea
sures, Representative Jerviss bin ap
propriatingi $1,000 for road thr0ngl
the Kalaheo homestead district, IA
uai. was signed. as was Repfese ata
tive Kula's bin providing for the con
struction of new roads and bridges
through the Omao. Kauai, homestead
lots.
A majority OF the bills relating &c
the judiciary which were signed BIZ
the governor We're introduced by Rep
resentatiye Andrews. One OF these
provides q penalty for the fraudulent
conversion OF .chattels. This was ..iIil
ed largely ct persons who appropriate
automobiles for Joy rides without
the consent Of the owner Another al
Andrews measures provides an in
creased penalty for kidnapping, intro
duced because Of the recent prsva
lence Of kidnapping cases among the
Filipinos. = s
Insurance slil Now Law
another YitalIy important measure
that has become law is the insurance
code, prepared by Treasurer j
MCCARTHY and introduced BY Repre.
sentative Petrie. In connection with
this measure, Petrie introduced bids
Tor the punishment OF persons de,
frauding life insurance companies,
and another for the punishment 81
persons burning property with the IA.
tent to injure the insurer. These two
measures have become law.
Petrie introduced another inner
tal1t measure regulating the flow Of
water from artesian wells and propid.
ingsa penalty for the malicious waste
q water the argument being that
Oahu must exert every effort from,
now o. TO conserve its supply OF arte.
sian wen water.
The house granted a franchise To n
corporation which VIII furnish cleo.
trio Tight and power in the district of
Hamakaua, Hawaii. Representative
kupihea engineered bin proyiding
an additional tax OF per cent on ajl
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