Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-15
First "Promotion" Measure
Gets to House Today; Much
Work Before Legislators

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A little bit OF promotion work was
injected into the business OF today
session OF the house OF representa-
tiyes when Representative Andrews
introduced a bill apprOpriating 5000
Tor the preservation OF the dloramaS
Of Hawaiian views which were pre-
Jared tor exhibition during the Mid
Pacific Carnival in the Pan-PacifiC
building.
The bill provides that eX-GOv. Wal
ter F. Frear, J. P. Cooke, Alexander
Hume Ford, Walter F. Dillingham;, J.
r. c. Hagens, Z. A. Mott-SmIth AM
w. X. Castle be constituted as board
of trustees to expend the fund.
A new moving picture measure
made its appearance today, sponsored
by Representative Fernandez This
provides that educational or Biblical
pictures may be shown in Honolulu on
Sundays after $50 in the evening,
laws in conflict with these provisions
being repealed.
immigration Board Reports
The long. expected report from the
immigration board, in response to a
house resolution inquiring why GER
tain "Hawaiians, Filipinos and Span
iards' were fed as indigents and why
the National Guard armory was turned
into a boarding house." was received
late this morning.
From = January 10 to March Is, says
the letter, S30.37 was spent for feed
ing the foIlOWingt
Hawaiians, 1876 meals; Portuguese
259 meals; Filipinos, $3.50 meals &,
Porto Ricans, Is meals; others, y
meals; extra meals, 12Q.
At the receiving station, the report
continues, the following National
Guard members were fed:
Portuguese, meals; Filipinos, 49,
meals; Portuguese, Is meals; others,
8 meals.
The letter adds that these men were
fed upon instructions from the COVER.
nor. IT,
Marketing Branch for HiIo
Representative Leal introduced a
resolution providing that $4,000 be in
serted in the appropriation bill for the
establishment of a branch of the ter
ritorial marketing division in the dis
trict of South Hilo, Hawaii. This
accommodation recently was made to
the house by the Hilo board of trade.
The resolution providing that con-
tractors using government wharves
especially relating to stevedoring
firms, give the preference to citizens
in the employment of labor, has been
deferred until tomorrow morning, as
minor amendments have been pro-
posed g. -#s ..
Upon a vote of Is TO 10, the Bar
Der Shop Bill as amended by the jG-
dietary committee, was killed early in
the session today House Bill 205,
making it a. nnisdemeanor to be pres
ent at gambling game behind closed
doors, and repeating the present law
covering, sthis offense, passed third
reading. tFheS bill relating to the duties
of the Inspector general OF schools and
the dismissal of teachers was tabled
upon Recommendation by the educa.
ton committee.
Senate Bill 26i providing for me-
chanical and agricultural fairs for the
territory, passed second reading in the
house as amended by the committee
en- agriculture The amendment pro-
yides that the governor shall appoint
a "fair commission of Hawaii" to con-
sist of two members from Honolulu,
one from Maui, one from Kauai and
one from Hawaii, to serve without
pay. :
Milk Regulation Tabled
The house bill providing that the
regulation of licenses to sell milk be
taken from the city and county and
placed with the board of health was
tabled on recommendation of the fl
nance committee. The committee
recommended the passage of the bill
providing an emergency appropriation
of $4,000 for various territorial de-
partments for the remainder of the
present biennial period.
With few minor amendments and
deletions held not to be applicable to
local conditions, the Judiciary com,
mittee reported fayorably on the bill
containing the new insurance code for
the territory, compiled at the instance
of Territorial Treasurer c. J. Mccarthy
and the bill passed second reading. A
bill providing an appropriation of
$500 for acquiring land for a. GENE
terry at South Hilo passed second read
ing. House Petition 10, urging free den
tistry for the school children of Hama
was reported upon favorably by the
education committee and will be re-
ferred to the board Of health. The
bill providing for the acquisition of
land for the grounds of the Hilo hos
pital passed second reading.
Fixes Hunting License Fees
Radical provisions relating to the
issuance of permits to persons to hunt
with firearms are made in bill spon-