Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-09
New Official Wanted TO Handle
All Juvenile and Civil
Matters

circuit Judge ana district maelstrates
TO handle juvenile work and civil
cases. Is provided for in bill intro
duced in the house today by Represen.
tatiye Lorrin Andrews.
The bill provides that the city mag
istrate shall smaintain an office and
trial room In Honolulu to be open for
business between 9 O'Clock in the
morning and o'clock In the after
noon. His duties are outlined as fol.
lows:
said magistrate shall have all pow
ers and duties which are or shall here
after be granted to a Judge OF the cir
cult court Of the first circuit, sitting
as a Juvenile court, and also all pow
ers and duties which are or, shall here
after be granted TO the district magis-
trate Of Honolulu in all cases other
than criminal cases."
Changes Proposed
1t IS further provided that the city
magistrate shall receive a salary OF
$3.50 month and shall be paid by the
city and county o. Honolulu. II is the
intention Of this measure to have this
new officer try all Juvenile
cases, thus relieving one Of the cir
cult judges of this work. and TO try all
civil police court cases, thus leaving
the district magistrate free TO devote
his entire time to handling criminal
cases.
Further amendments TO the exist.
ing laws relating to workmen's COM
pensatipa ARE. -PsoEided- l-in
troduced this morning In the house By
Representative Walsh. It seeks to
amend sections 9. IL. IS, IA, 2e and IS
OF act 2z1, s. L. 1915. In amending
section 3 the bill provides that com
pensation shall be payable during the
following periods:
ITO a widow, until death or remar-
rage, but in no case to exceed $50
weeks
ITO a widower. until death or re-
but in no case to excecd 500
weeks.
ITO or for child, until 16 years Of
age, but In the case Of q child inca
pable OF self-support and unmarried as
long as SO incapable, but In no case
to exceed 104 weeks beyond said age
of is.
ITO parent or grandparent, during
the continuation OF condition Of ac.l
tual dependency. but in no case to ex-
coed 312 weeks.
ITO o.. fora grandchild. brother or
sister, during dependency as herein
before defined but ia no case to ex-
coed 3l2 weeks.
Compensation Law Again
The proposed amendment to section
l3 Is. IN nart rs follows:
where the injury causes total dis
shility for work the employer during
such disability. but not including the
first seven days thereof, shall pay the
injured employe q weekly compensa-A
ton equal to 30 per cent OF his aver
age weekly wages, but not more than
SIS or less than So week.
In no case shall the weekly pay
ments continue after the disability
ends, nor longer than 312 weeks. ex-
cept as provided In section 8, nor shall
the amount of compensation in any
case exceed in the aggregate the sum
OF 5000.
I'm the case OF the following injuries
the disability caused thereby shall be-
deemed total and permanent:
The total and permanent loss Of
sight In both eyes, loss Of both feet At.
or above the ankle, loss Of both hands.
at or above the wrists, loss of one
hand and one foot. injury to the spine
resulting In permanent and complete
paralysis Of both legs or both arms
or OF one leg or of one arm, an injury
to the skull resulting In incurable i'm
becility or insanity
In response TO q resolution the COM
mittee on education today reported on
the condition OF the Lahainaluna
school, Maui. In the. opinion Of the
committee. which has visited the
school, more attention should be paid
TO the study of the English language
and composition II Is pointed out that
tests Of eighth grade pupils did not
convince the committee that they had
sufficiently mastered the rudiments
of composition and grammar to be
confronted with the more technical
studies that necessarily follow gradu-.
alton from grammar school.
LahaipaIuna Probed
The committee recommends that the
course Of study at 1.ahainaluna be.
either modified to some degree or
made to conform more generally with
the course now In vogue in the public
schools Of the territory. The report
says that the Hawaiian boys do. not
take kindly to agriculture work and
it Is recommended that more time and
attention be given to the teaching of
trades.
In conclusion the report, referring
to the resignation OF c. A. Mcdonald,
says his leaving the school undoubted-
ly was caused by misunderstanding
between him and the department of
public instruction, and recommends
that he be asked TO reconsider his res.
ignation.
One OF the circumstances surround
ing his resignation. the report adds.
was IAN attempt by the supervising
principal to have one of the teachers
file charges and criticisms with the
supervising principal against Mr.. Nc
Donald"