Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-27

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of housekeepers and heads of fami
! lies is liable for sale on execution, one
piece OF land not TO exceed one acre
| and valued at not more than $3.50.
and all buildings situated thereon,
shall be exempt. This act raises the
| value Of the exempted land from $3.50
| to $3.50. The bill also provides for
| the exemption IF certain farm imple-
! ments and livestock.
A bill introduced by Representative
Kelekolio provides that the English
language shall be the basis of in
struction in all public and private
schools of the territory. But it is pre-
vided That any school where English
is not the basis of instruction shall
not be recognized as public or pri-
vate school, and attendance at such
school shall not be considered attend
anee at school in compliance with law.
II is further provided. however, that
il 25 or more parents having children
attending any school in the territory
desire to have the Hawaiian language
taught to their children, in addition to
the English language, they must petit
tion the board of education.
investigation Is Called For
Another investigation will be forth
coming as result of resolution pre-
scented by Representative Kelekolio to-
day. 1t provides that the committee
on public lands and internal i'm.
provements be instructed to inyesti
gate and report to the house within
10 days why patents have not been
issued to Kalama and Poomahoe to
the lands of Makua, Kahanaiki and
one-half Keawaula, district of Waia-
nae, Oahu
Lyman Wants to Know ~.
A resolution whereby the commits
.sioner of public lands and the sur
veyof general will be- called upon TO
explain the reasons for purported de-
lays in the opening OF tracts of pub
lie lands and the survey of these
lands, was introduced by Representa-
tive Lyman of Hawaii. The resolu-
tioh asserts that promises and contin-
ual delaying these applications causes
dissatisfaction and reflects upon the
good standing of the government and
the intents of the Organfcsact
Representative Petrie introduced an
act embodying the proposed insurance
code for the territory as prepared by
Territorial Treasurer C. ]. Mccarthy.
Another bill by Petrie provides pen
atty Of not less than three or more
than 10 years for persons wilfully
burning buildings or goods with in
tent to injure the insurer. Still an
nj fA.
sons attempting to defraud life insur-
ance companies by attempting to col
lect insurance under false pretenses.
License Chiropractors
A bill by Representative Fernandez
provides for the granting of licenses
to chiropractcrs who are graduates of
and who hold degrees from chartered
ehiropractic schools, with the proyi- /,
sion that such persons be given no au-
thority to administer drugs or medi-
cine or practise surgery. -
Representative MARQUEE introduced
a bill relating to compensation Of em.l
ployes for personal injuries, which is
an amendment TO the present compen.
sation laws. The act applies to all In /
dustrial employments. It is provided
that, during disability, the employer
shall furnish reasonable medical at
tention and hospital service not to ex-
coed $3.50. For total disability, it is |
provided, the workman shall receive
a weekly compensation of 60 per cent
of his weekly wages, but not more than
SIS or less than So week, or total
remuneration in excess of $4,000. s
A bill to repeal sections 1902 and |
2506, r. L. 1915, relating to the Gus
tody of wills, was introduced by Rep
resentative Andrews. Representative
Tayares introduced bill to repeal
section 1902, r. L. 1915, which pro-
vides that the amount of debt any /
corporation shall owe shall not exceed
its capital stock. ]
The following bills today were in
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