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

Honolulu, having certain powers OF q
circuit judge and district magistrate,
TO handle juvenile work and civil
cases, Is provided for in a bill intro
duced in the house today by Represen.
tative Lorrin Andrews
The bill provides that the city mag
istrate shall maintain 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 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
IL is further provided that the city
magistrate shall receive a salary of
$3.50 month and shall be paid by the
city and county OF Honolulu. II is the
intention of this measure to have this
proposed 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
An1 In In.
troduced this morning in the house by
Representative Walsh. 1t seeks TO
amend sections 9, IL. ls, IA, rs and 56
of act 221, S. L. 1915. In amending
section the bill provides that COM
pensation shall be payable during the.
following periods
ITO a widow, until death or remar-
riage, but In no case to exceed $40
weeks
ITO a widower, until death or re-
marriage. but in no case to exceed $50
weeks.
ITO or for child, until Is years of
age, but in the case Of child inca
pable OF self-support and unmarried as
long as so incapable, but in no case
to exceed l04 weeks beyond said age
of Is.
TO parent or grandparent, during
the continuation OF a condition of ac.i
tual dependency. bot in no case 10 exr.
coed 312 weeks.
ITO or for a grandchild, brother or
sister. during dependency as herein
before defined, but in no case to ex-.
coed 312 weeks
Compensation Law Again
The proposed amendment to section
13 is, in part, as follows: =
Where the injury causes total dis
ability for work the employer during.
such disability, but not including the!
first seven days thereof, shall pay the
injured employee a weekly compensa-I
ton equal to 80 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-i
cept as provided in section 9, nor shall
the amount of compensation in any
case exceed in the aggregate the sum
OF $4,000.
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 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.
lahainaiuna Probed
The committee recommends that the
course of study at Lahainaluna 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 nndoubted-
ly was caused by a 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