The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-05-09
Thanks Due To
Legislature For
Some Good Bills

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mond has no bearing on the three
Oahu solons. It is expected that this
opinion may decide Senator Pacheco's
future action.
Some Good Legislation
The legislature just adjourned aC-
cOmplished some rather good work,
but which was rather overshadowed
by the failure of the house to pass
the direct woman suffrage bill and
the reappOrtionment bill, and the fail
ure of the senate to pass the so-Called
foreign language school bill. One
measure was defeated in the house,
and no doubt rightfully so, was the
bill amending the workman's COmpen-
satiOn law so as to give an injured
person the right to elect whether he
would recover compensation through
an Industrial accident board, or
through the courts. 1t was held that
the passage of this measure would
simply flood and clog the courts with
damage suits.
Farm Loan Bill Passed
Passage Of the Farm Loan Bill
came at the last moment. and this
was a measure that was approved
generally. 1t provides for financial
aid for farmers and homesteaders. Ii
had been proposed to ask Congress
to extend the provisions of the fed
eral farm loan act to Hawaii, but
many of the solons felt that this
might mean a long delay, and that
the request might not, in the end. be
pnmn1inI Will bapaDGp pf n,attnrc of
security.
Legislators To Go To Washington
Shortly before midnight on the last
night of the session, the house adopt
ed the senate resolution providing
that the governor appoint two mem
bers of the house and two members
OF the senate as a commission to pro-
coed TO Washington to assist the del
egdte in securing the passage of
general legislation beneficial TO the
territory at large. The commission
may take the encouragement or the
land commissioner to Washington
with it if it so desires.
Another resolution adopted by the
legislature requests Congress to
amend the Organic act so that the
lawmakers may have broader powers
in the administration of the territorial
land laws. 1t also gives the COVER
nor, the land board and the land COM
missioner the right to reject any ap-
plicant for land when they are CON
WINGED that he or she is not qualified
to become a bona fde homesteader
This measure was nearly defeated in
the house, but the governor came to
its rescue with an address on the land
and homesteading questions which
apparently changed the minds of
some of the lower chamber solons.
Maui Loan Items Deleted
In conference during the last hours
of the session it became necessary to
Trim down the loan fund bill from
So,225,468 to $4,901 ,69S in order to
keep within the territory's borrowing
limits. Among the items deleted was
the MakawaO bridge item of SIS, 900,
and the Makawao court house item of
$4,000.
College Now University
The College of Hawaii becomes the
University Of Hawaii as a result of
the 1919 session of the legislature,
and the measure carries an a%ppropria-
ton of $4,000. The famed aquarium
at Honolulu has been turned over to
the college and will be maintained in
connection with a marine biological
laboratory.
Blue Sky Law Passes
The Legislature also passed a Blue
Sky" law.
An additional $21,5OO was appro-
priated for the school for defective
children, and the long-looked-for home
for feeble-minded persons becomes a
reality as the result of the session
just closed, 100000 having been APP
p%ropriated. The appropriation bill
is chock full of new items for main
tenance of and improvements at the
leper settlement.
rhe territorial fair was given an
appropriation, and $4,000 will be set
aside to aid the Pan-Pacifc CONNER
cial and educational congress to be
held in Honolulu in 1920.
Salaries Boosted
Salary-raising was, of course, the
pet hobby of both houses. The sal
aries of officials on all the islands
Were raised, and on Oahu they We're
boosted sky-high.
The legislature created a fish and
game commission and provided for
the establishment by it of a fish
ha cherry.
Everybody Boosted Teachers
All of the members of the legisla-
ture were in accord with the general
opinion that teachers were entitled
to more pay, and consequently in
creased their salaries in the neighbOr-
hood of 1914 per cent. The monthly
payroll was raised to $11S,O0O a
month.
County Fair Building Sure
On Wednesday the governor notii-
ed the legislature that he had signed
the bill apprOpriating $4,000 for the
erection of a territorial fair huildl
at Kahului, Maui.
Anti-Boisheviki Bill Passes
The bill defining criminal syndical-
ism and providing for its suppression
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