The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. A Communication (No. 232) from the House of Representatives, transmitting House Concurrent Resolution No. 11, duly certified to, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii. I have the honor to transmit herewith House Concurrent Resolution No. 11, with the certification duly completed. Respectfully, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, a large number of residents of the Territory of Hawaii, the majority of whom are Portuguese, did settle upon certain Government lands within the Hawaiian Islands, on a certain tract known as the PUNCHBOWL SLOPE, situated in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and from time to time have greatly improved said lands, and have changed such lands from a barren waste into a tract covered with comfortable small houses, surrounded by flowers, fruit trees, grape vines and other vegetation; AND WHEREAS, the leases under which said settlers have sublet said lands will expire in the year A. D. 1912; AND WHEREAS, the lands so held by said settlers cannot be profitably further improved without assurance of some kind that when the lease has expired and the land has reverted to the Territorial Government, a preference right shall be given the settlers in the purchase of said lands; AND WHEREAS, under the existing laws of the Territory of Hawaii, which, under the Organic Act of the Territory, may not be altered without the consent of Congress, no such preference right can be given; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that it is the earnest wish of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii that the Congress of the United States of America do, either by special legislation relative to the said Punchbowl Tract, or by legislation which would cover all similar cases in the Territory, enact a law which would so amend the laws of the Territory of Hawaii as to make it incumbent upon the officials of the Territory of Hawaii, to grant, when such land is sold or released, the preference right of purchase or release, at the appraised value, to all bona fide settlers on the land, with such restrictions as to the quantity of land to which such preference right attaches, as shall seem wise to said Congress. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives do forward to our Delegate to Congress a duly authenticated copy of this Resolution, for presentation to the Congress of the United States of America. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. Senator Lane moved that the Resolution be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Seconded by Senator McCarthy and carried. A Communication (No. 233) from the House of Representatives, informing the Senate of its concurrence in the amendments made to House Bill No. 169, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii. I have the honor to inform you that the amendments made by your Honorable Body to House Bill No. 169 have, this day, been concurred in by the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. A Communication (No. 234) from the House of Representatives, informing the Senate of its non-concurrence in the amendments made to House Bill No. 213, and of the appointment of a Conference Committee for the further consideration of the Bill, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii. I have the honor to notify your Honorable Body that the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii this day failed to concur in the amendments made by the Senate to House Bill No. 213; in accordance with which the following have been appointed a Committee to meet a like Committee from the Senate for further consideration of said Bill: Honorables Rice, Moanauli and Kaluna. Respectfully, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. The Chair appointed the following as a Conference Committee for the further consideration of the Bill: Senaters Dowsett, McCarthy and Smith. A Communication (No. 235) from the House of Representatives, informing the Senate of its concurrence in the amendments made to House Bill No. 34, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii. I have the honor to inform you that the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii, this day, concurred in the amendments made by your Honorable Body to House Bill No. 34. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. A Communication (No. 236) from the House of Representatives, transmitting House Bill No. 216, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii. I have the honor to transmit herewith House Bill No. 216, which this day passed Third Reading in the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. First Reading of House Bill No. 216 entitled "An Act to Amend Chapter 159 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, relating to Insurance Corporations and Companies." Senator Lane moved that the Bill pass First Reading. Seconded by Senator Hewitt and carried. A Communication (No. 237) from the House of Representatives, transmitting House Bill No. 220, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii. I have the honor to transmit herewith House Bill No. 220, which this day passed Third Reading in the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. First Reading of House Bill No. 220 entitled "An Act to Amend Section 390 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii." Senator Brown moved that the Bill pass First Reading. Seconded by Senator Woods and carried. A Communication (No. 238) from the House of Representatives, transmitting House Bill No. 214, was read by the Clerk as follows: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honolulu, T. H., April 17th, 1907. To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaii, I have the honor to transmit herewith House Bill No. 214, which this day passed Third Reading in the House of Representatives of the Territory of Hawaii. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. WISE, Clerk, House of Representatives. The Communication was ordered received and placed on file. |