The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-16
WANT MIR. OAT FOR MORE
IMPORTANT DUTIES.
House Committee Recommends that
Fact-Income Tax Favored.

The House has declared itself in ia
vor of an income tax but opposed tC
| Schedule f..
| Finance Committee reported that
/ Schedule + has been a bone of great
contention in the past, and that in its
opinion the bill places entirely too
much power in the hands of the as
SCISSORS to assess property just as
they see fit, and urges the adoption of
a substitute bill which it reports will
repeal Schedule f from the present
tax system, and in its place urges the
adoption of an income tax law, which
in its opinion would he more equable
and popular. The substitute bill pass
ed first reading.
Senate Bill No. ). known as the ap-
pripriation bill, was reported on by
the committee The report reduces
the salaries provided in number of
the departments, and urges slight in
creases in other departments. In the
matter of the general postol1ice de-
partment, the committee urges that
the postmaster general be relieved
from the details of the Honolulu post
office, in order that he may devote
more time to the betterment of the
Z
try, and that the present secretary of
the postotfice assume the rspOnsibili-
ties of postmaster in Honolulu. The
committee strongly urge that the Pos
tai Savings Bank, having grown to
such large proportions. be placed di-
rectlv under the Minister of Finance
instead of the Postmaster General
Minister Cooper reported that the
President had signed the following
bills. which would now become oper-
ative The bill creating Aala and Ma
kiki parks; Senate Bill No. 35, pro-
viding an oath to be taken by officers
as well as privates and for the hold
ing of court martials for offenscs
which&re not punishable by the law;
House'Bill No. so, which prohibits the
sprinklng of clothes by ejecting wa
ter or other fluid through the mouth;
the resolution for the appointment of
a tax commission to revise the pres
ent system of taxation.
The special committee on the rights
of eminent domain, reported through
Representative Gear that it considers
the present bill not suitable to the
present needs, and submits a substi-
tute bill, the adoption of which is
strongly urged.
The Finance Committee, through
Representative Pogue, reported as
follows: House Bill No. Sc, which
grants the Minister of Finance the
privilege of negotiating loans through
overdrafts in sums not to exceed
$150,000, for the payment of current
accounts; House Bill No. 81, provld-
ing that the receipts of the store AT
the Molokai settlement be deposited
with the Minister of Finance as a spe-
cial fund for the further maintenance
of such store. The committee is OPP
posed to this idea of carrying separ-
ate accounts or special deposits, and
therefore urges the bill be laid on the
table.
The Foreign Relations Committee
recommended that the salary of the
clerk of the Executive Council be re-
duced from $4,000 to 50, 400 for the BIZ
ennial period, and the salary of the
messenger for the Foreign Depart
ment from $1,000 to 1920
A resolution by Representative
Kaai caused considerable discussion
1t was to the effect that the Commit
tee on Public improvements immedi-
ately confer with Superintendent
Rowell to ascertain the amount of
money which will be necessary for
laying water pipes from Kapela i'm
Lihia valley, Island of Maui, and that
the committee report on this resolu-
ton not later than tomorrow. The
resolution was finally adopted.