The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-17

powers to the assessors to place a ficti- |
uous and intangible valve to combin- /
atoms Of property for business pur-
poses
That no law on our session book
today is more unpopular and is posi-
BILE in its enforcement to create more
friction than this same law. Schedule
Ed
In the opinion of your committee.
the burden of taxation can be better
and fairer placed where it should be
the imposition of an income tax. where
the assessment can be made. not by
guess work or arbitrary ruling, but
by the inspection of books of the ac-
tual accounts of those liable to taxa
ton
we do therefore recommend that
this bill be laid on the table, and that
a substitute, which we herewith in
troduce, providing for the repeal of the
present system of valuing property on
fictitious valuation be adopted"
Rep. Pogue moved for passage in
first reading of the substitute bill while
Rep. Richards moved its rejection on
the ground that it would bring on an
other fight between the people and the
Richards was lost and the substitute
bill passed first reading. Report laid
on the table to be considered with the
bill.
For the Finance Committee Rep.
Pogue reported in part as follows, on
items in the appropriation bill referred
| to that body:
Line Hive consider that the
Postmaster General should be relieved
from the actual care of the details Of
the Honolulu Post Office, and that the
secretary not only be the bookkeeper
of the bureau, but should also be prac-
tically Postmaster of Honolulu. We do
therefore recommend that this line
read Deputy Postmaster-Gneral So
900 -
eve concur in the above report with
the exception of the permanent settle
ment to Kaiulani. We consider that
this lady has been deprived of her
rights through no fault of her own
and that the amount in the appropria-
ton bill is not a sufficient compensa-
ton We would therefore recommend
/ that the item pass at $4,000"
A. V. GEAR,
! J. D. PARIS.
Report laid on the table to be con-
! sidered with the bill.
Rep. Robertson reported for the Ju-
| dietary Committee on various items in
the appropriation bill.
Rep. Gear reported for the special
| committee to whom had been referred
House bill %, relating to the proce-
dure in actions of condemnation under
| the right of eminent domain by de-
! claring certain uses connected with the
! production and distribution Of electrl-
| city and electric power to be public
uses, and providing for the cOndemna-
| ton of property for such uses. The
! committee recommend passage OF a
! substitute bill which was presented.
This went through first reading and
| the report was laid on the table to be
| considered with the bill.
Rep. Kaai introduced the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That the Committee on
! Government Lands and Internal I'M
| provements be instructed to confer
with Superintendent of Public Works,
RowelI for-t the purpose of ascertaining
| the amount of money necessary for
! laying pipes from the water head at
! Kapela in lao Valley to the town OF
WaiIuku and Kahului, on the Island
of Maui and that the committee be
further required to report by May
! 18th"
Rep. Loebenstein-"Th resolution
embodies requirements which the COM
mittee feels it cannot carry out. The
committee has wearied its limbs by
walking back and forth to the Public
Works Office for information without
being able to get any.
Then came a long discussion on the
adoption of the resolution. 1t was
finally put through.
At II m, House adjourned.