The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-12
EDWARD VII IN GRMANYBLLS IN THE SENATE
MANY ARE PRESENTED AND
READ BY TITLE.
Favorable Report on the Bill to Abolish
Poll Tax-white Has a Fire Claims
Bill.

For the tardiness of an interpreter,
the country lost half hour of the in
valuable work of the Senate this morn
ing. When the session opened on the
new schedule at $3.50 this morning, In
| terpreter Bush was not present. The
minutes were raid, and there was still
no Bush. A member got up and reeled
off several feet of eloquence in Ha-
watian but there was no interpreter.
Mr.. White moved to take a recess un-
| till the interpreter might arrive; Achi
| amended to the effect that r.. w. Boyd
| be made temporary interpreter. Amend
ment lost. Motion to take a recess for
half hour obtained.
The following senate bills were intro
duced and read for the first time by
title:
BY Cecil Brown, Bill No. 5. providing
that the biennial fiscal period shall be-
gin July l, and end June 80; Bill No. g.
repeating chapter SS, session laws of
1892, an act for the protection of forests
Bill No. z, to amend the Penal Laws re-
lating to the concealment of the death
of newly born child, reducing the
penalty to a fine not exceeding $1O0 and
| Imprisonment at hard labor not more
than one Bill No. s, amending the
| law so as to make the terms felony and
| crime synonymous and to mean any
| oHense punishable with death or inn
! prisonment longer than one year, or by
! the forfeiture of any civil or political
| right, other offenses are misdemeanor:
Bill No 19, repeating section 1853 of the
Penal Laws relative to the Importation
! of spirituous liquors; Bill No. % re-
| ducing the penalty for a conspiracy to
establish, create, manage or conduct
! trust or monopoly, from two to one
| years Imprisonment; Bill No. 90
amending the law relating to the pun
ishment for illegal marking of live
| stock.
Session was resumed at 1920. Mr.
Bush read the minutes in Hawaiian
| A communication from the House
gave notice of the final passage of
House bills 3, 5, 6 and 10. On motion
of Senator Achi they were placed on
the calendar.
Senator Kanuha, for the Comittee on
| Ways and Means, reported, recommen-
| ding the election of Senate Bill "a
which proposes to knock out poll tax.
| The committees states that $67 900 is
realized from this tax and that until
be left as it is.
The same committee recommended
with respect to the merchandise license
Dill, that the graduated license begin
at $4,000 in place of $40, 900. In the old
law it was the latter figure. Mr.. Car
ter, father of the bill was favorable to
the reduction to $4,000, as recommen-
ded by the committee. Mr.. Achi made
a long speech in favor of the bill Mr.
White wanted to table and so moved
At this point DR.. Russell shut off de-
bate. Whites motion to table car
ried.
Just here the Senate got after the
Sergeant-atArms and Messenger on
account of the way they are doing busi-
ness. AT the request of Mr.. Kalauo-
kalani, the Sergeant-at-Arms was in
structed to distribute copies of each
bill offered in the Senate. On motion
of Mr.. Kanuha the officers were in
structed to properly fold bills before
distributing.
For the Molokai committee, Senator
Kalauokalani asked for more time.
The report was very voluminous, and
1t was desirable to confer with the
House committee before it be brought
in.
There was a great deal of talk on
the matter, most of the Senators TAX
ing part in discussion of the question
of whether or not the report should be
lprinted.
Senator White gave notice of his in
tention to introduce the following bills;
An Act to Great a Court of Claims
to bear and determine all claims
which may be prosecuted under the
provisions of this act for injury to or
the loss of property, real, personal or
mixed caused by the Board of Health
employees of the Republic of Hawaii.
whether with or without authority of
law, either directly or indirectly, in
tentionally or accidentally, in connec-
ton with the suppression of the alleged
Bubonic Plague in Honolulu and else
where in the Territory of Hawaii; and
to provide for appointment of the Off
GERS of said court and the payment of
the claims so heard and determined,
the salaries of the officers of said court
and the expenses thereof.
An Act relating to the appointment
of balliffs for certain courts in the
Territory of Hawaii and defining the
duties and powers of such and fixing
the amount of their compensation and
providing for the payment of such
compensation.
Mr.. Kanuha gave notice of An Act
to protect laborers and their employ
ers from eXtortiOn. Bill passed first
reading and went to the Printing Com
mittee.
Mr. Achi offered an amendment to
Rule Al, requiring committees to re-
port on any matter referred TO them
within three days. unless granted fur
ther time by the Senate. Mr.. White
opposed the proposition. There was
argument until noon on whether or not
the committees should be limited in this
way.