The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-07

tne minimum Ilne Oh 30 OF oU udSs
Imprisonment to $40 and making the
maximum 5000. Senator Dickey stated
there might be cases where the seller
might be innocent. Senator Achi was
against a change and said many babies
had been killed by watered milk.
Senator Isenberg said II was due to
formalin. Senator McCandless wanted
the prison penalty cut out. Senator
Brown remarked that three of the
Senators were in the milk business
1senberg, Achl and McCandless. There
was no second to McCandless' motion.
There were fifteen ayes on the final
passage of the bill.
BILLS REFERRED.
Senate bills on second reading were
referred as follows: Settling exceptions
by circuit Judges, to Judiciary; militia
reorganization, to Miscellaneous; 159 re-
lating to explosives, 1873 repeating the
law on liquid explosives. and 139 inspec-
ton of explosives. were all referred to
the Miscellaneous Committee; No. 160
providing for inspection of electrical
installation, to Public Lands; No. 1871
exempting street railways in process OF
construction, to Ways and Means; No.
157 redemption of taxes. to Ways and
Means.
MORE BILLS PASS.
Senate Bill No 11S making a change
in the partnership laws passed with
fifteen ayes.
Senate Bill No. 121 providing for the
Of the u. s. Court reports
passed third reading unanimously.
Senate Bill No. 40 providing for
commission to settle the British claims
of 1895 passed third reading; Kalau-
okalani and Kaohi voting against it.
Senate Bill No. 40 amending the
laws relating to poll tax was
called up on third reading. Senator
moved the striking out of Sec
tons and 3. Carried. Section was
also stricken out. Senator Baldwin
an amendment making any
property of n poll-tax delin-
uuent liable to seizure by the assessor.
Thirty per cent may be added to the
amount due for poll tax and the seized
can be sold on three hours
notice. The amendment was not press
ed and the bill went back to the en-
committee for revision, being
in a rather mixed up condition.
Senate Bill No. 40, providing for the
quarantine Of animals, passed third
reading unanimously.
Senate Bill No. 142, amending the law
relating to the sale of kerosene, passed
for the third time with Is ayes.
Senate Bill No. las, amending the law
relating to the Hilo Fire Department,
passed; ]. r. Brown voted mo and
Achi then changed his vote to no"
saying if a Hlo man didn't want it
he didn't either. Then Brown changed
his vote to yes" and Achi changed
back The bill passed with, fifteen
ayes.
The bill repeating the law for the i'm
portation of foreign goods marked as
( Hawaiian passed with the same vote.
Senate Bill No. 1872 amending the law
for the protection of birds, also passed
unanimously.
House Bill No. 1871, providing for the
acquisition of the Pauoa Valley springs,
passed first reading.
LIMIT BOND ISSUE.
Senator McCandless introduced
Joint resolution providing that the total
amount of bonds to be issued within
the coming biennial period shall be linn
tied to 100000.
The introducer said there should not
be an issue of s25OO,OOO for as shown
by the plantations twenty-five per cent
Of the money would be wasted, because
of the hurry of officials to spend it all
within the two years. Better results
could be obtained by the judicous ex-
penditure of one million dollars.
Senator Baldwin agreed with Nc
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