Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-03
SENATE.
Eleventh Day.
Afternoon Session.


The retail beer license bill passed
second reading after recess yesterday. .
This bill differs from the law of 1901, .
found unconstitutional by Judge Estee,
| in that It does not discriminate against
imported beer as such. II there Is any
discrimination of that kind IT is only
against foreign beer fortified for eX-
port, which might come against the
provision relative to maximum strength
of beer allowed to be sold under the
| license.
Senator Baldwin did not intend to
| support a bill so loosely worded that
its fuh scope could not be gagged by
its language. He understood the inten-
| ton of the introducer was that the
malt liquor should not be more than
10 per cent of alcoholic strength.
II was shown that this was the per-
centage mentioned in the bill to lie
cnse the brewing of malt liquors. a
motion by Senator Achi to refer the
bill to the Committee on Health and
Education was rejected, and an amend
ment by Senator Baldwin to limit the
alcoholic strength to 10 per cent was
adopted.
Senator Paris moved an amendment
to the section forbidding the sale OF
the beer to intoxicated persons and
minors. so that the presence of intoN-
icatedy persons and minors should also
be prohibited, Adopted.
An amendment moved by Senator
McCandless. to make the penalty bond
$1,000 instead Of $500, was voted down
Senator McCandless moved an
amendment to Section 5, making the
penalty for breach of bond or license
the forfeiture of the amount of the
bond Tin addition to any other penalty
imposed by law" so that the violater
should forfeit his bond and license,
and besides be fined not less than 800
nor more than $500. Lost.
Senator Dckey moved to insert a
section making It unlawful to sell malt
liquors without license under penalty
. of not less than 500.
Senator Achi, under reconsideration
| Of Section ., moved to strike out IA
d surplusage the words lin addition &c
any other penalty imposed by law
Carried
The bill passed as amended, to b'
read third time on March 4.
Executive Messages.
\ communication from Secretar!
Carter announced that the Governo
had on February 2S signed the bill
appropriating money. respectively, TO
the expenses of the Senate and of tn
House of Representatives. Accepte
and filed.
Ano,ner letter from Secretary Carte
Il asked that he be supplied with thre
: copies of each bill and resolution il
troduced in the Senate as fast as prin
ed. He also wanted the Rules of Il
Senate. 1t was voted to instruct Il
Secretary of the Senate to furnish Il
Territorial Secretary with the docl
ments mentioned.
Secretary Carter further wrote saI
ing he Herewith sent to the Sena
copies of the Laws of 1901 as requisite
Ordered acknowledged with thanks.
Notices Of Bills.
Senator Achi gave notice OF bills +
lating to attorneys-at-law, amendil
statutes on that subject; TO amend q
law relating to divorce, separation al
annulment of marriage; and 10 amel
the Judiciary Act of 1892 in sever
particulars.
The same member introduced b
granting a gas franchise for the isla
of Oahu to A. l.. c. Atkinson and
associates. The bill provides for
ifty-year franchise, the price for
gas not to exceed So per thousand fe
The company is to pay to the Terrific
"a per cent Of the gross receipts, a
to furnish the government 80 gas ligl
free OF charge, to be increased ca
- year by Ave. The act, to become OPP
alive, must be approved by Congress
= The following bills were given s.
ond readings and referred to comm
tees: Exemption bill, to Ways a