The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-06-16
IN THE HOUSE.

The House received from the Chamber
of Commerce its resolutions of Wednes-
day, touching the Board of Health and
harbor improvements, which were or
dered spread on the minutes of the
body, as follows:
Whereas, it Is the opinion of this
Chamber that no department of the
Government has more onerous duties to
perform than has the Board of Health,
and.
Whereas, it is of the first Importance
that the ports and towns of these ISL
ands be kept in a sanitary condition,
and free from disease, in order to in
sure an unrestricted commerce, and in
order to insure these conditions, it is
necessary to secure the best services of
efficient health officers,
Therefore, be it resolved, that it is
the desire of this Chamber that suf-
ficient appropriation be made by the
Legislature for the use of the Board of
Health to meet all their necessary re-
quirements."
Whereas, it is the opinion of this
Chamber that the harbor of Honolulu
should be improved by the construction
of new wharves and by repairs, and
Whereas, the Department of Public
Works has recommended to the Legis-
lature now in session, to insert an item
of 100000 for such purpose, and
Whereas, the present condition of the
Territorial Government wharves in Ho-
nolulu is very serious one, and these
wharves are entirely inadequate to cope
with the calls now being made upon
them, and likely to be made by an in
creased volume of shipping in the near
future,
Therefore, be it resolved. that it is
the desire of this Chamber that the ap-
preparation as recommended by the
Government be made by the Legisa-
ture.''
ARMORIES FOR MILITIA.
The House Immediately went into
committee of the whole on House Bill
No. 2, the Loan act, with Andrade in
the chair Beckley moved reconsidera-
tion of the Armory item, saying that
he had learned that Wailuku wanted an
Armory badly. The item was brought
up and inserted in the bill in this man
ner: "Armories, Honolulu, 10000; Wal
lu1u, $1,000; Hilo, s5,0O0' This, with
n wharf at Kawaihae, $4,000, complet-
ed the Territorial items in the bill.
Paele moved to take up the matter
of the purchase of the Electric light
lot. the House being undecided as to
what should be done and ended by re-
ferring the question to n special COM
mittee.
Pulaa wanted to go back and recon-
slider the Kawaihae wharf matter. say
ing another site for the wharf had
been chosen, where the government did
not own the land, and he wanted more
money Greenwell said the Superin-
tcndent of Public Works had informed
a committee that the land could be had
for $500. The item was reconsidered and
put in the bill at So, 500.
COUNTY BASIS DESTROYED.
Z The question was raised here of the
basis of the distribution among the
counties the old ratio having been de-
stroyed by the action of the House as
to the Territorial items. This question
raised by Harris proved a puzzler and
the committee rose and the House took
a recess after Speaker Beckley had ap-
pointed Keliinoi, Chillingworth and
Greenwell to investigate the electric
light lot purchase.
MANY SALARIES SET.
The reassembling of the House found
several subcommittee on the six
months salary bill ready to report and
that measure was taken up in commit
tee OF the whole.
The Auditors Department Commit
tee was the first TO so report, il pre-
senting the following list of clerks for
service in that department: one clerk
at s1,O5O; one clerk at $3.50; two clerks
at 5000; one clerk at $3.50; extra clerical
assistance, $500. The committee recon-
mended that the schedule be passed as
this important bureau should not be
handicapped. The House approved the
report and inserted the item as so
drawn up, in the bill
BERNDT ALL RIGHT.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate Fish Inspector Berndt. reported
that il found the charges unfounded.
The committee said both the inspector
and his assistant had admitted that
sometimes fish had been sold and re-
turned I'm bad condition Howevar .ba