The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-22
THE HOUSE FELT
VERY MUCH ANNOYED
THE SENATE SENT BACK BILLS
WITH WHAT IT CONSIDERED
VERY THRILLING AMENDMENTS.

The House was annoyed with the
Senate this morning. The upper cham
Der sent back House Bill 1856 with an
amendment which several honorable
members declared to be childish The
bill is Andrade's measure for the pur-
pose of giving the court discretionary
power in the matter Of segregating jur-
ors in the trial of both civil and Grim
inal cases.
The Senate added: Provided further
that economy shall be exercised in all
cases in supporting such jury during
such segregation"
L move we do not concur" said An
drade, and the House assented. Smith,
Andrade and Haia were appointed a
conference comtittee on the bill.
The Senate also raised the price of
certificates of Hawaiian birth from IS
to $40 blouse Bill 1873, Holstein), and in
this also the House refused it's concur
renee. The same conference committee
will deal with the bill.
The Senate sent back Harris bill in
relation to suits on open accounts Oh.
B. 45), with minor amendments in
which the House concurred with a vote
of 10 to 10.
The Finance Committee reported on
Senate Bill 115, McCandless, relating to
taxation of insurance corporations and
companies. 1t recommended it's passage
after adding in Section 1, line II, the
words "and losses actually paid to pol
icy-hOlders" and in the same section,
line 49, the words, death claims, pay
ments made to policy-hoders The
word marine" is also inserted I'm Sec
ton 1, line IA.
| The Judiciary Committees majority
reported favorably on Senate Bill ?,
the Local Option law. Mahelona and
Haia, the minority reported adverse
ly. The report was tabled to allow the
minority to submit a report in writing.
The Health Committee returned to
the House the resolutions relating to
the examination of suspects at Kalihi
with the explanation that new resolu-
tions had been passed and special
committee appointed to look into the
matter.
The Education Committee reported
that the question of appropriatmg $500
for an addition to the WaiaDae school
had been referred to the delegation
from the Fifth.
The resolution for $25OO for a new
school at Pauoa was left to the deega-
ton from the Fourth
The Committee on Public Lands and
Internal improvements reported in IA
vor of appropriating $35 1000 for light
ing, fencing, widening and Improving
! Diamond Head road commencing at the
end of the car line in Kapiolani park,
also to include road dSnages. The re-
port will be considered on Monday
when Holstein will file a minority re-
port.
on the bill to provide for recording
instruments within the various Judicial
Circuits blouse bill 56) Mahelona sub
mitted minority report Directing to
the bill on the ground that its passage
Would work hardship on the poor
people to compel them to record instru-
ments i'm every circuit.
Harris bill relating to the taxation
of foreign corporations House bill 1S9,
met with some opposition. He offered
an amendment to the clause of his bill
which called for the payment of a tax
of one quarter of "A mill on each dollar
of the paid up capital stock Of foreign
corporations doing business i'm Ha-
wall. He suggested placing the tax
at $3.50 this being done at the instance
of the Merchants Association he said.
He instanced a number of huge corpo-
rations in the states doing business
here who would refuse to pay a quarter
mill on their capital stock but would
simply get half a dozen men together
and incorporate here thus evading the
tax. 1t was better, he said, TO get
something than nothing.
A number of members objected to
placing so low tax on foreign corpor-
atoms but compromise was reached
when Greenwell suggested placing the
tax at $500. This was accepted and