The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-19

VISIONS or the present bill, which ~
stricts instead Of improving the pres
ent law. lie suggested dcfcrring ih,
bill until today.
KALEIoPU's sPAsM.
"Therc are hundreds Of people a
the settlement now on the say.so ot
one man." said Kalciopu, "and thai
IS why we have cut out the salary OF
the bacteriologist Why, even today
II the bactcriologist has prejudice
against any member of this House he
can seize him and inoculate him with
bacilli and have him sent to Molokai
know an old man at the settlement
who was sent there as n lepcr, although
he was fingerless for thirty years. but
who was sent as a leper by this man.
1t is a shame.
$50 far as / am concerned / do not
favor any such n provision, would
rather see the bill deal with pure,
genuine leprosy. Why can't we pass
bill like this and let every man who
says he can cure leprosy go there and
treat pure leprosy, not cases supposed
to be leprosyi"
Rawlins explained that he was net
opposed to the principle of the law
but only to the bill! in it's present
shape,
castro seconded Rawiins' motion to
adjourn but the motion was voted
down.
The roll call on the bill gave 16 ayes
and IL noes.
THE MoNGoOSE BILL.
The bill providing bounty for mon
goose heads was debated at length but
finally passed, the vote being 20 to Q
in Its favor.
SENATE BILLS.
Senate Bill 81, protecting certain use
full birds, and Senate Bill 1O1, to abol-
ish the billboard nuisance, were pre-
sented and passed first reading
The upper chamber also sent back
Sheldon's bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the repair OF the stone embankment
ing been cut down to $4,000.
The Conference committee on House
Bill 1S7, relative to licensing various
industries and occupations. and recon.
mended the striking out of the pro-
vision requiring pedlers to be furnish,
ed with q metallic tag. The report
was adopted
House Bill 20f, to protect the owners
OF soda water and other bottles, was
submitted to a third reading. The
bill provides fine of so cents for each
such bottle sold unlawfuly.
Kaleiopu moved to make the fine 10
cents, but lost. He then moved to in
definitely postpone action on the bill
on the ground that II will work hard
ship on people who make business
of selling these bottles.
Coney explained that only marked
bottles came under this law, and would
not affect anybody handling plain bot
ties.
Castro suggested compromise
amendment making the fine 10 cents,
This carried.
Rawlins then introduced some amend
ments requiring the publishing Of
description of the bottles, in English
and Hawaiian languages, In news
papers, which carried.
Kalei moved to amend the bill by
making the Imprisonment not to exceed
three days instead of ten as in the bill.
This also carried
Afternoon Session.
The Governor returned unsigned
House Bill No. 147 providing for an
exemption of taxes on income of $1,000
per annum. his reason therefor being
that Il would mean loss to the Ter
ritory of $4,000 per annum. Consid-
Grafton of the veto was made an order
of the day for Wednesday.
He also returned unsigned Senate Bill
No. Al exempting property used in cer-
tain industries, citing numerous OBJ
jections one of which was that the
counties are in no position to reduce
the revenue.
Senator Rice was satisfied to have
the message considered on Thursday.
The bill relating to laundries passed
by 16 to 10.
Senate Bill 81, which made a change
in the day of the month on which the
various Boards of Supervisors should
be nelQ, VIZ, the nrSt wednesday diter
the fifth of the month, was combated
by Rice. who foresaw hardship to the
public laborers in it's passage. and
moved to table. The motion was lost
and the bill deferred until today.
SECOND READINGS.
House Bill 221, abolishing the ofiice
of Commissioner of Public Instruction;
House Bill 222. regulating trust COM
panies, and
House Bill 224, regulating the issu-
ance of licenses to farriers and horse
shoers. were given second reading
and referred to committee.
NEW BILLS.
Rice gave notice of two new bills,
one to authorize the appointment OF
fiscal agents by the Territorial treas
urer and the other relating to the reg
istrar of public accounts. The first
provides for the appointment of agents
by the Treasurer to facilitate the sale,
purchase and redemption of Territorial
bonds. The latter provides for the
appointment of the registrar OF public
accounts to act as Treasurer during
the absence OF that official from the
Territory.
PUNCHBoWL PROPERTY.