The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-25
IN The SENATE
FIFTY FOURTH DAY.


the condemnation of public and pri-
vate property for rights of way for re-
servoir sites. The committee favored
the bill but stated that owing to the
opposition to the bill and as the time is
so short in which to act that the bill
be returned to be taken up by the
Senate in committee Of the whole
The following report was made in
part on House bill No. 10, an act levy
ing wharfage toll on all freight landed
in the Territory
Your committee find this measure to
be a revenue producing one, and levies
a toll of ten cents a ton on all freight
entering at any public wharf or land
ing of the Territory. 1t provides that
the Superintendent shall collect the said
toll and deposit the same with the
Treasurer, to be used as a fund for the
purpose of constructing and maintain
ing wharves, piers, chutes or landings
or harbor improvements; providing also
that the Superintendent of Public
Works may enforce the payment of the
same by suit or action on behalf of the
Territory in any district court It
provides further that the Superinten-
dent of Public Works is empowered to
/, make rules and regulations for the en-
forcement of the toll.
Your committee feel that the tax
imposed in this bill is one which is
least burdensome i'm it's effect and be-
lieve that the object of the bill is a
) good one in providing for fund for
the public uses named therein, and
therefore recommend it's passage,
The Health committee reported on
: House bill No, 2O6, providing for the
establishment of home for male minor
children of leprous parents, The re-
port dsapproved of the method of
making appropriations by separate acts
: while the items could be included in
the provisions of a general act except
in special cases. The committee re-
commended that the bill be tabled to
be considered with Senate bill No. 1902
: which makes special appropriations
: providing for the proposed home.
The report was adopted.
House bill No. 236 which covered the
, same provisions, as the Senate's Maui
! bond issue act, was tabled.
I Consideration of the governors veto
of Senate Bill No. a. the Maui electric
: franchise to II. p. Baldwin and others,
was taken up. Senator Coelho moved
that tho hill nacc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tho
governors veto. Smith said he felt
the reasons given by the governor were
sound. He would vote to sustain the
veto However, the veto was over
, ridden by the close vote of 10 to s.
Brown, Bishop, Dowsett, Woods and
Gandall voting to sustain the veto.
House bill No. 1873 the immigration act
passed third reading. Senate bill No.
115 abolishng the present pound laws
passed third reading.
House bill 30, reorganizing the Board
of Agriculture and Forestry; House bill
2S1 relating to the appointment Of
agents to take acknowledgements; and
House bill 234, defining the income tax
period; all passed third reading.
House bill 211, relating to laundries
passed second reading.
Senate bill 1O4, providing for the con-
demnation of land for rights of way for
the distribution and sale of water and
for reservoir sites came up on second
reading
Hewitt moved that the bill be indef-
initely postponed He said that the bill
gave the private corporations the right
of eminent domain and did not specify
that the use of the water was for pub
lie purposes.
Smith opposed this motion.
A motion to defer the measure until
tomorrow finally passed by a vote of s
to Z. Bishop said he would vote to give
the bill every chance but he did not
think it had much .tdhanca Second
reading of House bill No 10, providing
for the collection of wharfage tolls on
= freights landing in the territory, was
called, Bishop moved the indefinite
postponement of the bill. He spoke a
gainst the measure. He said it simply
meant that that tax would be so much
extra cost to the consumers. The tax
did not apply to sugar being shipped
from private wharves. At the pre-
sent time the vessels are charged a
wharfage tax now and this proposed
tax was drastic and savored of a double
taxation. Tt would be thought, re-
suit in a hardship on the small con-
sumner.
Chnlingworth said that there is now
a tax of 10 scents a ton paid by the
white merchants and the purpose OF
having this measure brought in was
J to reach all persons and interests This
fund that was being collected was for
the purpose Of assisting In the quaran-
tine work of the Board Of Health. He
felt that Il was right that All OF the
ploople and concerns that were benefit
ted by the port being kept free from
disease should pay their share Of tho
, expense