The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-04
DEPART MENT
ALLOWANCES
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This relates to the electric light sys
tenn to be established at Waikiki.
Senate Bill - was called for final
reading but for some reason a motion
was made to defer and the bill was
set aside for the present.
House Bill No 100 was also called
but on motion action was deferred.
Second reading of House Bill No.
125, relating to the right of trustees
and administrators to register titles
caused some discussion 1t had been
reported upon unfavorably by the com
mittee and would have died without
debate but for a question asked by
Senator Chillingworth. Senator Kaia-
ma moved to table the bill and the
motion carried.
Senate Bill No %, the original oil
measure, was called and on motion was
tabled.
The supplementary bill for the same
purpose was called and failed of pass
age. House Bill No. 112 was called and
Senator Lane moved to adopt report
of the committee which recommended
tabling.
The joint resolution calling for
committee to inquire into the Pinkham
scheme for retaining the Waikiki
lands passed.
pnpDnp ALTON FEES
The Ways and Means committee, by
Senator Dowsett, reported on House
Bill AS, relating to the fee of twenty
dollars charged corporations for filing
their annual returns. The bill provid-
ed that this fee be discontinued but
the committee felt that it would be
a hardship on so few companies and
the returns to the Government SO large
that the recommendation was to table. |
The report was tabled and the bill |
passed second reading.
DEPUTIES COMMISSIONS.
House Bill No. 10, relating to fees
for assessors deputies was called and
the following report presented by Sen
ator Dowsett from the Ways and Means
committee:
The bill seeks to amend Section 1895
ss the Revised Laws of Hawaii, aa
amended by Section of Act SO of the
Session Laws of 1905, making it man
datory upon the assessors of the diff
ferent districts to pay to every deputy
the full 5 per cent commission on all
personal taxes collected by him, but
does not authorize the payment of any
greater commission to the different
assessors than is now authorized. It
also eliminates from Section 2, Chapter
80 of the Session Laws of 1905, that
provision which reads except when
such commission or salary shall not
amount to the sum of $500 per annum,
then the assessors, with the approval
Of the Treasurer, may increase such
or salary to an amount not
to exceed 5000 per annunf''
In the opinion of your committee the
of this bill would not only
have a tendency to interfere with the
administration OF the tax
bureau, but would very materially
cripple the work of collecting taxes in
certain of the outside taxation dis
tricts, and your committee therefore
that the bill be laid upon
The table.
THE FARMERS COLLEGE.
Senator Dowsett, from the Committee
On Ways and Means reported on the
matter of the Agricultural College as
follows:
The Committee on Ways and Means
to which was referred S. B. No. IS,
making special appropriations for the
use of the College of Agriculture and |
Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Ha-
wall, highly approves of the objects of
the bill and the appropriation of 500 ]
Tor the erection of a building or build
ngs for the use of said college out of
the Loan Fund which we recommend {
do pass.
But the committee feels that it
would be better to eliminate the whole
Of Section 2, making Sec. 8 to be Sec. 2.
In place of appropriating $4,000 for
the maintenance of the college in this
bill your committee recommends that
an item of $4,000 be inserted in the bill
for the current expenses of the next
biennial period for the maintenance
and support of the College of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts of the Terri
tory of Hawaii. We think it would
be better 10 make this change which we
strongly recommend.
Senator Coelho reported adversely to
The bill relating to public health on
the ground that the present laws are
ample for the purpose.
House Bill No. 1S4. relating to the
pay of laborers was read by title and
passed first reading. Bills 159, 100 and
1856 also passed first reading.
House Bill No. 112 was reported upon
and the report was laid on the table
to be considered with the bill.
Senate Bill No. 50, providing for the
appointment of vice president of the
Board of Health passed second read
ing. Recess was taken at 1870.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was called at
[ 80 and the first business was reading
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