The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-12


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eth f.ssioa a. ~ the County Act.
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10 corns into snect on the date % its
any ~iection for the Offices which u
rreafec
Rice ares attention TO the power Of
ths rad supervisors under the bill.
s'hich would make him the big boss OF
he district. lie thought n would be
letter 10 pass a bill doing away with
the eiection q the supervisors. lie
moved 20 amend the bill by making
the employment Of laDorers dependent
upon the approval % the Board of su.
perstsors. The amendment passed.
Kaieiopu got the Honolulu salary
reduced to 1880 and Rice sliced the
waimsa man TO 1890. Economy was
again In the ascendant.
Roll call showed a division In favor
Of the bill BY eighteen to ten.
LICENSE BILL.
The bill imposing licenses on a num-
Der Of businesses and callings was
brought under discussion.
coney objected to the feature OF the
bill taxing fishing boats IS a year. He
thought 81 was enough as the fisher
men were poor Japs who might be
driven out OF business.
Rice said ~ was TO tax these very
Japanese that the clause had been put
in These laps VIII not even pay their
personal tax and their boats belong to
huis and cannot be seized He thought
they ought to pay something.
KaIeiopu and Sheldon gave expert
testimony on the price of fish and the
causes for a fiuctuating market. Both
favored the license fee of S.
ONIONS A VEGETABLE.
KanIho secured an amendment to ex.
cIude fish pedlers from the $50 license.
He also wanted onions to be specified,
not being satisfied that these were in
cIuded in the word vegetables" He
also had doubts about lei sellers and
asked about them and 1t was put up
to Rawlins to state whether leis would
be considered merchandise in the
meaning Of the bill. Rawlins did not
think SO.
The bill passed as amended, the new
license fees imposed under it being:
Garage, $50: barber shop, SO; custom
house brokers. $50; employment agen-
cfes. SIS; fishing boats, IS; collection
agencies. SIS: merchandise brokers.
800. merchandise. SOS; pedlers. exclud-
ing those selling fish, fresh fruits and
vegetables. $50; and laundry, dyeing or
cleaning works. s25.
AN EASY AMENDMENT.
The Senate returned House Bill 4s.
the negotiable instrument bill, which
had passed with only the title Short
ened by amendment The change was
agreed to.
Afternoon Session.
Senate Bill 30, which requires that all
employees of the Territory or any politi-
cal subdivision thereof must be cit!-
zens except in such cases where it is
not reasonably practicable to employ
such was given first reading.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COFFEE.
A bill to exempt from all taxes all
property, real and personal, devoted
exclusively to the growth and produce
tfon OF coffee and all coffee, for a
period Of five years, was introduced by
Sheldon.
LAUNDRY BILL.
Coney presented a bill dealing with
laundries, making it punishable to
carry on laundry business in Homo
lulu except in buildings provided in ac-
cordance with the existing law or in
buildings approved and designated by
the Board of Health.
DIvERTING THE INCOME.
An act intended to turn over to the
different counties all moneys collected
as license fees in each was introduced
by Moanauli. who asked that 1t be
rushed through without the delay of
being sent to the printer. This was
agreed to and the bill went down for
second reading today.
INTERPRETERS AS CITIZENS.
House Bill 1856, an act requiring the
in the Territorial courts to
be citizens was recommended by the
committee.
ably on Senate Bill 76, relating to gov
ernent roads, but passed the buck to
the committee Of the whole on Hughes
local option bill.
AGRICULTURAL REPORTS.
The Agriculture committee present.
ed three interesting reports. The first
dealt with Senate Bill Ss, intended to
prevent the importation OF diseased
bees and to preserve. protect and i'm
prove the bees now within the Terri
tory and create good apiaries. The
bill gives the authorities the right OF
inspecting aplaries. The passage was
favored.
Another report was In relation TO the
barbOr law. prohibiting the dumping
Of crude oil, petroleum and refuse In
the waters OF the harbor. The bill was
recommended AZ preventing something
which was a nuisance and which also
destroyed the food fiah In the harbors.
BbsldOn's bill for the protection OF
the forest, making IL a crime 20 girdlo
or destroy growing trees was also rec
commended, although the penalties In
the bill were greatly reduced.
FIItEAItAs BILL
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