The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-05
IN THE SENATE
AETENNOON sEssInN.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senator Smith of the Judiciary COM
mittco reported on House bill 80 ex-
emptng any divorce libeuant afaict-
ed with leprosy from the payment of
court costs. The committee favored
the passage o Ithe bill. on House bill
no. $50 the same committee made
favorable report. on Senate bill No.
u the following report was made. the
bin proposing to redistrict the Terri
tory and reapportion the membership
I'm the legislature.
"The bill proposes a complete and
somewhat elaborate redistricting Of
the Territory for election purposes and
a re-apportionment of the membership
in both Houses. without entering in
to a detailed statement of the various
provisions of the bill we are of opinion
that for the present it would be better
not to attempt the changes proposed
Frequent changes in the laws relating
to the matters which affect the COM
mon people should not be attempted or
made unless there are important rea-
sons for doing so, and we do not con-
slider at the present time the reasons
are sufficiently important and there
fore recommend that the bill be laid
on the table"
All of these reports, on motion of
Senator Smith, were tabled to be con-
sidered with the bills.
Senator Lane then presented the va
rious amendments to the municipal
bill made necessary by the amendment
passed at the morning session, which
made the election under the new act IN
! November 1908 instead of 1907
Lane moved the passage of the bill
as amended.
Bishop wanted to amend chapter 3
to take the power to have charge of
street sprinkling out of the hands of
the supervisors.
Smith opposed the amendment but
there was no second to Bishops mo-
ton.
Bishop moved that the salary of
Mayor be decreased from $4,000 to $4,000
year. County government was ne
said a success but the total expense of
governing the territory is greater now
than it was before we had county gov
eminent. Despite the claims that the
cost of government would not
be greater under county government
than it would be under the other form
of government, the cost of govern
ment was greater. What the use for
the municipal BIZ was, God alone knew.
He did not see what the Mayor would
have to do but to draw his salary.
Chilingworth replying that the rate
Of taxation had not been increased un-
der the county government He con-
tended that the salary of mayor ought
to be left at $4,000. The governor
was not, he thought being paid enough
| at the present salary and he had
thought of urging that he be paid 3d.
800 year more as ne mad lot OF
entertaining to do, for instance he hat
miral But with municipal government
the mayor would be at" He wonlC
have to attend to receptions and things
of this description. The governor
would in such a case be the guest OF
the mayor. He felt that $4,000 was lit
tie enough to pay the mayor of Homo,
lulu
Replying Bishop said that while the
tax rate had not been increased, the
county government and the proposed
bill now was to eat up money to the
loss Of public improvements.
ChiIingworth said that the Mayor
of San Francisco had a house worth
100000 and then everybody laughed,
ChilIingworth said that he did moi
suppose "of course that the house
had been gotten any other way eX'
cept from his salary. He thought il
was little enough to pay.
Il would like to ask the Honorable
Senator for Oahu" sad Knudsen I'll
the purpose Of this bill is to Gust the
governor and make the mayor the
whole cheese as it were?'
The question of the Senator from
Kauai" said Chllingworth lis frivo'