The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-05

! lAfItfNtu VI INV 'tlNfWNNAA'' WI haNNAfhtf
a list was received from J. w. Pratt
; Commissioner OF Public Lands, Of
lands sold and exchanged from Dec ],
1908. to March p 1907.
Money was asked by the citizens of
MoIokai as follows. $4,000 for a new
courthouse and jail Mt Pukoo. $500 for
a wharf shed at Halawa; 1880 for a
derrick at wailau and $500 for a trail
to the derrick. Referred TO Commit
tee on Public Lands
The Committee on Public Lands in
its report on House Resolution No So,
which recommends the appropriation Of
$3.50 for repairing Keauhou landing, sta
ted they had found that the breakwater
at this place is also in need of repair
and that the sum asked for Is sufficient
| for both improvements Adopted
| They also recommended that House
Resolution No. 995, appropriating $500
/ for repairs to wharf at Keauhou Dc
4 tabled. Adopted. This committee
also reported favorably on House Reso-
luton No. Al, appropriating $1,000 for
repairs to courthouse at Kapaau and
$500 for repairing the quarantine sta
| ton at this point; on House Resolu-
ton No. SO, appropriating $1,000 for a
wharf shed at Kawaihae; also on
House Resolution No. 81, appropriating
10, limo
All these reports were adopted. on
the recommendation of this committee,
House Resolution No. 90, appropriating
$4,000 for the extension of Judd street
to Pauoa road was tabled; the COM
mittee found that the proposed ex-
tension would cost more than $4,000
and would require the erection of a
steel bridge across Nuuanu stream
| at great expense. Adopted.
| House Resolution No. SO, nppropiiating
$500 to enlarge Kahului jail was report
ed favorably by the committee and the
report was adopted. Their report ON
House Resolution No. 92, approprlating
$3.50 for a derrick at Wailau landing,
$4,000 for a trail to the landing, and
$500 for repairs to Kamalo wharf stated
that it had been found that the derrick
could be erected for $500, the trail made
for $1,000 and the wharf repaired for
$500; therefore they recommended that
the latter amounts be substituted for
those originally asked.
House Resolution No. 112, carrying an
appropriation Of $1,000 for a schoolhouse
o., ~. Y
courthoues at Kalaupapa was referred
to the Committee on Public Lands
House Bill No. ia, introduced by w.
T. Rawlins, amending Section 1882 Re-
vised Laws, relating to corporation re-
tusns, passed first reading.
House Bill No. 35, introduced by Mr..
Correa, amending Section 1878, Revised
Laws, provides that the limit of ex-
emption from income tax be increased
from $1,000 to $500. Passed third read
ing. 1910
Mr.. Rawlins introduced an aIzEft-
ment to House Bill No. 60, amending
Section 1869, Revised Laws. relating
to beef licenses; by this AMENDING n /
sailed, corned and smoked beef, ave
| exempted. Adopted.
Mr.. Kaleiopu presented House Reso-
luton No. lib. providing that appro-
| priation bills be considered in commits
teetof the whole and made the special
order of the day for Monday, Tuesd ~
and Wednesday of each week; also that
the heads of departments be pres ut
before the committee. Adopted. tsr..e
j. l.. Holt, Assessor of Oahu, advised
the House that employees of the tax
bureau would attend when summoned.
MI Silva's resolution aIl.Jpli,t-ag
$4,000 to rebuild the school house at
Hanapepe was referred to the Com
mittee on Education.
Inc Committee on Agriculture re-
ported on Eouse Resola.'on No 16. on
propriating $4,000 to promote tou st
travel to the Territory, with the. rec
concentration that this item be insert
ed In the appropriation bill. The re-
port was tabled, pending action on the
appropriation bill.
House bill No. 81 provides for the
removal of the license on the sale of
salmon. Messrs. Kaniho Hughes and
Rawlins supported the bill as a meas
ure of relief for the poor. Mr.. KaIei-
opu opposed it, claiming that Chinese
and Japanese We're the oh ef beneficia-
ries, The bill passed, ayes rs, noes 4,
absent l.
AT 1l:15 the House took recess until
2 y. m.
At the afternoon session, the House
went into Committee of the Whole,
Mr., kaleiopu being in the chair. The
heads of departments We're present |
with estimates of their expenditures |
Tor the next fiscal period
Secretary of the Territory A. 1. C.
Atkinson, for the executive depart
ment, asked appropriations as follows
Tor the period from July /, 1907 to June
30, 1909: $4,000 for incidental expenses:
$4,000 for printing; $4,000 for elections
and $4,000 for the care and translation
OF archives. All We're approved
In the archives appropriation. Mr..
kaniho opposed the expenditure of any
item for the translation of documents,
claiming that as they We're not likely
to be ever required II would be cheap
er to burn them; Mr.. Rawlins did not
agree with Mr.. Kaniho. arguing that
as a matter of patriotism and educa-
ton the papers should be translated
and preserved.
on the ground that Honolulu only
would be benefited by public library,
MIR. Rice opposed an item of $40, 900 for
such an institution. Secretary Atkin-