The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-13
THE SENATE KEEPS ITS WORK AHEAD
AND AWAITS ACTION OF THE HOINF
Senators Amend Bill
Encouraging New
industries.
SENATE SEVENTEENTH DAY.
Morning Session

There was little for the Senate tc
> do when called yesterday, for the order
of the day was clean page. Down
in the House there were ten of the
Senate bills awaiting action and sc
long as they are held up just so long
viii the Senate be taking recesses
Everything up stairs has been cleared
and the Senators roll their thumbs
while the House keeps the temperature
of the lower chamber at fever heat.
When it comes to acting on House
Bill No. SO, relating to park reserve
on Punchbowl there will probably be
B. fight in the Senate. That there is
a coon in the woodpile is strongly sus-
pected and Representative Leleiwi is
the innocent promoter of a measure
that looks like a. job.
ONE ITEM OMITTED.
An oversight on the part of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
caused a fiutter among the members
of the Educational committee yester-
day. Senator Brown had introduced a
resolution last week appropriating the
sum of three thousand dollars for
furniture in the Hilo High school. The
item should have been placed in the
deficiency bill but the Superintendent
forgot, or overlooked it in the rush.
When it was discovered the bill had
passed third reading in the House and
was back in the Senate with an amend
ment. Under the rules the item could
not be inserted so the chairman of the
committee introduced a special bill for
the amount To get this through will
take five or six days and perhaps
longer.
A communication from the Secretary
informed the Senate that the Governor
had signed Acts and 6.
An amendment was made to Senate
Bill No. SO, so that there is an item
of $3.50 inserted in the appropriation
for the use of departments for the con-
struetion of a Jail fence and clubhouse
at the Wailuku Jail.
House Bill No. Al, amending Section
115 of the Session Laws passed first
reading and was referred to the Mis-
cellaneous committee.
House Bill No. 9s, relating to the
setting apart of a portion of the lands
at Punchbowl as public park, passed
first reading.
PINEAPPLE LANDS BARRED.
Senator Hayselden has closely in
vestigated the claims of the pineapple
growers for further tax exemption and
arrived at the following conclusion as
reported from the Lands committee yes
terday:
Your Committee on Public Lands re-
port having had under consideration
Senate Bill No. A, relating to the ex-
from taxation of property used
in certain industries.
Your committee finds that there are
several well established pineapple con-
Germs doing business in this industry
IN the Territory, having material evil
1ence of prosperity; SO much so, tnat
we feel safe in saying that they nave
pa assed the experimental stage Ihey
are here to stay, and those now enter
ng this field of enterprise know exactly
what conditions will have to be met
md the probable results of their eftorls.
We desire to call the attention of the
Senate to the fact that this industry IS
exempt from taxation up to April 25rd'
1908. (See Revised Laws, 1905, Section
-223.)
The other exemptions named in the
,ilI are still in the experimental stages
md very little has been so far demon
,trated concerning them and We recon-
mend that the time extension proVldeu
or in the bill be granted them, out
lenied as to the above named industry
We therefore recommend the passage |
# the bill with the following amend
nent:
In Section I. line s. strike out the
word ''pineapples."
House Bill No. 90, amending Act |
L4O9, relating to the sale OF tobacco /
md cigars. passed first reading.
Senate Bill No A was then brought
ID for passage but on motion of Sen
ator Dowsett action was deferred until
he afternoon session.
Senator Chillingworth gave notice OF
his intention to introduce bill pro-
riding for the refunding of the bonded
Indebtedness of the Territory and an
otLer providing method by which cor
porations will file an application Tor
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