The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-25
IN THE HOUSE
FIFTY-FOURTH DAY.
CLAIMS BILL PASSES.

Consideration of House Bill 1O3 be-
ing an unpaid claims appropriation bill,
consumed considerable time, il amend
ing and inserting various private
claims, each of which occasioned a
tiresome course of debate.
A vote on the bill carried, all voting
AYE" except the Speaker who voted
mo"
The Finance Committee reported on
House Bill 17G, relative to exempting
the steamships of the Commercial Pa
cfc cable Company from taxation, re-
commencing that it be tabled. The
grounds for the recommendation were
that at present the steamer Of the
company is not subject to taxation as
this is not her home port, and also on
advise of the Attorney General to eff
| feet that such an act would be uncon-
stitutional as taxing property with
discrimination.
Rawlins took exception to the recon-
mendation of the Attorney General,
and incidentally a fail out of that Off
cial in the matter He held that the
bill could be made constitutional if it
was desired. He said that there was
little doubt about the right of the
Territory to tax these ships, and ow-
ing to that doubt, the ships instead of
staying here, and spending $1,000 or
$4,000 per month with Honolulu mer-
chants. He declared that bills grant
ing exemption to railroads that were
so transparent as to who was to benefit
thereby, as to be recognized by every
one, have passed this Legislature
The bill was on vote tabled in adop-
ton of the committees report
SCHOOL MONEY REFUSED.
The same committee recommended
the tabling of House Bill 1862, to make
appropriation of $4,000 for completion OF
the Kalihiwaena school, for the reason
that those in charge of the work have
seen fit to call for plans to cost far
more than the legislature of 1905 had
contemplated, and the committee does
not believe in upholding such policy.
Rice of the committee went further
in stating that the School Board will
soon have available $4,000, and he
thought it should use it's own funds
Besides, he said the work to be COM
| jleted would cost only $4,000 instead OF
$4,000.
Kalana objected to the tabllng of the
bill, but the report was adopted and
the bill tabled.
The Finance Committee recommend
ed the passage of House Bill 235, pro-
viding a sinking fund for purchase OF
redemption of Territorial bonds. The
report was adopted.
NO HAWAIIAN TRANSLATION.
House Bill 2O1, to appropriate $4,000
for the purpose of translating and
publishing the session laws of 1905 and
1907 from English into Hawaiian, wa:
reported on by the Public Expenditures
Committee with a recommendation
that it be tabled. The report was
adopted.
TIME OF MEETING FIXED.
The House on motion adopted the
report of the Conference Committee or
Senate Bill 81, by which the time Oh
meeting of the Boards of Supervisors
of all Counties except Maui is fixed
for the first Wednesday of each month
In Maui it shall be on the first We'd
nesday after the 9Th day of each
month
ELECTRIC FRANCHISES.
The Manufactures and Promotion
Committee reported on House Bill 23S
granting franchise to an electric
company at Lahaina, Maui, and on
House Bill 1876, a general electric fran
chise BILL with recommendations that
they pass with amendments fixing
maximum rate of charge for power
and for the government of the COM
panies and regulation of charges The
reports were both adopted.
The Committee on Education report
ed on Senate Bill 80, to provide a men,
orial to commemorate the signing OF
the first constitution of Hawaii by Ka-
mehameha III, recommended the pass
| age of the bill Adopted.
A VETO.
The Governor presented his veto tc
House Bill "a, relating to Leper Set,
Element and hospital, and providing
for the commission of persons having
leprosy by district magistrates.
The Governor found the bill to be
defective to such degree that il
would practically prevent anything ex-
cept voluntary segregation of Iepers
and he therefore could not approve it,
Kaleiopu moved to override the veto
Sheldon moved to defer considera-
ton until next Saturday. This motion
carried.
Sheldon introduced a leper bill to re-
place the one vetoed by the Governor,
which is supposed to correct the OBJ
jections to the other The bill passed
a first reading by title.
The House then took a recess until 2
o'clock