The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-02

This is the tax exemption TO small
farms bill, which the House limited TO
apply to forty acres under actual cul-
tivation.
House Bills 26 and 103 were returned
unchanged and Senate Bill 10 was sub
mitted.
SECOND READINGS.
House Bills III and 172 were present
ed for second reading. The first Oh
these related to the method of mark
ing ballots and passed unquestioned-
The second measure is the one prac-
tically suspending all public officials
in the Territory from their positions
so soon as any tax against them be
comes delinquent, forbidding the audi
tors to sign any salary warrants TOT
them.
Kaleiopu wanted to rush this
through without sending IL to any
committee, but in this the House did
not concur. The bill was passed TO
the Finance committee.
PUNCHBowL DRIVE.
Castro presented a petition asking
for the appropriation of enough money
to extend Prospect street around
Punchbowl, in accordance with the
suggestion of Park Expert Robinson.
The petition was sent to the Public
Lands committee.
KANIHo's LITTLE WANTS.
The Miscellany committee reported
on a petition presented by Kaniho ana
recommended tabling 1t. The hrst re-
quest. that a government road be
opened from Mahukona to Kawaihae.
was turned down at the request OF the
introducer, who wished to introduce a
resolution respecting 1t.
The request for the opening up OF
the government lands situated at Po-
lolu was refused because the petition
ers should have addressed the Public
Lands Department.
A request that the Hawaiian IAN
guage be allowed in all Territorial
courts was not considered as the use
of the language is already allowed.
That Hawaiians be allowed to prac-
tise medicine on payment or %
annual license fee was answered py
stating that no one is prohibited
from practising medicine now, provid-
ing he be able 70 pass the necessary
examinations.
Kaleiopu asked that the report be
sent back to the committee as con-
tanning matter derogatory to the intro
Queer and also as containing a slur-
ring reference to the Public Lanus
committee, taking the reference To the
Public Lands Commissioner in mis-
taken sense.
The report was adopted.
HEALTH REPORT.
Coney asked that his committee be
relieved of House Bill 157, the Judi
ciary committee having bills 156 and
15s. introduced by the same member
and dealing with the same subjects.
Bill 1871 was accordingly transferred TO
the same committee.
The Finance committee reported raw
orably on House Bill 159, an Act to en-
able the counties to provide for coun-
Nv loans, and House Bill 16O, author
izing the purchase OF county bonds by
the Territory. The reports were
adopted.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The House went into committee OF
the whole at half past two Tor the
consideration of House Bill 16l, proVid-
ing special appropriations for govern
rnent use to pay claims incurred prior
to June 80, 1905, Paoo being called 10
the chair.
The bill under consideration carried
a. large number of items for the pay
ment of back claims against the gov
eminent, some incurred after the reg
ular appropriations had been expeno-
ed, others for sums previously deferred
or turned down in former legislatures
or never presented in time. The total
amount of the original bill IS S1OSll',
although this amount will be swelled
considerably by the insertion OF sup
Elementary amounts, one for $3.50, be-
ing added yesterday TO pay a Supreme
Court judgment in favor OF Charles
Motley for land condemned for the
Kukui street extension.
The items are mainly small ones
the thirty items passed yeterday
amounting in all to sl42l.22. one