The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-23
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matters of ways and means and pro
cedures, in which the new loan bill
figured. The report was finally adopted
| The committee recommended the ap
preparation of 500 for a jailor' g house
at Hauula.
ASYLUM MEDICAL BOARD.
/ An act creating Medical Board OF
three physicians to have the sole di
rection of the treatment of inmates OF
| the Insane Asylum and have the power
| to appoint a medical attendant for the
patients was recommended. At present
there is only one physician who pre-
scribes for the inmates and the plan
to give him three competent advisers
seemed to the committee, to be a move
ment in the right direction.
Kaleiopu's bill asking that fund
from moneys received from the sale of
improvements on surrendered public
lands he set aside for the repurchase
of these improvements in the event of
a subsequent surrender was recommend
ed for passage The committee found
that the provisions therein contained
will be beneficial to those who have i'm
proved their holdings under a home
stead lease, a right of purchase lease,
a freehold agreement or homestead
agreement, who are forced to surrender
their holdings or are taken possession
of by the Government by reason of
cancellation of their leases or agree
ments, and at the same time the bill
protects the interest of the Govern
ment in every way.
THIRD READINGS.
There were four House bills on the
order of the day for third readings.
These were House Bill 81, turning over
for the use of the counties the police
court fines collected within each;
House Bill 1876, raising county off,
Gals salaries, from supervisors down
to deputy sheriffs;
bill providing for the pay of jurors in
coroner's inquests, and
House Bill 119, providing for the
payment by the Government to deputy
assessors of five per cent. of the
amount of taxes collected by him.
GRAFT IS MENTIONED.
There was a spirited discussion of
House Bill 119, during the course of
which Kaleiopu denounced the meas
ure as graft.
This is a graft, I say, and mighty
big graft" said Kaleiopu.
When the supervisors salary was
under discussion those gentlemen here
representing the press called it a
graft, but when the salary bill comes
down from the Senate perhaps they
will see more graft, and mighty big
graft.
However, We are glad to see these
gentlemen here, so that they can see
for themselves about this bill"
CHAIN LIGHTNING.
Rice remarked that he saw that he
had been a prophet when he said that
before long someone besides himself
would be hit by the chain lightning
of the press. The bill, however, was
only intended to assist in the collec-
ton of taxes.
HONOLULU GRABBOx.
eff the matter were left to the Ho-
nolulu grabbox there would be graft
all right shouted Sheldon. But
there is no graft in this bill at all.
The ones they talk about, the ones
drawing salaries, do not come under
this bill. 1 say it is a good bill and
ask all the members to stand by it,
Never mind what the papers say"
RAWLINS OBJECTS TO EXPIRES
SION.
Rawlins thought it in bad taste for
the member from Kauai to infer that
there was any grating in the tax Of
flee at Honolulu. There was no justice
in condemning any man off hand in
that way If there is any grating the
grafters will be caught. The bill was
a good one, however, although amend
ed the bill might create confusion
through some deputies demanding
commissions instead of their salaries.
A DISTINCTIVE.
The interpreter was paralyzed when
Rawlins dissected the bill and discov-
cred a distinctive. After the dissec-
ton he asked to be allowed to redraft
the measure to make it palmer and
less complicated.
HONOLULU'S UNTAXED.
Kaluna, the introducer, said he had
presented the measure because he
thought it would encourage deputy as
SCISSORS to rustic after personal taxes.
Last year about 10000 persons in Ho-
nolulu had not been reached and If
all taxes were collected it would add
100000 TO the revenue of the Terri
tory. A commission would give an
incentive to the collectors and help
the revenues.
On the plantations some of the Ia
borers escaped, the Chinese drawing
their pay through camp bosses, who
always tried TO mislead instead of as
sisting the assessors.
UNFAIR OAHU.