The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-14
Afternoon Session.


Sheldon gave notice that he had an
| other bill to present, this one dealing
with an amendment to Section Isl of
the Revised Laws, dealing with the
making of an acknowledgement to an
instrument.
Hughes offered a bill to provide a
Hawaiian library and maintain same.
Mahoe put in a resolution providing
for the erection of a new bridge at Ka-
luanui at a cost of $4,000.
Correa introduced an act relating to
hunting with firearms.
A resolution appropriating $4,000 for
building of eight miles of new road in
Puma was presented by Nailima.
Quinn offered an act to provide for
public loans by the County of oahu,
the limit of which is to be one million
dollars, covered by bonds. Interest on
these bonds is to be not more than six
per cent.
An act creating a board of trustees
of the Hawaiian Infant Asylum ana
prescribing it's powers and duties was
placed in the firing line by Long. The
board is to have control of all proper
ty set apart or given for infant asy-
lum purposes and to expend whatever
funds are provided for the same.
All were given a first reading and
referred to the Printing committee.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole, to take up the considera-
ton of the departmental appropria-
lions, President Pinkham, of the Board
of Health and Superintendent of Public
instruction Rabbit being in attend
ance to answer questions and explain.
The committee began their active
work upon the items under the head
of Board of Health. The following
items passed.
Segregation and care of lepers, $1S4,-
600.
Medical Department, Molokai Leper
Settlement and Kalihi Receiving Sta
ton, Oahu, $4,000; Kalihi Hospital,
$4,000; stamps, etc, for lepers, $500;
maintenance of and improvements Ka-
piolani Girls Home, Kalihi, Oahu. $12.-
900; maintenance, general hospital and
nursery, Molokai settlement, $4,000
Freight and passengers quarantine
for weekly common carrier service be-
tween Honolulu (Oahu) and Kauna-
lekunu and Kalaupapa (MolokaD, La
haina (MauD, Kahalepalaoa UanaD,
by the way of Pukoo to and return
two return trips per month shall be
from Kalaupapa (MolokaD to Homo
lulu (OahD direct, and a schedule of
sailings for periods of not less than six
months shall be filed with the Board
of Health not less than sixty days
before going into effect, to be awarded
after public bid or tender, to the low
est bidder, provided, however, that a
passenger steamer is used, $500.
Kalaupapa store, s65,OO0; repairs,
Board of Health telephone, Molokai,
$780,
Maintenance of ambulance. $500:
maintenance of horse and wagon, Hilo.
1920; repairs quarantine hospital, Hilo,
$500; quarantine, fumigation, disinfec-
tants, medical supplies, medical ser
vice, suppression of contagious diseases
and apparatus, $29, 600; sundry expense
$4,000; rent of ground for quarantine
hospital and Kapiolani Girls Home.
$780,
An item of $4,000 for the general
maintenance of the insane asylum was
deferred, Hughes wishing to increase
it to $4,000 to allow of the erection
Of an infrmary.
FOR the Auditing department an item
of $4,000 for incidental and travelling
expenses was allowed.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
The Committee of the Whole rose to
receive a message from the Governor
announcing that Senate Bill 4 had been
vetoed. Senate Bill IA. relating to the
rights of married women, and House
Bill 30, limiting working hours of gov
eminent laborers on Saturdays to five
for legal day, met the same fate at
the Governors hand
sheldon moved that action be de-
ferred on these until Friday to see
what action the Senate would take.
The Territorial Secretary notified the
House that Senate Bill 80, Senate Bill
and Senate Bill SO had received the
gubernatorial signature.