The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-02
Is The County
: Revenue Act Law?

liability come before courts for determination
intended increase the Of the counties by
giving them half of the direct collected
half of the licenses and fines and perhaps other revenue
collected within them The Governor in veong the Dill pointed out
what intended be given the counties The senate pass
the bill the Governors veto The House deferred action on
the time passed another bill worded
the objections of the Governor to the original bill
The plan was signed this BILL sustain the veto of
did sign this override the the 9th
Thus in either the increased revenue would be given to the
The second bill passed House and Senate and went to the
but not in time insure against the pocket Veto
days ago the House by became salts
fed that the Governor would the second BILL and sustained his
But yesterday became convinced that he did not
sign second BILL and about recall its acquies
the veto of the first 1t sent to the Governor asking HIM to
the communication in which announced that the House
had sustained his This he declined to do holding that its first
action in the matter was final Then the House proceeded TO recon
slider the by which the had been sustained and having
considered It, oyeode the veto Opon the Governor 6eg oe
of this action he reiterated his former statement that the hSt action OF
AS the matter now, therefore it question of whether
this vetoed and therefore dead or whether was passed
Governors and is therefore very much alive
had the power to- reconsider after
communicated the Governor the result of SUCH
provides that each House shall determine the rules of its own
proceedings inconsistent with this Act Unless there is some
thing Organic Act preventing it, would that the House
is here given control of its proceedings to the extent necessary
On the other hand the Organic provides that the procedure
receipt shall be follows Each house shall enter the
same at large upon its journal and proceed such BILL
Dart of bill and again vote upon by ayes which shall be
upon its journal If after such reconsideration such BILL or
part Of bill shall approved by thirds vote of all the members
to which each entitled it shall thereby become law
this the question arises whether the House can twice re-
the According general parliamentary practice
it cannot the rules of its procedure
therefore restrained by the Organic Act its procedure would
o be deermnatve of the question
purely parliamentary point of view the position of the
somewhat strengthened by the usual of its own pro-
ceedng Thus in the Senate when veto received the procedure
is motion reconsider the vote by which the bill passed
Governor Upon this motion being decided in the
motion that the bill become law the veto OF
the Governor to the contrary Notwithstanding Under his procedure
another variance with all parliamentary
And this question and decided in the senate yester-
day. 49,
But practice the House is little different There, upon
practice has been to put the first motion
sha the veto of the Governor to the contrary
Notwithstanding According to this practice there has been no
consideration the by which the bill passed originally and there