The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-24

| also reminded the House that thirty
four doctors had got back their SO
license fees paid under the same con
ditions as the merchants named in the
bill and if the repayment of one was
fair the repayment of the others was
equally so. His committee had not gone
into the legal aspects of the case, how
ever.
The calling of the vote was put over
until today.
BOBS UP AGAIN.
Sheldon moved to reconsider the re-
consideration of House Bill 223, twice
defeated, the last time only few min
utes before He was asked to wait a
few minutes and give the bill rest.
| FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT.
Chairman Rice, of the House confer
ence committee, presented the commit
| tee report on House Bill 161. The com
mittee had agreed on all the Senate
| amendments except one item, that of
J. Fl. Kamio, of Kipahulu, for land
| taken for road purposes, which was
jumped from $50 to $1o5. This brings
the total of the appropriations under
the bill to $16,753.62.
This is the only one of the appro-
priation bills so far agreed on and the
least important of three which have
passed both branches of the Legislature.
The report was adopted.
LABORERs' WAGE BILL VETOED.
Another veto was presented in
message from the Governor, the bill
fixing the pay of all laborers in the
public employ at $1.25 a day for
minimum going the same route for the
same reasons as did similar bill put
ting the minimum pay at $3.50 day.
The message criticized the bill for fix
ing the wages of employees of public
contractors.
VETO OVERRIDDEN.
Kaleiopu made a motion to override
and on a vote to sustain the House
divided: Ayes, 4; noes, "a; absent, B.
The four who agreed with the Execu-
tive were Castro Kalana, Moanauli and
Waiwaiole.
SENATE COMMUNICATIONS.
Sheldon s bill to make it a INSIDE
meanor to leave a horse united on the
public streets, and Rice's bill to allow
banking corporations to acquire and
hold real estate and corporation stock
were sent back with various amend
ments, none of them of vital nature.
The amendments were concurred in to
the last bill, the other being laid over
until Sheldon was present.
The Senate amendments to House Bill
179 were approved of and House Bills
226 and 223 came back unamended.
Senate Bill 113, amending Section
1856 of the Revised Laws, was received
and given it's first reading.
RECONSTRUCTED SENATE BILL.
Senate Bill 8, making rearrange
ment of certain taxation, electoral and
education districts, was up for third
reading. Waianae and Eva are two
of the districts affected Hughes want
ed to know where the benefits came in
and Rawlins pointed to Pail as the
man who had asked to have it add
vanced on the calendar.
Pail said that so far as he knew there |
was nothing to gain and the Chair also
confessed ignorance on the subject. The
matter was finally laid over until to-
day, by which time some hidden merit |
in the bill may be unearthed. The |
Chair explained that there would be a |
very light calendar today.
FREE PASTURAGE.
Sheldon moved that the House con-
cur in the Senate amendments to his
horse tying bill, although he thought
it allowed horses to make pasture
of the roads. The House cOncurred.
SPECIAL CLAIMS BILL.
A bill to pay certain special claims
against the Territory, Senate Bill 103,
being sums for repayment on lot i'm
provements, was deferred.
VETO CONSIDERATION AGAIN.
Consideration of the veto on House
Bill 139, relating to hunting with fire
arms, was deferred until Saturday.
THREE TIMES THREE.
The third vote on the third reading
IF House Bill 223 was then called An +;
hour before the House had divided in
favor of it by Il to 10, not enough to
larry. This time the vote stood: Ayes,
20; noes, 8; absent, /. If no other vote /
s called the bill is passed.
CLAIM FOR POLICE INJURY.