The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-09

The QUESTIONABLE OF ihc civic Fedora
ton issued throughout TIM Territory
sl.nAtu q cola ui.sus OF pubic opinion
outside of Honolulu IN favor Vt the
81 900 fee for all saloons. We think
that the request to grade the licenses
at 5000. $3.50 and $500 IL therefore ex.
ceedlngy moderate. :
AT the hearing before your commit
tee a few weeks ago one OF the liquor
ealers present voiced the sentiments
that one license to 1000 of the popula-
.ion IA ooundss would be wise pro-
vision. We favor the proportion OF
one license to 1900 OF the population,
We request that page .. line 2, be
amended to read "or major fraction
thereof"
We request that Section u. page 10,
line 3. be amended by substituting the
word owners" for the word holders"
Also that on page IL, line 4, the words
Owners and owner" be substituted
for the words "holders" and holder"
respectively. Also that everywhere
else In Bill No. 81 where the words
property holder or property hold
ers" are found there be substituted
the words real estate owner" or real
estate owners"
The owners of real estate and not
property holders are affected by the
presence of a saloon In the neighbor-
hood OF their properly. Bill 81 as now
drawn threatens seriously to affect the
value of real estate in many parts OF
The Terri DRY. BIZ No. AZ carefully
guarded real estate interests by provid-
T. MT the consent or owners of real
estate and not that of property holders
be secured.
we request that on page II. begin
ming with the word provided" in line
.. all be stricken out to and including
"as hereinafter provided" in line Is.
This will compel the filing of real es-
tate owners consent annually. This
requirement has long been in force in
the town of Lake, Chicago, and else
where with excellent results. This is
but just to property owners. For It is
conceivable that the present proprietor
of the Union Saloon in Honolulu might
be succeeded by a man who would run
the business most object!onably to the
surrounding real estate owners, yet
they would have no redress. A woman
might be left a widow with small re-
sources all in the form of a mortgage,
the owner of the mortgaged property
might sanction saloon which in time
would result in deterioration of the
property which passing to the widow
because of such fall in value might &C.
casion serious loss and yet this provi-
son would prevent her repairing the
loss by refusal to consent to the saloon.
1t is not just to property owners to sad
die upon them permanently nearby
SELDOM simply because consent was
once obtained.
We request that lines 20 to % on
pages IL and ~. as to revocation of
consent, be stricken out for the reasons
above given.
We request that Section 10, page Is,
be amended by inserting the words
"to woman or" after the word grant
ed" in line 1.
We request that Section 10, page Is,
lines to 9, be amended to read:
-Four hundred feet of a church.
chapel. or school, the measurements to
be made in a straight line from the
nearest point of'the premises for which
the license is asked to the nearest point
of the premises used for such place of
religious worship or school. provided
that this last provision" etc.
The measurement if made in accor-
dance with the provisions of Bill No.
81 would allow saloons to be placed all
around Kanehameha schools adjoining
the prem SEES
We favor the substitution of the
word woman for the word female"
in Section 80, 90 and go, page "a, and
in Section 60. page Al; also the inser-
tion OF the words "or woman" after
the word minor" in Section 80. page
%, line 10.
We suggested that inasmuch as the
Secretary of the Board of License Com
missoners is required to receive
money. he should be required to give
adequate bonds.
We request that 10 Section 81, page
%, line g. there be added the words "or
to transfer his business to any place
school, measurement to be made as
provided in Section 49,
We request that in Section 81, page
within 400 feet of a church. chapel or
SO, line s. the word "or'' be changed
to read land" Also that in the line
8 the words "or both" be erased.
The experience of the United States
Government proves that If the penalty
be both fine and Imprisonment the Of
lenses will be far less numerous.
We request that Section 62 of Bill Al
be added to BIZ No. 81 after Section
81, page SO, and numbered Section 5S,
subsequent sections TO be corrected ac-
cordingly as far as Section 81 of the
Bill No. 81; also that Section 81 of the
Bill No. 81 be stricken out because 1t
will prevent the securing of evidence
and will therefore defeat justice. 1t
also makes the drunkard. enslaved to
appetite. the chief offender instead of
the Illegal seller.
We request that Section 10. page 43,
be stricken out. as all present licenses
Will be good until June 80.
We find the definition of "hotep' I'm
BIZ No. AZ clearer than that in Bill No.
81 and therefore request that the lat
ter be amended by the insertion after
the word building on page 2. line II,
Of the words "in which separate guest
rooms are provided and suitably fur
nlshed for each guest for lodging and
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