The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-05

gives IL out that the delay In signin
the bill was caused by rush of otht
business to the Governor, the signin
of the bill and the presentation o
the resolution on Saturday may be cor
sidered as coincidence.
A singular proceeding during tn
morning was the introduction of Hous
Bill No. 80, its passage on first read
ing by title and reference to a com
mittee. The usual form is to receive
bill from the House, refer it to !
committee and then, if the report II
satisfactory, call it for first reading
In this case the Judiciary committed
got the bill after it had passed the
first reading.
The Judges of the First Circuit com
municated their objections to what they
deemed the unwarranted reductions IL
the salaries of their clerks as recon
mended by the Governor in his mes
sage. In the Senate there seems to be
some opposition W tho Pi0PoSN"
tions.
Senator Lane introduced bill re-
lating to the appointment of tax as
SCISSORS and collectors.
The Senate was advised of the pas
sage of Bill No. 23 by the House and
it has been referred to the Governor
for signature.
On the order of the day it was pro-
posed to take up the bill introduced
by Senator Coelho relative to schools.
In the opinion of the young man from
Maui there is something rotten in the
administration of the school system
Whether or not he will have the sup
port of the committee is a question.
There is feeling among some that
the Board of Education is an unneces-
sary body and the direction Of the
schools had better be in the hands OF
someone who will have freer scope and
who will pay some attention to the
complaints handed in. For this reason
Senator Coelho has formulated bill
which may correct this and, in great
way, be the means OF redeeming the
pledge given by candidates that the
control of the schools would be placed
in the hands of the counties. The data
necessary for the intelligent presenta-
tion of the bill not being at hand
postponement of consideration was
made to the 9th inst.
Senator Dowsett from the Ways and
Means committee reported on Senate
Bill No. So as follows:
Honolulu, T. H, March 1, 1907.
Hon. E. F. Bishop, President of the
Senate, Honolulu, T. II.
Sir: Your Committee on Ways and
Means, to which was referred Senate
Bill No. SO, entitled AN Act Making
Additional Appropriations for the De-
partmental Use of the Territory of Ha-
wall" begs to report as follows:
Your committee recommends the
passage of the bill with the following
amendments:
Under the head of Department of
Public Works amend the item read
ing Completion Extension Wailuku
Building Lease to County from Feb
ruary l. 1907, $1,000" to read as follows:
Completion of Wailuku Jail and Fire
Department Building, and refunding
the county for amounts expended by it
in construction of such building, $lOOO.'
Under the head of Department OF
Educat on amend the item reading
Unpaid Rents and Incidentals, $6630,"
to read UNPAID Rents and Incl
dentals s5l30."
In explanation of the above your
committee would state that it has been
brought to its attention that the
County OF Maui has already expended
and is still spending its own funds to-
ward the completion of the building
known as the Wailuku Jail and Fire
Department, and Independent of any
possible existing arrangement made be-
tween the Superintendent of Public
Works and the Board of Supervisors
Of the County of Maui, it is your COM
mittee's opinion that the county should
be reimbursed for such amounts thus
expended.
The reduction of the item of $6630 to
$3.50 under the head of Board of Edu-
cation is occasioned by the striking out
of the item inserted by the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction for the
purchase of an automobile. Your COM
mittee Is of the opinion that II is not
advisable that such an item should be
inserted in a bill which, as recommend
ed in the message of the Governor, is
presented to meet the estimated re-
quirements of the several departments
of the Government to the end of the
present biennial period. Your commit
tee does not consider an automobile
one of these requirements.
From the same committee Senator
Dowsett reported favoring the bill fix
ing the wage of laborers as follows:
Your Committee on Ways and Means,
to which was referred Senate Bill No.
81, entitled AN Act to Designate the
Pay OF Laborers Engaged in Construct
ing or Repairing Roads, Bridges or
Streets, Water Works or Other WORKS
for the Territory OF Hawaii, or for Any
Political Subdivision Thereof" begs to
report as follows:
While not desirous of hampering the
economical administrative of the work