The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-09


/, saloon 10 one person. arm or corpfA
tlun. was stricken out.
The license for clubs outside fadiu
Of I'VE miles from n lrst.clasa post
office was reduced from $780, as in tn
bill, to $50.
Senator Coeiho moved that the com
mlttee report progress and beg leav'
to sit again and report certain amend
ments.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The senate again resolved itself into
the committee OF the whole with Sem
ator Knu6scn In the chair.
senator Smith moved to amend the
Item Landings and Wharves so that
It shall be as in the bill, lump sum
OF $4,000.
Senator Dowsett moved to make 1t
$4,000
Senator Kalama objected He moved
that the item be made $4,000 Sem
ator Woods seconded and the Dowsett
motion was lost. The Smith amend
ment segregatng the amount, $4,000,
carried.
KEROSENE OIL.
The item OF 5000, rent of kerosene
oil warehouse was up against II when
IL struck the eagle eye of Senator
Woods, so he moved to strike out the
item. In this he had strong support
from Senator Chilingworth, who said
he had called on members OF the Mer-
chants Association and Chamber of
Commerce and found them opposed TO
the present custom.
Senator Bishop said the statement
that his opposition to the bill was
due to the fact that certain parties
build warehouses was an error on the
part of some one. He opposed the bill
because he wanted to let the govern
ment have the revenue.
Senator Chillingworth said the act of
charging storage Is unconstitutional
and in violation of Act 10 of the Con-
stitution of the United States which
provides against double taxation.
Senator Smith asked in whose inter-
est Senator Chillingworth was work.
ing.
The Senator declined to answer until
the question was made palmer. 1t
then developed that Senator Chilling
worth was favoring the bill in behalf
of the oil dealers.
Senators Smith and Bishop remarked
that they thought so.
The motion to strike out the item
was lost.
Senator Dowsett moved to reduce the
item for the survey department to
$4,000. Senator Brown wanted 1t re-
duced to $4,000, same as last year.
Senator Smith made an appeal for
the preservation of the item. He NOV
ed to make 1t $4,000.
Senator Woods seconded the motion
to make the sum $4,000.
Senator Brown supported his motion
for reduction because the Surveyor
General was unable to tell the commit
tee what his department would do with
the money when he got it,
Senator Dowsett thought the present
force would be able to handle the work
and believed $4,000 would be sufficient.
Senator Hayselden called attention
to the fact that the Board of Immi-
grafton has recommended that lands be
opened, in which case it would require
the surveyors services. He would
second the Dowsett motion to fix the
amount at 100000, and this carried.
Industrial and manual training $500
was, on motion of Senator Dowsett, re-
duced to $4,000.
Superintendent Rabbit reported sales
of books during the biennial period to |
be s1O,O6750 instead of $4,000 as he had
prev ously stated The item of sl2,5OO |
book and library fund, passed. School |
supplies $4,000 and materials for lace
making $500 passed as in the bill.
Lahainaluna. on motion of Senator
Hayselden was raised to $4,000. SEN
ator Kalama moved to strike out $1,000 |
for summer school. Carried
For repairs to school buildings the
Oahu item was cut TO $4,000 on mo-
tion of Senator Kalama. He moved to
cut Hawaii appropriation TO $4,000 and
Makekau kicked as hard as Senator
Smith against the reduction for Oahu,
so 1t stood at S26,S75. Senator j shop
moved to cut the Maui, Molokai and
Lanai appropriation to $4,000. Senator
Kalama said $4,000 would be sufficient
and his amendment carried.
Senator Smith objected to reducing
the Kauai item below the amount in
the bill. Senator Dowsett wanted to
reduce It to $4,000. Coelho moved to
pass as in the hill. Carried.
HEALTH MATTERS.
Hilo will get an ambulance for the
item having been inserted
Senator Hewitt suggested that where
so much money is being appropriated
for hospitals the President of the
3oard of Health be made trustee ex
ofiicio of the Board This was not
seconded.
The Governor had put tabu on the
for Malulani hospital.
The House inserted an item of $4,000
and this was amended in the Senate
10 $4,000 which carried.
An item of $4,000 was inserted for
government physicians on all islands,
on motion OF Senator Dowsett.
Senator Mccarthy wanted an item OF
$4,000 for expenses under the liquor
law Of 1907 and his mot on to that EFF,
feet carried.
senator Brown had inserted an item
OF $1,000 for the purchase OF boat for
the pilot Of that port,
Senator Makekau wanted inserted an
item Of $4,000 for extension OF sewers
in mo.
Senator Woods wanted TO know how
he arrived at the cost and Makekau
said he had received figures from Hlo