The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-01

and it would be a hardship for the
merchants to get their bills in readf-
ness at the time.
Senator Dowsett said he had had a
conversation with Mr.. Gay who had
suggested to him the advisability OF
holding the meetings on the second
Wednesday as it would be practically
/ impossible for the people on Lanai to
get their bills ready in time to present
| them. Senator Smith favored the idea
of the second Wednesday but the re-
port was adopted and the bill passed
second reading.
| Senator Dowsett presented a resolu-
| ton from the Ways and Means COM
mittee on the Governors message con-
tanning the budget. Owing to the fact
| that there are several new items in
the bill there must be time for the
| committee to make inquiry as to the
necessity for the increased expendi-
ture. The committee feels that it will
be better to wait until these matters
have been attended to before presenting
the bill to the Senate for considera-
ton. The resolution was adopted and
Monday March 4th, has been set as
the day for the first reading of the
bill.
When bill No. 80 came up for final
reading, Senator Makekau moved to
amend so that there might be a mini
mum sentence of one year, but this
was opposed by Senator Smith for the
reason that there are times when there
are extenuating circumstances and In
such cases it will be easier to reach
conviction than to have the mini
mum at a fixed time. Juries were re-
luctant, often, to deal too harshly with
men under certain conditions which a
Judge would take into consideration
when passing sentence. The bill pass
ed third reading without amendment.
Senate resolution No. /, relating to
the appointment of a tax commission
was brought up for third reading and
passed.
Senate bill No. 81 passed first reading
and was referred to special commit
tee on counties.
At IL a. m. recess was taken to
2 p. m.
Afternoon Session.
There was very little done at the af
ternoon session of the Senate. The
members of the dam commission held
meeting at 1870 and decided to cable
gate the Nuuanu dam. and render an
opinion upon the advisability of con-
tinuing the work. This rather put the
minds of a number of the Senator'S on
the question and unsettled them for
afternoon work indoors.
Senator Smith from the Judiciary
committee reported on Senate Bill No.
5, giving jurors three dollars day
and five cents per mile mileage. The
pay Will include the time going to and
returning from the court. The report
was adopted.
Honorable E. F. Bishop, President Of
the Senate.
Sir: The Judiciary Committee has
had under consideration Senate Bill
No. 5, entitled AN act to amend Sec
ton 1898, Chapter 119 of the Revised
Laws of Hawaii, relating to juries and
trial by jurors" and recommend the
passage of the same.
Section 1893 provides that the pay of
jurors in courts of record shall be two
dollars per day for each day of actual
attendance at court, and ten cents per
mile for each mile necessarily travelled
in going to and returning from court
The bill under consideration amends
the section by increasing the pay to
three dollars per day to cover not only
the days of attendance but also the
time occupied in going to and return
ing from the court, and places the
mileage at five cents mile for the
distance travelled in going to and re-
turning from the court.
In many cases the per diem COM
pensatfon for the days in actual atten-
dance on the court is very inadequate
In some cases the time occupied in
travelling to the court equals and even
exceeds the time spent in court.
The rate of three dollars per day is
the same as allowed by Federal Stat
utes for Jurors attending the Federal
court in the Territory, and it seems to
the committee reasonable that Terri
torial jurors should receive as much.
Honolulu, Feb. 2S. 1907.
Senator Woods from the special
committee on counties reported upon
Senate Bill No. IL, as follows:
Honorable E. F. Bishop, President of
the Senate.
Sir: The Special County Committee
have had under consideration Senate
Blu No. II entitled AN act to amend
Act SO of the Session Laws of 1905, en-
etliSu All at ICidliii5 10 lot the
payment of the expenses of the several
countless" and report that we recon-
mend the passage of the bill.
The main purpose of the bill is to
secure to each county it's share of the
income tax paid by corporations whose
principal property is situated in the
county, and this we believe to be fair.
Under the law as it now stands, the
income tax of corporation having it's
principal Office in Honolulu, is divided