The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-26
HAWAII HAS
FRIENDS
sENATE-rwENTy-sIxTH DAY.
Morning Session.

more attention than its mates u WIS
No. 81, for the exemption Of railroads
on the island Of Hawaii from taxation.
The Senators seemed willing to give
the pig island boost but a fear had
been expressed that IL might be con
sidered class legislation and then a
suggestion was made to have the ex-
emption apply to railroads in the Ter
-itory.
Senator Smith so moved yesterday
and his motion was promptly second
ed by Senator Woods, who has in his
keeping the introduction of a railroad
measure for Kauai. Senator Makekau,
introducer of the Hawai- bill, defend
ed it in Hawaiian. While the bill as
drawn clearly applies only to railroads
built within the next two years, Sen
ators Dowsett and Chillingworth show
ed anxiety lest it should grant exemp-
tion to the o. r. & l.. Co. and that
portion of the Koolau railway already
built.
The debate was a long one, Senator
Makekau occupying the floor most OF
the time.
Senator Smith showed much friend
ship for the bill and in order that it
might not fail altogether he moved
postponement for week. The mo-
tion was seconded by Senator Makekau
and carried.
REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The House notified the Senate of
its adoption OF Senate Concurrent Reso-
luton No. 6, and the communication
was duly filed.
PHYSICIANS.
Senator Coelho, from the Health com
mittee, reported on several petitions
for government physicians to be as
signed to certain localities as follows:
''The provisions heretofore made re-
quiring that the government physician
be resident of the district for which
he is to be appointed, made it utterly
impossible for the Board of Health
to appoint physician for such dis
trict because of the fact, that no resi-
dent physician could be found within
the district to be appointed, and the
consequence was, the INDECENT sick and
others as well were not attended to
and much suffering was the result.
"Your committee strongly favor the
petitions presented and therefore rec
ommend that it be tabled to be taken
up for consideration with the appro
priation BILL"
The report was duly filed.
Senator Smith, from the Judiciary
committee, reported on House Bill No.
80, entitled an act relating to private
ways and water rights, at great length.
CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH.
House Bill No. 10 brought forth ma
jority and minority reports with Sen
ator Coelho on the short end The
majority report, signed by Senators
Dowsett and Mccarthy, from the Ways
and Means committee, is as follows:
"The object of the bill is to amend
Section l of Act "a of the, Session |
Laws of 1905 to the extent of, 1) pro-
viding that the Secretary of the Ter
ritory, in addition to prescribing the
form in which applications for birth
certificates shall be made, shall furnish
the printed form itself of such appli.
cation, and (2) that the fee charged by
the Secretary be reduced from $3.50
to $3.50.
"Your committee learns from the
Secretary of the Territory that it is
for him to furnish a print
ed form for applications for birth GER
tificates that would be suitable or
could be used in a general way, for the
reason that the conditions vary so
greatly in almost every case of an
application made to him, evidence of
which is to be had by reference to
the hundreds of these certificates that
have already been issued and copies
Of which are on file in the Office of
the Secretary. Great diligence has to
be exercised in securing reliable evil
1enee, when the class of the applicant
Is taken into consideration, involving
much careful work upon the part of
.he Secretary and his office force, and
your committee feels that the fees now
charged are not excessive and should
iot be reduced"
Senator Dowsett, in reply to Senator
smith said, the bill did not emanate
rom the Secretary's office. 1t was
he result of request by many Ha-
vaiian born Chinese residing here and
he main feature was not to have the {
ZEE reduced but to secure certificates
# birth. The expense to the Chinese
5 unreasonable because there is no
orm which will answer for any two
pplieants. In one instance thirty I
even witnesses were called TO testify ]
s TO facts connected with the birth Il
( Chinese and but two of them gave 1