The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-09

Hcnaiof UhaHneroHh asked bic eel.
league ~ Boz believed h hlEh
hHsis hui puIHn forltd ihai 10 Nid.
torlha raised ihe pnini chat there
wns nn ftlnr "a responsibility in iha
handling of che money by tcachofs
fairehhd moved 10 table the bin.
Nm she motion WINS lnst. MakUkau
then moving 90 pass on sccund rchn.
ing
senator Smith denied the statement
Of Senator Eairchild that the passage
Of The bin would make four hundred
teachers cashlers. tie stated that the
/ principals ef the schools would boz the
only ones 10 have authority 10 receive
| moncv
Senator Moore declared that " the
! bill was TO become law IL would
have 20 be carried out in business.
\ like way and provide for tho bonding
/ Of all teachers receiving money, The
motion 10 pass on second reading was
finally put to a vote and carried, nine
to six.
on Third Reading.
Senate Bill No. l03 passed second
reading on the adoption Of the report
of the Judiciary Committee. President
Smith took the floor and expressed
doubt on some Of the provisions Of the
bill II relates to the right Of heirs
and the duties of executors and ad,
ministrators.
| a communication was received from
the Board of Supervisors of the City
and County of Honolulu, asking that
the Legislature memorialize Congress
in an effort to have the present Post
office building turned over TO the mu'
nicipality upon The completion of the
new Federal building.
On the motion of Senator Mccarthy
for the appointment of special com
mittee to confer with similar com
mittee from the House on the action
of the Legislature in connection with
the resolution, President Smith named
Chillingworth, Quinn, and Mccarthy.
Need Patrol Boats.
A rather humorous report was sub
mitted by the special committee of the
Hawaii delegation on House Bill No
l67, prohibiting the taking of fish with
nets in the bay of Hilo. The report
says:
Your committee finds. that the bay
of Hilo is four miles long and one and
a fourth miles broad, and believe that
if this bill should become law large
fleet of patroling vessels would b,
necessary to enforce the same. You
committee therefore recommends tina
the bill be laid on the table.
off, however, a majority of the mem
saFs 4 .
members of this committee, and this
bill should become law, your committee
recommends the insertion of a suitable
amount in the appropriation bill tt
provide for its enforcement. -
The report was adopted, ending the
life of the measure.
4 The Public Health Committee report
ed unfavorably on House Bill No. 1854
relating to the custody of insane per
sons and the appointment of boart
of lunacy. The committee majority
Coelho and Harvey, recommended tina
the bill be referred to the committe,
of the whole, Fairchild believing thu
; bill should pass in its original form.
Senate Bill No. III, making penalte
lighter for tax delinquency, was passed
on second reading after the Senate hat
been enlightened as to its intent b,
its introducer, Senator Robinson, an,
Fairchild. Robinson declared that tn,
prevailing delinquency penalty was tot
severe and was supported in his argu
ment by the Senator from Kauai.
Senate Bill No. 12S was taken III
and passed on third reading upon tn,
motion OF Senator Makekau. 1t car
ries an additional appropriation o
$1,000 for the benefit of Circuit Judg
Parsons court at Hilo, an item o
finance which was overlooked in it
regular order.
The Judiciary Committee submitte,
a report on Senate Bill 1873, the meas
ure amending the purchasing agent &C
which, becoming operative upon its aI
proval, implicated the matter of terri
torial expenditures in such way tina
practical halt had to be called i
: purchases until the Governor Shout
name the purchasing agent authorize
by the provisions of the bill. The JUDD
r ciary Committee recommended that tn
l act be amended so as to become effeC
: tive on July /, 1909, and that a sec
ton be inserted legalizing all purchase
, made after the third day of April, tn
: date upon which the purchasing agen
became a legal necessity through tn
g Governor IS signature being appended t
Act 81, Session Laws of 1909.
Q House Bill 143, providing for a /
brary of Hawaii and carrying an al
nual appropriation of $10,OOC-nece,
! sary to secure the gift of buildin
. from Andrew Carnegie, was considere
) with the favorable report of the Edit
cation Committee. 1t was the sens
of the Senate that any bill carryin
such large appropriation should II
: ceive the consideration of the Way
i and Means Committee and it was II
, ferred to that committee.
$ The Appropriation Bill.
The existence of an appropriation hi
g was finally recognized when Senate
Kalama moved that Senate Bill 10;
+ the Ways and Means Committees bill
e and House Bill No. "a, be taken u
: in the committee of the whole. MAXI
o kau moved that Senate Bill No. a!
Q the appropriation bill submitted by tn
e Governor, be taken up for joint col
g sideration with the other two bill
: He was supported by Senator McCarth
| xuhn enid that fba Hill ;nt,ad,,aad !.