The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-17

Dor, Notifications at Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor, public building at Ho- /
nolulu, lighthouses on all the islands
of this Territory, the Hilo brealSwater,
and appropriations for dredging Ho-
noluu harbor and for lighthouse
tender and
Be it Further Resolved, That the De-
legate be informed of the high appre.
citation of this body for the ability.
faithfulness and devotion to duty
shown by him in furthering the inter
ests and well being of the entire Terri
tory in Congress, and
Be it Further Resolved, That a copy
of this resolution be sent to said Dele
gate by the Clerk of this body by the
first outgoing mail
Rice then introduced a bill to defray
expenses of the House for the session
1t passed first reading by title and was
put on the special order of the day for
tomorrow.
Lists of bills today introduced appear
in another column.
Alfonso introduced bills
To amend income tax raising assess
ment to per cent over $4,000 income.
To encourage the coffee industry, eX-
empting coffee property from taxation.
To make salary of clerk of Hawaii
County, 5000 and that Of Deputy She
riff, Hawaii, Hamakua district, $1,000.
To alter boundaries of the Senate
rial districts, by dividing into five dis
tricts; / Puma, South Hilo, North Hilo
and Hamakua 2. n. Kohala, 3. Maui
Molokai, Lanai and KahUulwe Ca
/ hu. ). Kauai and Niihau. Senators
apportioned as follows: 1, 2; 2, 2; 3, 3;
4, 8; 5, 2.
To protect purchasers of real estate
from fraudulent conveyances, making
! punishment hard labor for year or
five years for such fraud.
Another bill introduced was:
To encourage the cultivation of fruit
and vegetables, authorizing Board of
| Agriculture to contract for ten years,
with some firm or person to provide
!
land and sea of fruit and vegetables
j. C. Cohen introduced bills
To repeal Act 81, S. l.. 1905, etc, re-
lating income tax.
To amend property tax.
To amend r. L., Section 1225-col-
! lecting taxes on property only over
certain valued-$600
There was warm debate on the
question as to what time the House
should open business each morning.
Rice favored 8 o'clock so as to get
through quickly Douthitt and Shin
gle thought the hour too early as ii
left no time for downtown business
Douthitt was willing to work nights in
the House rather than get to the House
at 8 in the morning. Cohen suggested
$50 as compromise, but the vote
went through at o'clock when Rice
pointed out that outside members
should be considered They wanted tc
get through and go home to the Other
islands.
Castro introduced resolution, which
was passed, which brought Kaniho tc
his feet and that was that in case Of
extra session the members give theil
services for nothing, the idea being tt
get through work in the regular SEES
sion, serving the people promptly ant
well and looking for no extra reRune
ration in the event of the necessity o.
an extra session. Kaniho drew thu
attention to the extra expense upoI
outside members in event of an extr;
session, but his motion to indefinitel!
postpone lie resolution was lost ant
Castro's pro bono publico measure wa
carried.
Rice had a resolution adopted to tn
effect that the Senate should be aske'
to translate all bills into Hawaiian be
fore sending them to the House.
A resolution endorsing the bill in
troduced in Congress by Delegate Ku
hio empowering the Hawaiian Legisla
ture to amend or repeal public Ian
laws was introduced.
A communication was received froI
= Col. Jones inviting the House TO IL
spect the national guard in encamI
ment on Sunday The clerk was nc
tilted to express appreciation and tn
:, communication was referred to the m
y Iitary committee
/; The Speaker drew attention to II
= fact that copies of departmental II
ports had been received and would |
=, distributed to all members. The speal
er also drew attention to certain Hou'
rules relating to order during procee'
= ings and charged the sergeant-at-Arn
9 to see that they were enforced
70 At 1874 O'Clock the House took
70 recess until 2 p m.
= SESSION NOTES.
3 Is there any record Of inclemency
d weather at a Hawaiian legislative o.
ening?
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