Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-19
The bill will come up tomorrow.

The bill will come up tomorrow
This bill. which has the backing Of
the Ways and Means Committee. and
is said to find favor with the Admins.
tration, has evoked some pretty strenu.
Gus opposition in certain quarters, and
it is believed that there may be u
sharp attack made on it when It comes
up for third reading
More Home Rule.
ChillingwOrth presented another
home rule resolution. covering much
the same ground as the measure whicn
the Senate turned down few weeks
ago. Chillingworth, in introducing his
new resolve, said that he himself be.
lieyed that the FIRST one was rather
radical. He furthermore stated that
the new resolution had been carefully
drawn, and did not have the same dc.
fects as the first one. 1t is understood
that the resolution was drawn by
local newspapcrman.
A raft of petitions were introduced
in support Of the Senate Bill providing
for patents to certain lands occupied
by churches and cemeteries. As the
bill had already passed the Senate, one
of the petitions was placed on file and
the others were sent down to the
House to be used in connection with
the consideration Of the bill.
Land to Churches.
Senator Knudscn introduced con.
current resolution providing that all
property now occupied as church sites,
government, shall be turned over to
the churches occupying 1t on the ray.
ment of nominal price. The rcsOlu.
ton was adopted.
Another lengthy communication
from Osteopath Schurman, anent the
new medical practice bill, was submit.
ted. The Clerk read through gOOIly
part of II. but then Senator Knudssn
called attention to the fact that the
Senate was not sitting as board OF
medical examiners and, on mOion. the
rest of the reading was waived and
the communication was ordered filed.
1oe Tax Bill Dies.
Bakers bill, providing for specific
tax of 10 cents per acre on all lands
in the Territory, came up for second
reading. Baker complained that the
Judiciary Committee, when consider,
ing his bill, did not call him into con.
sultation, and he secured n suspension
Of the five-mlnute speech rule to ex.
plain his stand. When he got through
the Senate voted to postpone action Of
his bill indefinitely.
In response to II communication from
the House, to the effect that that body
had failed to concur in the Senate
amendments to House Bill No. 3S, the
President appointed Senators Fair
child, Coelho and Moore as members
of the joint conference committee.
Routine.
The following bills, up from the
House, passed first reading:
House Bill No. ZIG, public loans;
House Bill. No. 21S; House Bill, No
PIT, sinking fund to pay off Terr!rorin
bonds.
Senator Baker introduced a bill
Amending the law relative to tho keep
Ing OF the records of births, marriage,
and deaths, The bill passed first read
ing and was referred to the Printing
Committee.
Senate Bill No. 145, repeating tn,
law relative to the transportation o
llepers, passed second reading.
House Bill No. 1911. granting a spec
ial franchise for a railway on Hawaii
was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
House Joint Resolution No. 7, In +,
stamp duties, was handed over to tn,
select committee on taxation for con
sideration and report.
Senate Bill No. 143, making add
tlonal appropriation for the Depart
ment Of Public Lands for the curren
biennial period, passed its secon,
reading.