The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-30
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50 of the Session Laws of 1907 is here
by amended to read as follows:
"5. To make and enforce within the
limits of the county all necessary ordi-
nances covering all local police matters
and all matters Of sanitation, inspection
of buildings, plumbing, sewers, dairies,
milk, fish and food, quarantine, fumiga-
ton, disinfectien, suppression and pre-
vention of contagious diseases other than
leprosy, cemeteries, burying grounds, in
terment of the dead and morgues; and
no such ordinance shall be invalid for
the reason that it covers, in whole or
in part, any subject covered by the
general laws of the Territory; to appoint
government physicians and such sani-
tary and other inspectors as may be
necessary to carry into effect ordi
nances made as aforesaid, who shall
have the power given by law to agents
OF the Board of Health, subject only
to such limitations as may be placed
on them by the terms and conditions
of their appointments; to fix penalty
for the violation of any ordinance,
which said penalty may be fine not
to exceed $500 together with costs of
court, and to provide that in the event
of default in the payment of such fine
and costs, the offender shall be i'm
prisoned until such fine or costs shall
have been discharged by operation of
the general law applicable to such
cases.
One bill applies as an amendment to
the County Act and another to the
Municipal Act.
Substitute Income Exemption.
Affonso's Income Tax Bill, which had
been raised from the table to take the
place of the Cohen bill, vetoed, was
passed on second reading on report of
the Finance Committee. The commit
tee had retained the number of the
bill but changed about everything else
in it.
Third Readings.
The bill to prohibit the sale of GER
tain fish after the same had been kept
on ice, House Bill 1873, was up on third
hn
very much in committee and made a
measure proper to enact The bill pass
ed without debate.
Rice Sees a Bait.
House Bill 143, Shingle, to provide
for the establishment and maintenance
of the Library of Hawaii, the measure
through which it is hoped to get a
hundred thousand or so from the Laird
of Skibo, was up on third reading. An
amendment by Rice to strike out the
section appropriating $4,000 a year for
the library, was also read with the
bin.
Single moved the tabling of the
amendment, Rice asking for the unan-
mous consent of the House to allow
him to speak upon his amendment.
Single refused his consent. "to save
the time of the House. The amend
ment was tabled and Single presented
another, yielding the floor to Rice to
speak upon the amendment, which was
TO the effect that the Legislature
may : appropriate for the expense.
This is just a little bait said
Rice; Just little bait to coax the
bill through. He opposed the amend.
ment and explained that the library
board could make its arrangements
with the city of Honolulu for the f.
nanetai npkeep of the library. the citv
belng the place to benefit from the
library He thought the amendment
letter than the section it was to re-
place. however, and moved to adopt
It. after stating that it was a shame
10 thlnk OF spending $4,000 wear
on library when more important
things had to go under for lack of
FUNDS, Rice closed by moving the de-.
lerrlng of the bill. The motion car