The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-13

internal improvements Wy hs lsty.ng
oi an additional iat oi anr '1uHh Hf
one per cont 0t lc.t The H.nortN
Catho ma nfaNn. favored thd passaas
nf ihe bill TEL an amended form.
senator fairchiid moved ftf nn
adoption 81 che majority report and
! rnrlhn made similar motion in De-
| half of ihU report ~ iho cohmIffer
minority President Smith stated fhat
Boo immediate action should ~ taken
uriil copies ~ tho reports were pre-
pared for each member of the Senate.
| 4 motion g. that effect Was adopted
| and consideration Of the bill was de-.
| f,rrod
on the order 81 the day was tho
Senate bin introduced by Coelho al.
lowing anyone TO treat persons affic'.
cd with incurnblc diseases or "giyen
upn by licensed physicians. Coclho
made motion for the passage Of the
| bill on third reading President Smith
called Vice President Kalama 10 the
| chair and took the floor. arguing for
the indefinite postponement Of the bill
or more time for its consideration. He
said that IL should be considered joint.
ly with the House bill on the treat
ment Of lcprosy and people afflicted
with the disease, stating that the
measure passed by the House Of Rep.
resentatives was the fruit of special in
| vestigations by the Board of Health
and others interested in the question.
A Coelho Argument.
| hat h. Il "a
could cure leprosy when doctors could
not, and declared that Senator Smith
| should not try to frighten people by
referring to the possibility Of Federal
control. He said that il would be bet
ter to have the authorities of the Unit
ed States take control than allow con-
ditions to continue as at present Re
plying to a question, Coelho stated that
he would recommend that the House
bill and his measure be taken up in
committee of the whole, and "A motion
to fix a session of the committee at
1880 in the evening was carried. This
action was reconsidercd, however, and
the bill allowed to 60 on the regular
order.
The amendments made in the House
| of Representatives to the Senate bill
providing for the payment of claims
| against the County of Maui under the
defunet County Act of 1903 were taken
up for consideration and were con-
CURED in with unanimous vote.
The Senate bill providing an amend
ment to the charter of the City and
County of Honolulu was taken up on
third reading and passed, Chilling
| ~ al H.
only negative votes. The bill pro.
vides that all road work costing $500
or more should not be undertaken with
out the advertising for bids.
The bill providing savings banks for
the benefit of public school children
failed to pass third reading on aIvote
of eight to seven. Chillingworth, Ka-
lama, Knudsen, Makekau, Mccarthy,
Robinson and Smith supported the
measure.
Bill on Estates.
The Senate bill providing for the
duties of executors and administrator
and the handling of estates was pass
ed on third reading, the only dissent
ing vote being that of President
Smith. He called attention to the oh
security of language in the bill, but
Senator Knudsen, chairman of the Ju
, dietary Committee, said that it wa.
based upon the provisions of a Cali
fornia statute that had proven salts
factory.
Senate Bill III, dealing with penal
ties for delinquent taxes, was passed
on third reading, President Smith be
ing again the only one to record a neg
: ative vote. He suggested that the pro
visions of the measure were a trih,
sweeping, but the Senate passed tn,
bill without going into the question
brought up by the presiding officer.
The Senate bill amending Act 81 o.
the Session Laws of 1909, which tie,
up Territorial expenditures by maxim.
/, > "A purchasing agent an immediate ne
cessity, received final Endorsement a
the hands of the upper house.
strikes ont the purchasing agent, VIII
may be provided for in a new amend
mont.
= House Bill No. 157, providing tn
rate of license for public shows, wa
referred back to the Ways and Mean
Committee, on the motion of Senate
y Moore, who declared that he had ur
/. derstood that section had bee
. stricken out which still appeared in tn
0 bill
r House Bill 1854 was taken up wit
4 the report of the Health Committee. ]
{ provides for the care and maintenanc
of insane persons and the appointment
n of lunacy commission. Action wa
n deferred, it having been recommends
e THAT the bin be taken up in the con
n mittee of the whole.
/. House Bill III, giving the Board a
q Supervisors power TO regulate the eol
/. struction of buildings in whic
is "noisome trades are conducted pas
e ed on its second reading.
e Senate Resolution No. -, introduce
by Senator Harvey, and instructing III
# Board of Health to return all person
It confined at the Molokai SettlemeI
n without signs or symptoms of lepros
/. TO the Kalihi Receiving Station T,
n treatment, was considered with IL
e amending report of the Health Con
10 mittce. President Smith took the 40,
IN in opposition TO the resolution and o
fered a substitute resolution viii,