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

The Senate did not hold an execu.
tive session Saturday. The public S
business was attended to without clos
ing the doors. Several bills were pass
ed on third reading, and the measure
providing for the deposit of Terrific
rial funds in private banks was pass
ed on its second reading after two
amendments had been inserted The
bill was considered in committee of
the whole, and the discussion indicated
that there is no opposition to the bill
among the members of the upper
house, although il is understood to be
regarded with disfavor in some quar-.
| tiers.
Consideration of the loan bill was
deferred until Tuesday. While nothing
was done with the financial measure
Saturday, number of opinions were
expressed by the members of the upper
house ON the questions involved. The
general opinion seemed to be that the
bill should be passed with all the items
struck out except the 100000 appro
priation for the Kula pipeline.
Senator w. o. Smith opposed the
plan for an extra county tax to meet
the needs of internal improvements. He
said that the counties were not strong
enough to get along themselves, and
that there were different conditions to
be dealt with in each of the counties
On Public Lands.
Senator Mccarthy introduced res.
olution providing that the Legislature
memorabilia Congress to enact spe.
cial homestead law for the Territory
sin compliance with the promise SO to
do incorporated in the resolution of
annexation The resolution carries
with it the form of bill, to provide
special land laws for the Territory.
The resolution is a concurrent one and
was referred to the Printing Commit
| toe.
On the order of the day was Senate
Bill No. SO, Coelho IS measure to let
down the bars in the practise of medi-
! cine and surgery, for third reading. 1t
was finally postponed until 3 clock
Monday, to be taken up in committee
of the whole with House Bill No. 165,
the leprosy treatment measure.
There were three dissenting votes on
the final passage of Senate Bill No.
| 127 amending the county act by pro-
vidng an increase in the salaries of
the County Clerk and Deputy Sheriff
of Hawaii. President Smith thought
that the increase in the salary of the
County Clerk from $1,000 to $4,000 was
establishing a questionable precedent.
Makekau said the Count Clerk of Ha-
waii had much work to do and was
entitled to a raise. Senators Knudsen,
Fairchild and Smith voted against the
bill.
The Senate bill making provision for
the refunding of the bonded indebted
ness of the Territory and authorizing
the Treasurer to issue refunding bonds,
passed third reading on the motion of
Knudsen.
House Bill No. IT. amending the
municipal act by giving the Board of
Supervisors more authority in the reg
ulation of building construction pass
ed third reading on the motion Of Nc.
earthly.
The Loan Bill.
Senate Bill No. 1913, the loan BILL
was taken up on second reading. Co
elho moved for the adoption of the
minority report of the Ways and Means
Committee, recommending the passage
of the bill, and Fairchild moved for
the adoption of the majority report,
recommending the loan bill be tabled
and offering, in its stead, a bill to give
the counties the right to impose tax
of not more than one.quarter of one
per cent. for the making of public i'm
provements.
President Smith suggested that the
item in the loan bill as reported by
the Ways and Means Committee ma.
jority-$l00,000 for the Kula pipeline
should be changed to read the Kula
pipeline and waterworks.
In support of the report Of the mi
nority, Coelho stated that the Govern.
or had stated that unless the Organic
Act was amended the counties could
not become borrowers. He said that
the people of Kula must have water
as soon as possible and characterized
Senator Fairchild's plan as "frenzied
finance"
Senator Mccarthy thought that two
distinct subjects were being dealt with
as one. He declared his opposition to
the minority report and also said that
he did not approve the whole intention
of the proposal as contained in the ma
iority report of the Ways and Means
Committee, sponsored by Senator Fair
child, Moore and Quinn.
Mccarthy Doubtful.
GfThara ara sona ifamaNin fhic' Loo =,
bill that we should pass" said Senator