The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-23

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| their respective districts.
| House Bill 156, Alfonso, similar to
| 155 and applying to Honolulu.
House Bill 149, Single, imposing
| license fee Of $25 a year on any wire
| less telegraphy business.
| House Bill $50, Single, protecting
| the secrecy of wireless and telephone
messages.
Enabling Act Amendments.
| The voluminous amendments to the
Honolulu Enabling Act No. sent down
| from the Senate were read, the clerk
sitting down when half way through
and finishing in his seat The House
will take until this afternoon to make
up its mind on the changes.
Off for Ha1eiwa.
! An invitation to the other members
of the House to go to Haleiwa on Sun
day as the guests of the members from
the Fourth and Fifth was read and
accepted, Speaker Holstein stating that
| the invitation showed the good feeling
prevailing in the House. Kaniho in
quired if he might bring his wife along
| on the invitation.
Coney, chairman of the Health Com
mittee, notified the House that the COM
mittee intended to visit the settlement
at Kalaupapa a week from Sunday.
To Appropriate Special Money.
Single presented a resolution to
strike out of the appropriation bills all
items dealing with the Board of Agri-
culture and Forestry, the Hawaii Elk
pertinent Station and the photographic
survey and that a new appropriation
bill covering these items and appro-
priating money from the immigration
| Tax fund be introduced. This resolu-
| ton passed.
Departmental Heads Excused.
A resolution by Furtado was adopted,
| which excuses the heads of departments
from attending committee of the whole
meetings.
A resolution asking for $500 among
the permanent settlements for Mrs. Lii
linoe Kea was presented.
New Appropriation Bills.
The two bills foreshadowed by Single
in his resolution were then presented,
one appropriating the expected amount
of $4,000, the one-quarter rake-off
from the immigration Tax fund, for
the purposes stated. The other bill
amends the immigration Tax law to
exclude money and personal property
acquired by gift or inheritance from
being classed as income.
The Miscellany Committee reported
adversely on the bill to allow sheriffs
to appoint all deputy sheriffs. Waiwai
ole defended the bill, giving a very
sensible address on the folly of electing
| deputy sheriffs and holding the sheriff
| responsible for them. Sheldon second
ed the tabling of the report, the motion
carrying.
Report Forthwith.
Kaniho asked for $13,2S7 to construct
a masonry concrete wall, sheds and
other needed things at Mahukona. The
| Cannon Ball not only wanted the
money but further resolved that the
| Public Lands Committee "report forth
with as to the time when same shall be
Completed
| Committee of the Whole.
With Cohen in the chair, the House
went into committee of the whole on
the current appropriation bill. The
| first item to be considered was the in
sertion of a new item under permanent
settlements to pay the widow of the
late John Kea 5000 a year.
The introducer stated that he knew
nothing about the circumstances of the
| case Rice moving that it be deferred
/ Shingle thought the matter bad
precedent, the only pensions being
paid now being to widows of men wh3
had died in the carrying out of their
| duties.
Coney objected to tabing, thinking
! that twenty-five years of faithful, hon
set service ought to be recognized
Single said he would support a gen
| eral pension scheme, but not solitary
items such as this.
The motion to insert the item was
| withdrawn
/ Axe at the Root
",Eailers and guards of prisoners,
800, 2S0'
Rice moved to make this read:
| "Jailers and lunas, Territorial
prison, $3S ,000.'
/ He said he had arrived at this fig
ure on consultation with the High
! Sheriff. Makekau objected and want
ed to increase the figure to $50, $40
He wanted to pay the guards more
| The discussion grew general over some
point not very comprehensive.
The item was cut as desired.
| Expenses, maintenance of prison
ers. 500, 900. -
Rice moved 90 amend to $4,000
| Carried. This leaves the prison items
| $SS,s00. a cut from the estimates of
$95.sS0.
Auditor Being Audited.
Auditor ($275), $780,
1t was moved to cut this to $3.50
! a month, the vote against the cut be-
| ing 30 to 10.
deputy Auditor $4,000, $4,000"
Chopped out.
deputies and clerks ($4O0), &c.
600. -
This item stood.
/ Expenses, $4,000 -
! Makekau moved to cut to $2400,
Rice amending it to $4,000. Furtado
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