The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14
SENATE
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government surveyor certain home
steads were located upon the holding
Of the Bishop Estate. The member
of the committee also found that Their
was no way of legal redress open t,
i the government against the persons re
sponsible for the original error. TIL
committee report was adopted, whieI
action passed the bill on second read
ing.
The Ways and Means Committee ais
| reported on Senate Bill Ne. 10, re
yising the laws relating toiodging
houses. hotels, boarding houses and Ees
taurants. The object of the bill i!
| TO raise the fee for hotels, boarding
| houses and restaurants according tt
population and locality.
The committee concurred in the pro
visions of the bill with few unim
portant amendments.
Money for Counties.
| The WAYS and Means Committee
recommended the passage of Senate
Bill No. 30, an act relating to fines
and costs. The intention Of the meas
ure is to turn over to the counties all
| fines and costs in civil and criminal
eases in district courts. Under the
existing laws, prosecutions are under
taken at county expense, and the com
mittee declared that it would be only
proper to have the revenue derived
from an enforcement of the laws. turn
ed over to the county treasury. The
only recommendation that the commit
tee made was to include forfeited bail
in the general provisions of the act.
The Senate Committee on Public
Health presented lengthy report on
House Bill No. SO, repeating the sec
ton Of the Revised Laws dealing with
certificates of vaccination. The bill Is
designed to repeal that portion of the
law which prohibits the admission of
child in any school without produc-
ing a certificate of vaccination, and
providing penalty to be imposed on
teachers who admit children to school
without a certificate.
The committee report says:
son investigation we find that this
law has never been enforced because
of the unjust provisions made therein.
1t prohibits the admission to school of
any healthy child of school age to any
school where no proper facilities are
made for the vaccination of children.
Temporary admission to school is not
allowable by the law. were it to be
interpreted strictly in accordance with
it's provisions.
Coelho Is Curious.
Senator Coelho wants to know some
thing more about the business of the
Hawaiian Fisheries, Ltd, done under
and by virtue of a merchandise brok-
err IS license.
He introduced resolution, which
was adopted by the Senate, yesterday,
directing that Treasurer Campbell be
requested to forthwith send to the
Senate copy of the letter of protest
received by him from James F. Nor
gan, dated last November, concerning
the abuse of the privilege of a mer
ehandise brokers' license which was
issued to the Hawaiian Fisheries, Ltd,
a company of japanese subjects.
The resolution goes on to instruct
the Treasurer to furnish the Senate
with statement of his action in the
matter, the correspondence between
him as Treasurer and A. L. G. Atkin-
son, the attorney for the Hawaiian
Fisheries, Ltd.
Coelho declared that the introduction
of the resolution was necessary to dis
cover why Orientals were transacting
an auction business that required IL
cense of $500 a year ON the authority
of merchandise brokers' license, the
fee for which is 500 per annum.
Another resolution was introduced by
Coelho and adopted by the Senate, di-
recting the Commissioner of Public
Lands to reply to questions as to what
was done with 1000 acres of the Maka,
wac school lands, known as the Piiholo
lands and query as to the Commits
sioner's future course in view of the
for homesteads that have
been fled
On the order of the day Senate Bill
no. So, including the estate of w. c.
Lunalilo in the tax exemption list, was
taken up for the second reading in
conjunction with the favorable report
of the Ways and Means Committee and
passed.
House Bill No. 5, turning over the
work of private fishery condemnation
from the Territory TO the Federal gov
eminent, g for the benefit of the people
at large was postponed to March
II. 1t was stated that Senator Rob- |
inson was anxious TO register his opin- |
ion in connection with the bill, and
that he would not be back from his |
trip to Maui until next week.
Tax Measure Referred.
House Bill los, the special revenue /
and taxation measure, was referred to |
the special Senate Committee on taxa |
ton upon the motion of Senator Nc |
garthy
Coelho S bill to increase merchandise |
brokers licenses from 500 to 5000 per |
year was referred to the Ways and /
Means Committee. The bill to create |
the office of public administrator and |
the act amending the existing law re-
ating to conveyanees and survey rec. |
ords, were referred to the Judiciary |
Committee.
Senate Bill No. 10 passed second |
reading, Coelho explaining the amend |
mo- ranort of tho pnhlie Health Com.