The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-18
Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
Bills, resolutions and messages pour
ed into the legislative mill during the
afternoon, the opening business after
the reconvening being the acceptance
of Dill from Rice, appropriating $685.
600 for the Hawaiian exhibit at the
Alaska Yukon Exposition. Castro then
presented a batch, which were
A bill appropriating $4,000 for the
entertainment of visiting members of
Congress and other distinguished per-
,ons. to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Territory
bill exempting from poll, road and
school tax any male resident with six
legitimate, dependent children, under
eighteen years old
bill to amend the divorce laws,
making it necessary to give ninety
days notice of divorce proceeding
through notices posted in conspicuous
places
bill to provide for the maintenance
of the family of a person deceased
pending the administration of the es-
tate.
Governors Second Message.
A second message from the Governor
provided estimates for an emergency
bill of $2623.49, to meet unpaid bills
against the Territory. The message
drew attention to the satisfactory fact
that the amount of unpaid bills was
gradually coming down in each session.
having been $40, 665.95 in the session
of 1904. The message also stated that
the estimates for the ensuing period
would soon be ready.
third message gave estimates for a
bill for additional appropriations, call,
ing for $79,564.79, for three depart
ments. Public Works required $780,
1881, of which maintenance of Homo
lulu waterworks and completion of Ma
kiki reservoir called for $4,000 De,
partment of Public Instruction needs
81 ,42S.9S to carry its work on to June
80. For the Board of Health $23. 400
is needed, of which $4,000 is TO be used
for the leper settlement work and the
Kalihi station. and $1,000 for the rat
campaign fund.
Later in the afternoon, Rice intro
duced bills appropriating these amounts.
Tenement Nuisance Bill.
A bill to empower the Board of Su.
pervisors of Honolulu to deal with the
tenement question was introduced by
Douthitt, the measure being fairly wide
in its scope 1t gives the board power
to prescribe and regulate methods and
styles of construction of carpenter
shops, machine shops, blacksmith shops
and other work shops, foundries,
bakeries. factories laundries, poi shops,
abbatoirs. fishmarkets and other places
where neisome trades or manufactures
are carried on, hotels, tenements, lodg-
ing houses, theaters, halls and places of
public resort The bills gives the ordi-
nances of the Supervisors in the mat
tiers named precedence over any general
statutes of the Territory. which are not
to apply in the city of Honolulu.
In what respects this bill will con-
fiiet with the powers given the Board
of Health have not yet been considered
in the House.
Lawyers to Benefit.
Sheldon presented a measure restrict
ing the appointment of district magis-
trates to those qualified to practise law
in the district courts.
Another bill introduced by the mem.
Der from Waimea allows a court to
assign counsel in any case where a
felony is charged and the defendant is
unable to employ counsel, the fee to
be paid to be not more than 800
Taxes to Go to Counties.
Another measure is to amend the law
dealing with the payment of funds to
the different counties. measure where
by Kauai will benefit greatly at the
expense of Oahu and all the counties
will benefit at the expense of the Ter.
ritory. The bill provides that all poll