The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-16

horne BY The clty and County Of ho'
naulu.
Replying 90 p question raised ~ Ne
earthly hs 60 whether the counties were
tn receive enough revenue 10 meet ih
I crfasrd obligations under the transfer
system. rhifchIid said that there would
I lie q balance 0f tfGnlO over expenses
Il the bills affecting the subject were
passed.
Reinsort Bacteriologist.
Provision for meat inspector a.
$3.50 and milk and dairy inspector At
I tli were inserted. and ou Senator Ne
| Cnrihy's motion provision for bac.
/ tehologist and pathologist was rein.
sorted ut tl75 a month.
An item for physician on the l..
land Of Molokai was raised from s7j
TO si25 on the motion Of Kalama. Ka.
lama stated that Il was diiheult to
keep physician on the island because
of the low salary. The physician in
question has no connection with the
Settlement.
The statement was made that people
| living on the island were actually de
| ptived OF any SOFT of medical attend.
ance because Of the refusal of physi-
clans TO remain there at S75 month
without the opportunities of private
practise that prevail in othor locali
tiet.
The item in the House bill of $is,00
for the suppression of contagious dis.
eases was approved
Appropriation for the rat campaign
at Honolulu was passed at $l0.000
Hilo was raised from $4,000 to $4,000.
Coelho asked for $4,000 for a rat cam
paign on Mani.
Fairchid showed that the expense
appropriation for the Board of Health
would cover rat campaign on Maui.
Senator Smith supported generous
appropriation for the determination of
rats. The amendment of $4,000 for
Maui was inserted.
For the repairs and equipment of the
Honolulu experiment station, $4,000 was
approved. The same amount was ap-
proved for the Hilo quarantine station,
For the keeper '$l44O was passed
For the care of lepers, $4,000 for
the general payroll was approved.
More for Doctor.
On the motion of Mccarthy, a spe.
cal item of 5000 per month was in
serted for the salary of the physician
at sthe Settlement. Senator Fairchild
moved to insert number of new
items, including the completion of the
hospital, waterworks, ice plant and
dormitory, aggregating $l1,975.
The care of lepers, segregation and
hospital expense, was passed at $685.
$50.
On Makekau' s motion a new item
was inserted for new morgue build
ing and attendant at Hilo at $500.
Another Makekau motion was for the
insertion of an item of $1,000 for a
horse and wagon at Hiio, but it was
lost.
Coelho moved for the insertion of an
: item of $4,000 for the construction of
new Kapiolani girls home. Fair
; child wanted the amount itemized so
the money would be spent for necessary
equipment. Mccarthy moved that it be
specified that the building be construct
ed to accommodate one hundred chill
l dren. The amendment was withdrawn
, on objections raised by Senator Smith
! Senator Moore wanted to know where
| the building was going to he located.
r He maintained that the building should
! be placed in some section more suitable
, than the present location of the boys
home. The amendment was inserted
The appropriations for the insane
! asylum were increases on the House
? Bill figures, the wages of the women
attendants being increased So month
Wanted Breakwater.
Coelho stated that some provision
should be made for a breakwUter and
wharf at the Molokai Settlement He
moved for an appropriation of $4,000
/ Quinn and Fairchild opposed the item
, on the ground that the Federal gov
e ernment would undertake wharf con
= ftruction in the future. Coelho with
+ drew his motion.
= Baker moved to amend the $24 ,00C
t appropriated for the Queens Hospita
0 20 $4,000 and appropriate $4,000 fol
the Palama Hospital.
j Senator Smith said that he was in
!. formed that the request of DIR. O'Dal
/. for an appropriation for the Palami
o Hospital was unauthorized.
r Senators Mccarthy, Smith and Chill
b lingworth opposed any reduction in tn,
o appropriation for the Queens Hospital
r Mccarthy said that the appropriation
4 OF 81, ,UO0 was not sufficient 10 cove
+ the costs of INDECENT sick. Chilling
worth made the same statement and tina
t those who thought that there was an!
I opposition to INDECENT persons being ad
: mitted were victims of delusiOn.
Is He an INDECENT?
+ Coelho replied that a patient sent t.
: the Queen S Hospital by Senator Brow
a had been refused admission, and Chill
, lingworth suggested that Brown maxi
!, explanations himself.
q Brown proceeded to do so, pointing
q to George Lowe, assistant clerk of tn
Senate, and Browns brother-in,law
explaining that Lowe had been refuse'
admission.
e Senator Chillingworth replied tina
e Lowe did not come under the designa
u ton of an INDECENT person and that
e he considered himself as such he wa
not fit to be an officer of the Senate.
It Coelho INDUCED in harangu
e against the management of the Queen
o Hospital, declaring that patients in tn
IT hospital were forced 10 employ phys