The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-17
SENATE:
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ltpHIIHu0u HUN I dSC CAS't
tv. or city and county. may, if 1T
Board of Supervisors shall SO decide
expend sums IN excess of five hundred
dollars upon road work or repairs with
out contracting therefor.
add a new section to he numbered
Section 8 to read as follows:
81 Section s. No expenditure of pub
lie money for Territorial purposes, ex
cept for salaries or pay OF officers OF
employees or for permanent settlements
subsidies or other claims or objects
for which a fixed sum or sums must
b.. paid by law, shall be made except
bv. through or with the written ap-
prevail of a purchasing agent, who
shall be appointed by the Governor,
by and with the approval of the Sen
ate, and be subject to his supervision
and control.
The report Of the committee was laid
on the table and taken up in the usual
course with the bill.
Veto Is Sustained.
The judiciary Committee reported
favorably on Senate Bill No. 90, MAX
ing additions to the law regulating the
records of surveys and conveyances. A
favorable report was also submitted by
the committee on Senate Bill No. SO,
relating to the lien of District Court
judgments.
ssHouse Bill No. ss is now before
the Senate declared President W. o.
Smith, as Introductory to eonsidera
ton of the first veto message of Gov
ernor Frear, and the Supervisors zen
abling'' act which the Chief Execu-
tive found he could not approve.
stThe question before the Senate is
whether Senate Bill No. 90 shall be-
come law despite the veto of the
Governor was the further obserya-
tion of the President.
Senator Quinn was recognized by
the presiding officer, and he moved that
the veto of the Governor be sustained.
~ understand that this action has
already been taken by the lower
house, . said Quinn, .sand I do not
see any other way out of it.
There was no second to Quinn IS mo
tian, and the next Senator to be rec
ognized by the presiding officer was
Makekau.
CT move for the passage of the
bill. - said Senator Makekau, and Nc
Carthy seconded it.
The veto was formally sustained by
the negative votes of Senators Chill
lingworth, Brown, Knudsen, Quinn,
Robinson, Baker, Kalama, Fairehild
and President Smith. Those casting
their vote to override the veto of the
Governor were Senator'S Coelho, Make
kan, Harvey, Mccarthy, Woods and
Moore
The Senate thus followed out the
precedent established by the House,
formally indorsing the veto by the Gov
ernor of the measure that it was hoped
would finally conclude the disputes
the appointment of munich
pal employees.
Pass Validating Act.
Senate Bill No. 81 passed third read
ing. validating interpretations, placed
in jeopardy by the Supreme Court de-
eision in connection with the applica
ton of the Pearl Harbor Traction Com
pany for charter, in which the court
held that such corporations should be
formed through articles of association.
The bill passed third reading on the
motion of Senator Knudsen and re-
ceived a unanimous vote.
President Smith called the attention
of the Senate to the omission, by
of the preamble to the
bill, which the Judiciary COMMITTEES
did not think essential, that view be-
ing sustained by the Senate through
the adoption of the committee report.
President Smith declared that. he con-
sidered the explanatory preamble nee
essary, but no action was taken on the
suggestion.
The Senate gave its final endorse
ment to Senate Bill No. SO, making the
bond of surety company sufficient for
the applicant or holder of liquor
license. There were four dissenting
votes TO the measure, Senators knu L
sen, Kalama and Smith registering a
negative opinion.
4 favorable report was submitted by
the Judiciary Committee on Senate Bill
No. IS, making slight changes to the
terna of Circuit Courts on Hawaii The
same committee recommended the pas
sage of House Bill No. 90.
Slocln0s III DeHdiI OF tue spectral CUM
mittee composed of the Senators from
Maui, which now has under considera-
ton the resolution introduced by Coel-
he, directing that Attorney General
Henenway explain his course in the
isuit of the Territory against the Wal
iuku Sugar Co., asked for further time
in which to report because of the alb
senee of member of the Maui delega-
tion. The request was granted.
A bill to prohibit the use or sale of
opium was introduced by Coelho and
passed to print.
Joker is Exposed.
Senate Bill No. Sc, the official title
of the measure introduced by Coelho
and, according to the first understand
ing of its provisions, simply intended
to allow anyone to administer to a per-
son whose case had been pronounced
hopeless by licensed physician, was
taken up on third reading.
Senator Coelho offered an amendment
to the bill as introduced, reading as
follows:
For the purpose of this Act, any
licensed physician who shall pronounce
any case hopeless and beyond recovery,
shall give certificate to that effect
to the person afflicted, or his or her
attendant, or to the Sheriff, Deputy
Sheriff. or District Magistrate of the