The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-30

| .tu bold yesterday afternoon which 0p
posses iho plan Jf thc Legislature 20
hold sessions annually instead 81 blcn.
nially and thc question Of how money
Of The government should be deposited
10 local banks, was subjected to cousid.
ernhle discussion before the resolution
Of the committee on legislation about
a two per cent. minimum rate Of inter.
est ON such money, was adopted
President Morgan stated that the
meeting was called to consider the leg
islative matters and the proposed en-.
tertainment for the japanese squadron
soon to arrive.
j. =. Cooke, taking up the legislative
questions said that the legislative com.
mittee was expected to review all bills
which had reference to commercial
matters. Every day the committee re-
ceives n digest of each bill from A. q.
NJ Robertson, and the committee bushes
itself with going over these reports
So far he said, there have been q
comparatively small number of bills
which the committee felt were detri-
mental to the commercial interests of
the community.
On the tax and immigration bills
there were public hearings and these
sh;ob tbo ooa,n,it,a ,s;1,.I a.,
most detrimental was that providing
for yearly meetings or sessions of the
! legislature. The committee considered
this move unnecessary and expensive
committee had nrenarod = resolrtinn
which no nroseptad rs folIows.
wboro.I L, has boor ,,ro,,osoa .ho.
nm omendmont ha nod ~ tbo Sroonio e
Act sn as 20 rro,,i5a tbat +bo ray,,Iar
sossioNs &c tLo Io,isio+ 80 sbnn he Ma
ANNUALLY instead ef bienn;oIIr,. and
Wboroos +. i +h, onin;cn oe +ha
,ron,hors of 40 Shan'hor e Gar,oroo
H.. a,,ah o5,.o,tnr,n ~ ~. 80,
80, "n,,;,"I snasien ." r,i5 80
tho, or sot t,,, ~ aa5;t;n.ol n.o
,I;a,, ~, ~ $500 ~ Us,
al. olsn 4hat ~ oonSit;ons a'is4;nr,
"a ra.;. - -
- 49, a,o.at,t g L. ,,s
LII.
PnSol,.od rho. +his Chor,ho, sc Cow.
r,aroa doas horah,, s;nn;f,, ;+s d;san
,ro,,o, 80 .ba t,ronosa5 obor1o IN tbo
proonio Al ond aftirms Ire bsIiof tbat
biennial soss;ons Of the I'egisIotnre are
ell, ,doonato 70 tbo noods ~ tbo Tor.
ritorv in rngord to matters of IeoisIa.
tiop
Mr. Cooke stated that the proposed
hill for yearly sessions was in the form
of n Joint resolution. The resolution.
in itself. had not the power TO make
the change. That is fixed in the Or.
ganic Act. If the Legislature passed
such Joint resolution, III WoulG prop
ANY pe raUineu ny oons nav -
the inioIniatioh ne nau lroai .ne W.
sa'e: 'oin' iesoiu'Ions I'm
NJ. 1870 anu "a In thasa 49,;
~ - IA - - ,tirt,,
oIanao nv" =, +ha orranio Ar
NJ Goni,a said hot tbore yas arorb.
~ imnortant mat+or be wanted to
| h,;nn r. tho o+tortion of ,bo cbomher
"a tha+ ,,,as +bo bordl;ro of toxos Nv
, tbe counties n matter h inc given seri.
ous considerotion nv tho fnapce com.
mi+tea of botb bonses of the Jegisla
) tnre Tho Legislature is confronted by
, tbe difficulty of raising enough money
to meet the needs and they say that
, now is the time TO give the matter of
assessing taxes over to the counties.
''We ought to put ourselves on rec.
ord" said Mr.. Cooke. ~ don IT care
to, 60 further than to saw that we are
opposed to it at this time. I would
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t , es '"e ~ W i,"''e '"' '"1>''' "'
'e"'' AZ 'n'S ''n'
r Hcstelhs yearly flan'
President Morgan said he had dis
e cussed the matter with Speaker Hol-
2 stein, who favored the annual session
l plan, and had some authorities on the
matter. as well as clippings from the
} Advertiser of some time back, endors
e ing it. Mr.. Holstein argued that a
change TO the yearly plan is necessary
D He added that when the sessions were
held only once in two years, depart
!, ment heads We're found to have exceed
I ed their authority in appropriations
}, If held once year a stop could be
] put to this. The sessions would be