The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-19

and judicial positions in this Terri
tory, Whenever practicable;
Therefore be it resolved, by the
Senate of the Territory of Hawaii,
the House of Representative concurr-
ing, that we hereby express ourselves
as being in full accordance with the
belief that it is to the best interests
of the Territory of Hawaii to have
the duties of the government in the
hands of men familiar with local con-
ditiOns.
BE it further resolved, that certi-
fed copies of this resolution be for
warded to each of the following per-
sons through the Delegate to Con-
gress; The President of the United
States; the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives."
THE SEWER BILL.
Senate bill providing for assess
ment of the cost of the Honolulu sew
, er system on property benefited there
by was taken up where left off Sat
urday, a motion to adopt the favor
able report on it and one to postpone
it indefinitely pending.
Fairchild, replying to criticisms of
the president, argued that Honolulu
, should pay for the sewer.
President Smith asked i the rule
would not apply TO public improve
ments heretofore made throughout
the islands for which some Of the pre-
sent bonded Indebtedness was incurr-
ed
Fairchild said that is what he had
been working for. He believed that
the bonded Indebtedness of the Ter
ritory should be segregated and ev-
cry subdivision of the Territory pay
its share according to the respective
benefits received.
Moore had obtained statistics. There
! were $3.50 miles of main sewer and
connections in Honolulu, the cost of
which was $53SOOO and odd. The cost
to property benefited by this bill
would be a dollar d front foot.
! Mccarthy and Quinn spoke on the
benefit of the sewer system, the lat
ter saying there was $4,000 or $780,
/ 900 sewer rates that could not be col
lected.
| Knudsen argued that the principle
I of the bill was not double taxation
That question had long been settled
in California. Robinson spoke in ia
vOr of the bill.
President Smith came down from
I the dais to argue against the bill, re.
/ peating his points of Saturdays de.
| bate that the assessment on frontage
was inequitable and that IL was not
I right to bring in past expenditure for
I assessment against present property
holders. He doubted if the Legisla-
I ture had power to enact a law re-
, troactive in eeffct as this bill was.
Moore contended that the injustice
would lie in making taxpayers hay,
: ing no benefit of sewers pay for the
system.
Fairchild said he had 10 pay his
share of taxation of 25OO feet of from
, tage on King street which had nc
| sewer connection at all.
Makekau argued that the bill con-
flicted with the one already passed
to provide for the municipalities tax
ing over the sewer system.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
the hill was lost on the following
Ayes-Brown, Chillingworth, Har-
vey, Kalama, Makekau, Smith,
Noes-Baker, Coelho, Fairchild
Knudsen, CcCarthy. Moore, Quinn
Robinson, Woods.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House notified the Senate that
it had failed to concur in Senate
amendments to House bill "A making
appropriations for the expenses OF
the Territory for the bienni4 perldo
ending June 80, 1911. The president
appointed Fairchild, Mccarthy, Chill
lingworth, Kalama and Makekau as
| Senate conferees on the bill.
SPECIFIC LAND, TAX.
Senate bill to provide for a specific
tax Of 10 cents per acre upon certain
lands in the Territory of Hawaii came
upon second reading. It was return
cd ith a neutral report by the ju-
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