The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-06


explained that the bill for county real
izations already covered the object
sought by the lawmaker from Ho
nokaa.
Pass Tax Bill.
House Bill No. 8, raising the income
tax exemption from $1,000 to $500, re-
ceived final Endorsement without dis
senting vote.
House Bill No. 3s, the merchandise
! license bill, was deferred on it's second
reading upon the request of Senator
Fairchild, the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, who stated that
/ additional information had been Sc
cured by the committee bearing upon
the questions involved. He requested
that the bill be referred back to the
/ committee so the required amendments
could be made. As the amended bill
has already been passed to print, the
request could not be Immediately grant
ed, but the motion to refer the bill
back to the Ways and Means Commit
tee was carried.
House Bill No. so, providing for the
proceeds of\the agricultural and indus
trial pursuits at the Lahainaluna
School and the Boys Industrial School,
passed on its third reading. The meas
ure is intended to provide fund from
the moneys received from the sale of
school products, the fund to go toward
the purpose of increasing the useful
ness of the two schools.
House Bill No. 54, regulating the in
ventory Of government assets received
it's final Endorsement at the hands of
the upper house, passing third reading
on the motion of Chillingworth. 1t
was amended to include provision of
responsibility over Territorial property
to the getty and County, of Homo
lulu instead of the only reference be-
ing made to county.
The House bill providing for the pro-
lection of birds beneficial to the for
ests Of the Territory was referred back
| to the Judiciary Committee after Pres
ident Smith and several Senators had
expressed an opinion that the provi-
sions of the bill were too sweeping.
Makekau first moved to table the bill,
but withdrew his motion in favor of
the one to rerefer the measure back to
the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Makekau made an eloquent
protest against the sweeping provisions
|
sion of one feather of tabooed bird
would be sufficient cause for map :,
be torn from the bosom of his family
and hailed before the courts of justice.
| Senator Fairchild pointed out another
unconstitutional Interpretation that
be put upon the bill that would "pre-
vent lady from walking down the
| street with chicken feathers in her
Ia@ lafA
of the millinery art by Knudsen, who
observed that ladies' did not wear
"chicken feathers in their hats.
Fairchild had the last word, however,
/ by stating with inality that chickens
were beneficial birds that might fall
within the prohibitory intention of the
| bill.
Sent to Committees.
House Bill No. 1877, forbidding net
fishing in the bay of Hilo, was referred
to the special committee of the Hawan
| delegation.
House Bill No. 40, providing for
the refunding of the bond indebtedness
of the Territory, was referred to the
| Way and Means Committee.
| Senate Bill No. 12l, the new election
| law bill, came up on the order of the
| day to be considered in the committe
of the whole.
Senator Quinn moved to defer con.
, sideration of the bill until Monday, but
| Senators Mccarthy and Chillingworth
urged that the bill be taken up in COM
mittee of the whole without further
| delay. Makekau suggested Monday
night as an amendment to Quinn's mo-
tion but ChillingwOrth observed that
! Monday night was the time set for
the reception to the japanese Admiral
and his officers at the Young Hotel.
Bill Is Read.
! The Senate then resolved itself into
the committee sof the whole with Sen
ator Knudsen in the chair. Senator
Kalama moved to consider the bill sec.
| ton by section and Clerk Savidge pro.
ceeded with the reading.
The bill is a voluminous document,
Iffty-seven pages in length, and it took
| over two hours for the reading Of
| seventy-six of the eighty sections. Sen
ator Mccarthy explained each section
of the bill which included a change
from the existing laws.
When Section IA, relating to the in.
| spectors of election was reached, Sen.
ator Smith expressed doubt as to the
wisdom of the provision that made it
mandatory upon the Governor to select
inspectors of election from the lists sub.
mitted to him by each political party.
As it stood originally the provision read
"from the lists the Governor shall ap.
point three inspectors of election for
each precinct. Senator Smith did not
think it wise to make the stipulation
mandatory upon the Governor. The
sentence was finally amended to read
"from each lists of names, the Gov
ernor, in his discretion, may appoint
three inspectors of election for each
precinct"
Senator Mccarthy stated that when
he was chairman of the Territorial
Democratic Committee he submitted a
list of his party nominees for election
inspectors TO the Secretary of the Ter.
ritory, but that official did not pay
much attention to the names ON the
document.