The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-21
SENATE:
Continued from Page one.)

Chairman Chillingworth Of the COM
rnittee Of the whole on House Bill
No. $50, the new tax bill, which COM
pleted its consideration of the bill
Monday, submitted the amending re-
port, which was adopted, passing The
bin on second reading.
The Senate resolution expressing the
sentiment of the Legislature as favor
ing the appointment of residents of
the Territory to ali judicial and exec
utive offices in the Territory, was lost
on the negative votes of Moore, Quinn,
Harvey, Woods, Brown, Coelho, Rob
inson and Makekau.
Affirmative votes were cast by Ra-
ker, Chillingworth, Fairchild, Kalama,
Knudsen, Mccarthy and Smith.
House Bill No. 205, providing for the
payment of the expenses of the dis
trict courts by the several counties,
was taken up on second reading. Ma
kekau moved to strike out the proyi-
sion for a clerk and Interpreter for the
court of South Hilo. The motion was
carried.
Senator Robinson moved to raise the
salary of the district magistrate at
Isahaina, Maui.
Time for Halt.
Senator Fairchild said that it was
about time halt was called in the
matter of raising salaries. He de-
cIared that a measure involving a sal
airy never came up in the Senate with
out some member trying to force
raise.
Senator Mccarthy offered an amend
ment, striking out all the salary speci-
fications and substituting clause that
would leave the amount of salaries to
the discretion of the county Board of
Supervisors.
Senator Fairchild said that he fully
agreed with the principle of McCar-
1hy's amendment. but said the carry
ing out of such a plan at the present
time would be trifie premature.
Robinson next wanted SIPS for the
district magistrate at Wailuku, but
the motion was lost.
The Ways and Means Committee re-
ported favorably on the bill raising the
salaries of the County Supervisors and
other officials of the County of Maui.
House Joint Resolution No. Z. pro-
yiding for a commission to investigate
the methods of imposing stamp duties,
passed second reading.
County Tax Bill.
Senate Bill No. 1879, allowing a spe-
cias tax of not more than one-quarter
county improvements, was taken up on
third reading.
Senator Fairchild declared that the
bill as amended practically took the
part of bonds. He stated that it was
a serious problem that confronted the
Territory and insisted that some such
measure was essential to provide for
the necessities of county development.
Senator Robinson offered an amend
ment to make the bill become opera
tive December 81, 1909, so as to bring
it within the next taxation period Inc
amendment was adopted, but later
withdrawn
Senator Chillingworth said that the
bill would work a hardship upon the
taxpayer and explained why he had
dissented from the majority report of
the Judiciary Committee, recommend
ing the passage of the bill. He stated
that no country would tolerate the bur
den of taxation that is borne by the
people of the Trritory.
Coelhc supported the passage of the
bill, arguing that If was based on SINH
lar practise in the United States.
Senator Smith took the floor in oppo-
ssition to the passage of the measure,
declaring that the principle was wrong.
He said that the question of raising
the tax rate should not be allowed to
rest in the hands of the County Board
of Supervisors. He said that the time
had not yet arrived when a measure of
taxation could be left in the hands
of the counties. He insisted that the
argument offered in support of the bill
were specious and unsound and con-
trary to the established principles of
government.
Senator Smith then moved for an in
definite postponement of the measure,
but the motion was lost by vote of
9 to 6, the affirmative votes being cast
by Senators Brown, Chillingworth, Har-
vey. Quinn, Smith and Kalama.
The same vote carried the bill past
its third reading.
House Bill No. 122, increasing the
pay of officials of the City and Coun
ty of Honolulu, was taken up on second
reading Senator Moore stated that he
opposed increasing the salaries and de-
eiared that 1t was time that some effee-
tive idea of economy was carried into
effect Moore then moved for indef
mite postponement. but the motion was
lost and the bill passed on second read
ing.
Tax for Wireless.
The select committee on taxation re-
ported favorablv on House Bill No.
20S, providing an annual license upon
the transmission of wireless messages.
The Committee on Ways and Means
recommended the passage of House Bill
No. 200, relating to stamp duties and
House Bill No. 202, providing for the
disposition of the special gold certif-
cate deposit, special silver certificate
deposit and special money order deposit
funds in the territorial Treasury.
Senate Bill No. l41, providing for
the assessment of property holders for
the cost of sewers, was taken up on
third reading bat was deferred because
of the absence of Senator Chilling
worth President Smith said that Sen
ator .ChiIlingworth was anxious to be
heard on the third reading of the BILL
Senator Moore also observed that there
seemed to be some defect in the meas