The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-17

game, BY dGQlng thereto new s6eI1O
| to be known as section 459A-"
The object of the bin is TO make
close season for wild deer for fy
months each year. It would operate Z
| present only on the Island Of Moioka
! on which island alone such deer exis
Ii [ have carefully considered this bi
and have heard much for and agains
II By those who desire a close seaso
for the huntsman's sport and those VIII
| either as owners Of forest lands 0
otherwise interested in the preserve
ton of forests desire protection from
the depredations Of the deer.
No doubt il can be said with mucl
| plausibility thai the bill, while pre-
| serving deer for the sake Of the hunts
man, would prove comparatively harm
/ less because the deer on the Island Of
| Molokai are at present so few in nun
/ Der as to do little damage, and yet il
seems to me that this argument is I'm.
! sound
The preservation of fofests on that
island is matter Of the greatest i'm
| portance TO agricultural and grazing
| interests, both large and small The
evidence is overwhelming that the deer
have destroyed much Of those forests.
Owners and lessees Of various tracts of
land have gone to the expense of kill
ing eff most of the deer and construct
ing fences to protect the forests. Hunts
men for sport did not keep the deer
from multiplying in ruinous numbers.
1t does not seem right that deer
should be protected during part of the
year for the benefit of sportsmen TO the
detriment of others who would have 10
destroy them during the rest Of the
year in order TO protect their property
interests.
If the argument were sound that the
deer should be protected for the bene-
fit of sportsmen On the ground that
there are now TOO few to do much dam
age, it would seem equally sound 10 in
troduce few deer and protect them in
the same way on each of the other
islands, on the ground that few could
not do much damage.
Senator Quinn said that he did not
expect any opposition TO the measure
when he introduced it. He stated that
similar laws were upon the statute
books of all the States, and that the ar
gument used by the Chief Executive
was unsound.
II have always supported the Gov
ernor's views heretofore said Quinn,
but in this case / feel that he has
been persuaded by personal motives,
and / move that this bill become law
notwithstanding the veto of the Gov
ernor''
The Senate then passed the bill over
the veto by vote of IA to /, President
Smith casting the only dissenting vote.
Notification was received from the
House, stating that it had failed to
concur in the Senate amendments to
House Bill No. 81, authorizing the de-
post of Territorial funds in private
banks,
Chairman Knudsen of the committee
of the whole ON the appropriation bill
submitted the report, amending House
Bill No. "a, and it was adopted, pass
ing the bill on second reading. Senate
Bill 40, the Governors estimate, and
Senate Bill 1872, were laid on the table.
The bill will be typewriter in its
amended form for consideration on
third reading
Senator Fairchild introduced a bill
appropriating $3.50 for the current ex-
| pense of the Department of Public
Lands. 1t was passed to print.
Chairman Knudsen of the judiciary
Committee reported on House Bill No.
l92, providing a penalty for fishing
with net with a smaller mesh than
one inch square and providing pen
| atty for officers who do not enforce the
law, was tabled on the motion of Chill
lingworth.
House Bill 1ss, providing for the pay,
ment of counsel assigned to defend i'm
pecunieus criminals and taking the
place of House Bill 90, vetoed by the
Governor, passed second reading on the
adoption of the favorable report of the
Judiciary Committee.
Senate Bill No. lo7, paying claim:
| against the Territory, passed thir6
reading with full vote.
| House Bill No. 3s, relating to licenses
| came up for consideration and was de
ferred after Makekau had offered an
amendment striking out the section i'm
posing license upon fish peddlers.
House Bill No. 81, raising the salary
of the County Clerk of Kauai to $500
passed third reading.
| House Bill No. 1867, prohibiting ne
fishing in the Bay of Hilo, passed thirG
| reading.
House Bill 125, amending the Munich
pal Act and enlarging upon the power,
of the Boards of Supervisors, was de
! ferred to be taken up with the Other
bills affecting county powers
The following bills were signed By
the Governor yesterday:
House Bill No. 143, Act SO, entitled
San Act to provide for the establish
ment and maintenance of the Library
| of Hawaii.''
House Bill No. 153, Act "a, entitled
IAN Act to divide the Territory into
districts for election, taxation. educa
tional, judicial, city, county and al
| other purposes.
Senate Bill No. 1873, Act So, entitled
An Act to amend Act 50 of the SEES
sion Laws of 1909, relating to the ex
penditure of public money, repeating
section and amending section 9. ,,
House Bill No. 154, Act So, entitled
= An Act to further safeguard the tax
ing OF property by railroad companie.
under power of eminent domain.''
House Joint Resolution No. 8, Join
| Resolution 4, relating to the appoint
ment of milk commission,
|