The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-16


BE- built in last Hawaii ! think this
hin has been spoiled. ! move that 81
be- tabled
kawewchi gave no the aght and
voted with al the rest Of the House
10 table the bill, and the two county
measure went 20 It's las, rest laughed
10 death.
Reconsideration Of Vote.
Rice moved that the House recon
siders it's vote on the Senate amend.
ments TO House Bill 81, in which the
House had refused to concur. He
| thought the House should concur be-
cause the amendments were good ones.
Single said he wanted something
better to go upon than Rice's thoughts
and moved to leave the vote until the
morning.
Rice said the Treasurer had assured
him that the Territory was amply pro-
tected under the bill.
Wireless Telegraphy Bill.
House Bill POS. which is a substitute
bill presented by the Finance Commit
tee to take the place of the three wire
less bills fathered by Single, was read
a third time. The bill provides an an.
nual license of $25 on all companies
making business of sending messages
by wireless, and prescribes limitations
upon who shall go into the wireless
business; it forbids unlicensed com.
panies to receive or send messages and
provides penalties for tapping the air
and exposing the flying secrets.
The original bills forbade "drum-
ming" message stealing, eavesdrop.
ping along party telephone line, and
several other things that the Finance
Committee had good deal of fun with
when considering the bills.
The substitute passed without debate,
the vote being "a to l. Kama was the
sole opposer of the wireless.
More Unpaid Claims.
Senate Bill JOG, calling for $229O.72
to pay claims incurred during the days
of the abortive County Act, was read a
third time and passed
Single, for the Agricultural Com
mittee, presented a concurrent resolu-
| ton, outlining the desires of the Legis-
sion should handle the $150,00O
to be raised as the "natural re-
sources' share of the immigration tax
l This stated
"'That it is declared to be the opinion
: of this, Legislature that expenditures
9 by the Board of Agriculture and For
estry during the biennial period ending
June 80, 1911, should be made, as near
ly as may be, according to the follow
5 ing schedule:
, General-Clerks, stenographers, EN-
ployes, laborers and other expenses
| Aof Qcn, NJ an uoxvnii eft
, tion, $4,000.
Division of Superintendent
: $4,000; assistants laborers, etc, $4,000
Division of Entomology = Superin
a tendent, $4,000; assistants, inspectors
employees, $4,000.
: Division of Animal ndustry-Super
intendent, $4,000; assistants, employees
= 5000.
= photographic Survey-$20, 900.
(To be expended under the direction
of the Superintendent of Publ,
Works.)
y "And that it is the opinion of this
Legislature that the Board of Agricul
i ture and Forestry should, during tn,
next biennial period, use every effor
a possible to accomplish the reforesta
: tion of those portions of the Territor,
: where the former forests have died on
or been destroyed, more especially il
1 the Kohala mountains on the IslanC
e of Hawaii, where large irrigation
a bitches are conveying the waters gath
i cred from the watershed into the dis
e tricts of Kohala and Hamakua that i
y favors the establishment of substation
t by the board of each island, to be uset
l. as nurseries for young trees and as dis
j. tributing centers; that it strongl,
recommends that the Board have trans
{ lated into the Hawaiian language an,
IS distributed to such persons as are inter
e ested, the bulletins issued by the Boar
e from time to time respecting agricul
o ture, animal industry and entomology
!. which may be beneficial to its citizens
% that it urges upon the Board the ad
|. visibility of expanding the sum o
a $4,000, or so much thereof as may b
il necessary, for the sinking of artesia
wells at Kapiolani Park, and it recon
mends that the Board require each o
its bureau heads to visit each islam
of the Territory at least once ever
six months, or as often as the Boar
shall find practicable, for the purpos
I of imparting technical information d
rectly to such of the native Hawaiian
I and other persons as are interested.
"And that it is the opinion of thi
Legislature that the Island of Kahot
N lave should not be leased upon the tel
IT mination of the existing lease, but tina
ct every effort should be made by tn
~ proper authorities for the killing G
~ all animal life upon said island an
~ for the Improvement and restoratio
to of the plant life thereon
to The desire of some of the member
II. of the Legislature to deprive Honolul
:, of cheap fish was shown palmer tina
~ ever before by resolution presente
ne by Kamanoulu, which is to prevent fisl
Id ing boats from doing any deep sea fisl
m ing for the Honolulu market 1t say
q. "Be it Resolved by the House ,
Nc Representatives of the Territory of II
a wall, That the Board of Health be T
auested to direct its several fish inspe