The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-14
MEMBERS RESENT THE
CHARGES OF CRAFT AND
GAIL FOR INVESTIGATION
The Senate Reinserts
Bacteriologist in the
Appropriation Bill
Without Debate.

The House bill regulating the treat
ment of leprosy received final indorse-
ment at the hands of the Senate yes
terday after several abortive attempts
had been made to weaken its efficacy
with puerile amendments. AS finally
passed by the Senate the bill is but
slightly changed from the measure as
it was passed in the House of Repre-
sentatives. and there will be no neces-
sity for the measure going to confer
ence committee for arbitration.
The bill providing for the deposit
of territorial funds in banks was also
passed Senator Moore, who raised an
objection Tuesday to the absence of
be deposited, receded from his stand
that deposits should be limited to
fifty per cent. of available funds in
the Treasury He offered an amend
ment making the limit seventy-fve per
cent, and it was adopted without OPP
position.
The appropriation bill was taken up
In the afternoon. The two most i'm
portant changes in the bill as passed
by the House was the insertion of an
item for baeteriologist at $l75 per
month and the restoration OF the salary
of the president of the Board of Health
to it's present figure of $275 per month.
The House fixed the salary at $3.50,
it being understood that Secretary
Mott-Smith was prepared to take up
the work.
Petition Received.
Senator Makekau submitted petit
tion signed by eight residents OF Oanu
and sixty residents of Kauai, asking
favorable legislative action on the bill
making it mandatory that all persons
suspected or known to have leprosy be
treated at the Kalihi receiving station
for six months before being sent to
Molokai. The petition was referred to
the Health Committee.
The Judiciary Committee reported on
House Bill No. 154, further safeguard
ing the taking of property by railroad
companies under power of eminent do
main, which was recommitted to the
committee for an amendment that would
fix the time in which appraisal must be
made for the purposes of condemnation.
The amendment submitted by the COM
mittee was adopted, stating that the APP
pointment of appraisers shall be in
validated if they do not hear and de-
termine case within six months of
their appointment. The bill passed
second reading with a few changes in
the verbiage and construction.
Governor Message No. 2, on ap-
pointments, was on the order of the day
for the consideration of the names that
were deferred at the secret session last
week on the ground that some of the
departments may be consolidated
Senator Mccarthy moved that the
message be deferred until after the APP
preparation bill had received final CON
sideration at the hands of the Senate.
The motion went through the formality
of being adopted.
Library of Hawaii.
Senator Fairchild of the WAYS and
Means Committee returned the House
Bill providing for the establishment
and maintenance of a library of Ha-
waii, with verbal report that the ia
vorable report of the Education Com
mittee be adopted. This was done
without a dissenting vote and the bill
passed on second reading.
Senate Bill No. Sc, with its vicious
features removed by amendment, pass
ed third reading with a full vote
Coelho submitted an amendment limit
ing the application of remedial agen-
cies in such a way that it is now a
spineless attempt TO let down the bars
to quack pretenders.
Senator Moore introduced bill pro.
viding for the assessment of property
benefited by the Honolulu sewer sys
tenn. The first section of the measure
reads as follows:
can lots or parcels of land fronting
ON any street. lane or highway, lane
or alleyway in which there may be
sewer of the Honolulu Sewer Sys
tenn, shall be assessed proportionate
part of the cost of construction of the
Honolulu Sewer System, according to
the frontage of such lots or parcels
of land on the streets, highways, lanes
alleyways as aforesaid. The cost OF
construction of the Honolulu Sewer
System shall be determined by adding
to the amount expended by the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii, to wit, $3.50, 351.79
the total of the amounts expended, by
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