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be properly supported by the county
of Maui and called upon the Senate
TO record a unanimous vote IN dissent
ing from the Governor s veto.
President Smith again took the floor.
He declared that the view of the Kau-
al delegation were apt to be influenced
bv Zone island' considerations, refer
ring to the votes of Senators Knudsen
and Fairchild in supporting the veto Of
the Queens Hospital appropriation.
Senator Knudsen took the floor and
said that Kauai was not provincial in
its views of government necessities
and legislative work.
On the vote being taken the veto
was overriden by vote of II to 3.
The vetoed item of $2875 for the
Hilo hospital was next taken up, Sen
ator Smith declaring it was also es-
sential The vote to pass over the
Governor s veto was carried by vote
of y to 3.
The vetoed item of three clerks for
the Circuit Courts of the First Circuit
was passed by vote of 10 to s.
The item of assistant clerk, messen-
ger and interpreter of the Fourth Cir
cult at 800, passed by a vote OF IL
to d.
Makekau moved to reconsider action
of the Senate on the Mahukona wharf,
but the motion was lost.
The last day of the 1909 session of
the Legislature was a strenuous one
for the Senate. The House concurrent
resolution embodying the draft of
bill TO effect proposed changes in the
Organic Act was taken up in commit
tee of the whole, with Governor Frear
acting as interpreter of the amend
ments. The final result of the COM
mittee's sitting was the recommended
ton for the adoption of the resolution
with Section 5, relating to the land
laws, stricken out.
This amendment the House refused |
to concur in. the joint conference COM
mittee reporting in favor of the adop- |
ton of the resolution in the form ip- |
proved of by the House, Senator Nc |
Carthy dissenting in a minority re-
mort. The resolution was finally kill |
ed when the report failed of adoption |
in the Senate by margin of one
vote.
Secretary of the Territory Z. A. |
dent of the Board Of Health, vice Mark |
p Robinson, resigned. When the mes
sage was received naming Secretary |
Mott-Smith as president of the Board
of Health, objection was raised by
Makekau, on the ground that the SEN |
ate had already confirmed the appoint |
ment of Mark P. Robinson early in
the session, and that it had no official /
knowledge of his retirement from the
Office. This view was concurred in by
the Senate, and action was deferred /
until letter was. received from the
Governor. stating that President Rob-
inson had resigned. The appointment |
was then confirmed on unanimous t
rising vote. The other appointments
confirmed were those of Albert Hor- |
ner, as Liquor Commissioner of Ha-
wall; w. P. Alexander and George R.
Carter, as Commissioners of Public /
Archives; and George Herbert. as a |
member of the Board of Medical Ex- |
aminers.
The Governors message vetoing a |
number of items in the appropriation |
bill was not acted upon by the Senate |
until the night session.
The appropriation bill having orig |
mated in the House, the Senate took |
the usual course of deferring action |
until the Representatives had express
ed their views.
The Senate concurred in the House |
amendments relating to tax delnquen- |
cies without dissenting vote.
House Bill No. z35, relating to the
taxes on real estate taken Tor publc
purposes, passed third reading.
House Joint Resolution No. 10, COM |
memorating the memory of Kamehame- |
ha III by naming Hilo playground
Kauikeaouli Park, passed third reading.
The Senate resolved itself into com
niittee of the whole to consider the
House concurrent resolution on the Or
ganie Act,
Goethe moved for the indefinite post |
ponement of the resolution and was sec
onded by Harvey. Coelho said that it
would be waste of time to take up the
resolution, adding that he wanted to
get back to work.
Fairchild opposed the motion for in
definite postponement, declaring that it
would not be fair to the House of Rep |
resentatives to throw the resolution out
with such scant ceremony.
At this point in the proceedings Gov
ernor Frear appeared before the COM
mittee of the whole and Coelho with |
drew his motion for indefinite postpone
ment. Upon the request of Senator
Smith, Governor Frear took up the pro-
visions of the bill as attached to the |
resolution.
Governor Explains.
Governor Frear stated that the bill
had been framed conservatively and
every effort had been made to draw it
mp in manner that would cause it to
conform to the sentiments of the public.
He said that it was naturally difficult to
meet the wishes of all, but that the
wishes of all had been taken into care
full consideration in framing the meas
ure.
1.-THE bill doesn It meet my views in
some ways" said the Governor, but
taken as a whole | consider it an adj
mirable measure that will meet our
pressing needs. and will be a great inn
proyement on the Organic Act as it now
reads. -
Referring to the first section of the
proposed bull, Governor Frear said it
was intended TO state specifically that
the Territorial statutes do not apply to
the Territory of Hawaii. He said that