The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-19

Hitf iNHnN| ~ hNiNInH islIsIrNas nfilf
itf iteunterins h,iat zoe asfelisses
~ hil ffHn Rice nHfafsisiine tet.
r0n iff t'r tfaHai,ah eshIha "a the
ALASKA AuaHn ltpHsIfIaa. tasifa ihen
rfrsrnied haffh rlfh uen
q hl nmHnriiaiInr tlH 600 fsf ths
entertainment ul VISITING mnmhrt -
Tongues awe iihcf distinguished pat.
lnt iu be d'shuncd by the socteiarv
20 fhr IrfrinrN
a hIl escmutiue from poll. road ana
I srhnuI ins avis male resident with sis
/ legitimate. dependent rhIlfcn. under
ciclicen wears old
a Bill to nmcud me divorce laws.
making o. ueersshrv io give ninety
/ dave notice of divorce proceeding
through notices posted ln conspicuous
places
A bin To- provide Tor the maintenance
81 ihe Family 81 o. person deceased
pending the administration Of the es-
tate
Governor 8 Second Message.
second message from the Governor
/ provided estimates for an emergency
bill Of S2023.s9, to meet unpaid bills
against the Territory The message
drew attention 10 the satisfactory fact
that the amount Of unpaid bills was
gradually coming down In each session.
having been S20.G65 % in the session
Of 1904. The message also stated that
the estimates for the ensuing period
would soon be ready.
/ A third message gave estimates for a
bill for additional appropr atoms. call.
ing for S79,564.7a. for three depart
menis Public Works required $780,
} 1881. of which maintenance Of Homo.
lulu waterworks and completion of Ma
kiki reservoir called for $4,000. De.
partment of Public Instruction needs
|, Sll ,42S.9s TO carry its work on to June
30. For the Board of Health. s23. 400
is needed. Of which sl2, 900 is to be used
for the leper settlement work and the
kalihi station, and $1,000 for the rat
campaign fund
Later in the afternoon. Rice intro
: dueed bills appropriating these amounts
Tenement Nuisance Bill.
bill to empower the Board of Su.
pervisors of Honolulu TO deal with tho
tenement question was introduced by
= Douthitt, the measure being fairly wide
in its scope. 1t gives the board power
to prescribe and regulate methods and
styles of construction of carpenter
shops, machine shops, blacksmith shops
. and other work shops, foundries.
bakeries, factories, laundries, poi shops,
A, abbat0irs, fishmarkets and other places
where nois0me trades or manufactures
are carried on, hotels, tenements. lodg-
ing houses, theaters, halls and places OF
, public resort. The bills gives the ordi.
nanees of the Supervisors in the mat
2 tiers named precedence over any general
statutes of the Territory, which are not
to apply in the city of Honolulu.
In what respects this bill will con-
flict with the powers given the Board
of Health have not yet been considered
D in the House.
Lawyers to Benefit.
0 Sheldon presented measure restrict
= ing the appointment Of district magis-
G trates to those qualified to practise law
y in the district courts.
y Another bill introduced by the mem.
u Der from Waimea allows court to
/ assign counsel in any case whore a
felony is charged and the defendant is
:, unable TO employ counsel, the fee to
o be paid TO be not more than 500.
Taxes to Go to Counties.
Another measure is to amend the law
dealing with the payment of funds to
u the different counties. a measure where
o by Kauai will benefit greatly at the
5 expense of Oahu and all the counties
y will benefit at the expense Of the Ter.
u ritory. The bill provides that all poll
= taxes, school taxes, tax on property and
u income and fines and costs shall go
to the county in which they are collect
ed. while the income taxes on corpora
Z tons shall 90 to the county in which
v the property of the corporation is locat-
& ed. The county with the corporation
}. headquarters gets none of the tax.
3, other Measures Introduced.
n Among the other measures introduced
!; and passed on first readings are:
q A bill to make the annual license
y fees on all foreign corporations, ex-
n cepting fire insurance companies, and
e corporations with not all their capital
l, invested in the Territory, $25 year.
II A bill to provide for the redemption
l. of property sold under foreclosure of
e mortgage, allowing year for the re-
e demption.
Z A bill to impose a license fee of So a
boat on any boat used for fishing which
II has a beam of thirty inches or over,
L sampans having that beam and canoes
u not.
IS a bill to reduce the price of the
u Revised Laws of Hawaii, putting the
" figure at 50.
n Cutting Out Appearance of Evil.
= Alfonso presented bill to prohibit
the Attorney General and his deputies
County Attornes and their deputies
~ the High Sheriff and his deputies and
District Magistrates from practising in
the courts or acting as attorneys OF
counsels in any civil cases now pend
A. ing or hereafter to be instituted in any
le court within the Territory, except those
he cases in which the Territory or Counties
al are parties. County and City Attorneys
1t were omitted.
1T Opposed to Commission Government.
A. concurrent resolution was present
re ed by Correa, which said that the Leg
10 stature "denounces as detrimental t.
rs the best interests of Hawaii the ad
At vocacy of government by commission
n in place of the present form of Terri
m torial government, and that it declares
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