The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-02
FREAR TELLS
The SENATE ABOUT
The AMENDMENT
GOVERNOR APPEARS BEFoR SENATE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE EXPLAINS ACT INTRODUCED WASH
INGToN WITH APPROVAL VARIOUS AMENDMENTS
IN THE ORGANIC

session or till the one after-so there
was ample opportunity for objections
or suggestions. In its amended form
the bill was now before a sub-commit-
tee for consideration in detail. The
Governor suggested what portions of
the bill the committee of the whole
might then take up.
There was doubt in Washington
whether certain provisions of the Or
ganic Act were exclusive. The object
of the bill was not so much to declare
whether general provisions of Federal
law applied to Hawaii as it was to
settle the question as to whether or
not they did apply
One section of the United States sta
, tutes was quoted by the Governor as
a general law applicable to every ter
ritorial legislature including that of
, Hawaii. 1t prevents any legislature
from authorizing the incurring of any
bonded Indebtedness to an extent be-
| yond one per cent of the assessed
+ value of property. This the governor
said would make three-fourths of the
bonded Indebtedness of Hawaii illegal.
The clerk of the legislature could not
be paid more than So day.
One provision would make illegal our
taxes on automobiles, dogs, etc, and
make unconstitutional several mea-
sures now pending in this legislature.
There was a provision that might pre-
vent the legislature from incurring ex-
penses of printing, even the session
laws beyond S25OO
PAY OF LEGISLATORS.
Section ? amending Section 2G OF
E the Organic Act provides that the
, members shall receive in addition tC
10 scents mileage each way, $500 fol
each regular session and 5000 for each
special session, but nothing for an ex.
ira session held under section 81. Al
: present the regular session pay is $4OO
, The Governor gave as reasons for In.
= creasing the pay the 60 days OF hare
work and the expenses of election. He
] had inserted a larger sum in the bill
[ but others had reduced it to $500. Much
time had been spent with the Delegate
in considering these amendments.
Answering Fairchld the governor
said a special session could be caileC
at any time when necessary. An ex
ira session was one held immedatel,
after the regular session.
President Smith remarked that if al
extra session with pay were permitted
y there would be more likelihood of the
legislature not getting through in sixty
days. The amendment provided fo
a special session.
: POWERS OF LEGISLATURE.
I Section 3 amends section SO to pro
= vide that appropriations, except a
. herein provided, shall be made by tn
q legislature"
a Governor Frear explaining said tn
I amendment strikes out the word bien
!. nial If that word means anything
means a great deal 1t means that
this legislature is called in special ses
e sion it cannot make any appropriate
II III any pul pOot W NihAGNtls AloO Nild
you cannot make a general provision
for instance that part of the proceed
of sales of public lands may be use
s, for building roads All that the pre-
IS ceeds of work of industrial schools car
* not be used for maintenance. If
h means anything it means that this /,
IS gislature is a great deal more limite
Is in power of making appropriations.
,r LIMIT OF DEBT.
lie Section amends section 55 relatin
J., to public debt
The Governor said the amendmel
s was in three parts. The first pa
e gave counties power to issue bonds.
provides that the Territory or an
e subdivision thereof shall not incu
e. bonded Indebtedness in any one year
's exceed one per cent of the assesse
IS value Of property neither, and thu
IS the total bonded indebtedness shall M
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