The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-12

WEEKLY.
M tttoyhsf into contempt fsf frfusne
70 seeepi assirnmsnt a. ease md fat
not doing hi best. the clause that
thillIugWofih in he Senate said was
sinf on every attorney In the Teffi.
tory.
Rice rsplalued that ~. Especial
hardship menni that n she hill pass
there would be- y special hardship on
ihe Territory
On the motion by Sheldon for the
appointment - conference commit.
Tee, The SPEAKER named sheldon nou
thiti and furtado
Second Readings
Furtados Whisky Bll. House nm
ll3, was referred on second reading
10 the Finance Committee.
House Bill lOi. kaniho, went 20 Fl
nance Committee, This bill provides
that
"SiSty per cent of the total amount
of poll aud school taxes and taxes
ou property and incomes and Of the
license fees paid for licenses ohtaiacd
TO operate In each county OF city and
county shall bc pai6 by the Treasurer
Of the Territory of Hawaii to the
treasurer Of each county or city and
county as the ease may hc; and for
the purposes Of the division and pay.
men' hereby provided for the amount
of taxes on income Of corporations
collected in county other than that
wherein the principal property of such
corporation is situated shall be regard
cd as having been collected in the
county in which its property is so sit
Gated, -
Water and Sewer Rates.
House Bills no and Ill, Coney, re-
lating to the payment of water and
sewer rates. went to the Public Lands
and Internal Improvement Committee.
The first bin deals with sewer rates,
the main clanse being:
"lf sewer rate shall remain un-
paid for fifteen days after it is due,
a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition
to The regular rate shall be charged,
which penalty shall become a part of
such sewer rate and shall be collected
as part thereof, and every sewer
rate remaining unpaid thirty days
|
with the penalty thereon. shall bear
interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum until paid. Every such sewer
rate, or charge, together with the pen.
atty and interest thereafter at the
legal rate, shall be a prior lien upon
the property connected with said
sewer, which said lien shall attach as
of the date when said sewer rate or
charge is due and payable, and shall
continue until such sewer rate, pen
atty and interest thereon shall be paid.
Such liens may be enforced and fore
closed uRon the petition of the Super
intendent of Public Works to the cir.
cult Judge at chambers in the Firss
judicial Circuit. The rates and charges
shall be payable by the owners and
occupants of the premises in respect
to which the services are rendered,
who shall be Jointly and severally liza
BILE therefor.
Must Pay in Advance.
The water bill gives the Superin-
tendent of Public Works much more
power to collect water rates than he
has at present. 1t also makes pay
} ment in advance necessary. The prin
cipal features of the bill are:
Applications for permanent sup
ply of water from any government sys
TEN or source of supply shall be in
writing, signed by the owner of the
property to be connected with the wa
ter system. Such application shall be
} upon a printed form to be supplied by
| the Superintendent of Public Works
| and shall contain statement of the
terms and conditions upon which water
may be used. If permission shall be
granted, the applicant shall be furnish
ed with a duplicate of the form OF
application, and shall be entitled to {
water privilege as specified in sucl
application. Water rates shall be pay
able half yearly in advance on tn,
first day of January and the first daN
of July each year at the office of th'
waterworks.
''If such rate shall remain unpait
for fifteen days after it is due, tn,
superintendent may forthwith withou
r notice shut off the water from sucl
property, charging the expense for 81
doing to the owner of the property
Y and penalty of 10 per cent. in add
3 tion to the regular rate shall b.
+ charged, which penalty shall become
: part of such water rate and shall b
collected as part thereof; and ever.
water rate remaining unpaid thirt.
e days after it shall become due, to
e grther with the penalty thereon, shal
e bear legal interest thereafter unit
paid. Every water rate shall be
g prior lien upon the property connecte
e with the water system, which lien shal
n attach to said property as of the dat
when said water rate is due and pay
e able, and shall continue until sue
, water rate, penalty and interest thcr'
!, on TO date shall be paid. Said lien
u may he enforced and foreclosed upo
!. petition of the Superintendent q
u pnhlie Works to the circuit iudge O