The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-03

the part of administrators and execu.
tors. was taken up on second reading
and referred back to the committee
that had given it life.
| Senate Bill No 125, relating to the
regulation of water rates, was referred
to the Ways and Means Committee.
/ Senator Makekau s bill to allow POOR
persons to institute civil actions as
| indigents, was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Debate Land Law.
When House Bill No. %, providing
for the building of roads in settlement
lands was considered on second read
ing, Senator Fairchild took the stand
/ that the substitution of the word
"may' for ''shall' weakened the en-
tire bill, and would place the discre-
tionary power in the hands of the Com
missioner of Public Lands. Fairchild
declared that the present land laws
were defective, and that they left too
much discretionary power in the hands
of one who could .'thwart the will Of
the people by the exercise of his pre-
negatives. -
"We should be careful in consider
/ ing the wording of measures of this ma
ture,'' he said. "The laws leave much
to be desired at the present time and
if we are going to tamper with them
at all it should be for the better
| Further action on the bill was post
poned until Monday at which time each
/ member of the upper house will have a
/ typewriter copy of the amending re-
port submitted by the Public Lands
| Committee.
With an amendment House Bill No.
| 154, providing for the inventory of
government assets, passed on its sec
| ond reading The clerk of the Judi
! eiary department was substituted for
the Chief Justice as the person respon-
sible for the inventory of the Judiciary
department.
The favorable report of the Com
| mittee on Public Lands on House Bill
| 1I6, providing for the protection of
lands beneficial to the forests, was
adopted passing the bill upon its Sec
ond reading,
| The report of the select committee
| on taxation was adopted, passing House
| Bill No. 8, increasing the income tax
exemption to $500 and tabling Sem
ate Bill No. 6.
| Senate Bill No. 120, referring to sec.
| ondhand dealers, passed second read
| ing on the motion of Senator Quinn.
| Senate Bill No. Sc, the sidewalks bill,
was taken up on second reading with
| the committee report recommending
| that il be tabled Mccarthy thought
| that the bill should receive more com
/ sideration at the hands of the Senate
/ and the motion for continuance was
| carried.
/ House Bill No. SO, regulating mer-
| chandise licenses, was taken up on
| second reading with the report OF the
| Wavs and Means Committee. Sena-
| tors Mccarthy and Makekau thought
/ more time should be given to the con
/ sideration of the bill. Mccarthy said
that it would be better to make any
changes that were necessary before the
bill passed second reading, instead OF
nassing it on second reading and theT
making the amendments necessary &C
meet the needs of the Senate major
litv. The bill was deferred to Tuesday
and the amended bill win be printed
, Hours of Work.
The Senate coneurred in the amend
ments made by the House OF Represen
tatiyes to the Senate joint resolution
fixing the hours of labor for govern
ment EMPLOYEES. The amendments wer
concurred in on the motion of Fair
child, the introducer of the resolution
the dissenting votes being cast o.
Woods, Robinson and Makekau.
l. ChiIlingworth' Bill.
: Senator Chillingworth introduced
: hin 10 amend the law relating to tn
e licensing of pharmacists. The amend
: cd first section of the bill reads a
follows:
5 Qualifications of applicants.
o order to be licensed as pharmacls
e under this chapter an applicant sha
t not he less than 81 years OF age an
y he shall present to the board satls1a'
: tory evidence that he is a graduate
J reputable school or college OF phal
i macy or that he has had four years
s experience in pharmacy and shall ais
PASS a satisfactory examination befol
c the board.
!. esIn order to be licensed as an a
y sistant pharmacist within the meanln
e of this chapter an applicant shall Nc
u be less than IS years of age and sha
J have not less than two years exp
rience in pharmacy under the lnstru
y ton of a licensed pharmacist, an
J shall pass satisfactory examinatio
ie before the board. Provided, howeve
, that. in the case of an applicant WI
= has attended reputable school or co
= lege of pharmacy the actual time
u attendance at such school or college I
pharmacy may be deducted from Il
N time of experience required of assis
20 ant pharmacist, but in no case sha
less than two years experience be 7
CURED for registration as a licens'
pharmacist. Provided, further, tn
C anv person who has not less than tv
u wears actual experience in eompoun
at ing drugs, chemicals or poisons, or
nj conducting or managing pharmac
at drug or chemical store, apothecary sh'
81 or other place of business for reta
IS ing, compromising or dispensing
eo drugs. chemicals or poisons in this Te
~ ritorv immediately prior to April
1903. shall be entitled to apply f
q and receive license as a pharmac
lln upon payment of the fee in this cha
oi ter provided without examination
'hs recommendation Inv the board -