The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-23

AhV i'rNiNlAou anu ndu " naNNeu nack
to Douthiit to he fixed mp. Douthitt
fixed it, while Cohen made speech.
Rice asked for a ruling on the matter
of reconsideration, claiming the res.
oluiion out OF order. Kaniho told the
House not to be muheen and 90
swimming backwards and forwards all
the time and getting nowhere. Rice
moved that the resolution be indcfl.
nitelv postponed and that the amend.
ment he tabled. The House divided,
and both Douthitt and Cohen were
counted out.
Halepili Was Out.
Shingles resolution to appoint a
commission to investigate private
wharves and landings on the order of
the day, went over because Shingle' IS
seat was still cold. For the same rea.
son it had been passed over on Friday.
Second Bill to Pass.
On the order of the day, on third
reading, the bill appropriating 1920
TO pay for the buildings moved from
the site of the Federal leprosarium, was
passed, this being House Bill 33.
Out OF courtesy only,
Senate Bill No. l, appropriating 500,
600 for expenses of the session, passed
second reading and went on the order
of the day for Tuesday. Rice called
attention, in moving that the bill pass,
to the fact that fifteen Senators want
as much as thirty Representatives con.
slider sufficient. He stated that the
Governor had suggested $4,000 for the
Senate, but at This stage of the bill,
out of courtesy to the Senate he would
move that it pass.
Sheldon wanted to know if the bill
had been translated into Hawaiian,
and when told by Rice that it had not,
added: "Your motion, then, is to be
courteous to the Senate and Discounts.
Gus to the House. -
More Hawaiian Printing.
Correa presented resolution calling
upon the secretary to have published a
book of the Session Laws in Hawaiian,
of an issue of seventy-five copies, each
House member to get one free copy.
The resolution passed The proposal is
one which comes from the neighbor-
hood of the robin 's-egg blue chamber.
Newspapers Wanted.
Kinney presented resolution order.
ing subscriptions for the members of
the following papers: Advertiser, Bull
letin, Star, Kuokoa, Aloha Alma and
Kuokoa Home Rula. The Speaker call.
ed attention to the fact that there
were other papers in the Territory, and
referred the resolution to the Public
Expenditures Committee. Castro want
ed to table the resolution, but his mo-
tion was lost.
Second Readings.
House Bill II, appropriating $4,000
for the Hawaiian exhibition at the
AlaskaYukon Exposition, was read
and referred to Promotion Committee
of the House.
House Bill 12, appropriating $4,000
for entertaining distinguished visitors,
was referred to the same committee.
House Bill 81, amending the law in
regard to fees for fling corporation
papers with the Treasurer, went to the
Finance Committee. This bill puts
minimum fee Of $25 for filing articles
of Incorporation, the fee being other
wise 20 cents for each $1,000 of capital
stock authorized. For increase of cap.
ital stock, 90 cents for each $1,000 and
minimum of $50; copartnerships,
minimum of $25; amendments to char
ters $25; and all other papers, a mini
mum of S..
Cohen's Tax Bills.
Cohen Is three tax bills, numbers 8,
9 and 10 of the House. were read for
the second time, all going to the FL
nance Committee. Bill No. abolishes
all income tax laws, No. o says:
"Property Tax-Except as otherwise
provided all real property and person
al property within the Territory shall
be subject to an annual tax Of one-half
per cent. upon full cash value of the
same. This act shall take effect on the
first day of January, A. d. 1910"
The third bill provides for an ex-
emption of real and personal property
to the value of 5000.
Lawyers Aid Measure.
House Bill 90, which carries Shell
don's name, was referred to the Judi
ciary Committee. II says:
"In all cases of felony in which the
party accused is unable to employ |
counsel for his defense, the court may
assign him counsel from among the IL
censed practitioners, at fee of no
more than one hundred dollars, discre-
tionary with the court, to be paid by
the Territory of Hawaii, who shall use
every lawful exertion in his behalf
upon pain Of contempt to the COURT