The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-05

elsewhere, passed third reading. Thi
| bill puts the minimum pay of laborer
on all public works at $50 a day
| When up once before for third reading
Castro had the bill put over to inves
| tigate into the power the Territor,
had to establish a wage scale for tn
| counties.
| Kamahu, who had submitted a min
GRITTY report on the bill on second read
ing. offered an amendment, putting thu
daily wage up to 81.
This resulted in a further deferring
of the bill for a week. For the thirt
! time the bill has thus come up. Kama
| hu putting in his 80 amendment eaei
time, and for the third time it has beer
given the hoist. None of the member.
want to go ON record as voting agains
big raise in pay for laborers, at the
same time realizing the absurdity OF
putting So minimum on unskilled
labor.
Rice looked much annoyed in Kama
iu's direction when he made his mo
ton to defer.
Senate Bill Z, Mccarthy, respecting
bonds given by executors and admins
traitors, went successfully through thu
final stage and is ready for the Gov
ernor' S consideration On this, again
the House was unanimous.
Senate Bill SO. Chillingworth, relat-
ing to the purposes for which private
property may be taken for public pur-
poses. met with no opposition and
passed third reading. The dove of
peace plumed herself on the Speaker Is
desk during these quiet moments when
all members voted unanimously on all
these many measures.
Senate Bill Al, Knudsen, relating to
the Court of Land Registration, passed
third reading. This bill abolishes the
court as now constituted and turns the
work over to the circuit court judges.
Senate Bill A, Quinn, specifying the
term of Office of fence commissioners,
went through without division, third
reading finding the House of one ac-
cord.
Senate Bill "a, Knudsen, making GER
tilted copies of documents in the public
archives admissible in evidence before
the Territorial courts, also went
through on third reading. Everybody
agreed with everybody else and there
were no noes.
Second Readings.
Bills which came up on second read
ing yesterday morning and were refer
red to committees, were:
House Bill 81, Kaleiopu, authorizes
the deposit OF Territorial moneys IN
banks in this Territory. The Finance
Committee will consider this.
House Bill "a, Castro, is to amend
Section 3o18, Revised Laws, and
states: "Any person or corporation or
officer thereof, or any company OF per-
sons, who shall issue any note, bull,
order, check, or certificate of deposit
in any sum of money with the intent
that the same shall be circulated as
currency, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and for every offense shall be
punished by a fine of fifty dollars, or
be imprisoned not to exceed one
month; provided that nothing in this
section shall be construed to prohibit
the issuing of clearing house certlfi-
Gates by a duly organized clearing
house.
The matter was referred to Finance
Committee.
House Bill 95, Castro, fixes the stamp
duties on charters of religious, chart
table, literary or educational corpora
lions at $40; on corporations otherwise
as follows: When capitalization is less
than $4,000, the stamp duty is So;
when between $4,000 and $4,000, the
duty is SIS; and when over $4,000
the duty is $25. The bill went to the
Finance Committee.
House Bill 102, Single, amends Sec
ton 1928, Revised Laws, and states:
eff the defendant was never an in
habitant of the Territory (but has prop
erty situated within the same) or has
removed therefrom, or if, after due
diligence, he cannot be found within
the Territory of Hawaii, and the fact
shall appear by affidavit to the salts.
faction of the court or judge thereof
at Chambers, and it shall in like man
ner appear that a cause of action exists
against such defendant, or that he is
necessary or proper party to the action,
such court or judge may grant an order
that the service be made by publication
of the summons.
The bill will be considered in Judi
ciary Committee.
Senate Bill 81, from the Senate Com
mittee on Education, is the substitute
bill sent in by that committee to re-
place one of Coelho s measures. 1t
parallels House Bill, now in the SEN
ate, providing for representation from
each county on the Board of Education.
1t was referred to Education Commit.
tee.
Senate Bill 50, judiciary Committee
of the Senate, is bill paralleling Cas-
tro s Divorce Bill, now on second read
ing in the House. The Senate bill went
to the Judiciary Committee.
In Honor of New President.
Alfonso presented the following reso-
luton, which passed unanimously:
s'Be it Resolved by the House Of
Representatives of the Territory of Ha-
wall, That when it does adjourn for
the day it do so in honor of the in
auguration of His Excellency, William
H. Taft, as President of the United
States of America. -
Modest Amount.
he yoonou ar.