The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-09

8 or revoking any license; but the reg
3 shall be in the discretion Of the +
s be renewable by appeal or otherw
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The above is the clause of Furtado s
liquor bill, now formally before the
House, which excited more or less com.
mont yesterday. Tinhorn politicians
regard it as the acme of craftsmanship,
opening up vista of chances for pick
ings. of late very scarce; the liquor
dealers who are behind the Moore bill
express regret that the House measure
was ever brought to light, its exist
ence only adding more and more to
the danger to the Moore amendment,
while temperance workers seem to
think that the bill is so radical and
on the face of it so dangerous to the
public welfare that there can be no
possibility of it ever becoming enact
ed into law.
Saturday was n day of considerable
work in both branches of the Legisla'
ture, the Senate in particular taking
one step that will become more than
local issue. The routine of the day
follows:
The Senate had q full attendance
when called to order at ten O'Clock
Saturday morning. House Bill No. 81
was received and passed first reading.
| The bill provides thai public officials
may appoint persons to act in their
stead when compelled TO be absent
from the place where their duties are
performed or when, as n matter of CON
venience, a public official needs to have
someone act for him.
A communication was received from
the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Hawaii giving an account of their
last meeting and matters then discuss
ed bearing upon legislative action by
the representatives of the Big Island
The communication was not read, being
placed on file.
The Committee on Public Lands re
ported on Senate Bill No. 40, entitled
HAn Act to amend section 8 of Act
ll6 of the Session Laws of 1907 relat
ing to hunting with firearms" TIL,
object of the bill was to allow distric
foresters to issue permits for the hunt
ing of wild hogs and goats, withon
first obtaining a license to hunt will
firearms. The committee report, whicl
was adopted by the Senate, states tina
"no valid, just or reasonable cause ha
been shown which would justify thu
, change contemplated and recommend
that the same be laid on the table"
The Committee on Ways and Mean
reported favorably on House Bill No
Loo 4 q
the Revised Laws of Hawaii as enacted
by section /, Act 96 of the Session
Laws of 1907, relating TO licenses OF
fishermen. The report was laid on tn
table to be considered with the bill.
The committee did not look wit
. favor on House Bill No. l6, whic
a would exempt from taxation all PEI
sons who are blessed with six or NOR
: children under the age of eightee
years. Senator Fairchild said that tn
entire policy Of the Territory was t
! increase its revenue and not to II
duce it. He said that the passage o
such measure would establish "A pre-
!. cedent that would not be wise an
= recommended that the bill be laid o
the table. The report of the Ways an
Means Committee Endorsed the bill
u reduce the price of the Revised Law
< from $40 to So volume. Senate
= Fairchild said that there were hundred
y of volumes still on the hands of tn
Secretary of the Territory and that
Z was hoped that reduction in the pric
= would assist in the sale of the create
e portion of the volumes in storage.
Antics of Coelho.
> When the report of the Judiciar
. Committee on Senate Resolution n
u "a was read, Senator Coelho objecte
= strongly to what he termed the failul
of the committee to go thoroughly I'M
the true status of the resOlutiOn-il
y troduced, of course, by himself. I'll
resolution was designed in an effort
commit the Senate in the matter of a
- sistng in the solution of an error {
y 800 that had been found in the bool
: of the clerk of the Judiciary Depar
ment. The error in question was abol
IS decade old and is not blamable
8 the clerk. The committee report state
L that while the object of the resolutio
t was to come to the assistance of
y worthy servant of the Territory, sti
r 1t would commit the government
II the matter of assisting its employ,
WHtH an tTTOT Udu Dttu cOiliullltu
=. that. as consequence, it would NJ
y be wise to go on record as approyin
q it.
e ACoelho declared that the committ'
i. had not given the resolution sufiiciel
% consideration; that it involved oth'
{, matters. He said that 1t was the dui
g of every legislator to give careful co.
Q sideration to a measure before repor
d ing thereon, and that in this case
d had not been done. He moved thu
q consideration of the report and Il
4 resolution be deferred until Wedne
n day, while Senator Knudsen moved ii
a adoption of the report. Coelho's IN
, tion carried.
, House Bill No. So received the Il
- dorsement of the judiciary Committe
= The bill provides for the transferrin
of the work in connection with the i
suance of Hawaiian birth certificate
from the office of the Secretary of I'll
II Territory to the Department of Con
y merce and Labor. The report state
o that arrangements have already bee