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

or naval service of each such person,
and, If the Governor shall so direct,
anu as often as he shall direct, such
enrolment shall further show separate
~ the names of all seafarine men of
Whatever calling or occupation, the
names of all men engaged in the con-
stractlon and management of ships and
crafts, together with the names of
sh1powners and their employees, yacht
owners, members of Yacht clubs and
all o1her associations for aquatic pur
suits.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Notification of the signing of the
bills appropriating money for the Ha-
walian exhibit at Seattle, carrying
$4,000, by the Governor, was receiv-
ed IN eommunicat on from Secretary
Mott-smith. The signing of the bill
appropriating $4,000 for a Congress
ional visit was also noted. as well as of
the House Resolution calling for a COM
mIttee to investigate and report on the
| question of private wharves. The
! Goyernor' s sigma lure makes Acts 4 and
and Joint Resolution , now law
Sheldon Loses One.
! Sheldon's bill to authorize the gov
!. eminent to publish the decisions of the
j L. ). District Court was dumped by the
| Financial Committee on the strength
| of the fact that it would cost good
money. Sheldon objected, but the re-
| port went. This disposes of House
| Bill 81.
House Bill q went the same way on
the same committee IS report. This was
Correa IS bill regarding fees for fling
corporation papers, which, the commit
| tee stated, would mean loss in rev.
! enue of $4,000 a year.
i Douthitt IS bill relating to the grant
| ing of charters of incorporation was
recommended for passage by the com
mittee
Sidestepping Gerrymander.
The Judiciary Committee declined to
commit itself on Alfonso S bill diyid-
| ing Hawaii into two senatorial dis
tricts, referring the same to committee
| of the whole.
The committee was willing to stand
| for House Bill Is, Castro, which pro-
| vides for the maintenance and support
| of the family of deceased person
pending the administration of the es-
| tate, suggesting some verbal amend
| ments.
Affonso's House Bill 5, to protect
| purchasers Of real estate from fraudu-
| lent conveyances, was recommended
and passed second reading, while the
same favorable action was given Kale-
iopu IS bill relating to the issuance of
| certificates of Hawaiian birth.
Kama's Garnishee Bill.
| Kama s bill to knock out the law re-
| lating to the right to garnishee gov
| eminent employees, presented because
he himself had been a victim, was
| promptly killed by the Judiciary Com
| mittee, being tabled by the adoption of
| the report.
The Miscellaneous Committee found
! virtues in Senate Bill 4, providing for
!; the fling of biennial reports by the
/; counties, and it passed its second read
! ing.
]; A Sensible Measure.
!: Senate Bill IL was recommended by
/ this committee, explaining the measure
as follows:
| 1.-THE object of the bill is to have
all persons employed in the service of
/ the government of the Territory of Ha.
wall or in the service of any county OF
municipal subdivision of said Territory
to be citizens or eligible to become
| citizens of the United States of Amer
lea; except that in cases where it is
not reasonably practicable to obtain
| citizens competent for such services
10 H.
/ ployed.o
New Bills Presented.
| A bill numbered 81 was presented
by Sheldon, this being measure re
| lating to the compensation of tax as
| SCISSORS and deputy assessors, putting
the pay at 5 per cent. of all personal
taxes collected, except that in Homo
/ lulu and Hilo the assessor shall fix the
percentage for his deputies, not to ex
| coed per cent.
| New Enabling Bill.
| Kaleiopu withdrew the notice of his
| bill to authorize the payment of GER
tain persons employed by the "Super-
| visors of the City and County of Ho.
nolulu,'' and introduced bill to pay
| the same certain persons this time EN-
ployed by the Getty and County Of
Honolulu The bill provides for the
payment of "all claims and demands
| for services actually rendered
between the 4th day of January and
the 18th day of March, 1909, inclu-
| siye -
This new bill jumps the length of
| disputed service ahead for two weeks,
a significant move.
| Kaleiopu asked that his bill go on
the special order of the day for today
for second reading, which was allowed.
Another Bit of Stiffness.
Another bit of rank politics, of the
kind that stamps the Iittleness of some
| of the Honorable Members of the Leg
| islature, comes to Light in bill intro
duced yesterday by Waiwaiole, which
provides that the sheriffs of the coun-
ties of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai be
authorized to appoint their own dep
uty sheriffs, the bill being framed so
as not to affect the tenure of Office
| of the present deputy sheriffs. No
/ where in the bill is there any refer
! enee to the City and County of Homo
| lulu, which has a habit of electing a
Democratic Sheriff and which must ac-
/ eor6inoIv be nunished The bill is