The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-04
SENATE
CONTINUED From Page One,

/ SuEEt Ina tue
had been swamped with .ludieiar,
the reports would not be ready unit
Monday.
Senator Fairch:Id introduced bill
/ providing for the ex sension, improve
ment and payment of the cost of the
| Honolulu water and sewer works
+ waterworks Bill.
/ The full text of the bill is as follows:
."Seetion l. All revenues derived
from time to time from the Honolulu
| water and sewer works shall constitute
and be held as special fund in the
| treasury of the Territory, TO be dis
| bursed on warrants drawn by the audi
tor and issued only upon approved
voucers of the Superintendent of Pub
| lie Works Such moneys shall be ap-
postioned and applied from time to
time by said Superintendent, with the
| approval of the Governor, to the fol
lowing general purposes, and not
/ otherwise:
First, the expenses of maintenance
| and operation of said works; secondly,
| the payment of interest upon the in
| debtedness of the Territory incurred
| for the construction, Improvement and
| extension of said works; thirdly. the
! extension and Improvement of said
works; and, fourthly, the payment of
said indebtedness. Each voucher
against said fund shall designate the
general purpose for which it is drawn.
All moneys applied to the payment of
such indebtedness shall be deemed to
have been applied in accordance with
| the provisions of Act 81 of the Session
Laws of 1907.
The measure is drawn to take effect
on July /, 1909. 1t was passed TO
/ print.
Senator Robinson introduced bill
to amend section 1925 of the Revised
Laws, relating to exemption from per-
sonal and property taxation.
Veto Is Sustained.
On the order of the day was Gov
ernor s Message No. Is, vetoing the
House bill providing for the granting
of fees to lawyers appointed by court
to defend impeeunious criminals. Sem
ator Knudsen moved to sustain the
veto, and it was supported on unan-
imous vote.
Senate Bill No. 6s, relating to the
terms of circuit courts, was taken up
on third reading, but on the motion of
Makekau it was laid on the table to
be considered with Senate Bill No. IS.
The bill intended to amend the Re-
vised Laws regulating the operations
of second hand dealers passed third
reading with a full vote. In addition
to the present law, which compels a
had Inv r. n datoi1oH
record of all transactions and custom
ers. the bill provides that the dealers
must submit monthly reports. Sena-
tor Makekau moved to have the Coun-
ty Treasurer substituted for the Ter
ritorial Treasurer as the recipient of
the license fees. Senator Fairchild
explained that the bill for county real
izations already covered the object
sought by the lawmaker from. Ho-
nokaa.
Pass Tax Bill.
House Bill No. 3, raising the income
tax exemption from $1,000 to $500, re-
ceived final Endorsement without a dis
senting vote.
House Bill No 80, the merchandise
license bill, was deferred~on its second
reading upon the request of Senator
Fairchild. the chairman of the Ways
aud Means Committee, who stated that
additional information had been Sc
cured by the committee bearing upon
the questions involved He requested
that the bill be referred back to the
committee SO the required amendments
could be made. As the amended bill
has already been passed to print, the
request could not be Immediately grant
ed, but the motion to refer the bill
back to the Ways and Means Commit
tee was carried
House Bill No. so, providing for the
proceeds of the agricultural and indus
trial pursuits at the Lahainahuna
School and the Boys Industrial School,
passed ON it's third reading. The meas
ure is intended to provide fund from
the moneys received from the sale of
school products, the fund to go toward
the purpose of increasing the useful
ness of the two schools.
House Bill No. "a, regulating the in
ventory of government assets, received
its final Endorsement at the hands of
the upper house, passing third reading
, on the motion of Chillingworth IT
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responsibility over Territorial property
to the .SCity and County" of Homo
lulu instead of the only reference be
ing made to county.
The House bill providing for the pro
lection of birds beneficial to the for
ests of the Territory was referred back
| to the Judiciary Committee after Pres
ident Smith and several Senators had
expressed an opinion that the provl-
sions of the bill were too sweeping.
Mallekau first moved to table the bill,
| but withdrew his motion in favor of
| the one to rerefer the measure back to
| the judiciary Committee.
| Senator Makekau made an eloquent
| protest against the sweeping provisions
of the bill He said that the posses
! sion of one feather of a tabooed bird
would be, sufficient cause for a man >
be torn from the bosom of his family
and hailed before the courts of justice.
Senator Fairchild pointed out another
unconstitutional Interpretation that
| be put upon the bill that would .'pre
vent a lady from walking down the
street with chicken feathers in her
| hat. = There came prompt defense
! of the millinery art by Knudsen, who