The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-14

| ing through the adoption of the favor
able report of the Judiciary Committee
| majority, Chillingworth dissenting.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. s
memorializing Congress to grant new
homestead laws to the Territory, was
referred to the Public Lands Commit
tee.
The Taxation Question.
House Bill No. $50, taxation bill
| was deferred until this morning to be
taken up in committee Of the whole
| with four other bills dealing with the
| question of taxation.
House Bill No. 184, on land registra.
ton, and House Bill No. 1s5, on delin-
quent children, were referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Senate Bill No. 139, allowing counties
to impose a special tax of not more
than one-quarter of one per cent. sto
meet the expense of internal improve
ments, was referred to the special com
mittee on taxation ON the request of
Senator Knudsen. The bill was intro
dueed as a substitute for the loan bill
by the Ways and Means Committee ma
jority.
Since the loan bill is approved in
amended form ON second reading, in
Guiding only the 100000 provision for
the Kula pipeline, Senator Fairchild
observed that there was no particular
object to the bill. A motion was made
to table it, but was deferred by refer
ring it to the special committee on
taxation.
Notification was received from the
House, stating that it had failed to con-
cur In the Senate amendments to House
Bill 138, the merchandise license bill.
President Smith named Senators Coelho.
Fairchild and Harvey as members of
the conference committee.
The Judiciary Committee presented a
favorable report on House Bill No. 1913,
establishing educational and taxation
districts, drawn to take the place of a
similar measure vetoed by Governor
Frear. Senator Kalama offered an
amendment, substituting bitches for the
trlangulation stations used as official
boundaries for the district of Waikiki.
Senator Knudsen and President Smith
showed that the bitches could not be
considered as permanent boundaries.
kaiama Is amendment was not seconded
and the bill passed on second reading
as reported by the committee.
Appropriation Bill.
Robinson moved that the salarr of
the president of the Board of Health
be increased to $275, the former rate.
in preference to the $3.50 in the House
Bill. The motion was carried. Fair
child explained that the salary was re-
duced SO the Secretary of the Territory
could take up the duties of president
of the Board of Health in addition to
his other work.
The items of secretary, clerk and
stenographers were taken up from Sen
ate Bill No. 40, the Governor esti-
mate. On the question of whether the
Board of Health was to be turned over
to the county, Senator Chillingworth
moved that the sense of the Senate
be that it was opposed to the transfer
of control at this time. The motion
was carried unanimously on a stand
ing vote.
The, item Of secretary was passed at
$175; clerk at 1890; stenographer at
500; janitor and messenger, $50; ex-
penses, $4,000.
Under the heading of sanitation Sen
ator Fairchild questioned the item of
81, 2S0 ON the ground that it was dis
tinetly county affair and that the
Territory as a whole should not bear
the expense. The item was passed.
Senator Smith contending that the
whole Territory was affected by the
health conditions of Honolulu.
A Salary Raise.
On the motion of Makekau the
salary of the sanitary inspector for the
island of Hawaii was raised from $3.50
to $165. Makekau also moved that the
salary of the assistant be increased
from $50 to $S5. Brown said that
the Shippers Committee now paid the
assistant $50 month in addition to
his government salary. The amendment
was carried.
Returning to the Board of Health
inspectors, Quinn suggested that the
office of sewer inspector of the Depart
ment of Public Works and Chief In
spector of Sanitation, Board of Health,
be combined in one office with salary
of $165 a month. The amendment was
carried.
Coelho moved for the insertion of
an lLeIn lOT Il HedlCN Inspector LOT the
island of Maui at 1925, and an assist
ant at $S5. Senator Smith said that
one inspector at 1925 should be enough.
Robinson wanted an inspector at 5000
and an assistant at $85. The motion
to provide for an inspector was carried
at 1925. Coelho then moved for an
assistant inspector, but there was no
second to the motion.
For Pure Food.
Under the heading of pure food, the
item of 1925 for a food commissioner
and analyst in the House bill appro-
priation was raised to $3.50.
The question of a meat inspector,
dropped by the House, was brought up
by Senator Chillingworth. Fairehild
maintained that meat and milk inspec-
ton was distinctly county matter
and that all of the expense should be
borne by the City and County of Ho-
nolulu.
Replying to a question raised by Nc
Carthy as to whether the counties were
to receive enough revenue to meet in
creased obligations under the transfer
system, Fairchld said that there would
be a balance of $4,000 over expenses
if the bills affecting the subject were
rocSad