The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-03

| was NOT pIoNloeu Ior TO pay OH the
| territorial debt.
Rice agreed that the scheme of pay
ing the debt was a good one but
/ thought that in the meanwhile it would
| be wise to save some of the interest.
One-eighth of the appropriation bill
| just passed was for public debt inter
/ est.
General Disbursing Bill.
Senate Bill so, Fairchild, a measure
intended to cover all the provisos and
directions to the Auditors heretofore
appended to all appropriation bills,
passed third reading.
Kamahu, who is evidently the high
fnancier of the opposition, thought the
| bill was one aimed at high wages for
/ laborers. $50, fellow members" he
said. 81 ask you to defeat this bill
in the interest of our constituents. It
will take the bread and butter from
| the mouths of our constituents if we
allow it to pass
Castro said that Kamahu had signed
| the report of the committee recon.
mending the passage of the bill and
| his attack upon it now was strange
! thing. The bill had been carefully con.
sidered in committee.
~ want to say that I would be
ashamed, even if [ were a Democrat,
| to come in this House and be so in.
consistent as he is concluded Castro.
| Kamahu was the only member on
roll call to vote no.
| Harvey's Senate Bill ia, fixing a
fee of from So to SO for each physi-
clan called in to examine leper suspects
| was read a third time. This bill amends
| Act 122, Laws of 1907, which had al
ready previously been amended and in
/ part repealed by House Bill 165, pass
| ed the day before. In view of this
the bill was deferred for a week.
Senate Joint Resolution No. l, amend
ed in the House, came up for third
reading This fixes the Office hours for
government departments from $3.50 a.
m. to 4:30 p. nj. The resolution passed.
Committee of Whole Report.
Chairman Cohen, of the committee
of the whole, presented report on the
Current Appropriation Bill, the total
of which had been changed from the
/ original bill based on the Governor Is
estimates from So PAS, 226 to So. III, $40,
difference of $530,350. This was ae-
complished by transferring much of the
work to the various counties, to pro.
| vide funds for which bills will be
passed giving to each county all the
license fees collected therein and the
police court fines and costs. This will
leave the Territory about $l50,00t
ahead. The estimated income of the
Territory is 1881 900, including the
, amounts now to be given the counties
This is not going to leave the great
sum for public improvements at terri
torial expense that is being counted
4 on nor allow much to be done toward
3 fulfilling the wishes expressed in thu
: multitude of resolutions and petitions
5 already in, the aggregate sums in which
total well up to half a million.
n The report was adopted and the bill
{ will come up for a third reading today
! AFTERNOON SESSION.
). The House went into committee o
f the whole Immediately after the moo
: recess on House Bill l53, Waiwaiole, t
divide the Territory into districts TO
q election, taxation, educational, judi
ciaI citv. county and all other pun
s. poses. There was most tranquil time
= every member agreeing with ever
II other member on every feature OF tn
= bill, the only change made being t
= cut out one of the six supervisor
q slated for Kauai. Kamanoulu sat a
chairman of the committee and mad
- hit by telling Furtado to go hac
u to his own seat and stay there.
l
# Initiative Too Sudden.
u The Judiciary Committee praise
&c the object of Furtados initiative an
|, referendum bill in a report, but added
II ssWhile the object of this bill
t GOOD. perhaps. and has received favol
~ able consideration from other Jurisdl'
~ lions on the mainland, stu your con
- mittee is of the opinion that TINS Ie
ritorv is not yet in position TO adol
III legislation of this character. lerrlt'
Y rial as well as county government ia
y only been in force here for Few year
and to effect a radical change IN ie'
ol islation at this time would IN the opll
y ion of yonr committee result In COZ
., fusion and would at the present tin
u serve no good purpose.
ST ssYour committee therefore recon
7 mend that the bill be tabieu.
Kaleiopu's Bill Killed.
House Bill 1869. Kaleiopu, was table
20. on report of the Judiciary Committe
m The bill was one requiring all a
pointees of the city and county to Ii
nh here one wear prior to appointment !
re this would prevent the bringing in
ro- experts at any time, the recommend
he ton to kill was made and carried
l, Deer to Be Protected.
ad
an The Promotion Committee recol
id mended the passage of Senate B
tie 81. establishing a close season of fl
zee months. from November / to April
on Molokai deer. The committee
ill ported having received advice again
,in the bill on the grounds that deer
ri. stroved the forest underground a
YIN should he exterminated. The comm
nj. tee found no evidence to support tn
as however.
"a. New Bills.
A., Douthitt presented new bill, nu
m. ! hared 49, relating TO the terms