The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-19

United ua.r.
Ibc iiause uas fhen ready gu n1.ift
fht Nnfprn. ihaf Nhs feHlY lH' any
hrsirDss thHi might fHHr. iH fhe mUan.
while taking % recess
After RECESS Communication
Was received ff0m tbe senate.
giving ihp names of tho quail
ICED officials of tha chamber, Boz the
midst of the reading ot which came ihr
message from the Governor, brought
down in state by 'laudius n Mcbride
fnulilcssly atrayed in frock coat aud
high bat. BE dian y wear the hat in
the House. bot held it gracefully In
one hand. .o balance the message Ia the
other The full text of the Governor 5
message appears elsewhere in this issue.
The message was laid ON the table to
he taken mp In the various committees
First Bill by Rice.
Rice was about TO give notice OF a
ban when message from the Chief
Justice was announced and received.
, kaleiopu then presented a resolution
, expressing the appreciation of the
House at the goou work in Washington
of the Delegate, the resolution being
accepted
Rice then announced his measure,
which was one appropriating money to
, pay the expenses of the House for the
session. This whooped through first
reading and was put ON the special or
der of the day for today.
r Alfonso then presented the following
measures:
A bill to encourage the coffee indus.
} try, which exempts land and property in
actual use for coffee production up to
N..F ..tA
An amendment to the County Act, to
raise thespay of the Hawaii County
Clerk to $1,000 year, and the pay of
! the Deputy Sheriff of Hamakua to
5 5000 year.
An act to protect the purchasers of
4 real estate from fraudulent convey.
+ ances, which makes it "A penal offense
. to sell land without notifying the pur-
chaser of any membranes that may
4 be on the property
! An act to alter the senatorial bound.
p aries of the Territory, placing the dis.
e tricts of Puma, North and South HilO
z and Hamakua in the first district, with
n two Senators; Kau, North and South
i K0na, and North and South Kohala in
the second, with two Senator's; Maui
@ Molokai. Lanai and Kahoolawe in the
thlrd, with three Senators; Oahu in the
. fourth, with six Senators, and Kauai
!. and Niihau in the fifth, with two Sen
v atOrs.
n An act to encourage the cultivation
v of fruit and vegetables and to provide
:. for the transportation of the same 10
/ the mainland, which authorizes the
Board of Agriculture and Forestry t.
@ enter into a contract with q transpor
/ tatiOn company and subsidize il to the
v amount of $4,000 a year to carry
o Island produce; to establish an agency
d on the Coast; to give instructions IL
n packing and generally foster the in
dutsry.
10 An act to amend the income tax law
n eXempting incomes Of less than 5000
year and putting two per cent ta'
n on those over $1,000.
h Cohen's Tax Bills.
l. Cohen introduced til zee bills. eacl
3 dealing with taxes. I's first bill is t,
u repeal all income tax measures, hi
n second to tax all real and persona
l. property on an assessment of the full
cash value at the rate of one and one
a half per cent, his third 20 exempt rea
81 property to the amount of 5000.
II No Extra Session Pay.
= Castro presented a resolution pledg
" ing the members not to accept any pay
:, for any possible extra session. stating
y that the Federal government had pro
70 vided 100000 for legislative expenses
!. providing there was no extra session
y pay. part of the resolution states
:, Whereas, the acceptance of sait
~ 100000 under conditions imposed b,
~ Congress is matter that lies within
. the province of the members of tn,
- Legislature of the Territory; and
~ whereas it is the determined policy o.
=. the members of said Legislature to ad
. here to and carry out every principle
- whereby the Territory may becom
financially benefited, - therefore no ex
u :, ira pay would be expected.
"a, Kaniho protested. If there was al
ie extra session he wanted the money. !
a, was all right for the Oahu members no
" to take il, but the country member
80 80 might be stranded here without kauSa-
: funds if they had to work overtime 70
~, nothing He moved that the resolution
% % be indefinitely postponed, but his mo
~ ton was lost and the resolution carrie,
. first reading.
The naales of the members of III
s. standing committees of the House wer
then announced.
no First Debate Of Session.
10 II. ". Single asked question con
-. corning the hours If meeting in tn
AZ morning, Rice informing him that h
w had resolution oyering that identca
90 point. The resolution was to the effec
- that nine O'Clock a. N. was the RICH
=. time.
az Single wanted TO make it ten. Min
i, o clock was too early for man VIII
in had some business to attend to beside
nv lcgislating. His way of putting it pu
I'd up the backs of the out of.tcwn men
ba beers, several of whom reminded hiI
M. that they also haG business but ha
he to leave it altogether to work for tn
,ir pubic. Douthitt made his Made
ed speech IN behalf of Shingles amenC
m. ment while Caiey also got in, on tn
rs, other side. Coney closed the debate
to remarkins that the county member
ed were used to getting up and workin
yn by daylight and We're not night'owl
nj or words to that efrec,. II" thought