The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-20
IMPORTANT LANO
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health of the inhabitants of the Ter
utor3 are 30 great
Land Rents Are 700 Low.
While DO may be- true that already
tho corporations are heavily taxed
b. is equally true that the present
rentals paid to the government are
out of an proportion TO their value
owing TO the provisions of the or
ganic Act no lease of agricultural
lands can be made which Is more
than tenancy at will. therefore pros
poctiye lessees are only justified .n
offering small rentals owing to the
uncertainty of tenure of any lease
which the government can grant
THE short term lease has also
given rise TO the practise among ten
ants Of neglecting the principles of
good husbandry, the limited term mill
tating against the expenditure of time
and money necessary to insure scien-
. tidc conservation Of the soil: thereby
greatly reducing, rather than en-
haucIng, as good husbandry would,
the yielding capacity of the land.
AS an example of loss directly at
. tributable to the indefinite term lease
system. your committee finds that in
one district where 5000 acres of pub
lie developed land with a daily flow
Of 100000 gallons of water were
formerly operated under a lease which
had expired and had not been renew
ed for years, the falling off in reven-
ues in the way Of taxes and rentals,
etc, has amounted to approximately
$4,000 per annum."
Proposed Act.
The proposed act, which will be
printed, and the committee report
printed with it, to be considered on
. second reading tomorrow, provides
THAT for fifty years all developed
public land and all developed water
Of, less such portion as may have
been set aside for specific purposes,
with all rights, easements, privileges,
appurtenances, rents, issues and profits
thereof, shall be held and administer.
ed by commission of which the gov.
) ernor and the land commissioner shall
be eX officio members, the remaining
2 three members to be appointd by the
{ governor, respectively, for terms OF
four, six and eight years, and removable
by the governor with the consent OF
+ the Senate only for good cause shown
t The members, other than the eX Off
clio members, shall receive such sun
J., as the legislature shall appropriate
y y The commission is authorized t.
- hold, manage, lease, rent, or other
+. wise utilize, said lands, except by sale
s to the end that as large a revenu,
as possible may be derived therefrom
9 and in order to more effectually accom-
u plish this purpose, the restrictions i'm
posed by law upon the management
i handling and dealing in and with pub
= lie land and water, apply as to dey
:, eloped land and water, other than al
specifically set forth in this act.
y. The revenues derived as a specia
y fund shall be appropriated solely 70
5 the purpose of improving and extend
t. ing the educational system, or for u.s.
y for quarantine, sanitary, or healtl
4 purposes in the following proportions
y to wit: Fifty per cent for the us
and benefit of the public schools; fort
per cent for quarantine, sanitary an
health purposes, and ten per cent TO
=, benefit of the College Of Hawaii.
10 "The commission shall make rule
~ and regulations, having the force c
d. law, and shall, upon the request c
q the legislature, or upon the applies
a ton of a majority Of the commission
D. be reviewed as to their legal effec
and reasonableness by the suprem
II court, and the judgment of the 81
l. preme court as to the legality an
II reasonableness of the rules and regu
Z lations shall be final.
IF THE term developed land shal
mean public lands which have hereto
fore been used or are now being use
II for agricultural purposes. The terri
t. developed water shall mean waite
e has heretofore been used or is nov
n being used for agricultural purposes.