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D OF TIE DAY.

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Z Upon consideration of the Appropriation Bill
Especial order of the day. the House went into Com
| mittee of the Whole, Hon. c. II Judd in the chair.
= Hon. Mr.. Poll moved to amend the second item OF
l the bili-pay of His Majesty's Chamberlain ana I'll
vate Secretary-by substituting $4,000 for S5OOO.
Hon. Mr.. Mikalemi moved TO strike out the item en-
tirely. By a vote of Is to l6, the amendment to
$4,000 was adopted.
4 The House then voted the following sums Her
Majesty Queen Emma So, 600. Expenses of Legis-
lative Assembly SIS, 900 Secretary to Privy Coun-
Gil SIS each meeting, $500 Stationery and Incident
ais of Privy Council 500 Completing Records OF
Privy Council $500 Salary of Chancellor and Chief
Justice SO, 600 1st Associate Justice $4,000 End
Associate Justice $4,000 I Clerk of Supreme Court
( $4,000 /; Deputy Clerk $2,400 Interpreter Supreme
/ and Police Courts $4,000. On the item-Circuit
Judge of Oahu-Hon. A. F.. Judd moved to abolish
the office entirely. He slid-~
? | move to strike out the item-for the Circult
Court tor the Island of Oahu, is useless. Italready
has no jurisdiction in Probate matters. and its only
duty is 10 hear appeals from the Police and District
Courts. All such cases can just as well come d.
rectly to the Supreme Court, when the Justices can
hear the case. without the Intervention OF a jury,
and have decisions that will be good law. Inc
recent law charging the jurisdiction of the District
Courts in civil cases up to S2O6-will give them a
much more important class of cases. which 1t VIII
not be worth while to try before this
Judge" The terms of the Supreme Court occur on
this Island four times a year. so appeals can be FREE
quently heard. We have just passed 4 law aboi-
ishing bonds for Costs in criminal cases, and thus
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easily made. Here is an opportunity for my eco
nomical colleagues for Honolulu to show their
patriotism and save the country $1,000, besides
making their reelection almost sure.
1t the House support me on this item the laws
establishing this Court can be easily repealed.
On motion the committee rose and asked leave to
sit again on Friday-lOst. Leave granted TO sit at
l o'clock.
Hon. Mr.. Carter said Mr.. President-My ever
sion to this item is perhaps only a technical one.
The statutes say that a Circuit Judge is a Judge of
n Court of Record. The Constitution says a Judge
of a Court of Record is not eligible to q seat IN this
Assembly. Now / find in the Budget an appropria-
ton for the Circuit Judge of Oahu, and the incum-
bent of that Court sits in this Assembly. But 1t Is
because the Justices of the Supreme Court say he IS
not n Judge of a Court of Record. Now, what is
he? This Judge most certainly hears cases on ap-
peal from the Police Court, thus occupying the pro-
vince of a Circuit Judge. His court seems to dan
gle in mid air between the Police and Supreme
Courts, neither of the one or Of the other. If you
will let him into the Appropriation Bill as q Police
Judge, to try cases wholly between natives, and re-
duce the salary, l will support it.
Hon. Mr.. Hitchcock wished to refer the subject OF
the appropriation of Circuit Judge of Oahu to the
Judiciary Committee, to report on the necessity Of
continuing that Office. He did not see the propriety
of paying 50 400 for the trial of So cases on appeal
as appeared to have been done, by the report of the
Chief Justice, during the past two years.
Hon. Messrs. Aholo and Kahananui were opposed
to the item being stricken out. The latter gentleman
thought the present incumbent of the office was a
valuable man in the place, and he wanted to see him
paid we'll. 1t was suggested that If this office was
abolished, a salary should be attached to the office of
the President of the Board Of Education, which Judge
Kamakau now filed. The item was passed as in the
bill, S2,400.
Circuit Judge of Maui. The President of the As
sembly urged that as the present incumbent was
growing old and had n family, his salary should be
increased. Hon. MIR. Poll objected to the salaries Of
foreigners being raised while those of Hswaiians were
left as before. Moved that the item be amended so
as to read $1,000. He was the opinion that the Hon.
Mr.. Hitchcock was in favor of the white man at the
expense of the hawaiian Hon. Mr.. Hitchcock said
that he disclaimed any intention to favor the white
man at the expense of the Hawaiian.
The item was passed at 5000 Circuit Judges of
Hawaii $500 Circuit Judge of Kauai s24OO !;
Police Judge Honolulu. Hon. Mr.. Martin moved
to amend to $500. Item passed at $4,000; Police
Justice HIlO $1,000 Police Judge Lahaina Maui
$1,000 District Judge Puma Hawaii $500 District
Judge Kau Hawaii $500 District Judge North
KOna Hawaii after considerable discussion the
item was fixed at $3.50 District Judge Soutl Kona
$3.50 with the proyiso that in case there was q
Judge appointed for each district they should re-
ceive $500. apiece District Judge North Kohala
5000 District Judge South KOhala $500 District
Judge Hamakua Hawaii 5000 Hon Mr.. Hitchcock
introduced a resolution inserting the item of $3.50,
for a District Justice for North Hilo. Rejected.
District Judge Wailuku Mani. Hon Mr.. Martin
moved to pass the item at $500. The Attorney
General was in favor of paying $1,000. 1t was
very necessary that a good man should be retained
in the position and it had been shown that it was
difficult TO retain q really efficient person at less
than $1,000. Pending the discussion of this item,
Committee rose, reported progress. and the House
adjourned.
TwENTY-SEvESTH DAY, May Both.
I Hon. Mr.. Poll presented a petition from Honolulu,
asking for $1,000, for extension of School street.
Laid on the table.