The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-18
THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE CON-
MlTTEE.


what might, could, would or should
have been done, but is for the most
part succession of statements of
facts, as found by the committee. |
AS the report is too long to publish
entire in our columns, we will give n
condensed statement of the principal
points,
The opening statement is, that
"thc Investigations have entailed
unusual care and labor by reason of
the confusion of accounts and dis
crcpances in some instances, and of
payments for some objects having
been made from different appropria-
tions, and from the many improper
disbursements which have demanded
the most rigorous scrutiny
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL,
1.-The books were well kept and
the balances correct. The accounts
of the Sheriffs .of Kauai and Maui
commended themselves to the COM
mittee, but those of the Sheriff of
Hawaii were not as satisfactory, in
some cases his vouchers even being
wanting. 1.-The item of payment for
legal services for attorneys to appear
for him and prosecute police court
cases appeared frequently. With
the large number of police officers
in Hilo, it would seem strange that
none of them were competent to
attend ordinary police court prosecu-
tions.'
Lighting the streets of Honolulu
cost S9,S52.
The accounts of the eXpendi-
lures of the appropriations for ZAP
prehension of Criminals" ''Inci-
dentals," and Criminal Expenses"
were surprising; we found that no
less than 81, 140 had been paid from
these appropriations for legal SER
vices, of which all but $3.50 was paid
during the last ten months of the
period. Fees for civil cases, such
as the m011Cld2nuS case in the matter
of the Bonds, the matter of the
Gazette charter, advice to +. III.
Hayselden tax assessor, matter of
the Tax Appeal Board, and similar
matters, were charged to criminal
expenses. On the l4th day of De-
cember, 1888, $500 were paid from
this fund for fees in the mandamus
case. February Goth, 1888, there is
charge of S36 for engrossing
Patents of Royalty charged to the
incidentals; the subscriptions paid
to the p. T.. -10uortiScr for the
Attorney Generals and Marshall S
offices, amounted TO $40 55; another
item, May 18th, 1883, is S11 80,
paid for costs in the case of Lam
Pong VS.. r. +. Bickerton. We
understand this was civil action
for which Judge Bickerton was per-
sonally responsible. September 29th,
1888, S75 is charged for payment to
w. l.. Wilcox for acting as police
Judge; this should have been paid
by Judge Bickerton, for whom the
service was rendered. February 1th.
1884, the Attorney General, Paul
Neumann, drew 500 for travelling
expenses to Kauai to attend the
Circuit Court; the usual charge fol
the Kauai term being from $25 tc
$50. The charges for express hire
were very light until the three months
ending March 31st, 1884, when in
the Attorney Generals Office alone
S158 was paid for that object
Among other expenditures we fine
$400 paid to Capt. Trip, and $50
to one Carson Gan employee of tho
p. T.. -AduertiSe1) for certain fruit
less secret service expeditions.
Under the appropriation Of the
Apprehension of Criminals we founC
two items charged, of 500 each
which were most improper; the frs
was for fees to attorneys for defend
ing two Chinese constables, Akani
and Akiona, charged with crime
They both were well paid officers
and able to pay their own expenses
The other was a similar charge, fol