Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-21
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10 rat HosoH,HLL GoDrHrY IiHoDrH.
President Of the Legislative Assembly
Your Committee rn Finance respectfully
roIort that they have ruuIht iaiufully to-
examine into the accounts NJ tie vauout
department. ui bnfa.,us " the cavern
ntnt The luysttiG tIuus have rntIIled
unusual care and labor by reason ~ The con.
fusion .. scc0uutA sud dIf"r"pAnrie' In SEINE
instances. aud NJ ptyutnu ior SOME objects
having been made fruH different appt0pti-
auOnr aud from tho many improper dis
btrpemeuts which have demanded the most
rigorous scrutiny.
AZ u tho general method VI keeping tlie
public accounts, The syst"n heretofore Oh
served has been followed 10y most ~ The
Departments, with cettaiu exceptions when
will appear IN the e"uf.e Ut his report
Your Committee lirsi visited the
urr.arNrvr o. rnr ,rroRv0 orsfn,L,
Aud found tie system 0f accounts which
bad bsen ostabl'hcd ~ The previous bieh
biHl period had bssd maintained duuug tine
period Just completed. The books were veil
Kept aud the balances correct
The several salary appropriations appear
to have been expended - authorized. Tic
accounts of the Shnritr III Maui and Kauai
we're well kept, and commended thcinselves
g. the Comm ttee; these officers seem 10 have
coinprohsnded aud observed tho statues
aud regulations relating 20 the payments IN
account Of criminal expenses and iucidcn.
tails The accounts of the Shorln u Hawai-
we're uot "a. -atisiuctory, ~ sonic cases hs
vouchers even being wanting. Aside from
tns amounts lac had received tot
tScipryrsL IXrENsrs,
lie paid out upon this account s. $40 ~
from the appropriation for criminal eS-
pp,-o- The item ~ payment tor legal ser
vices f0r attorneys To appear for him ADD
prosecute Police Court cssrs appeared IRE
ausntiy. Wttii tho large number Of police
oncora Ia iiilo, II would seem strange that
none VI them we're competent 10 attrnd of.
binary Police Court prosecutions.
The accounts oi the police Of Oahu show
MI expenditure "f sl27i 6s on account Of
,ncideutals Lighting the streets Of Homo
lulu cost ~, s52. The appropriation for
corouer's inque-n showed liberal payments
Ter expense, III the few inqnssts winch were
held. The Committee would recommend
that the appropriation bo somewhat III
creased. In view 81 the Importance OF such
inoussts being more frequently held.
III. account. Of the expenditures of the
appropriations for apprehension ol trimi-
nails" "Iucidentala,' aud Criminal EN-
peuaes," were surprising; We found thai II"
irsa than s1,liO lad been paid irom thcsr
appropriations for legal ."ryiCc-, vi winch all
but $3.50 was paid during tile last ten mOnth
the mdnddIaus case IN the matter oi the
i,und. the matter of tic GdEeite chart3r, adj
vice 10 +. ". Hnyseld-n, Tax Assessors, mat
ter IT Tie Tax Appeal Board, and similar
matters, we're charged tn criminal cHpcn 81.
On the lIth day "i December, inS3 ~jUu
we're paid from thi, fund for fees in the
mandarin, cn-e February 30 1888, there
j. u charge of $50 Tor eugro--iug ittont- OF
Royalty charged to tho incidentals; the
subscriptions paid to the T.. O. ADVERTISER
fnr the Attorney Generals aud Marshal :
Offices amounted to $40 80; another item,
May l2. 1888, is Sill 30, paid for costs III tho
oBs,' vi Lam, Pong vs.. II. + Bickprton, We
understand this was civil action Tor which
Judge Bicknrton was personally responsible,
september 20, 1888. SIS IL charged for pay
tneut 10 W. l.. Wilcox for acting US Police
Judge; this shouid have been paid 10y Judg,
Bickorton. fUr whom the service was rtn
d.red. February IL. 1884, the Attorney
General Paul Neumaun. drew 500 toi
travelling expenses TO Kauai 10 attend the
Circuit C.urt; the usual charge Tor tht
Kauai term being from SO to $50 The
charges for express hire were very hgh
uIdl the three mouths ending March 81
1884, when In the Attornev-tianerai othr'
alone ti5S was paid for that object. Anon'
other expenditures we ind 500 paid Il
Cant. Trip, and $50 10 nne Carson tan "m
ployec vi the T.. &. ApvEGrIsEB) for certain
ituitl,ss secret service expedition
tnher the appropriation l"I wv hpl'''
hension Of Criminals We found two item
charged, of 500 each, which were most m
proper: tho lirst was for fees To attorney
for defending two Chinese Cousthble-
Aknna aud Akiona, charged with crimt
They both were well paid officers and abb
=. pay their own expenses. The other Wa
a similar charge, for defending Casper an
Bennett, Mt Hiio, charged with perjury an
homicide, Tue appropriation was for tn
apprehension of criminals, nor for their Iro
frction.
rHr ARMED roRcr
Contingent Fund, appropriated for til
Islands oi Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai shove
= very large expenditure. aud wholly d'
proportiou-d to the results shown. More
over the armed force had been establishe
upou oshu, and the greater part nj the e.
peuditures made here. contrary to ~
terms ~ the Apprnpiia non.
one item charged to this appropria Tia
calls for our unqualified cnnsnre, that q
81 200 paid to the Depar tment Of Forsig
Affairs To pay the balance OF freight y
ordinance. The department OF Foreign A
fairs had m appropriation of $4,000 Il
purchase Of ordnance, which had been e
psn,ied, and a hill Of S2.377 ~ for freig
remained to be paid, aud the Minister
Foreign Affairs called for, and the Attorne
General paid the 81 200 Ii was dire
transfer from one depar tment 10 another,
s.rdiess OF law. The manner Ia which &
balance of the freight bill was paid will a
pear later in this report
The following il summary Of the 9
peuditures on account OF the armed force;
>SALysIs of ARMED FoRCT EXPENSE,