Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-21
Sections l of the auditing act are

Sections l of the auditing act are
as follows
SECTION /. All persons who, by any law,
regulation or appointment, are now, or shall
hereafter, be charged with the duty Of collect
ing or receiving revenue or other moneys on
account OF the Hawaiian Government, OIL with
the duty of discussing moneys on account Of
the public service, shall become and be public
accountants" and shall perform all such duties
and render such accounts as this act prescribes
and as the minister Of finance and auditor
general shall, from time to time, direct.
| SECTION 2. Every such public accountant
collecting or receiving revenue OF other moneys
aforesaid in Honolulu, shall pay weekly, or at
such times as may be otherwise specially ap.
pointed, into the Office OF the minister Of
finance, all sums Of money collected or re.
ceived by him on account Of the revenue or
otherwise as aforesaid, ACCOMPANIED by
vouchers bearing his signature, and containing
full and accurate description Of the services
for which such sums shall have been collected
or received, and unless otherwise specially
objected, shall, not later than the tenth day
after the expiration Of each month, transmit to
the auditor general return in the form con.
tanned in the first schedule to this act, with
such particulars in each case as may be re.
quired by the auditor general, Of all moneys
collected or received by him during the pre-.
ceding month, and shall make and subscribe
an oath in the form prescribed in such schedule
We will take one instance of many
because it is perhaps the best of all =
that Of the accounts OF the board of
immigration. They have been kept dur
ing the biennial period by the secretary OF
the board. Ifthat "public accountant
had been required by the auditor
general to cover into the treasury,
aoeskiy, the two hundred and odd thou
sand dollars collected by him land ex-
pended without a scintilla of justitica
ton by the various presidents Of the
board entirely without vote Of the
board) that sum would have been saved
to the treasury, il fnot to the country
we should have known, at least, where
it went There has evidently been q
painful exercise of ingenuity on the part
Of the auditor general to prevent himself
; from faithfully carrying out the provis
ions Of the auditing act 1t is more
than coincident that the auditor gen
eral should have broken the Law, speci
fed in section Is Of the auditing act
in order that he might retain the agenc,
Of government contractor who did
government work to the gross amount
Of over $7o, 1000, on which It has beer
estimated by the finance committee
that the illigimate profits were ovel
$4,000.
Section 10 Of the auditing act is a,
follows:
SECTION 10. The auditor general shall no
, use. exercise OF follow any profession or EN-
ployment whatsoever during his tenure o
Office. and shall Ike paid such annual salary .
the legislative assembly shall appropriate
which salary shall not he diminished duriu,
his continuation in ofhce.
The statement Of the auditor genera
{ to the assembly that he undertook IN.
, agency Of Mr.. ]. G. Hayselden at his
: death bed is disingenuous. II th'
J auditor general and Our other reader
z wlll take the pains to look up Webster
definition Of the noun sinfepritvn anx