The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-26
Afternoon Session.

The House reassembled at l 40.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Consideration of the Appropriation bill
in Committee of the Whole Hon. Mr.. Ka-
pena in the chair.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
His Excellency Mr.. Dare said he wished
to have an item inserted in the Appropria
ton bill in the Attorney Generals Depart
ment. He had presented report showing
the Indebtedness of the department. Bills
were due prior to March 81 1885, as fol-
lows: Attorney Generals Department
1905 O5, Marshals office, $577 40. Total
81 ,4S3 so. He asked the committee to pro
vide for the insertion of an item for that
amount.
Mr. Brown said that he was once clerk
in the Attorney Generals Office, and the
expenses from March 31st were paid out OF
the incidental fund.
His Excellency Mr., Dare said this was an
amount due prior to March 3lst.
Mr. Thurston said that if they were
proper bills they should be paid but they
should not vote on the matter until they
knew they were legitimate. He moved
It
tee.
His Excellency Mr. Dor" - - li'i, u, ''o
ol,;o44.~-.- W une bulls being referred to that
committee. He then read a list of them
from the statement of Indebtedness.
Mr.. Hayselden thought it hardly neces-
sary to refer the items to the Finance
Committee. The statement of indebted
ness was brought in at the instance of a
resolution, and was no doubt correct.
Mr.. Thurston said his objection was to
the principle of the thing.
The motion to refer was put and lost
The item then passed to read as follows ::
Indebtedness of Attorney Generals De-
partment prior to March 81, 1886, 81, 483 so.
THE PAY OF POLICE.
Mr.. Brown moved the committee take
up the police items. Agreed to-
The majority and minority reports of
the Committee of Thirteen on Police Mat
tiers were then read.
Mr.. Richardson moved that the majority
report be adopted.
ISLAND OF OAHU.
Mr.. Brown moved pay of.police of Oahu,
1000. The Police Department was in
need of some horses. Honolulu was
becoming large city, and there
was need in the suburbs of
mounted police. The department has had
to pay exhOrbitant prices for hire of ex-
press wagons in cases of emergency. This
has helped to swell the expenses of the
department. The hack law had become
almost obsolete as far as over-charges were
concerned. This House should not settle
the pay of each policeman. 1t should be
left TO the Attorney-G General and Marshal.
They had the best chance of judging how
much each man was worth.
Mr.. Thurston said he emphatically
agreed with Mr.. Brown as to the pay of
of each policeman. He objected to the
principle of cutting the appropriation up.
He noticed the Attorney General had
asked to have the item pass at ,O4O.
Mr.. AholO was in favor of the adoption
OF the majority report. He knew himself
exactly how much the police on Lahaina
and Wailuku should be paid, and the work
they had to do, perhaps even better than
the Marshal and the Attorney General.
Mr.. Richardson said the adoption of the
majority report would save great deal of
discussion.
Mr. Brown said that the insertion of
these items separately in the last Appro-
priatiOn bill occupied two pages and half
of printed matter.
Mr. Kaulukou thought it proper to leave
the pay of each officer to the head of the
department. Some people think the po-
ice do no work, but they have TO look after
the public property. There are no officers
stationed beyond Kawaiahao Church at
night. nor i'll Nuuanu Valley, nor beyond
Iilihi street. simply because the force is
not large enough. He was in favor of the
item passing at $4,000.
The item passed at 10000
ISLAND OF MAUI.
The committee recommended, pay of
police on Maui, SAP