The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-17

Attorney General Is away he, the clert
/ had charge of the department.. What ha
I been paid for outside legal assistance h
/ did not know anything about Hereafte
I as long a. he had the honor TO be Attorne
/ General the work would be- done by him
/ self and assistant. The present incumbeu
( Is Hawaiian OF no mean legal attachments
/ and fully competent 10 fiji the position d.
man having a knowledge OF the Hawaiian
! language and law Is indispensable to tn
Office. The present incumbent IS thor
oughly competent and an honest and bar,
working man.
Mr.. kauIuEoU said the Government wa
fortunate in having the services OF such
man as the present incumbent He 'ha.
worked himself up, and every Hawaiian
rejoices to see him in his present position
When w. y. Smith was clerk he did lega
work and charged for il outside OF his sal
airy. Past Attorneys General have EN-
ployed outside legal assistance from time
to time.
Mr.. Dickey was in favor of passing the
item at $4,000
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said he was
not feeling well, and was anxious to avoid
making speech, but a. long as the mem
bers dragged in the Interior Department
he would be obliged to make a speech
What use was it talking of work. He hao
no doubt the sixth clerk of the interior
Department did more clerical work thar
the Minister He wished he had tn,
strength to stick down TO the desk as lonl
as that clerk does. Still the Assembly
gave the Minister So 900 year, while Civ
ing the clerk only $1,000. This showed
that the value was fixed at the Minister;
experience and judgment. Value was al
ways attached to education, official train
ing and experience. He hoped the item
would pass at So 900, As in the revised esti-
mate.
Mr.. Richardson said that in 1882 he was
member of the Finance Committee. The
Attorney Generals clerk at that time wa,
w. Q. Smith. He was paid a salary OF
1000 for the two years, but in addition tC
that the committee found that he also
drew 800 month for the same work out
OF the Incidental fund. He (the speaker,
asked Mr.. Smith about it, Mr. Smith said
the salary of 1000 was not enough; he
would not be willing to hold the office foI
that amount Mr.. II. A. P Carter was
then acting Attorney General There was
no authority for drawing this additional
500 month it was violation of the law
Mr.. ThurstOn said that matter was new
to him which referred to Mr.. Smith He
supposed the reason was that the Attorney
Iyanoral ( boinnr h
whole work of the Office fell on Mr.. Smith.
That is why he asked for more salary. 1t
had been limited that he (the speaker had
personal feelings against the present in
cumbent. That was not so; he was look
ing at the matter in business point of
view.
His Excellency Mr.. Dare said there was
more than appeals to attend to
in the Attorney Generals office. There
were interests now in charge of the Attor-
ney General, which if neglected won Id COS
the country more than ten times the cost
Of the department. Matters were to be
dealt with, in which he hoped the King
dom would be saved more than would pay
the expenses Of -
Ut. w hIlJ SdI(l OutIllS IiAC blAilC
member of the Finance Committee he was |
very much surprised at the various sum: !
paid out from the Attorney Generals De |
Dartment for work which should have |
0een done by the Attorney General anC |
Ms clerk All the clerks in the bureaus |
are fully occupied all day. Not so witt |
The Attorney Generals Department, a
the clerk has time to attend to outside |
work. He moved that ii the salary wa, |
option of the full services of the incum
bent; if not, it be fixed at $4,000.
The item passed at $1,000.
Salary of Marshal, So 600
The item passed at 81 1000, as i'll the re-
vised estimate.
Mr.. Keau moved to insert salary Dep
uty Marshal, 50, 900.
Mr.. Dickey moved it pass at $4,000. The
item passed at 5000
Salary OF Clerk OF Marshal $3,dOO.
Passed.
Salary of Second Clerk of Marshal,
81, 800. Passed.
Salary of Sheriff of Maui So 900.
Mr.. Kalua moved it pass at 81 200.
Mr.. Kaulukou moved it pass at $500.
The item passed at 81 900.
Salary Sheriff of Hawaii, S. 900,
Mr.. Brown moved it pass at $1,000.
Agreed to.
Salary Sheriff of Kauai $4,000.
Mr.. Kalua moved it pass at $1,000.
Mr. Kauai thought the Sheriffs should
be paid alike. He could not see any rea-
son for the Sheriff of Kauai to be placed
below the others.
Mr. Lilikalani said the office on Kauai
was in good order, and there was always
a credit balance i'll its favor, showing that
there was a very competent man in charge.
Mr. Palohau was iii favor of the item
passing as in the bill
Mr. Thurston thought that the work of
the Sheriff was worth $4,000 The present
incumbent had performed his duties in the
most satisfactory manner. The item
passed at So 800.
At 4:1O, on motion OF Mr. Keau, the
committee rose.
On the House resuming. the Chairman
progress and asked leave to sit
again.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The House then adjourned to 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
81. Andrews Cathedral.