The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-11

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The balance of the items could
and should have awaited the action
of this Assembly.
Two of said items,
Pay of Tax Assessors. .$2,747 6.
Pay of Tax Collectors. 2,0S7 90
could have been avoided entirely if
the Minister of Finance had used
ordinary judgment. He could, in
the exercise of the power in him
vested, have fixed the commission
of Assessors and Collectors in the
District of Honolulu at 2! per cent,
instead of the exorbitant commission
of per cent, as allowed by him,
thereby saving the country about
S7,500sduring the biennial period
and said items would never have
appeared in an indemnity bill.
Two of said items,
Interest Account on Bonds. S6,75O 90
Interest on Special Loan. -. 9,725 %
rest upon an illegal basis and should
be stricken out.
The former was paid on 8 per
cent. bonds held by the Robinson
Estate and which matured and should
have been paid on September 1st,
1884. They were renewed without
legal authority by private agree
ment between the representative Of
of the estate and the Minister of
Finance which was equivalent to a
special loan of the amount of the
bonds at 8 per cent.
The latter item was for interest
on a Special Loan made without
shadow of authority of law.
Your committee cannot condemn
too severely the illegal action of the
late Minister of Finance and is of
opinion that he and other members
of the late Cabinet as accessories
before the fact were guilty of NAL
feasance in office, that he and they
should be proceeded against to the
full extent of the law and that the
said Minister of Finance be COM
PEELED TO refund the amount of
S16,475.22 illegally paid by him as
above as interest on matured bonds
and Special Loan.
However, as the present Minister
of Finance should not be held re-
sponsihle for the illegal act of bis
predecessor, and rs all the items of
expenditure except the SIG, ,l75.22
above mentioned are such as ought
to have been paid out in due time
under proper authorization your
committee recommend that the bill
pass with the following amend
ments. Beginning after the words,
"sum of" in first line of the pre-
ambe strike out the words. "SiXty-
one Thousand Eight Hundred and
Forty-three l4-1O0 Dollars (S61,-
S43. .l4)," and insert in place
thereof the words, "Fifty-three
Thousand Three Hundred and
Thirty-,hree 90-100 Dollars $685.
333.90)," also strike out in line five
of the preamble the words, elm
terest Account on Bonds, Sc, $780,"
and insert in place of same eek
penses of Queen Emma's Funeral,
5,965.9S." also strike out in line
eleven of the preamble the words,
"Interest on Special Loan, So
1882" and insert in place thereof
"Search for schooner Ka Moi, ST.
000," and that the Attorney Cen
eral of the kingdom be instructed
to bring slit against the late Min
ister of Finance and all others
legally responsible for the sum of
SIG, ,475.22 interest expenditure
above mentioned.
The items recommended for in
sertion in the bill as above were
duly authorized by the Privy
Council and were omitted for no
apparent reason. They were the
only items fully entitled to a place
therein. Respectfully submitted.
G. III. DICKEY.s
Rep. Castle moved both reports
be laid on the table to be considered
with the bill.
Minister Gibson reported from the
Printing Committee, the following
bills An Act to amend the Law
relative to Board of Inspectors OF
Election; An Act to prescribe the
residence required by law as neces.
sary to the exercise of the elective
franchise; An Act to amend the
General Election Law of the King
dom by repeating the Requirement,
of n tax receipt on voting or other.