The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-13

! penditures mentioned in the bill were a
/ lowable under ! strict construction; NOR,
! over none of said expenditures were acte
/ upon by the Privy Council as required, no
! has a detailed account of the same bee
/ rendered TO this Assembly.
The expenditures were all made by az
thority of Cabinet Council resolutions.
In passing such resolutions the Cabine
usurped an authority to which they wer
not lawfully entitled, and thereby mad
themselves. individually and PERSONAL.
responsible for the action of the Ministe
of Finance.
Upon examination of the items Of tn,
bill, your committee finds that tn,
three following might have been allowabl,
under 4 very liberal construction of tn,
Constitution if they had received the neces
sary sanction of the Privy Council
Expenses of Supreme Court s., 500 q
Support of prisoners. ...-- ..-..- 20,17l 81
Expenses civil and criminal
cases .......-................- 1000 Of
But they did not receive such sanction.
The balance of the items could and
should have awaited the action of this
Assembly.
Two of said items:
Pay of Tax Assessors ......- 81, 747 81
Pay of Tax Collectors .-.-.......... , ,0S7 O9
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 Pa per cent,
instead of the exorbitant commission of 1
per cent, as allowed by him, thereby saving
thecountry about s. 800 during the biennial
period, and SAID items would never have
appeared in an indemnity bill.
Two of said items:
Interest account on bonds .... Sc, $50 90
Interest on special loan ........... 9,725 %
Rest on 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
without legal authority by private agree
ment between the representative of the
estate and the Minister of Finance. which
was equivalent to a special loan of the
of the bonds at 8 per cent.
The latter item was for interest on a
special loan made without shadow of au-
thority OF law.
Your committee cannot condemn too
severely the illegal action of the Minister
of Finance, and is of opinion that he and
other members of the late Cabinet as ac-
paSSnriac ha fno e
in office that he and they
should be proceeded against to the full ex-
tent of the law, and that the said Minister
Of Finance be compelled to refund the
amount of $16,475 % illegally paid by him
as above as interest on matured bonds and
special loan.
However, as the present Minister of
Finance should not be responsible for the
Illegal act of his predecessor, and as all the
TENS of expenditure, except the $16,475 %
above mentioned, are such as ought to have
been paid out in due time under proper
your committee recommend
hat the bill pass with the folloy ing amend
nents: Beginning after the words "sum |
If, in the first line of the preamble, strike |
tut the words "Sixty-One thousand eight |
hundred and forty-three 14-1OO dollars !
81 ,843 14)," and insert in place thereof the |
words 'fifty-three thousand three hundred !
nd thirty 9O-lOO dollars 1858, 1888 9O;"
lso strike out in line five of the preamble |
he words, interest account on bonds,
S6, $50" and insert III place of same, Eek
lenses of Queen Emma's funeral,
5 1853 98;" also strike out in line eleven of
he preamble the words, interest en-
pecial lean, SO, 725 80, and insert in place 1
hereof, "search of schooner Ka Moi
, 900, " and that the Attorney General of
he Kingdom be instructed to bring suit
gainst the late Minister of Finance and all
theirs legally responsible for the sum of
16.475 %, interest expenditure above men
Oned.
The items recommended for insertion in
he bill as above were duly authorized by
he Privy Council, and were omitted for no
pparent reason. They were the only
ems fully entitled to a place therein.
submitted,
c. H. DICKEY.
On motion of Mr.. Castle the report was
lid upon the table to be considered with
he majority report and the indemnity
ILL.,
INTERIM REPORT OF PRINTING COMMITTEE.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson, from the
'rinting Committee, reported the follow
lg bills as printed and ready for distribu-
on: An Act to amend the law relative to
'oard of Inspectors of Election; an Act
} prescribe the residence required by law
5 necessary to the exercise of the elective
an Act to amend the General
Election Law of the Kingdom, by repeal
lg the requirement of a tax receipt on
citing or otherwise.
BILLS ENGRosSED.
Mr.. Richardson from the Engrossing
ommittee reported the Acts to provide
settlements for Her Royal
Iighness Princess POomaikelani. Hon. w.
Parke, Hon. A. Foarnnder, Mr.. Thos.
7. Everett and Mrs. Emma Barnard, as
lgrossed.
PAY OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS
Mr.. Castle presented the following reso-
Ition: