The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-09
PAY OF REPRESENTATIVES,

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| be made a special order for Tuesday, 10th
| inst. Carried.
PAY OF REPRESENTATIVES.
| Consideration of Noble Baldwin's reso-
| luton of June 22d, with majority and
! minority reports of the special committee
| thereon, relating to compensation to Rep
| resentatIves.
The minority cite Articles 5. so, 80, and
| 80 of the Constitution and the Act OF 1887,
| bearing upon the question, and are OF
opinion that the representatives have al
ready drawn the full amount allowed for
one biennial term. If they are serving for
| two biennial terms they are entitled to
| compensation for two such terms.
But the biennial terms are clearly lndi-
Gated as dating from one general biennial
election to the next biennial election.
The present representatives were not elect
ed at general biennial election but at the
first election specially provided for by
Article 80 OF the Constitution to be held
| within ninety days after the PRONUNCIATION
of the new Constitution. There was no
specific provision made for their cOmpen-
sation for this special term; it would not,
however follow that they were entitled to
no compensation, for the members then
elected constituted the Legislature, the
term of which expires at the general cleo
ton in 1890, and it seems clear that it was
intended that the representatives of each
Legislature should be compensated, but
not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars
each. AS this present body, elected in
Septem Der, 1887, to serve till 1890, form but
one Legislature, the CONCLUSION we arrive
at is that the present representatives are
entitled to but two hundred and fifty dol
lars for the term for which they were elect
ed, and the term for which the representa-
tives were elected in September, 1887, was
one term, and not two biennial terms.
The report is signed w. .. Smith, II. 5.
Townsend.
The majority Of Committee cite Articles
60, SO, 80, the laws of 1874 and 1877, and
maintain that this makes the term OF SER
vice tWenty-eight mOnthS-Or four months
in the last biennial term, and the regular
biennial term from February, 1888, to Feb
ruary, 1890. AS the compensation for re-
representatives. for the special term is not
specifically provided for in the COnStitu-
ton, Committee conclude that they must
subdivide this term into biennial terms and
thus bring it within the provisions of the
C0nstitutiOn-Or that it is a special term,
for which the Constitution and law pro
videS no compensation at all for Represent
tatlves. The only limitation in the COnsti-
tuition is that the compensation for Repre-
sentativeS shall not exceed two hundred
and fifty dollars each biennial term. 1t is
clear that the Representatives were entitled
to some compensation for their four
months service in the last biennial term
especially as they were in attendance at a
long session. The question then resolves |
itself into this: Are the Representatives |
entitled to compensation for the present |
biennial term, which according to law be-
gan February, 1888. Committee conclude |
that they are entitled to two hundred and |
fifty dollars for this term according to the |
law of 1887
The report is signed H P Baldwin, John
Henry Warehouse.
Minister Ashford moved the majority
report be adopted. Carried, IL to 4, Re
not voting.
Adjourned at noon to 10 o'clock Monday