The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-31

LepSE settlement S-Osutus EaSoeu.
Pay OF Police, SIS 600; passed
Incidentals, Civil and Criminal ex-
penses, 5000; passed.
Coroners' inquest, $1,000; passed.
The Section was then passed, and
motion 10 reconsider was lost.
Section ). All moneys which may be
received by the Treasury during the said
biennial fiscal period, and thereafter up |
TO the 30th day OF June, A. ID. 1892, from |
any loan heretofore, or which hereafter |
may be authorized by the Legislature, |
aud all surplus receipts from de- |
posts in the Postal Savings Bank shall, |
unless otherwise specially directed by the |
Legislature, be applied TO the payment
of the appropriations specified III Section
OF this Act. Provided, however, that
il the receipts OF money from the sources
mentioned in this section shall exceed IN
amount the sums appropriated by Sec
ton 3 OF this Act. such surplus may be
applied TO the payment OF any OF the
National Debt. Passed.
Section 6. The Minister OF Finance
shall continue TO pay the salaries appro-
priated by Section OF this Act, the pay
| ments of the Civil list, permanent settle
| ment, Post Office, Custom House, pay
| OF physicians. the compensation OF SOL
| ders and constables, the compensation
| OF school teachers and the current ex-
| penses of the Bureau OF Education, the
| Board OF Health, the expenses OF the
| Fire Department, of the Supreme Court
and Circuit Courts, Survey Department,
| Insane Asylum, general aid to Queens
Hospital, Government stocks and the
interest accruing thereon, the support of
| prisoners, the expenses OF the Leper
Settlement, and incidentals and criminal
| expenses OF the Accomplishments De-
partment, repairs wharves general, roads
and bridges, Honolulu; running ex-
penses of electric lights, light houses,
steam tug, Water Works, Market, Dia-
mond Head Signal Station, lighting
streets other than Honolulu. repairs and
and furniture Government buildings
until the 3lst day of July, A. ID. 1892,
unless new appropriations are made
before that date. Passed.
Section I. 1t shall be lawful for the
Minister of Finance to continue to make
payments in accordance with the appro-
priations authorized by Section 3 of this
Act until the 31st day of July, A. d.
1892, unless new appropriations are
made before that date. Provided that
no payments shall be made on account
of any such item beyond the sum by this
Act appropriated.
Noble Widemaun moved the section
be stricken out. 1t was not an ornament
t to the bill.
Rep Brown said case might arise
where contract work was not finished by
March 31st, and the contractors might
: refuse to 90 on with the work if nc
money was forthcoming. 1t might place
the Government in very embarrassing
t position.
Noble J. NJ. Horner did not think il
J should be stricken out.
Minister Brown said it might be
. changed from July 3lst to June 30th.
Noble Widemann We have lived
} here up to the last session, when this
section was first inserted. 1t is super
} fuous
f The amendment by Minister Brown
carried, and the section passed a:
= amended.
Sec. 7. The Minister OF Finance shall
/ not cause, or allow, to be paid from tn,
Treasury any money for objects not au
: thorized by this act; and the unauthor
# lied expenditure of any money from thu
e treasury to be thereafter accounted TO
t to the Legislature by indemnity bill, ex
: cept as authorized by the Constitution
is hereby expressly prohibited. Passed
n Sec. 9. No person holding more thai
t one office for which salaries are provided
a shall be authorized to draw more thar
= the salary of the highest grade of offic
q held by him, if the salary of any offic,
g held by him shall amount to two thou
e sand dollars or more per annum, and h.
shall be entitled to no other or furthe
s compensation. Passed.
e Sec TO- All and every contract TO
l. constructing or repairing public work
IS amounting to $500, and for furnishin
n material, provisions and other supple
shall be awarded only upon public ad
e vertisement for tenders. Passed.
It Noble Widemann moved that an add
ton be made setting forth that all tn
g Ministers shall be forbidden to split u
Y one contract of $4,000 into four or five c
It less than $500 each. We had an instanc
of that this morning, and unless that
d passed the section will be perfectly use
II less
r Rep. Kahookano thought the limit to
high He moved $3.50.
Il Noble Widemann said that as tn
reporters would give publicity to hi
n amendment he would withdraw it.
e The section passed as in the bill.
o Sec. IL. The item of $1,000, entitled
Postal Money Order Reserve, In SectlO
hereof, shall be drawn and held by tn
s. Postal Bureau at the Honolulu office, a
cash reserve from which to meet order
drawn on the Honolulu office, in case tn
,r funds deposited with the drawing offic
e shall not be received in time to meet tn
draft issued therefor. The sum hereb
Of appropriated, together with the amour
) now held by the Postal Bureau for tina
purpose, shall remain as a permanen
n reserve fund, and shall not be paid bac
lie to the treasury as realization, but sha
be accounted for by the Postmaster-Ger
l. eral IN his biennial report. Passed.
Sec. u. This Act shall take effect an
/. become law from and after the date OF ii
!; approval. Passed.
The title was read and passed, and tn
= bill passed its third reading as amended
President Walker said the engrossin
:; would be proceeded with at once. 1t wa
not an ordinary bill, land it would be lai
Y, on the table when completed, so ths
any member might see if the amendment
j. were correctly made.
The House adjourned at 3 10.
}; Complimentary Concert.