The Daily bulletin., 1890-11-05

hereby amended so that it shall read
as follows:
"Sec. a. The Road Supervisor
shall, before entering upon the duties
OF his office, file in the Interior
Office bond with sufficient sureties
to the Minister of the Interior in
penal sum not to exceed the esti-
mated amount of the Road Tax of
the District. Said bond shall be
conditioned for faithful disposition
Of, and accounting for, the road
moneys which may be paid to him
or his order or expended by him in
the road work of the District.
Sec. 4. Section 6 of said Act is
hereby amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
"Sec. 6. A full record shall be
kept by the Road supervisor of all
business transacted at any meeting
of the Road Board and of the work
done in the District. Full account
shall also be kept by him of all
moneys received, showing the source
from when derived and Of all moneys
paid out, showing also the locality
in which expended, whether for labor
or material, and the persons to whom
paid. Such records and accounts
shall be open to the inspection of
any taxpayer resident in the district,
at any of the meetings of the
Board"
Sec. 5. Section 8 of said Act is
hereby amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
"Sec. 8. All Road Taxes shall
be paid into the Public Treasury
and the amount so paid in from each
district shall be special deposit in
the Treasury to the credit of such
district to be paid out only upon the
Road Supervisors which order shall
also be countersigned by the chair
man of the Road Boards. The Min
lister of Finance shall under no cir
cumstances, allow such special depo-
sits, or any part thereof, to be used
| for any other purpose than to pay
the drafts which may be drawn by
the Road Supervisor and counter
signed by the chairman of the Road
Board as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 6. Section 8 of said Act is
hereby amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
"Sec. 8. The Road Supervisor
shall, at the end of each quarter,
send to the Minister of the Interior
detailed statement of the work
done in his district during the
quarter, and also a detailed financial
statement, setting forth all receipts
and expenditures, accompanied by
vouchers for all expenditures.
Sec. Z. Section IL of the said
| Act shall be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Rep. Brown explained that the
latter section abolished the office of
Road Supervisor for Honolulu after
the Act came into effect. He moved
that new section be inserted, to be
called Section 8, as follows:
''Sec. IA. Any new roads the
construction of which shall have
been provided for by the Legislature
ouside of the road taxes, may be
constructed by the Minister of the
Interior without reference to the
District Road Boards
Sec. was changed to Sec. 9, ant
the date, C day of February
1891, to "the first day of January
1892, and passed as follows:
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effec
and become a law from and after th,
date of its approval, provided how
ever that every act, matter anl
thing, requisite, required, or neces
sary to be done for the carrying ou
of the provisions of the act entitled
"An Act to amend the law concern
ing Road Supervisors and the dispo
sitlon of the road tax, and to estab
lish local Road Boards, and to define
their duties," approved Novembe
25th, 1887, between the day of th,
date of the approval of this act ant
the lst day of January, 1892, shal
be done and performed the same az
if the said act had not been altered
or amended.
The title was amended to cores
pond with amendments in the bill
and the bill passed, to he read ,
third time Tuesday.
Two other bills on road matter
were indefinitely postponed.
Noble Crabbe moved reconsider
alton of the vote on the bill relating
to the school age of children. Car
ried, and the bill passed, to be reat
third time Tuesday.
Second reading of bill adding Il
the list of articles Of import fire.,
from customs duties. Considered
with Recommendation of the financ,
committee that it be indelinitel,
postponed,
Minister Brown thought it mad
visable, after passing the Appropria
tion Bill, to pass measure reducing
the revenue. He moved the adop
tion of the committees report. Car
ried.
Second reading of bill to regulate
the Importation of live stock, and t.
provide for the thorough inspection
and quarantine of all such live stocl
so imported. Substituted by selec
committee for bill introduced by
Noble Crabbo.)
ID