The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-14
John F. Colburn Wants His Four
Days Salary.
4 PROPOSITION FOR STREET PAVING
The BiIlEAllowing Goods for the Bishop
Museum to Enter Free Calls Forth
an Objection from Emmeluth on the
Alcohol Question, and is Referred.

The Councils met yesterday,
with Chairman Wilder in the chair.
There were present President Dole
Ministers Hatch, King, Damon and
Smith; and Councillors Brown,
Ena, Waterhouse, Allen, Smith,
Mendonca, Emmeluth, Young and
Tenney.
The Minister of Finance pre-
sented the following letter from j.
F. Colburn
JAMES a. KING, Minister of the In
| terror:
SIR: The undersigned claims of the
| Hawaiian Government the sum of
I $50 20 for four days salary as Minister
| of the Interior, which Office the un-
dersigned filled from January 18th to
January 18th, 1888, and for which he
has not yet been paid.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN F. CoLBURN.
A motion was made to pay the
amount out of the fund for incl
dentals in the Interior Department.
I President Dole said that the
claim should have been presented
sooner.
Minister Damon said there was
day in dispute, and that this day
had caused all the delay.
The Attorney-General said the
Auditor would not author
ize the payment unless a special
bill was passed.
On motion of President Dole, the
matter was referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
Mr.. D. B. Smith presented a pc
tition for an artesian we'll at the
Reform School, from Palama resi-
dents. Referred to the Executive,
Minister Damon presented his
weekly finance statement, which
was received and placed on file.
The Attorney-General introduced
bill relating to the bonds of GER
tain Government officials. 1t was
as follows:
ACT.
An act relating to bonds of Govern
. ment officials and employees.
Be it enacted by the Executive anC
Advisory Councils of the Republic o
Hawaii:
Section /. In every case wher'
bonds for the faithful performance O
duty are not already required by Law
of officers and employees in any DE
partment or Bureau OF the Govern
ment, the head of the Department o
of the Bureau, as the case may be
NAV require every such officer or EN-
ployee to give a bond for the faithful
, performance ofhis duties.
Section 2. Whenever any sucf
bond shall be required by the head @
a Department, the amount of the pen
atty and the conditions of the bon'
shall be such as the head of the DE
| partment shall deem proper. AM
when any snch bond is required b,
the head of Bureau, the amount o
r the penalty and the conditions of the
bond shall be such as the head of tn
Bureau, with the approval of the hea
r. of the Department, shall deem proper
Section 8. All such bonds hereto
fore given are hereby ratified and con
:, firmed.
from the date of its publication.
- The above bill passed its frs
reading
e President Dole said he had nc
g ticed that there had been no publ
= cation, in the newspapers, of th
= weekly finance report. He move
=, that the secretary be instructed (
' ask for bids for publishing the rt
port. Carried.
Mr.. Emmeluth wished to max
: some inquiries as to immigration
- He understood that some privat
parties were making arrangement
.s to bring large number of contrat
d laborers here, and he wanted t
n know why. He asked informatio
on the following questions, stain
h that he did not expect an immed
ate reply:
~ l. Under what restrictions, If an,
q can private parties import contra
ia laborers into the Hawaiian Republic
,. Is it the purpose of the Cover
Is ment to encourage such importation:
r, 5. Is it lawful for immigrants to
allowed TO land as contract lahore