The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-29
Senate and House Cleaning Up
Preliminary Work.
MIR. DAMON READY FOR QUESTIONS
Makes His Report. L.
HiIo street Bill on It's Way to In
vestigatiOp-Represe WILL
Ing to Economize on Printing.
FRIDAY, Feb. %.

The Senate held very short ses-
sion Friday morning. After the open
ing preliminaries a communication
from the House was read, announcing
! that the Homestead lease bill had
passed that body. The report of the
Auditor General was also received.
Senator Rice from the Committee
on Printing reported Senator Lyman's
bill for the improvement of the streets
of Hilo, also official copies of the
Homestead lease bill and Current
Accounts bill as amended. Minister
Damon's bill to provide SIS, 900 for the
expenses of the Legislature passed the
second reading and was referred to
the printing committee. The Act to
further provide for the payment of
current accounts passed the final
reading. The bill referring to Home
stead leases also passed the third read
ing. There were no dissenting votes
on either bill.
Senator Lyman's HilO street bill
went to the committee on Public
Lands and Internal Improvements
on the first reading.
The House bill Authorizing the
Minister of the Interior to make
certain class of leases; amending
chapter a of the Laws of 1876" was
read for the first time by title. 1t
was read second time under sus-
pension of the rules and referred to
the committee on Public Lands.
n..KN u q Rk,o
questions had been asked concerning
the relative amount of taxes paid by
the island of Hawaii and the other
islands, he would state that he was
willing to answer the question if it
came from the Legislature
Senator Brown thought such a
query ought to come from the Finance
Committee and let it rest with them
whether the figures should be made
public.
Minister Damon replied that the
figures would be forthcoming and
given to any person or committee the
Senate saw fit.
All business having been cleared
from the table, the Senate adjourned
to Monday.
Auditor-GeneraI's Report.
The report of the Auditor General
is very brief. The Auditor protests |
against the payment of "expenses of
the special session of the Legislature, |
$l3,789 A." without previous approval !
by the Auditor-General, as being con-
trary to the closing provisions of Sec.
I9 of the Audit Act.
81 called attention in my former |
report to similar disregard of the law
in the previous biennial period; if any
reason exists why exception has been
maize or should be made in the case Of
expenses of the Legislature, record of
Auditors office
"From June 18th to August 18th
last / was absent from the office on
account Of illness. During this time
Mr.. George r. Carter, under appoint
ment by the Executive as Deputy |
Auditor General, attended faithfully
and creditably to the duties of the
office.
"In September and October last, at
the request of the Executive Council,
made an examination into the ac-
counts of the Honolulu Water Works /
Office, which revealed a shortage of
Sc, 1876 IS during the period from Janu
ary |, 1894, to September a. 1895 L |
recommended further examination,
but my regular duties precluding the
possibility of my conducting it my
self, the Executive Council au-
thorized lne 10 secure the ser
vices of Mr.. F. L. Stolz for the
purpose. This L did, and he pursued
the investigation from the point at
which [ mad left off, back to January
1, 1892, and discovered further short
age of S16S3. 80; these shortages were
reported by me to the Executive
Council, with the result that the clerk
of the Water Works Office was appre