The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-07
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The item passed as read.
The appropriation of SIS, 100 for pay
ment OF national debt, falling due,
also passed. This money is paid from
the sinking fund provided in the Land
Act of 1895.
After passing upon a long list OF
partially paid salaries which came
into the bill owing to the change In
the date of the fiscal period, the
Senate took recess to 80 pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with
the consideration of the customs bu-
reau appropriations. For incidentaIs
of Custom Bureau, $4,000 was asked,
being an increase of $4,000 over the pre-
vious appropriation. At Minister
Damon's request the items under the
customs, postal aud tax bureaus were
passed over until he could have more
complete data at hand.
| The Attorney General was then
called upon TO make explanations for
his department.. The Department
called for $500 for support and
maintenance of prisoners. This is H.
600 less than the amount for the pre-
vious period. The item passed as
read. Incidentals, civil and criminal
expenses, $4,000; at the request of
the Attorney General the item was
referred to the Miscellaneous Com
mittee. Coroner's Inquests, $500;
passed. Expenses of witnesses in
criminal cases, $4500; passed. De-
tective service, $18,0O0, was referred
to the Miscellaneous Committee, also
5000 for support of Citizens Guard.
Minister Damon again acted as
sponsor for the bureau of public in
struction. Industrial and Reform
School, $4,000; passed. Expenses of
Teachers Convention, $1,000; passed.
Book fund, $1,000; passed. Expense of
census, $4,000; passed Stationery
| and incidentais for office and schools,
$500; passed. This is reduction OF
$500 from last period. Repairing OF
schoolhouses, $4,000. Minister Da-
mon urged the passage of this item as
in the bill. Answering query Of
Senator Motley, Minister Damon
said the funds for new scholhouses
would come under the loan act. The
item passed as read.
ncidentals for the Commissioner of
Public Lands, $4,000; passed. Survey
and field work, $27, 500; passed.
Returning to the Postal bureau,
Minister Damon gave a detailed ex-
pIanatiOn of how the incidental ac-
count of SIC, 800 was made up, and the
item passed as in the bill.
The special mail carriage Qoreign)
$4,000, is an increase OF $500 occa-
stoned by expenses of international
postal bureau. Passed as in the bill.
Postal money order capital, $500;
passed. This sum is kept on hand 10
meet money orders in case the demand
is made before the funds arrive. 1t
was not drawn on during the last
period.
Tax appeal boards, $500, passed
dog tags, $500, passed. Incidentals tax
office, $4,000, was explained. The item
is $25OO less than last year. The main
are for printing, adver-
tising and blanks. The item passed.
Interior Department.
Under the Interior Department,
King asked that the expenses
of field parties, $4,000, be reduced to
$4,000. His request was granted. Office
instruments, etc, $500,
passed. Meteorology and tide guage,
incidentals, $425, passed. Copying
indexes, $1,000, passed. Incidentals for
bureau of immigration, $1,000, passed.
Incidentals and travelling expenses for
bureau of public works, $1,000, passed.
Expenses of road engineer, $1,000,
passed.
For repairs, furniture and additions
to Government buildings, $43 900, was
asked The principal items under
this include repairs to Judiciary build
ing of $4,000; Honolulu post Office
$4,000: for increase of boxes, Execu-
tive building, $1,000; prison, $500;
fire proof vaults $500, and numerous
other items from $50 to $500 for re-
pairs on Government buildings about
the islands.
Senator Hooking wanted to know
If this estimate included a fire.
proof vault for records of Wailu-
ku. Minister Damon asked that
an item of $1,000 be inserted.
King asked that before
the item was brought in he have an
to look into the expense
to such vault. In this
Minister Smith spoke at
length of the necessity for new jail
at Wailuku.
Senator Rice said if there was one
place where there was new Jail
needed it was Hilo Minister King
said there was already an appropria-
Jon for building a new Jail there.
Senator McCandless brought for
ward proposition for building a new
post Office. Everything done in the
I'D building was a make shift and 1t
vas only a matter of time when the