The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-28
AFTERNOON SESSION.

LIOn Oh LflF l1dIlNl NOuI uJlSSiOnJ.
At II As the Senate took a recess to
l 80 p. III.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with
the consideration of rh- Interior De-
partmrnt appropriations. Minister
King had com parativeIy few eXpiana-
tions to make as his list OF salaries
was quite the same as the last period.
The items were as follows:
Salary Of Minister $4,000; salary OF
chief clerk $500; salary Of first assist
ant clerk $4,000: salary Of second as
sistaut clerk $500; >alary OF third "a
sistant clerk $1,000; salary Of fourth
assistant clerk $500; clerk in charge
of land records ana copying pate NJ
records $500; two messengers fl92O.
Salary of surveyor general $4,000;
salary Of assistant III charge OF ONCE
$500; salary of engineer on city and
general work $500; salary of first as
sistant engineer on city ana genera
work $500; salary of second assistant
engineer on city and general work
$500; salary of third assistant en-
gineer on city and general work $1,000;
salary OF messenger $3.50: salary OF
registrar 5000; salary OF deputy re
gistrar and copyist $1,000; ga airy of
four copyists at $40 $50 and two at $50
each per month $500; salary OF Jap
anese inspe ctor and Interpreter S4oOO;
salary OF inspector and secretary
bureau of i'm M grafton S24OO; salary
of supeTinteDdent OF Honolulu water
works and clerk of market $1,000;
salary of clerk $1,000; salary of assist
ant clerk $3.50; pay of reservoir keepers
$3.50; pay of plumber and assistant
S2640; pay of tap inspector $21S4 pay
of shipping tenders $3.50; markets
pay roll 500; pay of assistant market
keeper $500; salary of superintendent
HilO water works $1,000; salary of
superintendent KOlOa water works
$50; salary of engine er $1,000; salary OF
superintendent public works $4,000;
salary of road engineer $4,000; salary
of boOkkeeper $4,000; salary OF draughts
man $24OO; salary of harbor master
$4,000; pay of keeper of wharf and
buoys, Lahaina S240; salary of road
supervisor, Honolulu $500; roads and
bridges, Honolulu, pay roll S26, 664;
steam tug, pay roll $4,000; salary OF
secretary Board of Health $1,000.
Under pay of Government physici
ans, Senator WateThouse said he
thought $50, 900 was too much to pay
the doctors and asked that the item be
referred TO committee.
Minister Smith reviewed the policy
OF the Government to zee to 1t that
all people, especially Hawaiians,
should have proper medical attend
ance. The physicians had done
great deal of good work. He was
sorry the BOARD of Health had not lie
report at hand to give proof of what
hat been done. There were some
phN sicians who did not follow out
their duty as they should, but as
whole they were faithful. He did not
believe it was time to do away with
the system.
Senator Waterhouse said he had
hoped the Board of Health would
recommend doing away with this
item. Here was a good opportunity
for economy.
Senator Baldwin did not consider it
time to do away with Government
physicians, as the system assured
good class of physicians III the outside
districts.
MIR. Warehouse withdrew his mo
ton, expressing the hope that at the
next session a bill would be intro
duced doing away wit,IShis large pay
roll. The item passedfas read, $50, OOO.
Other items for the Board OF Health
were: General expenses pay roll,
SIS 800; non. lepTous children pay roll:
1912; removing garbage payroll,
SlO,8OO; quar- anime payroll, $1,000;
maintenance of hospitals payroll,
$1,000; Act to mitigate payroll, S24OO;
segregation oflepers payroll, $3S, 400
Salary of Superintendent Insane
Asylum, $4,000; passed. Pay of as
sistants, 81, 800. Minister Smith up
held the increase of appropriation Tor
pay of assistants at the Insane Asy
lum. The increase had been urged be
fore the Board of Health. More
guards were needed in properly caring
Tor the insane. senator Waterhouse
favored referring the question to the
Committee on Public Health. The
Senators should investigate these mat
ters for themselves. Senator McCand-
less wanted to know if the Govern
ment was caring for insane people
who were able to pay their own ex
panses. He wished the Committee
would look into the matter. Minister
Smith said that whenever inmates
had means they were charged. The
item was referred to the Committee
on Public Health for investigation
Under Forests and Nurseries, Sena-
tor Wright wanted complete discus
sion of the pay of the Commissions
and of Professor Koebele. A motor
to refer all items under forests
and nurseries to the committee
on commerce was carried. The re-
mainder of the miscellaneous appro
priation for public grounds, fire de
partments, etc, aggregating S72,924
were passed without discussion.
Items under the postal bureau Were
reconsidered. Senator Waterhous'
reported the investigation of the item
SIS, $50 for salary of clerks, and recon-
mended that it pass. The actual pay
roll of the Postmaster General wa
$25, $50, thus giving a margin to wori
on for hire of extra clerks. The repor
of the committee was accepted, an'
the item passed as in the bill. The
committee also recommended that thu
$35, 900 "pay for postmasters" anC
So, $40 "pay for mail carriers" b'
allowed The report was accepted an(
the items passed.
Sections 2, 8, 4 and Of the bill wer'
passed without discussion. The sec
tions relate to the methods of paying
out the moneys appropriated. Al
journed.
Tho items vet TO come uD for dis