The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-03-03
FRInAY Feb. y

zion Friday morning. Alter lIe open
ing pfelimiusrieS : communication
from the House was read, anuOuOcins
that the Homestead leas- bill haC
t,a>>ed that body The report OF tbe
Auditor General was also received.
Senator Rice from the Committee
on Printing reported Senator Lyman :
bill for the improvement Of tn streets
OF HIo, Al>o official copies of the
Homestead lease bill and Current
Accounts bill ss amended. Minister
Damou's bill 10 provide SIS, 600 for the
expenses uf the Legislature passed the
second reading aud was referred TO
the printing committee. The Act TO
further provide for the payment of
current arCouuts passed the final
reading The bill referring 10 Home
stead leases also passed the thiri read
iug. Their were 10 dissenting votes
on either Gill.
Senator Lymau's Hiio street bill
went % the committee on Public
Laucs sud Iuternal Improvements
on the flr>t reading.
The House bill Authorizing the
Minister OF he Interior 10 make 3
certain cas- of leases; amending
chapter II II the Laws OF 1876 was
read for the first time by title. Il
was read second time under sus-
pension of the rules ant referred 10
the committee on Public Lands.
Minister Damon announced that a.
questions hsd been asked concerning
the lela,Ive anouut Of taxes paid by
the island Of Hawaii snd the other
Islands, be would stSte that be WAS
willing 10 answer the question If II
came from the Legislature.
Senator Brown thought such 3
query ought 70 come from the Fipar c.
Committee aud let il rest with them
whether the figures should be made
public.
MiuIster Damon replied that the
figures would be forthcoming snl
given TO any person or committee the
Senate saw tit
All business having been cleared
from the table, the Senate adjourned
to Monday.
Auditor-General's Report.
TIE report OF .the Auditor General
il very brief. The Auditor protests
sgsin>t the payment of Expenses of
the special session of the Legislature,
SlS,7S9 A. without previous approval
by the Auditor-General,a as being con-
trary TO the closing provisions of Sec.
I9 OF the Audit Act.
~ called attention in my former
report to similar disregard OF the law
in the previous biennial period; ii suy
reason exists why exception has been
made or should be made in the case of .
expenses OF the Legislature, record of
81 - 4 - 81,
Auditors office.
From June 18th 10 August 26th
last / wss absent from the office on
scc0uut 4 illness. During this time
Mr.. George F. Carter, under appoint
ment by the Executive as Deputy
Auditor General, attended faithfully
and creditably to the duties of the
office.
"Iu September and October last, at
the request of ;he Executive Council,
] made an examination into the ac-
cunts Of the HOuolulu Water Works
office, which revesled a shortage of
So, 1856 IS during the period from Janu
ary l, 1894, TO september 24, 1895 l
recon- % uded further examination,
but my regular duties precludi0g the
q my conducting it my
-elf, the Executive COunril au-
me 10 secure the ser
vices OF NJ. F. l. StolZ for the
purpO-e This l did, and be pursued
The Investigation from the point at
which | rad left off, back TO January
|, 1892, AID discovered 3 further short
age Of Sl6S3.30; these shortages were
oy me to the Executive
Council, with the result that the clerk
)f the Water Works Office was appre- ]
lended for embeZZlement, and the
was reimbursed in the :
amount of its losses, as far as the in :
vestigatiOn into the accounts had re
Tealed the same.
After completing the investigation )
lf the Water Works accounts, / was
iirected by the Executive COuncil 10 :
lsk Mr.. SlolZ to examine the accounts :
If the Board Of Education; this course :
vas pursued, and the result embodied :
o a lengthy report by Mr.. Stolz, ]
transmitted by me on January %,
S96, to the Executive Council, in !
ThIch it was shown that the hand
ing OF the funds received and eX Y
pended by the Bureau of Public In
truetion, and the book keeping n \
Herewith, was not in eff !
'ient and careful hands, and that !
iome readjustment of the affairs of '
hat bureau was advisable. Y
These instances emphasize the re- '
of my former report y
the much to be desired i'm
1rovement of the auditing depart :
nent Of the Government. | would
earnestly call your attention again TO
hose recommendations, and / hope 4
he consideration of the question, 7
which will be brought about by the
-epOrt of the commission appointed at
he special session to formulate and
az before you a revised audit law, !
will result in placing the auditing de-
1artment of the Government on a I
1asis of greater efficiency and wider /,
Auditor Laws includes in bis report
he usual statement OF taxes collected
the Republic during the
year just ended also, a comparative
Itatemeut for the years 1855 to 1895
inclusive.