Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-02-28
The AFTERNOON SESSION.
THE SENATE OCCUPIED WITH THE
APPROPRIATION BILL.
hut Few Items Remain TO be Consid-
ered-The Military Committee
Considering the Army
Pay Roll

OF the afternoon session OF the
Senate which concluded at 2:35 p.
m. yesterday;
After recess the following items
in the Appropriation Bill were
passed:
Bureau of Immigration-Salary
of japanese inspector and inter
prefer S4SO0; inspector and secre-
tary Of Bureau S24OO.
Bureau of Waterworks- Super
intendent and clerk of market
$4,000; clerk $4,000; assistant $500;
reservoir keepers S264O; plumber
and assistant S2640; tap inspector
S2lS4; shipping tender $500;
market pay roll S72O; assistant
market keeper 5000; superintedent
Hilo waterworks $1,000, do Koloa
$50; engineer $4,000.
Bureau of Public Works-Sal-
airy Of superintendent $4,000; road
engineer $500: bookkeeper $4,000;
draughtsman S240O; harbor mas
ter $4,000: keeper of wharf and
buoys, Lahaina S24O; road super
visor $500, pay roll, roads and
bridges account, Honolulu, S26.-
6G4; steam tug. pay roll $4,000.
Board Of Health - Salary of
secretary $4,000.
The item of $4,000 for pay of
government physicians provoked
some discussion and questioning.
The Attorney-General made an
explanation about the benefits de-
rived from the present system of
employing government physi-
clans. lie stated that GER
tain classes of diseases had
decreased materially under the
present system, especially leprosy.
Senator Waterhouse moved that
the item be referred to a special
committee. He regretted that the
Board Of Health reports were not
on hand. He had hoped that the
time had come to abolish the
whole system and fully expected
the Government would have mov-
ed in the matter.
After some discussion the mo-
ton was withdrawn and the item
passed.
Further items allowed were:
Non-leprous children pay roll
1912; removing garbage, pay roll
Sl0,S00; quarantine pay roll $1,000;
maintenance of hospitals S7200;
Act to Mitigate, pay roll S24O0;
segregation OF lepers pay roll $685.
400.
Insane Asylum-Salary of sup
erintendent $4,000.
The item of S21, 900 for pay of as
sistants is considerable increase
over former appropriations but is
necessary from the fact that the
number of inmates Of the Asylum
have increased 80 per cent. The
Attorney General said that the
care of the insane appealed to
every one, and that from
the very nature of their
helplessness they should be
abundantly provided for. He
called attention to the vast i'm
provement in the Asylum, both in
the condition of the patients and
the grounds, under the present
regime and hoped the increase
would be allowed.
Senator Waterhouse moved that
the item be referred to the Com
mittee on Health. He thought it
was desirable for committee to
visit the institution.
Senator Baldwin agreed with
the former speaker that good re-
suits always resulted from visits
of legislative COMMITTEES to public
institutions.
Senator McCandless asked that
the committee inquire into the
matter of whether any charge was
made for those patients who were
able to pay.
The Attorney General said there
were none Sucn.
The item of $lS,GO0 for general
expenses OF the Board of Health,
pay roll, which had been laid
aside for explanation by the Attor-
ney- General, was taken up and
allowed, after that official
had explained that the increase of
about $1,000 was caused by snni-
tary inspectors and such like Off
cials.
Senator Wright moved that the
items under the head of Forests
and Nurseries be all referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
Seconded by Senator Baldwin and