The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-19
SPECIAL DEPOSIT OF $4,000 i
OBJECTED TO.
Senate Wants Details of Expenditure
House Takes Up Extension of Cir
cult Courts-Bill Tabled till Monday

The most important business in :rc
upper branch of the Legislature this
morning was the adoption by that
body of the report of Chairman VIII
cox of the Committee on Public
Health and Education, upon Senate
Act No. ,, which calls for an appro-
priaton of $4,000 for the purpose Of
building school houses Throughout
the Republic. 1t was desired by the
Ministry that this amount be placed
in the treasury on special deposit sub
iect to the order Of The Minister Of
Public Instruction.
While the Senate committeeman are
pleased with the stand the Ministers
are taking in the question of the cd
ucation of the youth of Hawaii. and
are thoroughly in sympathy with the
efforts in that direction, still they feel
that special approximation will not
be an advantage either us n separate
fund for the purpose. or in regard to
the gain in time 70. the disposal of
such fund.
The committee further believed that
the various Islands should receive
their proportiona.e amount of attcn-
tion and that an approximate schedule
should be presented showing where
expenditure is necessary. This would
give an idea of the scope of the work
and would furnish sufficient details
for general understanding of The no.
sition. The committee recommended
that the act be laid upon the table and
that this item be considered in the ap-
preparation bill for current accounts.
On motion of Senator McCandless
the report of the committee was then
adopted.
ThesS nominations were sent to the
Senate for action by Acting President
Cooper:
Antonio Perry, First Circuit Judge
of the First Judicial District.
William F. L. Stanley, Second Cir
cult Judge of the First Judicial Dis
trict.
r. Lee Bryce, Consul at Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia.
Frederick Ringer, Consul at Nagas-
alii, Japan.
President Wilder ordered the nom.
nations laid on the table for future
action.
Senator Holstein presented a peti.
tion of the residents and tax payers
of the district of North Kona, request
ing that a branch road from the new
I Government road near DIR. McWayne's
TO connect with Kailua-Kohanaill
road, the estimated cost of which is
$1,000: also the purchase by the gov,
ernment of the Kaiua skating rink
ent to accommodate all government
offices, estimated to cost $4,000; also
n lighthouse at Kailua, estimated tC
cost $500; also school house at Ho
nokohau-ille. estimated to cost S1,5OO
When Senate Act No. I, which ap
propriates $4,000 to defray the expen
ses of the present Legislature came uI
! for second reading, Senator Holster
was anxious to know whether it was
appropriate sufficient money to cover
the expenses of the special session
which met in September last to ratify
the treaty. Under the constitution
he said, the members were entitled tC
5000 compensation for their services
at special sessions.
Minister Damon asked if the eX
penses of the special session were
provided for in Senate Act No. /. TT,
replied in the negative. The Minister
suggested that the item could be in
serted in the act covering the matter
Senator McCandless thought the act
should be referred to the Judiciary
committee for consideration. The At
torney General could then be con
suited on the point. This disposition
was made of the bill.
Senator Holstein read Senate Act
I No. 6, which provided for the reta:
Licensing of wines, beer and ales OF {
low alcoholic strength. The bill wa,
ordered printed.
The Senate then adjourned until
Monday morning.