The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-03-07
TO TH[ COPT|C MONEY FOR EDUCATION.
LIBERAL APPROPRIATIONS BY
SENATOR'S.
Increased Coast Guard Provided In
The House Many Bills Introduced
The Question of Sprinl<ling Carts.

The Senate devoted most of the ses-
sion this morning to the salary and
pay roll appropriation. The eNpen!l-
lures and management of the Customs
Bureau came in for consideration. The
salaries asked for in the Department
of Public instruction were reported on
by a special committee.
Senator Waterhouse presented the
report of the Finance Committee on
the various items of the salary and the
pay roll appropriation bill, referred to
it.
The permanent settlement of $4,000
for Princess Kaiulani was recommen-
ded, "for the same reasons which have
been urged at previous times"
An allowance of $720 was recommen-
ded for F. W. Fehlbehr, who has been
for oversthirty years in the employ of
the Government. The amount asked
was $1,000. The allowance for an ad-
ditional stenographer for the Courts,
and of an increase of $400 for the sal
ary of the clerk of the Third and the
| Fourth Circuits was recommended.
The item of 100000 for the salaries
and commissions of Tax Assessors and
| Collectors was recommended as being
made necessary by the requirements
of the service and only $1,000 more
than the actual expenditures of last
| year.
The items asked for the Bureau of
| Customs were all recommended The
Committee reported that it had inves-
tigated every branch of the service
and found that the increased shipping
business of the Islands and the vari.
Gus details incident thereto required
Il vigilant service and large force OF
employees. st is branch of the Gov
ernment with which the mercantile
| interests come into closer contact per-
| haps than any other, and which must
therefore be modernized. with every
convenience possible and practica-
ble."
Each item under the Bureau of Gus
toms, when there is change from the
last appropriation either decreasing OIL
increasing, is explained by the Com.
mittee. For the pay of customs
guards at Honolulu the committee say
the present force is inadequate and il
not Increased "the service will become
Il farce" Items of $4OO each are ap
propriated for the salary of collectors
at Waimea and Koloa, and Kailua and
Kealekekua. These are ports of entry
without collectors. The increase OF
business requires collectors. There
was some objection to the item ot
$4,000 for the pay of customs guards
because it was such a large increase
over the last appropriation. The tota
amount recommended for the Bureau
of Customs was $160,5S0, an increas,
of about $4,000 over the last appro
priation. The Senate concurred ir
the report of the Committee.
The Department of Public Instruc
ton asked for $3.50, 400 for salaries anC
pay rolls The Special Committee re
ported through Senator Hooking rec
ommending the items as in the bill
Minister Cooper explained that a larg,
part of the increase asked for wa
made necessary by the increase in tn,
number of children of school age. Thi
would necessitate an increase in tn,
teaching force of about forty. An
other cause of increase was chang,
in the method of inspection by whicl
it was hoped to increase efficiency. B,
having resident Deputy Inspecto
for Hawaii and another for Maui, Mo
lokai and Lanai the time of the In
spector General could be given NOR
particularly to Honolulu and the busi
ness of the office. 1t was expected
that about twenty-five new schoo
rooms would be opened during the pc
riod in Honolulu and about thirty out
side.
Minister Cooper presented his bill
changing the law in regard to the reg
istration of vessels. 1t provides tha
no vessel shall be entitled to registra
ton unless wholly owned by Hawaiian
citizens, or n Hawaiian corporation
the capital stock of which is who'll,
e owned by citizens of the Republic. Ey
licences of title must accompany tn
application for registry. 1t passed
Il first reading.
Senator Brown presented a bill fiS
ing the compensation of the employe
of the Senate at $40 a day for tn
clerk,$4 for the sergeant-at-arms an
81 for the janitor.
Senator Holstein presented a pet
tion from fifty citizens of Kohala fo
}, road.
: The three items in the Department
of the Interior referred to the Financ
: Committee, $4,000 for the salary @
Second Assistant Clerk, $4,000 for tn
salary of Third Assistant and $2,4O
for salary of Fourth Assistant, wer
: recommended and passed.
Through Senator Brown the Con
mittee recommended the passage of
= bill fixing and reducing the legal rat
of interest
= THE HOUSE.