The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-19
PRUNING KNIFE At WORK
HOUSE CUTS OFF SOME PROPOSED
SALARY INCREASES.
Bill for Impounding Animals Running
Works at Wailuku, Maui, Proposed.

| which provided that certain provisions
! of the Land Act of 1895 be extend I'd
to private lands, had been tabled by
the Senate, thus killing the measure.
This bill had received the support of
the entire House with the exception
of two votes.
Representative Loebenstein, for the
Committee on Public Lands, report
ed on House Bill No. 81, relating to ta-
king up and impounding estrays that
are found on public roads. The COM
mittee believes that authority should
be given to road authorities in sever
al districts to take up and impound
all estravs found on public roads.
which authority is not now vested in
| them, and the committee believes shat
''it is of paramount Importance that
| the trespassing of animals on our
public roads should be enioined and
! prohibited by stringent regulations"
and therefore recommend the passage
| of the bill
Representative McCandlesS pres 1T
! ed ii number of matters to the House.
| The first was Il resolution that thr
sum of 81 900 be appropriated for The
erection of school house at Laie. GA
hu: the second provides that the sum
of $50 be appropriated for the crcc-
| tion of two tombstones for the men
who were killed at Kalalau. on Juiy
! 18th and 5th, 1893. while serving the
| present government. At the present
| time only two wooden boards mark
! the graves of these men, and thAse
| boards are rotting away.
Representative McCandless then
! asked what steps the Board of Health
had taken to comply with the recon-
| mendations of the special committee
| to the Molokai settlement. that GER
tain persons, five in number. be rc-
examined by the Board of Health.
| inasmuch as all signs of the disease
! had apparently disappeared from
| them. He wanted report from the
| Board.
! Representative Achi introduced Z
new bill authorizing the Minister Of
Interior to condemn whatever land
and water right may be required for
the use of the Wailuku water works,
which it is proposed to establish in
the Valley of lao, Wailuku, Maui.
The consideration of the appropri-
alton bill was then resumed. and the
| pruning knife further applied 70
trimming the various items under the
| head of the department of Attorney
General. The following additions
We're made from the Senate figures In
this departments: The Marshal was
granted a clerk at 1925 per month:
an appropriation for an assistant 10
the Deputy Attorney General at $50
| per month: salary of clerk to sheriff
on Kauai increased from $25 to $33.33
per month; pay roll of police on Kau-
! al increased from 81 500 to $4,000 per
year.
The following salaries were cut
down from the Senate figures Clerk
to Attorney Generals department,
from $3.50 to $l25 per month; deputy
marshal, from $166.66 to $50 per
month; deputy sheriff, South Kohal1,
from $50 to $50 per month; deputy
sheriff, North llilo, from $50 to 500
per month; deputy sheriff, Puma, from
$50 to $50 per month; deputy sheriff,
Puma, from $50 to $50 per month;
deputy sheriff, Maui, from $l25 to >l00
per month; deputy sheriff, Hawaiian,
from 65 to $50 per month
In almost each of the above cases
the figures to which the appropria-
tions were reduced are the ones which
they are now drawing, but which the
head of the department had attempt
ed to have raised.
Representative Atkinson made Il
stirring speech in which he dcprecat-
ed the attempts to increase the alrea-
dy enormous salary list of the Re
public. He stated that at the present
time over one-half of the entire reve-
nue. was consumed i'm salaries, and
that it must come TO II stop soon. The
appropriation bill for salaries this
year was an increase of over 100000
over that of the last session, which
he thought was entirely uncalled for
This is not the time to increase sala-
ries at this critical. stage of the gov
ernment of this Republic He knew
that some of the salaries were mad
equate for the positions. but the gov.
ernment simply could not afford to
increase them.
Adjourned until 2 o'clock.
IN THE SENATE.
Minister Cooper reported that the
President had signed the license bill
Senator Waterhouse was granted {
leave of absence for the remainder OF
the session.
, House Bill No. 5j, providing a fran
chise for the Rapid Transit Company
passed first reading, and was referr
ed to the Public Lands Committee.
At the request of Chairman Bald
win of the Public Lands Committee
that committee was increased to fiv,
members by the addition of Senator.
Brown and Kepoikai.
Senate Bill No. A. relating to tn,
disposition of land for occupation by
the applicants thereof upon specia
conditions, went to the Public Land.
Committee.
Senators Baldwin and Kepoikai re
quested conditional leave of absenc,
until next Monday. They are on tn,
committee to arrange for the recep
tion of the American soldiers and i
their presence is required will no
leave the city.