Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-03-14

miitees recently the iolloWlhg VIII
be of interest:
DETECTIVE SERVICE.
The Judiciary Committee to
whom was referred back the item
Detective Service $4,000 in Sen
ate Bill No. 4, report that they
have made further aud very
thorough examination into the
item, and the manner in which the
appropriation was expended dur
ing the last biennial period. The
reason of the sudden increase
commented upon in our first re
port on this item was occasloned
10y the allowing of certain month
ly sums TO the Islands of Hawaii,
Maui, and Kauai, and the transfer
of the pay of four members of the
police force to this item, aud also
the pay of informers for chefa
and pakapio, and other gambling
games, aud also illicit selling of
liquors all over the Islands.
In our interview with the Mar
shal, all the vouchers were sub
mitted and he informed us that it
would seriously interfere with
stopping the illicit selling of liq-
uors and the suppression of gamb-
ling if the sum of $4,000 ,was only
given the Department, and with
bis figures and the vouchers of the
last biennial period convinc d us
that the sum of $4,000 would be
necessary for the proper carrying
out of the objects for which the
item is appropriated.
We therefore recommend that
the item pass at $4,000 instead Of
5000.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The judiciary Committee to
whom was referred two items,
namely:
Salary of Assistant to the
Attorney General. 80. s 5000
Salary of Stenographer
to Department. ....... 1000
Beg leave to report: As to the
first Item herein named, this Com.
mittee are of the opinion it should
pass, rs the work of the Depart
ment has greatly increased, and
the time of the Deputy Attorney
General is wholly taken up in at
tending to and prosecuting at all
the Circuit Courts of the different
Islands, while the Attorney Gen
erals time is taken up as law
adviser to the Cabinet aud in
other offices and matters, that he
is called upon to fulfill in other
Departments of the Government
More than this sum was spent
in the last biennial period for
assisting counsel and legal work
and was obtained or paid for out
of other appropriations in his
Department, thus crippling those
appropriations and diverting from
them money not intended to be
spent in that manner by the body
voting the appropriation. We
therefore recommend that the item
pass.
As to the second item, we think
it will be saving to the Depart
ment in both time and money, as
the Committee was told hat the
Stenographer would be at the dis,
posal of the Marshal, as well as
the Attorney General, and when
necessary and required sent to
the other Islands upon temporary
work.
We therefore think and recon-
mend that the item pass.
The Finance Committee to
which was referred various items
of Senate Bill No. 4, have given
careful attention to the matters
concerned in the items and beg tc
report as follows:
AUDITOR GENERALS OFFICE.
We recommend that the item Of
Incidentals pass at 5000 and tina
the item of Travelling Expenses
be laid on the table to be consi
dered later with other items relat-
ing to the position of Assistan
Auditor General.
PILOT AND CUSTOMS BOAT.
This is an increase over las
period but it is the opinion o
your Committee that it is not al