The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-30
NE RAPID transit REPORT The RELICS OF ROYALTY SALARIES NOW AGREED RAISED THE WATER RATE
RESULT or CONFERENCE COM
MITTEE WORK.
Senate Accepts Some House Figures
House Accepts Some Senate Fig
ures-Some Compromises.

The report of the joint conference
committee showing the items upon
which the two houses differed and
their adjustment in conference is as
follows:
OF the items which the Senate sent
down as not concurring in, the CON
ference committees readily agreed,
after explanation. upon 3d. These
were the following:
Salary of shorthand reporters c. at
81 800 each), $4,000; salary of IIawa-
iian Interpreters. supreme and circuit
courts . at $4,000 each, $4,000; salary
of messengers (2 at $500 each), 800;
salary district magistrate, Lahaina,
raised to third class, $1,000; salary of
shorthand reporter, raised to $4,000;
Department of Foreign Affairs:
Salaries of clerks at $2,400. $4,000
and extra $1,000 S5.i00; salary of tax
assessor of Hawaii. reduced to $1,000;
salary of port surveyor, Honolulu, re-
duced to $1,000: salary of customs
| guager and tester, transferred: pay
of Chinese and japanese inspectors
and translators, each $1,000. S2,4O0;
salary of clerk to sheriff. Hawaii.
raised to S1,s00: salary of clerk TO
sheriff, Maui. raised to S1,S00; salary
deputy sheriff, North Kona, raised to
S2.4OO; salary of deputy sheriff. Puma.
raised to Si,4lO; salary of deputy sher-
| itf, Hawaiian, raised to 1,560: salary
or deputy inspector and school agent.
| Honolulu, 5000; salary of travelling
Normal Instructor, $4,000: salary OF.
assistant secretary and school agent.
! district of Kona, Oahu, raised to
! $1,000; salary of first assistant clerk.
Interior office, RAISED 10 <i,s00: salary
of two messengers. 81 200 each, raised
to S2,400; pay of sub-agent. Sixth dis
| trict, $720; the words mot to exceed"
| inserted after word District" salary
of superintendent Honolulu water
works and clerk of market. raised to
S5,400: salary of superintendent Wal
| luku and kahului water works, adj
| ding the words "if such works are
constructed" $40; salary of superin-
| tcndent of lIilo water works incrcas-
ed to $l,S00; salary of bookkeeper.
| bureau of public works, increased to
| $4,000; pay of gnnpowdeI' keeper, Hi
| 10, $50: general expense pay roll Of
| Board of Health, amounts segregated
and consolidated to read SlS.9G0; the
maintenance hospital pay roll raised
to $4,000: act to mitigate. raised to
| S3,lj0: salary of food commissioner,
S3.1j0; pay of chief forester, $4,000,
pay of expert forester. 1900; pay of
! laborers, nursery, SlOS0: pay of la
| borerers. Mallik and Nuuanu. $1,000:
| pay roll, government buildings, rails
ed to S4.94i: pay roll, River and Maxi
| lli parks. 5000; Honolulu fire depart
ment, regular pay roll increased to
| $1,000.
Upon the following items the house
| committee agreed that the Senate
! was justified in asking for an incrase
or change. and accordingly concurred
with the Senate committee in allow
ing the raises in salary or change
! requested:
Travelling expenses, circuit Judge
| and clerks, Second circuit (words
''and Clerk" added by Senate commit
| tee), $500; travelling expenses circuit
judge and clerk, Third and Fourth
circuits (words ''and Clerk" added by
! Senate committee), $500; salary of
district magistrate, Lihue. reduced to
fourth class, raised to third class by
Senate committee, $4,000; deputy post
master general and secretary (words
anu oecTetdrN auueu by senate COM
mittee), raised by Senate committee
from $4,000 to $4,000; salary of su-
perintendent of postal money order
| department, reduced to $4,000, raised
| by Senate committee to $1,000; salary
of superintendent of Postal Savings
Bank, $4,000; assistant appraiser, re-
duced to $1,s00, raised by Senate COM
mittee, to $4,000: two examiners re-
duced each $3.50, raised by Senate
committee to S4,S00; salary of depu-
! ty sheriff, Hawaii, reduced to $1,000.
raised by Senate committee to So 600:
! pay of police, Kauai, raised to S2O,-
900, reduced by Senate committee to
| $4,000.
Lastly, upon six items the House
committee receded somewhat from
what the House had decided and met
the Senate committee half way; sala-
ry of deputy marshal, raised to $4,000,
passed at $4,000; salary of deputy
sheriff, South Kona, raised to $500,
passed at $1,S00; salary of deputy
sheriff, Eva, raised to 1890, passed
at Sl,s00; salary of third assistant of
bureau of survey, raised TO $4,000.
passed at $2,700: salary of draughts-
man. raised to $4,000, passed at S2,1OO:
salary of secretary of Board of
Health, raised to $4,000, passed at