The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-26
.S2.NOO.0OO CALLED FOR.
PROBABLE PUBLIC EXPENSES OF
TWO YEARS.
Amounts Appropriated and Provided
to be Expended by the Council Of
State, Together with Fire LOSSES

Since December IL, 1899, the Council
of State has Appropriated $1.029, 1853 "a
for the expenses incurred In the sup
preston of bubonic plague, including
$345, ,253. "a, for the extension of the sew
erage system.
1t has appropriated S3,569, ,6O3 for the
expenses of the Government under var
ious heads, for the biennial period end
ing December 81, 1901. In addition, by
virtue of the opinion of the Attorney
General that certain appropriations
made by the last legislature are con-
tinuing appropriations view adopted
and acted upon by the Council of State,
81, z09, 456 for salaries and payrolls must
be added to the funds provided for the
use of the Government during the BIZ
ennial period, and in addition a large,
but not easily determinabe amount,
the continuing appropriations for work
provided for by the last Legislature, but
not completed during the last biennial
period.
So that by the process of the Council
of State and an opinion of the Attorney
General, and without the intervention
or action of a legislature, the Territory
of Hawaii will be called on during the
two years beginning about January I,
1900, to raise by taxation the enormous
sum of $6,S01, ,813.1S, plus the indefinite
amount of continuing appropriations,
and whatever shall be paid for the loss
of property by sanitary fires, for which
no provision has yet been made
The last legislature, which was
thought to be a generous one, appro-
priated for all purposes, including the
sewerage system, the Pail road and a
number of other big and expensive pub
tic works, a total of s., 1856, ,445 .97. So
that the Council of State has overtop-
ped the last Legislature by anywhere
from one to two million dollars.
The items making up this grand total
far and away the largest amount the
people of the Hawaiian Islands have
ever been called on to contribute in
any two years of their history are as
follows:
Appropriations for sup
pressing the plague, and
maintaining relief camps. s 700, 900 .0C
Appropriation for the ex-
tension of the sewerage
system ..:..;.4............. S45. 1853. "a
Appropriations for the de-
partmental use of the Gov
ernment during the biennial
period, Act 2 ..............,. 1,456,O25 .:
Appropriations for the use
of, the Government. during
the biennial period, Act A.. 1871 77ol. q
Appropriations for sala-
ries and payrolls during the
biennial period, being sim
ply increases and additions
to the salaries and payrolls
over the last biennial per-
iod, Act 8 ................. 595, 1856. s:
Appropriations for sala-
ries and payrolls made by
the last Legislature, and
continued under the opinion
of the Attorney General
during this biennial period. 2,2O9, ,456 OF
Total called for from the
| people without the inter-
vention of a legislature. -. $6,S24, ,313. Il
Add to this the continuing
appropriations for other
purposes than salaries and
| payrolls, and the amounts
that may be required for the
payment of sanitary fire
losses, and the grand total
| can scarcely be less than SIS, 900 900. OF