The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-04
FIRE LOSERS
Claimants May File
items Today.
The Court Will Probably Not Require
Poor Sufferers to Deposit
twenty Dollars.

The Court appointed by President
Dole 10 adjudicate losses by the sani-
tary fires in Chinatown is at work. No
claims have been considered as yet,
but the Commissioners have gotten
together and talked over plans. Yes
teIday the Court brought to the notice
of President Dole the seeming injustice
in the provision of the executive order
creating the Court, which provided for
the deposit of $40 by each claimant to
cover possible costs.
The Court took the matter to Presi-
dent Dole after a meeting yesterday
morning, when it was stated by one OF
the commissioners that ii would be
wrong to compel from the very poor
the deposit of $40. Many might not be
able to pay over this amount. even ii
it were to be returned if not consumed
IN costs, and these might be prevented
from filing their claims on account of
this provision. The Court was inclined
to believe that it had discretionary
powers in the matter under a section
Oh the proclamation which says that
the Court shall hear cases under the
Hawaiian law.
President Dole said: The matter
viii; be considered at the Cabinet
meeting tomorrow. 1t is my opinion
| that the matter of charging filing fees
will be left largely to the discretion OF
the Court of Claims, so that poor claim
ants will have an opportunity of being
charged a pro rata fee"
! The room formerly occupied by Chief
Justice Judd is being cleaned I'D fol
| the occupancy of the Court, which will
| sit here until the old legislative hall
now used by the Board Of Health. /!
I vacated The commissioners took tn,
| oath of Office yesterday before Associ
ate Justice Frear of the Suprem,
| Court.
Several rather fat jobs Offering b,
the Court are being fought for BY
many applicants. The Court will nee,
plenty of help and it seems probabl,
that its labors will extend over man,
months. This being 50. there are no
a few citizens who are willing 10 worI
FOR the Court at the salaries named. I
clerk Is To be paid $3.50, two stenogra
phers sl25 each three Interpreters S
a day each and janitor $40 a month
As the work Will not be arduous no
the hours long, there is lively scram
bic for the positions
One woman stenographer who too
time by the forelock has been appoint
ed already She is now employed b
President MagooB- A score OF short
hand writer's are clamoring for III
othe- place.
The counsel for the Government vii
receive a retainer fee OF $500 and 8
Tor each case adjudicated on It's merit.
mere Will be many cases to be lad
Indicated" and the lawyer will be we
paid ...t- .-
. The Court will open this morning a
10 o'clock FOR the reception of claim.
II will sit every day thereafter. and IL
hours will probably be from until
o'clock in the afternoon. All claim
are to be made out in writing with a.
ah1davit from the claimant certifyin
10 the truth OF the itemiZed statemen
which must be appended to the peti
tlon- The drawing OF each petition viii
likely necessjtate the services of a law
yer and the attorneys are antieipat
; ing a harvest
, The Court, which has the powers O
any other legal tribunal. will reauir
the same proof of loss from claimant
as might be asked for i'm a Circuit
Court. Oral evidence may be required
seal for the Court has been ordered
the design being left TO COMMISSIONS
! Judd