The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-16
EXPENSE BLL.GENERAL GOMEZ SPEAKS
WHAT A BIG PILE OF MONEY
WILL GO FOR.
Public Works Department will Get over
$2OOO,OOO Unded New Law-EXpenses
of other BureauX.

The bill for current expenses of the
government for the biennial period,
which was finally passed by the Legis-
! lature yesterday afternoon. carries with
| it an appropriation of $3,19l, $3.50. BY
far the largest part of this is for items
under the bureau of public works. the
total for this office exceeding s., 900 600.
The Secretary of the Territory is the
first on the list. This office is allow ed
S25SOO; for expenses of election, $4,000
state entertainments and ceremonies,
$4,000 and the balance for incidentals
The Judiciary department comes in
for $i5,SO0. OF this amount $36, 600 is for
expenses of supreme and Circuit courts,
including pay of grand and trial juries
The Department of the Attorney Gen
| eral gets total of 5S,939.95. The
| largest item in this department is sup
port of prisoners, $4,000. Incidentals
of civil and criminal expenses gets $780,
600. This is all the machinery of the
/ court side of the police work. The sum
of $4,000 is given for a police CalI box
system. This is new institution and
| the money will be spent for installing
| it, The detective service is allowed So. -
| 500 and $1,000 is allowed for coroner's
| inquests. For witnesses i'm criminal
/ cases $1,000 is allowed the department.
The Treasury department is given
S22G200 but 100000 of that amount is
for interest on the public debt, which
will later be returned by the central
government. The tax Office is allowed
$l1,5O0 for incidentals and the main Of
| flee gets $1,000 for the same purpose.
The taxation commission comes in for
$5 600, and the balance of the appropria-
ton is for inCidentalS in the office
The superintendent Of Public Works
will have S205S,25S to spend. This in
cludes not only the amounts i'm the re-
gular appropriation bill but the items
/ M III rriro III f,1 Il,
The largest item is for roads and
! bridges on oahu south or Nuuanu street
$1,000 roads and bridges on the other
side are allowed $4,000. All of the
items for public Improvements are in
cluded in the long list of appropriations
for this department.
The Department of Public instruction
is given $l1L225 for improvements and
general expenses. Lahainaluna gets
the largest amount $4,000, which is for
erecting ana repairing buildings The
sum of $4,000 is allotted for the repair
of buildings generally The Summer
/ school gets $4,000. Most of the items
are for new school houses and teachers
cottages throughout the group. The
| book fund will have $4,000. industrial
and manual training gets $4,000 and
$4,000 is appropriated for incidentals
and stationary In addition to these
items are ST. 600 for the boys reforma-
| tory school, $4,000 for a girls reforma-
tory and $1,000 for expenses of a school
exhibit al Charleston
The Commissioner of Public ! ands is
allowed $l2 $50. OF the amount 81 900 is
for preliminary roads and trails, $3.50
for incidentals and $500 for boundary
certificates.
The Commissioner of Agriculture gets
81 400, most of which is for labOrers' eX-
penSeS tools, etc For an exhibit Of
agricultural products the sum of $1,000