The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-27
LAST DAY
OF SOL0NS
Legislature is In
Final Stage of
Labors.

pass today unless by some incompre
hensible turn the unpaid bills act is
The measure is In shape
and will be out of the way before noon,
according to the outlook. and soon
thereafter adjournment sine die will be
taken.
There were SO many changes IN the
Brown bill, which provides for the
payment of unpaid claims in the va
rious departments, when the House
committee had finished its work upon
the measure yesterday that 1t was
necessary TO- draw new bill. practi- 7
cally. Changes there were which may |
bring the two Houses into conflict and
delay adjournment. and there were
differences which do no more than
make for the gaiety of the House rath-
er than for sober thought, as becomes
the public's money.
The principal point Ia the report of
the committee lies in It's knocking out
OF the IlcEl ailtO hiAC ciiA ~
Senator Carter, to provide for the re-
funding of the license collected from
the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company. in
amount 81, s2S.3S. This item was put in
to the bill without objection in the
Senate after a statement OF the mean
ing and cause. The House recommends
that the item be knocked out, as dur
ing the regular session there was
consistent refusal TO consider claims Of
this character. To pay all such 1t has
been estimated that 100000 would be
required.
The expense bill was increased by
1855 This was done on the discovery
that the House needed 1856 more and
the officers of the Sens.te had decided
that they should have $500 to meet bills
to be incurred after the sessions close.
The only new items were those which
appropriate ss1.07 10 pay f1r poi which
was raised on Molokai for the Leper
Settlement. A perusal of the report
will show the changes are very small,
/ sometimes only two cents, but the
careful members of the House commit
tee would not let a guilty penny es-
cape. They hunted up every bill and
accompanying voucher, and fixed the
figures where they belonged. But they
We're impartial, and the result of their
labor was not to materially decrease
the amount OF the appropriation.
II It was sheer ennui which produced
such "a harmonious ending Of the con-
troyfFsy over the bill. When the re-
+ port had been read. with its twenty
FIVE paragraphs. Beckley wanted il
considered with the bill. as he was an
avowed foe of the ominous paragraph
of 10000 for bills not yet IN the hands
OF the department heads. When his
motion went through there was a
squabble, but the bill had to be So
considered. The droning OF the clerk,
/ the call for show Of hands Joined with
the heat and cioseness of the cham
Der, combined to make the lawmakers
weary of their bargain. There was a
pause after twenty-five items had been
considered and then Representative
i've Gflfillan moved the report be ac-
eepted as a whole and the bill passed
/ second reading. The call from the
/ third house was too strong to be re-
sisted and all disagreements were for
gotten and the bill rushed along.
The report could not well be written
without fling at some official, but In
this case it took what was meant to
be a humorous turn. The committee
relaxed after its hard WORK in looking
for tTyafand three-cent changes, not
/ having any confidence perhaps In the
strict scrutiny of such bills by the
Auditors DEPARTMENT. and dictated to
! its clerk a few sentences In which
changes are rung upon the items of the
bills for incidentals from the police end
I The opening Of the session was de-
i iayed as the clerk did not have the
report in shape until 2: 30 O'Clock. AS
soon as the opening preliminaries were
overI the report was called for and
/ read as follows:
Honorable ]. A AkIna, Speaker, House
/ of Representatives. Legislature, Ter
| ritory of Hawaii
Sir: Your: Special Committee to whom
was referred the consideration of the
Unpaid Bills appropriation respectfully
submits the following as their report.
numbered the items as In the appropria-
tons, and will refer to them numerically,
| as follows:
| Item No. II, 1897. r. Rycroft, g 600
The Committee finds that the amount
stated Is intended as a consideration for
road about miles In length. with a
width of 50 feet passing through the
! Minus Ok -hf. hycrott ana which said
road vas originally built by him at
much larger. cost than the amount asked
for.
| We further find that In the year 1895
the then Minister of the Interior. Capt.
| j. A King. and Mr.. Cooper, together
with the then Superintendent of Public
Works. Mr.. Rowell, viewed and accepted
this road on behalf of the Government.
For some cause the Minister OF the In
| terror failed TO make requisition for the
amount in the appropriations for 1888.
| Your Committee recommends the pay
ment of the amount of $1,000 upon Mr..
Rycroft deciding to the Government a
right of way as above stated
Item No. II, Dec 80. 1899, hawaiian
Gazette Company.
+ Your Committee recommends that item
read s3.3s instead of Sass
Item No. q. July q. 1899, Volcano
Stables and Transportation Company.
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