The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-24

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ciai committee having In sargn the
Items referring 10 the pay % ,ollcc Inv
I Hawaii. Sos 600. pay NJ Maui police.
$4,000 pay " Kauai police. ;7a 600. pre-
sented the following report.
To the Honorable 8. y. Raluc. President
of the Senate.
Siri The special committee 90 whom
was referred the following Items IN tho
Appropriation hill Pay OF police az Ha-
wall, N5,eN. pay OF police of Maui. $40
900 pay OF police % Kauai. sg5 oDo beg
leave to report ~ follows.
Your committee obtained from the Au-
dltirg Department a complete copy Of tho
itcmizcd pay roll for each OF the above
Islands for the month OF April past and
also had the High Sheritt appear with
the estimates made by him, and upon
which estimates the figures submitted by
the Governor and set forth In the Appro-
priatlon bill are based.
Upon examination OF the itemlzod pay
roll 1t appears especially in the District
OF South llilo, Island OF Hawaii and IN
Wailulu, Island Of Maui. that Shc pay
OF the police officers is not at all uni
form. The committee recommends to the
High Sheriff that he instruct the sherifrs
OF each Island to make the pay OF the
police rs uniform as possible, taking into
consideration the services required and
the cost of living in each particular dis
trict. This committee from the informa-
tion obtained by them cannot approve of
the pay roll for the District of South Hi
10. Among the items is pay of humane
officer as well as a health officer, as also
that of a night patrol, The pay roll for
the month of April also showed that
there We're in addition to the regular
force of twenty-four members, sixteen
special policemen in that district who
were receiving salaries ranging from
SO to s7b a month. The pay of humane
and health officer or n night patrol, es-
pecially the latter where the police are
on duty during the night. we believe
should not be paid by the Police Depart
ment.
The High Sheriff's estimates show that
the sums asked for are necessary for the
proper and efficient conduct of this de-
partment of the Government, and your
committee believes that taking into con-
sideration the progress and increase in
population of the past, and believing that
1t will continue in the same ratio during
the next biennial period, that the money
asked for each of the Islands named and
the pay of their police, is as little as can
be done with and should any decrease
be made, that 1t will seriously interfere
with and affect seriously the efficiency
of this department.. Your committee
therefore recommend that the items pass
as in the bill
Respectfully submitted,
c. BROWN,
Chairman.
JNO. PARIS.
VIM WHITE.
JOHN 4. BROWN.
4.a ID. KANUHA
Senator c. Brown then read the list
of the high sheriff's estimates in re-
gard to the pay of police on Maui. The
items referring to the pay of health
officer $70 humane officer, $40, and a
night patrol, he thought, wholly un-
necessary, and proposed reductions all
along the line.
Senator Baldwin objected to any pro-
posed cut, as 1t was difficult enough
now to secure trustworthy men to fill
the positions. as they could make more
money raising cane on contract than
they could at being one Of the finest"
Senator Kalauokalani objected to any
cut in salaries. II anything should be
done, he favored an increase in regard
to the pay OF police outside Of Oahu.
A great deal more wrangling was in
dulged in by other members. which was
finally stopped by Senator Cecil Brown
offering the following amendment for
the benefit of Senator Kalauokalani,
who had been doing the most kicking:
THAT the high sheriff is hereby re-
to make such reductions in the
payment OF the superior officers Of the
police department in the different ISL
ands and apply such reduction towards
the monthly pay OF the policemen"
On a motion by Senator Baldwin the
report of the special committee as
was adopted.
Upon "Oily Bills" motion the Senate
adjourned at $3.50 p. M. until o'clock
today,