The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19
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the committee. The work devolved up
on the revision committee was serious
and the final correct passage of bills
depended upon their careful labor.
Upon motion the bill was ordered
typewriter and made the order of the
day for today.
Robertson objected to he whole
House being revision committee. If
the revision committee could roc do
its work he thought it should go out
Der. of the committee where these er-
rors crept in, and was told that they
left that business to the chairman.
House Bill is, defining felonies and
misdemeanors, was read for the third
time, and passed as follows: Ayes, %,
noes, 2. 49,,
A communication from the Auditors
Department was read to the House un
der a suspension of the rules. The LETT
ter contained the names of those who
obtained leave of absence while i'll of /
flee, and thel amounts paid each iuring
that period, as follows:
w. d. Alexander, Surveyor General
$500: A. Brown. Superintendent Homo
lulu Water Works, $3.50; j. F. Bl own.
Public Lands Agent, $500; e. d. Bald
win SubAgent First Land District,
$3.50; w. w. Drummer, Road Engineer,
$500: j. X Burkett, Travelling Normal
Instructor, $500: w H. Cummings,
Road Supervisor, Honolulu. $500; ]. II.
Coney, Sheriff of Kauai, 1892; D. II.
Case, Shorthand Reporter First Cir
cult, $500; s. M Damon, Minister of III
nance. $1,000; c. H. Dickey, Tax AS
SCISSOR. Second District 1888; j. K. Far
ley. Tax Assessor. Fourth District,
1892: j. A. Hassinger, Chief Clerk, In
! ternal Revenue Department, $3.50;
Charles S. Hall, Assistant Bookkeeper,
Auditing Department. $3.50 J. NJ. Dat,
Postmaster General, $500; o. L. Soren-
son, Second Assistant Surveyor $3.50;
Jonathan Shaw, Tax Assessor, First
Division, $3.50.
AS to the last clause of the resoIu-
ton, where he got his authority. and
the law governing the same / will
state that the authority for granting
vacation to government beneficiaries
rests by. custom and usage with those
who have the appointing power, viz:
The heads of departments and bureaus.
but / know of no direct provision of
law governing the same. The rule of
allowing sixty days pay where extend
ed vacations We're granted, was fixed
by the following resolution of the EX-
ecutive Council of State, adopted on
the 9th day of November, 1896. Re
solved, That in case of absence the
pay of government officials shall not
continue more than sixty days from the
! date of their leaving office" copy of
said resolution was furnished this de-
when TIE Vacation SdldT
question was first raised after the in
auguration of the present audit Act,
anu | have paid such salaries. in ac-
cordance Herewith. Respectfully sub
/ mitted II. G.. AUSTIN,
Auditor, Territory of Hawaii.
Makekau asked for suspension OF
rules to consider the Gilfllan resoIu-
ton House Resolution ID relating to
the absence of j. f. Brown, land com
missioner, at Washington, Lobbying. :
The request was granted The resolu-
ton and report of the committee APP
pointed to wait upon the Governor to
/ ascertain Brown s whereabouts, Were
read
The Governor returned the commune
cation of the committee. stating that
the papers We're not in proper form for
! him to consider, and the committee sc
reported
| Representative Dickey was at this
moment called to the chair by the
| speaker, who went upon the floor OF
| the House.
| The Gilfillan resolution on the Gov
ernors communication, requesting the
4 Governor to tell in what way the re-
quest of the special committee needed
+! amendment, to make it correct ir
/ form" was read also.
! Makainai moved the resolution in
troduced by Gilf1llan be adopted. Car
ried.
| House Bill &C. providing for the con-
J troll and management of the Govern
i ment sewerage system, was read fol-
/ the third time and referred back to the
! committee to amend one of the Sec
tions.