The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-30

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major, drew $2Os.90 while on active duty
and for Communication of rations $500 dur
ing the period. r. p. Myers, who in like
manner drew $4,000 as captain, forgot the
legal injunction that an officer of the
government could not draw more than
] one salary during one. month and drew
his salary under the Act to Mitigate.
John Shaefer, captain, while not on act
i've service draws $50 per month and while
on active service he drew $4,000 and
| slS710 for Communication of rations."
The Board of Health expenditures are
| termed excessive, unbridled and unbusi-
nesslike." The report says: .gThe ex-
penses of the bubonic plague are shown
! by subsection 35 and speak for them
selves. Anything we could say would
not better emphasize the lack of method
and consequent expense to the communi-
ty in handling this epidemic" Leper
Settlement salaries are complained of
and statement regarding the cost of
| the settlement seems to mean, though it
is not very plainly put, that the per cap
| tia cost of running the settlement is SITS
per year.
| Expenses of the diplomatic and consul
| lar service are called to attention as
too large, and the committee reports as
| unusual charges for special agent to
the United States, 5000; special mission
| W LOHuoIl, So,tI4.Vo, Special agent 10
Washington, IS, 0234e.
The committee recommends that the
system of allowing transfers of cash
| from one fund to another as it is con :
venient be done away with and that a
better and more detailed system of book
keeping be adopted, complaint being
made of large sums being unitemized IN
der such general heads as stationery
! The translation of the report stretched
l 70, int fhn Ion,
with no comment from the members.
| Dickey introduced a resolution to make
the L Dan bill the order of the day, and
that the Printing Committee be instruct
| ed to return Senate bills IS, 92, SO, 65 &C.,
| "a and 81 to the House.
| Upon motion of Prendergast the bill
| was tabled, 49,
Makekau proposed that the rules be
suspended to allow of the reading of
| Senate messages.
| Several Senate bills were then intro
duced and passed their first reading.
| A message from the Governor, an
nouncing the signing of the Acts relating
to the sale of liquors, the providing for
vacancies among the Circuit Court
Judges and that relating to the promul-
| cation of the laws.
! Business then reverted to the order of
the day by motion of Makekau.
| Dickey. moved to suspend the rules and
| take up ali bills on second reading, as
| tomorrow is the last. day and this is the
| last day for handling second reading
| bills.
| Prendergast: ION what authority does
the honorable member call this the fifty
ninth day."
| Dickey: by my own count and the
provisions of the Organic Act
Prendergast: 1.-The Organic Act also
provides that this House is the best
judge and has the right to count their
own time"
Speaker Akina: 1.-The Chair makes
| this the fifty-sixth day"
| The Homestead Exemption Act, ex-
| empting property to the value of $500
| passed it's third reading
Senate bill 81, regulating the fees of
witnesses and jurors, came up and on
motion of Kumalae the bill was indefi-
ritely postponed.
| Senate bill IL, amending chapter 81 of
the Session Laws of '92, was next read.
Prendergast stated that the bill was the
same as House bill 10, introduced by Rob-
ertson, and the Senate wanted the cred
| it.
Beckley: 81 move that the bill be re-
turned to the Senate with our compli-
| ments."
Robertson: ct is true that this bin
/ was introduced in the House some time
ago and reported unfavorably by the Jul
dietary Committee of the Senate. They
later found their error and brought in
| this bill to correct it. 1 move the bill
pass
Curiosity Makekau wanted the bill
| read.
Kaniho objected to the bill as he had
| when the House measure was brought
up, saying that the matter lay in the
hands of Congress to decide how many
| Judges were needed.
1T was l." continued Monsarrats
friend from Kohala, who quoted the judge
from Kohala who stated in the papers
| that the non-clearance of the calendar
was due to the Judges smoking and cock
| ing up their legs on the desk instead or
working. If we get another Judge, the
| United States will take more revenues
| from us to pay for him."
Prendergast gave the reasons for in
| creasing the number of Judges and stat
ed the decision of the United States as
being final; also adding his opinion that
no more revenues would be taken to de-
fray the expenses of the additional
Judge.
Kanihos motion to indefinitely post
pone was lost and the bill passed its thlro
reading.
Senate bill ID, relating to the punish
ment for receiving stolen goods, was re-
ing change in title and passage OF the
bill. The report was adopted.
| The Act fixing the time in which ac-
ton can be brought to recover possess
son of land unlawfully taken next came
| Up. Robertson moved the reference OF
the bill to the Judiciary Committee me
motion was lost, however, and the Dill
passed it's second reading.
Senate bill 80, providing for Territo-
rial seminary upon the Island of MAUI
came next.
Emmeluth queried whether as mat,
ter Of economy, the coming Agricultural
| College, towards which the United states
will annually give s35, 900, would not an
swer all the purposes of the proposed
Territorial school.
Dickey moved the reference or the
measure to the Committee on Educatioh'
as the bin was crudely drawn up,
Robertson thought that the title shouio
be looked into, as the land had oeeh
decided to the Hawaiian Government Tor
educational purposes, and that Govern
ment being now out of existence, the
land probably reverts to the Original
heirs
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