The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-04
SENATE HEARS REPORTS
on MANY DEPARTMENTS
Appointments Are Not Made and the Work
OF the Day Consists of Fling
Statements.

kept in the vicinity of Honolulu there
would be great saving to the gov
eminent. /
Senator Isenberg said such inquiry |
was beyond the scope of the work be-
fore the committee and so moved the
adoption of the report Senator Nc
Candless urged that action should be
had at once owing to the fact that re-
moyal was imminent Senator Dickey
moved that the report be received and
filed, as it contained no recommends
ton.
Senators Baldwin and Wilcox took
the stand that the committee had no
reason for further action and as well
that nothing could be done now, as
the last legislature had made the
change and appropriated the money
for the construction of the buildings.
Senator Achi sided with Senator Nc
Candless, saying that it was bad public
policy to remove the school, and saying
that he thought the committee should
look into all these matters The Sen
ator then moved that the report be re-
ferred back, with instruction to take
up the Reform School question, and
secured second. Senator Kalanoka-
lani seconded the motion to receive
and file, saying that the action of the
o-+ iCIo Io
by the senate now. The motion of
Achi was lost and that of Dickey car
ried and the report was filed.
Senator Dickey then reported for the
second time from the Attorney Gener-
ais Department committee as follows:
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPART
MENT.
Honolulu, Dec. 2, 1902
Hon. c. L. Crabbe, President of the
Senate.
Sir:-Your committee to investigate
the Department of the Attorney Gen
eral, beg leave to report as follows:
They have examined into the work
ings of the department and found the
same in order.
There is no money taken in in the
office of the Attorney General, and no
books are kept there. The legal work
of the department is divided between
the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney
General and Assistant Attorney Gener-
al. The two latter attend the courts in
Honolulu, and when one of them can
be spared, he is sent to the outer dis
tricts as prosecuting officer.
The legal business of the Department
in Honolulu has been so great during
the past two years that on eight occa-
sions an outside lawyer has been en-
ployed to represent the Government on
the other Islands. In addition to- this,
five hundred dollars has been paid to
a. G. NJ. Robertson as a retainer in the
fishery cases.
The work of the Attorney General
himself has been principally to prepare
opinions for the benefit of the EXecu-
tive, in doubtful matters growing out
of the transition period, and on matters
caused by the changes under the or
ganic act; to examine and pass upon all
vouchers, which include those of the
sheriffs. police and prisons throughout
the Islands.
The committee has been handicapped
by the absence of the Attorney Gener-
al on the other Islands.
Your committee examined the. books
at the Police Department ana wish to
highly commend the system of book
Keeping and the manner in which they
are kept, the system of checks and
counter checks are such as to make it
almost an impossibility for errors to
occur, or the Government to be defraud
ed. 1t would be we'll for similar sys-
TEN to be adopted throughout the ISL
ands
Your committee recommends that the
next Legislature, in case the County
Bill does not greatly reduce the~work of
the department, should appropriate a
salary for an additional assistant to the
Attorney General, as the present force
is entirely inadequate to perform the
labor required.
Respectfully submitted,
c. II. DICKEY, Chairman.
JOHN T. BROWN.
I agree with the other members of the
committee in the above report, with
the exception of the last part in regard
to an additional assistant to the Attor-
ney General. 1 do not believe that a
good policy to increase the number of
officers.
w. C. ACHI.
After the reception of this report,
Senator McCandless read the following
from the Public Lands Bureau:
PUBLIC LANDS BUREAU.
Honolulu. Dec. s. 1902.
Hon. C. L. Crabbe, President of the
Senate.
Sir:-Your committee appointed to ex-
anime the Department of Public Lands,
beg to report as follows:
On Saturday. November %. we began
our examination. Owing 10 the illness
and absence of the cashier, our first
act was to seal the strong box in the
safe which contained the cash. The