Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-23
Draft of Charter for the City and County
of Honolulu, Submitted to the
Republican Commission.

Of written voucher or upon an i'm.
perfect voucher or an Incorrect certifi.
cate or II any person or public account.
ant feel aggrieved by any decision of
the Auditor in the rejection or sur
charge of the returns or refusal to
approve or allow any demand pre-.
scented by such public accountant OF
person, any Of the parties concerned
may appeal from such decision to the
Justices of the Supreme Court, who
after such investigation as shall by
them be considered equitable may
make such order directing the relief
of the appellant in whole or in part as
shall appear to said Justices to be just
and reasonable, and the decision of the
said Justices shall be final and
binding upon all parties and
they shall govern themselves accord.
ingly. II the demand of the heads Of
departments, bill, claim of any person,
or the return of any public accountant
be approved, in whole or in part by
said Justices, they shall so endorse
their findings on the same and 1t shall
thereafter be presented to the Auditor,
who shall enter 1t in the proper book
in like manner as other demands and
endorsements must be made by the
Auditor of its having been so entered
before 1t can be paid.
Recognition Of Claims.
Sec. 81. The Auditor shall not rec
ognize any claim of whatsoever nature
unless a written statement or voucher
be presented for the same. No war
rant shall be issued in payment foJ
any claim except upon proper endorse
ment of such voucher Notwithstanding
any allegation of papers having been
lost or destroyed, or of the impossibili
ty of obtaining the prescribed vouch
err, so that II could not reasonably be
obtained. except upon application &c
one of the Justices of the Supreme
Court at chambers, who, after summon
ing the Auditor and such other per
sons as he may think fit, may, upon ev
idence satisfactory to him that the re
quisite papers have been lost or de
stroyed, or that 1t is impossible or i'm
practicable to procure them. prescribe
form of voucher, which, bearing the
approval of said Justice shall then be
received by the Auditor and filed as
herelnbefore provided; and all such
substitute vouchers shall be consider
ed binding on the city and all othel
parties.
Sec. SS. When voucher produced
for sum of money disbursed shall be
defective from the want of any certifi
cate or other document which ought
TO have accompanied it, 1t shall be law
full for the Auditor, upor proof nIini
made to his satisfaction that the pub
lie accountant did not wilfully neglec
to procure such certificate or doau
ment, and that the sum so specified
in the voucher has been actually anC
properly disbursed, to admit sucl
voucher as sufficient discharge of tn,
said public accountant and allow tn,
amount of same to his credit.
Comparative Financial Statement
Sec. SO. The Auditor shall publish
in some newspaper or newspaper
printed in the city monthly and annua
comparative statements OF the finance
Of the City of Honolulu.
Sec. 80. The Auditor shall in jul,
make an annual report to the Mayo
and Board. 1t shall be lawful for tn
Auditor In such yearly report or in an,
special report which he may at an,
time think fit to make or may be re
quired to make to recommend an
plans or suggestions that he may thinl
fit or worthy of adoption for the bette
collection, custody and payment o
the public moneys and the more ecc
nomical auditing and examining tn
public accounts and any improve
ments in the mode of keeping such az
counts that may at any time b
brought to his notice and generally t
report upon all matters relating I
public accounts.
Sec. 81. The Auditor is hereby at
thorized and empowered by preceI
under his hand in the form containe
in schedule d hereto annexed, to n
quire all such persons as he may thin
fit to appear personally before him q
any time and place to be named !
such precept and to produce to hil
all such accounts, books and paper
in the possession or control of sue
persons as shall appear to be necei
sary for the purpose of their examini
tion. II shall also be lawful for tn
Auditor when he shall so occasion I
cause search to be made and extract
to be taken from any book, paper G
record in the custody of any publ
officer without paying any fee for tn
same; and 1t shall be the duty of e.
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