The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-02
VETO OF KONA ITEM.

1 NEIO OF hONA ITEM.
AS soon as the House reconvened the
following veto from the Governor was
received and read:
am unable to approve of the fol-
! lowing item of Act - of the extra
session of the Legislatu re in 1903, be-
ing entitled AN Act making special
appropriations for the departmental
use of the Territory during sin months
from July 1st, A. d. 1908, which will
end with the 21st day of December. A.
d. 1907
"Kona Orphanage, provided however,
/ that a quarterly statement of the ex-
penses of the orphanage, and the num-
Der of pupils therein be forwarded to
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, $1,000"
My objections to this item are as
follows:
It is generally understood that the
Kona Orphanage is a school. The pro-
vision of the bill in relation to this
item, in requiring a quarterly state
ment of the number of pupils in the
Kona ,Orphanage to be forwarded to
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, recognizes the orphanage as
school. 1t is not a government school
nor is it under the exclusive or any
control of the government; it is clear
therefore that, as private school, 1t
Is excluded from government assist
ance by the limitations of legislative
power set forth in the Organic Act,
Section So, as follows: ''Nor shall any
public money be appropriated for the
support or benefit of any sectarian, de-
nominational or private school, or any
school rot under the exclusive control
of the government
I therefore return herewith the acts
above referred to for your consideration
of this item. =
SANFORD B. DOLE,
Governor.
Executive Chamber, Territory Of Ha- |
wall, July 1st, 1903.
AS soon as 1t had been spread upon !
the journal of the House Harris NOV |
ed to sustain the veto and this was /
done by q vote of nineteen to four, the |
noes being Kaniho, Fernandez, Pa
ele and Wright. Wright tried to have
the matter reopened on a basis OF the
motion being the wrong one but nc
could not.
SALARY BILL CONSIDERED,
The House then passed to consiIera-
ton of it's last bill. that for the
eighteen months salary account. The
permanent settlements were got
through when an attempt was made to
get the bill into the hands of spe-
cial committee but it seemed impossi-
BILE to do this and the work wens on.
The permanent settlements were pass
ed at s12,4 $50. Under the Secretary or
the Interior Oil tried to have the stat
cut out on the grounds that
the officer would do all his h
work in six months and could not en-
ploy himself for the longer period.
Progress was good until the item,
assistant to the Attorney General was
reached, when that was cut out, some
members maintaining that this was
with a county bill in oper-
alton. Keliinoi moved to insert Depu-
ty Tailor, s225O which was adopted
Vida had pay of jailors and guards
made s26, 730. The item lunas. $1,000.
caused a deal of discussion. certain
members, among them Kalama, SEEM
ng to be unable to understand the
act that Oahu prison becomes a peli-
entiary under county progression;
inally the item passing.
Vida had the Territorial Detective
services item $500 divided: Oahu
1900, Hawaii $500. Maui $1,000, Kauai
1850. =
ADVANCES Nd CUTTINGS.
Harris succeeded in having the sal
nv of the Registrar of Public Account'
.dvanced to s45O0 but the attempt to
aise the salary Of the Deputy Regis
rar to s405O failed. the amount being
eff at $3.50. The Corporation Clerk was
ut down to $500 from s225o. The next
hange was in the civil engineer under