The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-09

mentS OF the 6,l4Z cases pdSSeu upOn'
and il will be necessary for COM
plete transcript Of these books to be
sent on. This should be prepared so
that the certifcation of the Governor
to the correctness of the list as whole
will be sufficient. This will be work
which will require funds, and there is
no money from which the Governor
can draw for it, as without doubt the
Treasury department will consider that
charge against the local govern
ment.
at comes down then to a case of
finding the money here from advances
or waiting until the meeting of the
Legislature and asking for an emer-
gency fund from which this expense
may be met. There could employed
one man for each book of records, and
this might mean the drawing off of
the full information within a weeks
time.
Studying the Foraker bill and con-
sidering the general course of the Uni
ted States in similar matters, con-
vinces me that the intent of the bill
is to make only one more payment.
The bill provides that there must be
full satisfaction given to the United
States upon the payment. This in it,
self would mean that the realization
from the bonds must be had before
there can be any payment made.
This leads me to the opinion that
the course of procedure to facilitate
matters at this end, will be rather
simple. Some officer should be des-
ignated to take up the certificates
first issued giving in return a receipt.
On the certificate should be entered the
satisfaction required and the contract
covering the point as to attorneys
fees. There will be no claim paid as
l read it, where the contract calls for
more than ten per cent. The bonds
having been issued and the money on
hand, the Treasury department might
then issue warrant covering the
amount due, send it to the governor
and thereupon the claimant could, by
surrendering his receipt, secure his
money.
Should this course be adopted
where there is litigation as to the
ownership of any claim, there would
no warrant issue. until that claim
had been settled beyond question, for
the certificate is in the hands perhaps
of those to whom it has been pledged
or passed, and there must be secured
the presence of the original claimant
or his attorney in fact, to secure the
receipt for the certificate and the war
rant when it is issued. The sending
on of all matters in the records as to
subrogations, will show just how the
claims stand. and will be a guide to the
Washington authorities. Thus when
there is sent on a certificate bearing
the release and having attached the
contract as to attorneys fees, there
will be no delay in the issue of the
warrant.
"As to the bond issue that too will
depend on the record. The authori-
ties do not know just what bonds are
necessary to pay the remainder of
the amount due and this record will
show them. 1 hope that the legisla-
ture will take up this question of the
bond issue, and pass an act covering
the bonds, providing for the interest
payments and so on, which would
make the bonds perhaps a quicker
purchase for investors. do not think
there will be unnecessary delay for
the actions outlined are progressive
and when the bonds are issued and
sold and the money ready for the pay
merits, the warrants will be ready to
cover the claims which have been APP
proved at Washington as carrying the
full satisfaction and the acceptable
certification as to attorneys fees"
I'VE shall have to prepare a tran
script Of the judgments for transmits
sion to the Secretary of the Treasury"
said Governor Dole yesterday. THAT |
will be a work which will require
some time. The payment of the fire
claims will probably be made through |
the First National Bank, which I I'M
derstand is a government repository"
There will be some difficulty regard |
ing the contracts with the attorneys. |
Some of the attorneys have nothing |
but a verbal contract, others have al
ready been paid. One thing is certain
however, the United States will not
pay an attorneys fee exceeding tenl
per cent, and no contracts can ex-
iced that percentage.
THE subrogation of claims made by
he Fire Claims Commission is also
| matter which must be settled. Some
If these matters are now in the courts