The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-31
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BAiLIl r ACT tAN PACK JORIES-
Senate Bill No. ). the balm act, was
brought up for third reading. Kumalae
wanted to know why the committee in
lis report considered the former bailiff
act of the Home Rule legislature a
had law. Andrade arose and said it
was because the bailiffs were vested
with the same powers authorized for
The Sheriffs. A subordinate officer,
such as the baiiiff is, was given too
much lower. Section provides that
the ba;liff shall execute all orders and
processes, judgments and DEGREES. the
execution Of which is already upon the
law books as the duty OF Sheriffs.
."rhey can pack q jury and any other
old thing" said Andrade.
PaeIa one OF the members of the
committee, said the intention of the
original bailiff act was Cor the judges
to appoint men TO execute all their or
dcrs. because in former days the Sher-
IFS sent out men who could not speak
T. iglish, and were often half blind He
could see no harm in the act as 1t stood,
and the judges had never made re-
PORT against IL. He had not seen
bailiff doing anything wrong Paele is
country member. Kumalae thought
the Legislature might just as well give
the SherifTs the right to choose the
Legislature. He was bitterly opposed
to having the High Sheriff appoint any
one. No complaint had ever come from
the several courts. Why, then, are
We here to repeal this act" inquired
K nnalae. 81 was a member of the last
Legislature, and I am no' going to
repeal law that / helped to make,
" hen know its right and a good law
Who knows better about an Office. its
head or an outsider? Does the Chief
Justice know more about the Supreme
Court than the High Sheriff? 1 think
So He moved to indefinitely postpone
consideration of the proposed repeal
BAILFFS AS STABLE GROOMS.
Pulaa then waxed eloquent ON the
measure The law of 1901 was salts
factory, as the bailiffs had not only
acted as sucn in court, ont as stock
keepers for the judges as Well and he
wanted TO repeal the act. TO approve
OF the bill was to say to the Judges that
the Legislature was in favor of bailiffs
as stable grooms. Fernandez, too. had
served as a Deputy Sheriff, and he was
proud to say that the work of the
Sheriff's appointees was always. salts |
factory. Now a bailiff, on receiving a
court order, calls on policeman to do
his work. He was surprised to have
a Legislator stand up for a law which
LIT power in the hands CT appointees
who are almost foreign to those who
have to pay their salaries The bailin
al Hilo cid nothing but sleep and draw
mis- salary. Kaniho had & suspicion.
He explained by claiming to have dis |
covered a mares nest in the Senate
which Rad a bill 10 increase the sala-
ries of the judges and knocking out the |
bailiffs. He was aware that bailiff's
hOnfhto0lr,c fo
etc. The vote was taken or third read |
ing and the infamous Humphreys
naillff act was consigned to Oblivion by |
n vote of 81 to 5.
HIAcADAM USED BY COOPER.
Vida presented the following report |
for the committee of public expendi- |
lures:
Your committee on public expend |
itures respectfully reports on House I
Resolution PA. referred to it, on work |
done by the Road Bureau on residence
OF Henry Z. Cooper, as follows:
The accountant of this committee, |
W. Il. Gins, has examined the Road |
Pureau records and questioned the /
governmental employees connected with
the work, and has determined that the
services rendered have been INSULT
GENTLY paid for, although he is unable
t. state definitely as to the amount, as
no complete record of the work has
been kept. His report to the committee
is submitted as a part hereof.
The accountant also finds that the
Road Bureau served H. A Isenberg
during the current month. and that for
this work the government was not
paid His report on this
matter is also submitted herewith.
Your committee deprecates and
"a Of do |
ing work of this nature by the govern
rnent for private parties, and particu-
larry for government officials, as the
government has more than enough
work Of this class to perform. We are
OF the opinion that the practice should
be stopped, and so recommend.
Respectfully submitted.
HENRY c. VIDA.
Chairman Public Expenditures Com
mittee,
wv. a. HAIA,
ID, NJ. KUPIHEA,