The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-23

vote upon the Maui police, the minority
recommendations being adopted by
seventeen to seven.
INCREASES FOR BAND.
Aylett presented a report on the mill
tary and band. The former appropria-
tions were recommended to pass as in
the bill at a total of $3.50. For the
band $1,000 is recommended for the
lists, D. K. Naone and Charles Kreuter,
IS, per month each, $3.50; first class,
five men at $50 each, $1,000; second
class. six men at $50. s1.SOO; third class.
eight men at s45, $3.50: fourth class,
six members at $40, $1,44O; two vocal
lists, $3.50 each, $3.50; band master
s1,410 This means an increase of $1,471
caused by increased duty because of
military enlistment. The emergency
payroll for the band, $3.50. is also recon-
mended.
II Chillingworth moved to amend by
striking out the names of the soloists,
on the ground that should they leave
or die their places could not be filed.
Kumalae moved to amend by appro-
priating 81, 400 to be divided-cor-
net soloist. $50. $780, five first class
men 49, $2.25O; six second class $50,
$3.50; eight third class, $50. $24OO; six
fourth class. $40 $144O; two lady vocal
lists at $50, $500; band master $40: as
sistant band master and clarinet solo
| list, $500. He supported this with
long speech saying the best men should
be paid well and then they would stay
with the band.
Kanino thought there was no need
to increase salaries in the band, say
| ing Kohala never had been visited
and that the pronunciation of the Port !
uguese bandsmen was atrocious, which |
would make old Hawaiians pronounce
the singing very bad.
Aylett made a good fight but could
arouse little enthusiasm in the House. !
He favored itemizing the salary list
so that the men would get all that is
coming to them. The Chillingworth |
amendment was adopted after in
which the committee report was taken
up and rushed through.
TWO FISH INSPECTORS.
This brought consideration up to the
report on the Fish Inspector and Ka-
niho moved to cut the salary from
1920 to $3.50. He said the inspector was
negligent in the extreme. Fernandez
succeeded in having passed an item
reading two fish inspectors, Honolulu,
$3.50 each. s72O." The item Of Assistant
Fish Inspector was thereupon stricken
out.
MORE TIME ON BOAT BOYS.
The payroll for the pilot boats came ,
next, and there was a long discussion
over the proper course of procedure,
it being found that the item was in
the hands of the Oahu delegation
Aylett's motion that the committee be
given further time was adopted over !,
one by Harris that the item be taken out q
Of the committees hands. This means
that the matter goes over until tomor-
row.
The fire department pay roll for Wal
luku was then passed at $500 without
question.
Vida moved to insert in the bill a
new item pay roll sewer pump, $1,000,
divided as follows: Chief Engineer, :
1900; Assistant Engineer, $3.50; two :
Firemen, $3.50; Oiler. 1910. which was
adopted without much discussion. =,
Harris moved that there be inserted
IN item under the Bureau of Agricul-
ure and Forestry. pay of stenographer =
md Typewriter, $500. There was no
objection to the passage of the item.
Vida offered a new item, to take
are of the Pahoa Water Works Plant. P
1860 for the pay of one engineer $3.50 st
month, a fireman SIS and an oile1 pa
As. 81
This seemed to clean up the work m
f the committee for the afternoon. di
nd it rose and reported to the House. m
GOVERNOR IN TIME. al
The matter of the time when the IN -
aid Bills measure went to the Gov -
rnor was brought up. A message was
cad from the Senate in which it was
ct out that the Senate did not con-
lder it proper for the Senate to take
ognizance of a veto by the Governor
l conference committee.
Paele then reported that the bill
-ent TO the Governor on June 10th,
hitch as the two Sundays are exclud-
] meant that the veto came in with
, the legal limit of ten days. The
.port was accepted by the House.
Harris moved that the consideration eii
Z the veto message be deferred until
thursday Kumalae raised the point -
lat the Organic Act had a distinct