Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-17

out on motion Of Senator Cecil Brown.
who said the fifty thousand just passed
ought to suffice for all the roads in the
district.
Roads and bridges. Honolulu. $685.
! lGS.OS, was changed to S25OOOO each
Tor the Fourth and Fifth districts.
At 4:I5 a motion for recess till 1880
was declared carried on a tie.
Evening Session.
Second reading of Appropriation Bill
resumed
Senator McCandless secured $4,000
| for the Puuloa road.
Senator Wilcox. chairman Of the
| Health and Education Committee, had
the item for school furniture raised
| rom $500 to $4,000, also had $1,000 in
serted for a lace-making school in Ho-
| Iolulu.
The $4,000 for the Federal Expert
nent Station was placed entirely at the
ontrol of the Director.
Senator Kalauokalani had $4,000 in
erted for a hospital at Kalaupapa.
| Maintenance Of lepers was raised $1,000
to be s23O,OOO.
Senator lsenberg had $500 for Ele-
ele hospital raised to $4,000.
President Crabbe met motion by
Senator Kalauokalani to strike out
$4,000 for Leahi hospital by moving to
make 1t $4,000, which carried
Molokai Steamer.
President Crabbe also gave Informal
ton that Wilder's Steamship Company
was figuring on an $50 900 steamer for
the Molokai service. on which Senator
Dickey's fight for a Board Of Health
steamer ended Tho items of S3j 900
for steamer and s36, 900 for its expenses
were struck out.
Senator Kalaouokalani had the item
for sending the band to the other
islands struck out. saying II did not
go to all the islands anyway.
Election expenses were raised from
$40, 900 to $4,000, to include county and
municipal elections
Senator Kalauokalani moved an item
of Sl5, 900 for Liliuokalani, but was told
this was in another bill
An item of SG2 was put in for pay of
Registration Boards of the Third Dis
trict.
Senator AChi moved the insertion OF
10000 to reimburse the merchants for
money spent in securing the passage
OF the fire claim bill. Senator Kalauo-
kalani objected to the item of $4,000
for j. G. Pratt No action taken, as
the item was said to he in the emer-
Eency appropriation bill.
kaIaupapa Band.
On motion Of Senator DickCy. an item
of 5000 was inserted for instruments
Tor the Kalaupapa band; also an item
of $500 for games for lepers.
Senator Paris moved the insertion OF
an item Of $4,000 for hospital in
North kona. Carried
Senator Brown presented an amend
mcnt making the appropriations cease
on January /, 1904, as far as the Terri
tory is concerned, and making it I'M
lawful for the Territorial Auditor to
issue warrants or the Treasurer to pay
warrants after January ], 1904, when
control had passed to the counties.
Carried.
No Pro Rating.
Senator c. Brown offered an amend
ment that the appropriations shall be
expended only pro rata. Senator Paris
opposed this, saying that contracts
would be invalidated, and that II a
: building or road was started 1t should
, be finished.
Senator Achi said the whole thing
was wrong, that only six months ap-
! preparations should have been made,
and that everything was now so mixed
| up that he wouldn't vote for II.
Senator McCandless said that CON
tracts couldn't be finished and that tho
Territory could make no contracts.
; Senator c. Brown replied that con-
tractor would have to take chances
with the counties; that the Territory
wouldn't pay for everything, and that
Oahu didn't want to keep the other
counties going. Senator Dlckoy said
, there wasn't anything to be afraid OF.
that all work must be paid for on
vouchers.
Senator Brown gave the only vote
for his amendment
Senator McCandlcss introduced an
amendment to provide penalty for
the unlawful Issuance of warrants.
Carried.
Senator Brown moved to strike out
his amendment which had carried say
! Ing II was imperative and useless
without the pro rata amendment. III
anything can be put in the way of tho
purchase OF Pauoa springs by the gov
eminent II will be done" he said.
There are certain pet schemes of tho
executive which they will put through
II they want it, and II they don't want
II, they won't do It,"
The motion to strike out the section
was lost The bill then passed second
reading, TO be read third time on