The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-20
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SENATE REPORTS

There something dom in Senate this morning 1t
the reading of the report of the Senates Standing Conee
Public Expenditures This report dealt with the short
age in the Pubic Works Department. In very plain the
report said that the bezzemen had been up dis
bursting clerk OF the department The report suggested that The
matter be investigated by the Attorney General The report also
expenditures the Public Works Department.
The report the subject heard largely several special
reports made the committee by its expert L. c. Abes
The Committees report follows:
Your Standing Committee in public expenditures avng had
under consideration the message of His Exceency the Governor
upon the subject of Unpaid Bills beg leave at this time to make
partial report particularly upon the said message
reading Department of Public Works $233785 Road Board
Pay Rolls We find that this is in Unpaid Bill
Warrants for the several items of this issued by the
Department of Public Works and the cashed the
Treasury Department by the dbung office OF the Department
of Public Works. The waso forwarded to the persons
whom owing They have received to this day and
have far been Unable the money beyond the
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the opinion Of your committee the only in which these
claims be qudaed by special reimburse the crcd
oss the money paid on ther behalf from the Treasury to
the dsbursipg officer of the Department Of Public Works. We
find that the duty of this sbursng officer forward the
due the claimants who should have shared in
the total given above and that he failed do This money
disappeared iii the Office of the Public Works Department while
the custody of the said dsbursing officer To the fact of the
enlightenment of this of $233785 from the Department of
Public Works and the Withholding of the amounts due the proper
creditors under the warrants issued recommend that the
Attorney General investigate this matter the end that the
guilty be prosecuted and of missing be had
possible
We append herewith report Of competent experts employed
by committee to investigate the transactions which resulted
in finding most of the facts contained in this report.
'Your committee feels that this demands the
searching investigation We feel that the showing of loose and
unbunesslke methods of handling public the attempts
shift responsibility for the Of the and the clear
pcion which has been attached to public officials call for the
complete scrutiny and marked reform We recommend
legislation systematic the operations in the conduct of bust
with view preventing further embezzemen such
here
"Your committee further finds (ee report of expert hereto at
ched that there have been lavish irregular and extraordinary
juggling of Incidental Funds such the purchase of of
horses for the and large amounts for lunches etc On this
express this time the conviction that this Senate
exercise great in the appropriation of large
Of money to be expended for 'lncdentas.
Your committee would recommend that there should be law
passed that all officials handling moneys any
city bonded to sufficient amounts to any possible dsap
peaances of public moneys such examped the instance of
this misnamed Unpaid Bills of $233785. Ample bond
should be required from the head of each department the Ter
rora government well from disbursng officers and other
clerks handling moneys
Respectfully submitted
81. L. McCANDLESS"
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