The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-04

] MI NlaNoetHiAo .tnat tpeANHual pariia-
mentap\fahss that gsNesilsd Legislative
bodies Mould fee9 Md. Mr. Gilman
said thatst.ts 40 be a business ses-
sion and there was no use i'm taking up
the time Of the Board i'm making these
rules The business of the Board could
be conducted like that of any corpora.
ton The election of permanent chair.
man was then taken up.
Mr.. Robinson renewed his motion for
the nomination of Mr.. Gilman Frank
Harvey nominated a. Hooking as per-
manent chairman. The nominations
then closed. The secret ballot resulted
in four votes being cast for Mr. Hook
ing and three votes for Mr. Gilman.
Mr. Hooking was declared elected and
took the chair He made a brief adj.
dress in which he thanked the Board
for the honor and said that he would
preside in as impartial a manner as he
could.
There has been a great deal of talk
lately, principally by the Advertiser.
that 1 have been dickering with the
Home Rulers for the Craftsmanship. I.
wish to state that l take the chair with
out any conditions. I was elected on
the Republican ticket and I viii stand
by the Republican party. 1 am Re-
publican and take the chair as such"
On motion of Mr.. Lucas the business
Of considering the bonds of the various
county officers was then taken up. The
bond Of County Clerk Murray for $4,000
was first considered.
The County Attorney states" said
NJ. Hooking, That the form of this
bond is regular, so it is approved"
There has been no motion looking to
fixing the amount of the bond" said
Mr.. Gilman.
That is provided for i'm the Act" re-
piled Mr.. Hooking. A discussion of the
matter then followed. County Attorney
Rawins stated that there would have
to be two separate bonds given by Mr..
Murray, one for $4,000 as County Clerk
end one for $4,000 as County Recorder.
The bond under consideration was for
$4,000 but was a single bond so did not
comply with the ruling of the County
Attorney. A recess of fifteen minutes
was accordingly taken to enable Mr..
Murray to have his bond changed.
After delay of about half an hour
returned with the bonds pro-
perly mace out and both were APP
proved Mr.. Gilman then moved that
in order to facilitate business the
bonds of the district attorney. sheriff,
auditor, and surveyor ,e fixed at $1O,-
goo and the district magistrates at ST.
poo each as provided for by the County
Act.
Mr. Mahoe asked for an interpreta-
ton and suggested that in order to
facilitate the work Of the board the
be done as the talking pro-
crossed so that the line of discussion
could be followed. Mr.. Lucas declared
that it was not right to waste the time
Of the board by the interpreting Of
every little matter that transpired.
There is no use in it," declared Mr..
Lucas. "Mr. Mahoe was a teacher OF
the English in the schools and it is
not right for him to ask to have an
interpreter when he knows what is be-
ing said. He can talk the English
language as well as we can and he
can understand it and so does Mr.. Kea-
loha. There is no use in Interpreting
things when he and Mr.. Kealoha know
them"
Mr.. Mahoe retorted that he would
AOb nave asked Tot an interpreter II
he understood what was being said. Mr..
Hooking stated that it had already
been decided to have an interpreter so
the remarks of Mr.. Lucas were not to
the point.
Mr.. Gilman's motion was passed and
the bonds were then considered. Ow-
ing to the auditor being absent and his
bond not being before the board the
matter was not considered. The bonds
Of the sheriff, district attorney ana
surveyor were approved.
THE only other bonds that are to
be considered by the board" said Mr..
Gilman ARE those of the treasurer and
tax assessor. I understand that there
is likely to be considerable discussion
over them, so l move that we adjourn
until o'clock this afternoon when
those bonds can be considered" The
board then adjourned.
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