The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-17

tenants.
Andrade supported the report Of the
Judiciary committee which condemned
the bill.
The bill was indefinitely postponed by
vote of IA to 10.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House went into committee Of
the while on House bill 2O7 upon re-
Stunning sessions this afternoon. The
bin was for additional appropriations
for departmental purposes, Smith Of
Hilo was ina the chair. The bill was to
appropriate S25425.2O to make up de-
iiciences for current expenses of de-
partments and the pay of employees for
the period between July !, 1904 and
June 80, 1905. The bill was considered
item by item.
THE SENATE.
From the telephone special committee
Bishop reported to the Senate favorably
on House Bill 81, the STANDARD Tele-
phone bill, amending the act so that
street grades shall be respected in
building conduts for its wires
The rates for telephones are fixed in
the report as $3.50 per month for resi-
dences within five miles of the central
office; $500 per month for business Off
ces similarly situated; 1925 per month
outside these limits. The report was
laid on the table to be considered with
the bill
Senate Bill l22, theaemergency appro-
priation bill, came up on third reading,
and Paris moved an amendment APP
propriating $1,000 for the care of indi-
gent sick of the Territory. The amend
ment was accepted.
Dowsett moved to give the Tax AS
SCISSOR $1,000 instead of 500 to pay at
torneys' fees in tax cases. Achi object
ed to this, saying that extra attorneys
general had been provided for on ac-
count of these very tax cases, and they
should fight them. The Deputies i'm the
Acknowledgements office had time to
fight civil cases If that were true
they should certainly have time to at
tend to the Territorys business. The
Attorney General had said himself, or
the floor of the last House, that if his
appropriation was increased, he would
prosecute the tax case.
Il would like to ask the gentleman
said Paris, IF it is true that the depu.
ties in the Attorney Generals offic,
were doing civil work on the outsider
They are" said Achi,-and he wen
on to tell Of divorce case i'm which
{ some deputies of the, Attorney Genera
had appeared, and in which case they
had afterwards, as he said, brought
about the disbarment of the defendant
and then the Dowsett motion to in
crease the item for the Tax Assessors
office from 500 to $1,000 was lost, z to 6
On motion of Dowsett the Supreme
Court was given 5000, and the Judiciary
department $500, and the Fifth Circuit
Court $231S, so that Kauai jurymen
could be paid.
Dowsett moved to reduce the allow
ance of the Land Registration Court
from $3.50 to $500. Carried
Dowsett moved to insert an item Of
$500 for incidentals for the land office
Carried. He moved to insert an item OF
$500 to pay Supreme Court stenograph-
ers Carried.
At this p0int Achi got the floor anC
made an argument to the effect thai
the appearance of this deficiency bill
was plain proof that the officers of the
Territory were breaking the law thai
forbade the expenditure of money no
specifically provided for by the legis
lature. And he protested against tn,
practice of authorizing salaries not pro,
vided for in the appropriation bills.
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