The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-05-02
IN THE SENATE


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. planned that OBJ. supreme Court Judges
had been paying salaries to stcnograph-
/ ers out of their Incidout3ls and 90 this
/ Dickey objected strenuously
1T is not right for them to take
money appropriated for incideutals and
! pay salaries DE said
Dowsett and McCandless explained
, that such payment was absolutely nee
/ essary, there being no way TO pay
stenographers, and then the item was
! rejected.
Items Of 1925 and $3.50 per month for
. salaries in the school department We're
stricken out.
Paris moved the appropriation OF ST.
600 for the INDECENT sick of islands other
/ than Oahu and it carried.
Dickey moved the insertion Of $1,000
for the free dispensary at Honolulu, but
received no second, and the bill passed
as amended. 1t will be read for the
third time tomorrow.
McCandless reported, on request of
the President that the House would
take up the current appropriation bill,
which is Senate Bill No. 4, and the
Senate took up Senate Bill No. ?. the
salaries bill Lane moved to increase
the salary of the chief clerk in the Sec
retary's office from $3.50 to Sl75 per
month, but it was lost.
The item of $45GO fC~ pay of steno-
graphers and additional clerks. on mo-
ton to raise it to- $500, created lot of
discussion on "a motion to refer, and
finally passed as i'm the bill.
The salary Of ,the Treasurer was cut
to $3.50 a month, and that of the Reg
istrar to 1925 The bookkfeper and in
surauce commissioner were cut to $115
per month
The item Of $4,000 for clerical help i'm
the Treasurer's Office was referred to
the Ways and Means Committee, after
some heat had been raised in its dis
cussion.
And then item ten, making appropri-
alton for the pay of Supreme Court
stenographers, was reconsidered and
referred to the same committee.
The salary of the Tax Assessor Of Ca
hu was cut from $3.50 to $225; the salary
of the deputy assessor Of oahu was cut
from $l75 to $3.50. The balance of the
Tax office expense went to the Ways
and Means Committee.
The Maui Tax Assessor was cut from
S175 to $3.50 per month.
The salary Of the Tax Assessor on
Hawaii was cut from $500 to Sl75 per
month.
The salary Of the Registrar Of Con-
veyances was put at $175 per month
and of his deputy at 800.
$4,000 was appropriated for pay of
clerks in the Conveyance department
The item of $4,000 for salary Of index
expert was stricken out
The Bureau Of Conveyances was Civ
en- two clerks at 500 per month each
instead of three.
motion was made to cut the allow
ance to eX-Queen Liliuokalani from $685.
a month to 5000. but it was lost
There was a warm fight to cut the
salary of the superintendent of Public
Works, a motion to cut from $500 to
$3.50 failing. ~G'hen DicRey moved to cut
it to 1915.
effort failed, however, and the
salary remained the same The salary
of the Assistant Superintendent at $3.50
per month, but for that salary he must
also take charge Of the water works.
The salary of the chief clerk came up
for consideration next. 1t was moved
to cut the salary from 5000 to $17j per
month. Paris moved the reference OF
the whole department to the Public
Lands Committee.
Bishop explained that the superin-
tendent of Public Works had told hin
that the expenses Of the department
-. could only be cut in certain matters OF
road work and electric light pay roll
= and on this explanation Paris with.
drew his motion.
+ Then the chief clerks salary was cut
, to $l75 per month
: The salary of the First Assistant
Clerk was cut to $125.
The second assistant clerk Nas cut tC
, $780,
> The third assistant clerk was stricken
out.
The salary Of the messenger and Office
. boy was raised from $50 to $50
The assistant superntendent's cIerl
was cut to 500.
The assistants stenographer was Gu
to $50.
y The item Of $86,SOO for pay of roaC
n engineers, draughtsmen, chairmen
y. transitmen, etc, was stricken out
90 Inc items relating to the road super
= yIsor's office for Honolulu and the gar
bage department. We're stricken out.
The office of agent of the Public
Works at Hilo was abolished.
= The office Of superintendent of Sew
ers was abolished.
The electric light pay roll, $l8 $50 wa
stricken from the bill.
The Office of Waterman at the pilot
Office was abolished.
The salary of the Superintendent o
, Public Works was stricken out.
The office Of surveyor Of water works
was abolished.
The appropriation for tappers anC
. helpers for the water works was Gu
p from 1880 for two years to $4,000.
- The water works inspector wal
abolished and the Senate took a recess
until D IN.