The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-09-01

pervisors-Furniture and fix
lures Observation-Disclosures 3SO.5O
Attorneys office-Stenograph-
er, clerk, furniture and fix
lures, stationery, telephone.
Total .................. 1870
! Clerks Office - Stenographer,
clerk, furniture and fixtures,
stationery, advertising, office
expenses. Total. ........ S44.90
Auditors Office-Clerk, furni
ture and fixtures, stationery.
Total .................... 279.2o
tionery ................. l66.75
Messenger 1855
Road Supervisor .... 5000
Police and Fire System. ... 1873
Inasmuch as the Treasurer is re-
quired by law to so keep his books
'that thes amount paid out
on account of separate funds or
specific appropriations shall be exhib-
| tied in separate accounts,' i beg also
| to respectfully call your attention to a
few little discrepancies in the naming
of accounts in your appropriation reso-
lutions, which have evidently escaped
your notice; and which, if literally fol-
lowed, would cause confusion in ac-
counts and statements.
The sum of $500 was appropriated
for July for an account "to be known
as Police Expense. A later resolution
appropriated $472.59 additional for an
account "to be known as Police De-
partment-yuly Expense" And still
later resolution set aside $50 additional
for an account "to be known as Police
Department-Pay Roll" 1t will read
lily be seen that the Treasurer will
either have to open separate account
for each of these appropriations, al
though they all were apparently in
tended for one account, or else ignore
the titles of accounts as fixed by the
Supervisors, which he is not willing to
do.
The Auditor will be requested in is
suing his warrants to follow closely
the wording of appropriation resolu-
| tions in so far as they fix the names
| of accounts, so that the danger of con-
| fusing and mixing different appropria-
| tions will be reduced to a minimum.
The communication was referred to
| the Committee on Public Expenditure.
The county treasurer asked that his
office be furnished with a Burrough's 9
| adding machine, costing $50. Referred
to Committee on Public Expenditure.
| Auditor Bicknell reported the usual
| periodical batch of garnishee suits
against minor employees
A communication from County At
| torney Douthitt, in response to an en-
quiry on the part of the board as to
| the present status of the Road Board
| and Board of Fire Commissioners, was
| read.
The county attorney expressed him
self that as far as the members of the
road board are concerned there is no
definite term of office as far as he was
| able to observe.
The communication read in part:
In order to constitute the members
of said road boards a legal body, the
appointment by the Governor contem-
plated in Section so of the Organic Act
must be confirmed by the Senate of the
Territory OF Hawaii. When once con-
| drmed, however. they would hold Office
for the term specified in the laws of
the Territory of Hawaii.
| / have carefully gone over the Jour
nal of the Senate for the years 1901,
1902 1908, 1904 and 1905. and cannot
find any records of the confirmation by
the Senate of any member of the Road
Board or Of the Board of Fire Commits
sioners.
In accordance with the provisions of
| Section 651 of the Revised Laws of
Hawaii, the Road Board for the District
OF Kona has long since been abolished
| Therefore, there being no Road Board
for the District of Kona and the mem
bers of the various road boards for the
various districts throughout the Island
of Oahu not having been appointed or
confirmed in the manner provided by
law, 1t follows that there is no Leg
| road board in existence.
But in connection with the investi-
cation of the powers of the road
board find that the following sums
| We're on deposit in the Treasury of the
| Territory of Hawaii on the 26th day of
| April 1905, namely, the day on which
| the County Act went into effect, as dis
tinguislled free from the amounts on
deposit to the credit of the road boards
throughout the districts on the 25th day
| of August, 1905, as follows:
| Apr. 26. Aug 25,