Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-31
Blanket Warrant IS
At Supervisors Meeting
Given A Death BLOW
TO TEST COUNTYS STREET POWERS

motion.
Lucas said the road would have to
be surveyed
Adams suggested poinciana trees for
the road park.
Archer thought trees in the middle
of the road would tempt highway rob.
bers TO hide at night beneath the trees.
to jump out and brighten and rob PEG
pie.
Archer thought, then, that Eva dis
trict was not getting enough money
| Lucas said that was Archer's fault.
Why didn't he ask for what he wanted.
Adams motion carried.
The Public Works Superintendent
wrote to say the Board had never turn.
ed over inventories of the various de.
| funct road boards.
Lucas said he had the Inventories
The matter will come up at the next
meeting.
Petitions and Taxpayers.
! Archer. when a bunch OF petitions
were read, calling for road improve
ments, declared that the Board should
ascertain II the petitioners had puid
their taxes.
This created laugh.
A report was called for from the road
committee on the purchase Of an auto.
mobile for Road Supervisor Sam John.
son. The auto idea was declared on.
Supervisor Lucas announcing that
Sam had already given up the motor
..,h ,,.h, h. haI r,
menting.
Moore's cemetery regulation ordi.
nance was read for the second time,
passing second reading.
Lucas asked Deputy County Attor.
J ney Milverton If the automobile ordI.
} port was that further time vas needed.
. Blanket Warrants Dead.
/ The Chair asked Milverton where tho
Board stood on the Frazee blanket war.
, rant proposed test. Milverton said ma
/ arrangement had been made.
; Adams said there seemed a disposi
/ tion not to push the case.
Q The Chair said that II he personally
had put up $25 for costs OF courts. the
F'razee test would have been in thu
r courts.
| II was suggested that the Supervis
!. ors chip in and put up the money 70,
0 the court costs, that the case come II
;. trial at once.
!. Adams had paid out the SLABS called
c tor by the Frazee warrant to the mer
I entitled thereto. from his own pocket
n that the men might not have to wait
= for their money. He did not nov
y know how he would get his moneI
= back. He was awaiting the test.
/. Remembering Scheme.
n The Board took up the resolution
C lost at the last meeting, on Adams
y motion to reconsider the vote, appro
B. priating Thy blanket warranty $26.2
/. for pay Of certain road men, made pay
/. able to Sam Johnson, drawn as a new
basis for a blanket warrant test.
The resolution had been presente,
Il by Lucas and seconded by Adams.
I. Moore Firmly Opposed.
y Moore said he was opposed to tn,
D blanket warrant proposition, and tn,
n Board knew Il. He did not feel tina
Is he could conscientiously vote for tn,
resolution. The County Act called TO
Q payment to each individual man earn
70 ing the money.
o The Chair said II the Board got
d decision, the Territorial Audito
&c would be compelled to change the sys
Il TEN Of warrants, which was al
10 abomination. He remarked that Their
b. could be no animus in vote on tn
n resolution.
n Douthitt said It was not a matter O
n voting for blanket warrants, but 70
{. voting for a test case, that the Boar
Ie might know where II stood.
Audi,or 10 st,hhor,
The Chair said the Territorial, And
"a tor would probabIy never change IN
70 system untiI all tho did blanks I'm