The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-05-30


pay the $1.00 day and expenses. in
addition TO transportation. / have
been unable, with the time at nv dis
posal, to determine whether or not the
steamship fares in each case were paid.
but it is fair to conclude that as they
are not presented they were paid at
the time. The Attorney Generals de-
partment can give no information as
to why these items were not presented
during the period, when there was
money available. There il no require
ment in the law that witnesses should
be paid $1.00 a day. The plan origi-
mated in certain cases where witnesses
could i'll afford loss of time, and has
now become almost general, and is one
of the many ways by which the appro-
priations for the various circuits are
so often exceeded.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IA. John NJ Kea, bill, Dec. 80,
1908, $4.05.
10; Pacific Transfer Co., bill, Dec.
is. David L. Wilmington, bill, Dec.
80, 1903, 1895.
These three bills are unpaid bills in
the Attorney Generals department,
which, in answer to my request, re-
ported that there were no unpaid bills
in that department. On investigation,
it appears that the first item, $405,
was not presented to the Auditor dur
ing the period, the bill having been
carelessly mislaid. Every endeavor
should be made to have all the Terri
tory's expenses paid in the fiscal pc
Rod in which thew are incurred, and
thus reduce the number of unpaid
claims to the minimum. Those in
charge of the departments have been
repeatedly warned that if the negli-
gence is on the part of government
employee, he will be held responsible;
while if the negligence is not. due to
them, then the claimant should stand
the loss.
In the claim of the Pacific Transfer
Company, $1.25, a charge is made of
80 cents for the carriage of valise
from the resi- -.ence of the Deputy At
| torney General to the steamer, while
the return charge for the same dis
| lance and the same valise appears for
| rs cents. / am informed that the
| reason the bill was not presented to
| the Auditor within the period was due
| to the neglect of the Transfer Com
pany.
The third item, David L. Withing-
ton; $3.95, is claim against the same
| department for transcript of evil
dence, and, as in the preceding case,
was not presented prior to the clos
ing of the Auditors books, on July
20, 1904.
II. John de Mello, bill, Apr, 1908,
| $1,000.
Is. John easpar, bill, Apr, 1908,
| $24.50.
1t is impossible to secure the slight
| est information in regard to these two
bills. The member of the House of
Representatives who introduced them
is at present absent, and / can find no
other member who has any informa-
| ton in regard to them, and, therefore,
| l cannot approve these items.
10. P. L. Weaver, travelling ex-
penses, $4,000. 80
Judge Weaver, of the Court of Land
Registration, was appointed and sal
| airy provided during the period covered
by the six months bill of the session
of 1908. No appropriations, however,
were made in that bill for the incl
dentals necessary to inaugurate his
court. Under the circumstances, with
nothing to do, it would have been i'm
proper for the salary to be paid. Judge
Weaver, however. undertook to put in
the time by trip to Massachusetts to
study the system, and thus better pre-
pare himself for the services he was
eventually to render the Territory,
and, therefore, his salary continued.
He returned in December and pur-
chased number of supplies, in order
to be in readiness to start the court in
the following month. These items the
Auditor very properly refused to pay, as
they were incurred in a previous fiscal
period. In the latter case, however,
the Territory received the material and
has since used it; but it would appear
that as the salary was drawn for the
entire six months, no allowance should
be made for travelling expenses.
G. r. CARTER,
Governor.
President Isenberg gave information
that the appropriation bills would be
ready by Monday afternoon, and the
Senate adjourned until 3 p. m. on that
day