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he report was adopted.
CONFERENCE REPORT.

CONFERENCE REPORT.
McCandless presented report from
conference committee as follows:
Your special joint conference com
mittee, to which was referred Senate
Bill No. 5, entitled AN Act making
additional appropriations for the de-
partmental use of the Territory of Ha-
waii, begs leave to report.
Your committee has carefully con-
sidered the amendments made to the
bill by the House of Representatives
and would recommend that the bill
pass as passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives with tie following amend
ments:
ON Section l strike out the words
and figures 'forty-four thousand nine
handred and ninety dollars and eleven
cents ($44 ,990.1D' in lines 2 and 3,
and irscIt in lieu thereof the words
and figures 'forty-two thousand six
hundred and eighty-six dollars and
twenty cents ($42, 6S6.29).'
Under the heading of Department
of Internal improvements, strike out
item repairs to tug Eleu, $1,91S.S2.'
Also strike out item to reimburse p.
n. Kahokuoluna, $3.50
"Amend the total under the same
heading by striking out the figures
$24, 033.S2' and insert in lieu thereof
the figures 1921, 965.OO.'
Under the heading of Board of
Health, amend item repair Board of
Health telephone, Island of Molokai,
by striking out the figures 100000
and inserting in place thereof the fig
ures $4,000
Strike out item ITO reimburse
Alexander Lindsay, Jr., for salary paid
Second District Magistrates, Honolulu,
from November 9, 1904, to February
%, 1905, $1S5.00, under the heading
Payment of Salaries of Officers, De
partment of Justice
Amend total under the same head
ing by striking out the figures $935.o0'
and inserting the figures '$SO000.'
Amend the grand total of the bill
so as to read $40, 6S6.29. -
TROUBLE OVER TUGBoAT.
Achi asked for reasons for cutting
out the Eleu item.
Dickey answered that the boat was
not worth repairing and the expendi-
ture not authorized.
Achi argued that the Superintendent
of Public Works had acted in the line
of his duty in protecting government
property.
McCandless told of two separate at
tempts to sell the tug which failed.
Then the United States inspectors re-
fused to give the boat certificate. The
Superintendent received an offer for
the E1eu and had her hauled upon the
marine railway to have small repairs
made, which ran up bill above the
without public competition for the
work. The Auditor refused to issue a
warrant. 1t had been a question of
years whether the Legislature or the
diture of public money, and with the
large amount of unpaid bills for which
| this session was appropr1ating money
| the speaker thought it was time to
call q halt.
Bishop said the boat was absolutely
unserviceable from having failed to OBJ
| tain a L. s. certificate. He thought
the course pursued by the Superintend-
! emit was proper in doing what he did
to protect n piece of public property.
Aehi again argued for payment of
| the bill as a matter of right and con-
| Guided by moving to adopt the report
| with the exception of the Eleu finding.
kalama raised the point that. as If
was conference report, the only mo-
| ton in order was to adopt or reject.
The question was accordingly put on a