The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-07
HAWAII At
WASHINGTON
Why HonoIuIu's Forts
Have Not Been
Started.
CMaiI Special to the Advertiser

| (Man Special to the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, D. G, Oct 24-Gen
eral Alexander Mckenzie, chief of thu
engineers of the army, is making up hi
recommendations for additional appro
priations for Notifications in Hawaii
In the course of a few days those rec
! concentrations will probably be made
public. The Secretary of War will pass
upon the figures and the results of his
scrutiny of them will be embodied in
| the book of annual estimates for Con-
gress.
! Thus far the War Department is do
ing nothing towards expending the APP
| preparation of about a quarter of a mil
| lion that Congress adopted at its last
session for emplacements in Hawaii.
This delay is occasioned by the delay of
General Story, of the Taft board, in
making general report. General Story
has been making a tour of the world
for the purpose of recommending a
general scheme of Qualifications for the
entire country.
Secretary A L. c. Atkinson. of the
Territory of Hawaii, has arrived in
New York, but has not yet come TO
Washington, if he intends coming here
at all. A treasury official talked with
Mr.. Atkinson over the long distance
telephone. but the wire was working
so poorly that Mr.. Atkinson could not
h. hno rd ho
ton was a failure. Mr. Atkinson prom
ised to write the department upon some
matters of public business.
LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES
AS already announced to the Adver-
tiser by cable, the Comptroller of the
Treasury, Mr.. TraceweH. has passed
upon the question of how the appro-
priation of $4,000 for legislative ex-
penses in Hawaii shall be disbursed.
He holds that the Secretary of the Ter
ritory or other public official may be
designated to disburse this appropria-
ton, but must first give a proper bond.
The text of the ComptrolIer's decision,
which has been forwarded to the Sec
rotary of the Interior and by him will
be forwarded to Governor Carter, is as
follows:
Washington, October 90 1906.
The Honorable the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Sir: 1 have received by your refer
ence of the 18th instant communica-
ton from G.. r. Carter, Governor of
the Territory of Hawaii, to the Sec
rotary of the Interior, inquiring as to
the manner in which the appropriation
for legislative expenses of the Terri !
tory of Hawaii should be disbursed. |
This letter was enclosed to you by the
Secretary of the Interior for your &C
ton. The two were referred to the
Auditor for the State and other De- !
partments for report. You refer the
report of the Auditor, together with the
other letters described to this office for ;
and report.
The Territory of Hawaii was organ !
lied by the act of April 80, 1900 81 /
Stat. 14D.
This act provides among other things:
Sec. 5. That the constitution, and,
except as herein otherwise provided, all
the laws of the United States which
are not locally inapplicable snail have
the same force and effect within said
Territory as elsewhere in the United
States.
Sec. g. The the laws of Hawaii not
with the constitution or
laws of the United States or the pro-
visions of this act shall continue in (
force subject to repeal or amendment |
by the Legislature OF Hawaii or the
Congress of the United States
This act provides for a Legislature
and provides among other things that
the Legislature shall make appropria-
ton biennially for the current ex-
penses of the Territory.
This act also provides for certain Of !
ficers to be appointed by the Presi- !
dent. some of whom are paid by the
United States and others by the Terri ,
tory.
Sec. 80. That the following officers
shall receive the following annual sala- !
ries, to be paid by the United States:
The Governor, five thousand dollars; |
the Secretary of the Territory, three |
thousand dollars"
No provision was made for paying
the legislative expenses by the United
States, and until June g. 1906 GA Stat, !
40 no appropriation for such expenses
was made by Congress. Prior to this
act such expenses were paid from the
revenues of the Territory and disburs
ed in accordance with the laws of the
Territory.
The act of June 6, 1906, ga Stat, AID !
provides:
For Legislative expenses. namely:
Furniture. light, stationery record cas-
ings and files, printing and binding,
indexing records. postage, ice. water, .
clerk hire, mileage of members, Incl
dentals, pay of chaplain, clerk. sergeant !
alarms, stenographers and messen-
gers thirty thousand dollars Provid- |
ed. that the members of the Legislature
of the Territory of Hawaii shall not
draw their compensation of two hun
dred dollars, or any mileage. for any
extra session held in compliance with
section fifty-four of an act to provide
government for the Territory of Ha-
waii, approved April thirtieth. ammo
DOmini nineteen hundred"
Section 1886 of the Revised Statutes