The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-22
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED
BY SECRETARY SHAW

Secretary Shaw has recommended to
| Congress the appropriation of the Re-
fund Bill money for Hawaii. Other
! appropriations recommended are:
The estimated appropriation for con-
tingent expenses. covering salaries,
etc, amounts in all to s153,Oo0 1t in
cludes the following items:
Salary of the Governor, $4,000; Sec
rotary. $4,000: Chief Justice at $500 and
two associate justices at $4,000, s15,5O0;
judges of the circuit courts, at $4,000,
as much as may be necessary out of
any moneys in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
In connection with the salaries of
Territorial offices, Governor Carter
recommends an increase in the salary
of the Governor from $4,000 to $500 a
year. He also recommends that two
associate justices be added to the Su-
preme Bench at a salary of $4,000 each.
For judges of the circuit courts lex
cept the first judicial districD, at $4,000
each, as much is recommended to be
appropriated as may be necessary. To
this is appended a note by the Govern
or in which he states that the $4,000
provided is sufficient for judges outside
of Honolulu. as their work is light, but
the first circuit work is constant, and
each of these three judges should re-
ceive not less than $4,000.
The sum of $500 is recommended for
contingent expenses to be expended by
the Governor as follows: Postage sta
tionery and incidentals, $1,000; private
secretary to the Governor. $1,000; trav
cling expenses of the Governor while
absent from the Capitol on official bus
mess, $500.
For the Improvement of Pearl Har
Dor but $4,000 is recommended to be
spent on the survey and project for
the Improvement of the harbor
An appropriation of $4,000 is recon-
mended for the condemning of private
fishing rights in the Territory. 1t is
suggested that this appropriation be
made under the Federal Department of
Justice for carrying out the desire of
Congress to condemn and ascertain the
lawful value of these private rights.
which have been recognized by the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
The photographic branch of the Geo
logical Survey in Hawaii comes in for
a recommend appropriation for rapid |
~ surveying the condition in the is
lands of the water above and below the !
surface of the ground.
By the act of June go 1906 the sum
of $4,000 was appropriated for the pur- |
chase of books for the courts of Ha- !
wall. 1t is recommended that the I'M
expended balance of this appropriation
be made available for the same purpose |
until expended.
Nine thousand two hundred dollars
is recommended for the purpose of pay
ing salaries of the United States Dis
trict Court officials. as follows: Judge.
$4,000; clerk, $4,000; reporter, $780,
No extra appropriation is recon-
mended for the maintenance of the
Leprosy Hospital 1t is recommended
that the balance of the appropriate
of $50, 600 made by the act of March
3. 1905, and reappropriated by the act
of June 80, 1906, for the fiscal year 1907, Il
be made available for 1908.
A total of $2500 is recommended for
the Honolulu Quarantine Station, $4,000
for tanks for water supply and $500 for
a water pipe to the new wharf.
The naval station comes in for only
$500. The sum of $1100 is recommend
ed for grading, curbing and fencing,
and $4,000 for fender timbers for Piers
l and 2.
The remaining item is the recon-
for an appropriation of s23,-
1893 90 for reimbursing the Territory for
the amount expended by it in main
tanning the lighthouse service on the
coasts of the Territory from the time
Of the organization of the Territory up
% the time the lighthouse service was
aiken over by the Federal Government |
An act appropriating this sum was
submitted at the last session of Con-
gress.