The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-09

So, 1920
This, it will be observed, does not
contemplate the payment for inter-
preting, printing nor typewriting. Some
of the bills have to be typewriter
many times owing to changes, so that
each change may be noted and the
whole bill from it's first draft to the
final bill may be compared. This all
means money.
Representative Hughes has plan for
saving the salary of a chaplain. He
would dispense with the services of a
regular official in this capacity for the
session and would have the Legislature
call upon the different religious demons
nations to provide a chaplain each
week, the different denominations to
alternate.
Mr. Hughes has some excellent ideas
governing the rapid discharge of the
duties. He would have the bills in
conformity with the platform of the
Republican pledges disposed of first,
and when that is done the appropria-
ton bill would be Immediately taken
up for action. He thinks that in this
way the session may be closed on time.
The law committee of the Territorial
Central Committee held an executive
session yesterday for the purpose OF
considering matters to be presented to
the Legislature at the coming session.
1t was supposed that this committee
would learn from the Secretary the
exact condition for the disbursement OF
the money, and when this information
is obtained arrangements will be made
| accordingly.
HOW POLITICIANS VIEW 1T.
| The Federal appropriation of 10000
| for legislative purposes in the Terri
| tory, which is regarded by the Local
| is not intended to cover all the ex.
penses of the coming Legislature. It's
scope is strictly limited to the items
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| specified in the act providing it, which
| reads in part:
For legislative expenses, namely
Furniture, light, stationery, record cas-
ings and files, printing and binding, in.
dexing records, postage, ice, water
clerk hire, mileage of members, incl
dentals. pay of chaplain, clerk. ser
geant-at-arnlS, stenographers and mes
sengers, thirty thousand dollars: Pro
| vided, That the members of the Legis
lature of the Territory of Hawaii shall
not draw their compensation of TIVE
| hundred dollars, or any mileage, To-
any extra session held, in compliance
with section fifty-four of an act to pro
| vide a government for the Territory o
Hawaii, approved April thirtieth, Anne
Domini nineteen hundred
From this it will be seen that n
provisions are made for payment o
seasonal indemnities for members, TO
interpreting during the session nor 70
translating bills and statutes into Ha
waiian. These latter two are going t
be stumbling blocks and probable com
plications are threatened. The one iten
for printing, for instance, provides onl.
for printing in the official Englisl
language. The items of expenditure
will be scrutinized at Washington an
all other printing bills will most prob
ably be thrown out.
This appropriation, too, places tn
Secretary of the Territory in a some
what peculiar position. To secure tn
fund it is necessary that he shall file
personal bond for $4,000 and be he'll
J under it responsible for the disburse
ment of the fund. To protect himself /
will be necessary, therefore, that h
. exercise an auditors power over tn
appropriations to be paid from it. al
though the Legislature viii be indie
pendent OF him in passing the appro
priations. Then, too, the fund Is onl
available provided that no extra ses
sion is held at which the members vot
themselves an indemnity, thus tying u
the 100000 until after the time durin
which an extra session can be Gale
has passed.
In all case OF dispute the final arbite
lis the Secretary of the Treasury a