Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-06
HOUSE WORKS ON
THE SALARY Bill
HOUSE.


3Nth DAY Afternoon Session
The House spent an hour yesterday
/ In consideration Of the appropriation
I bill No great progress was made.
none OF the important items coming
/ up. The session was short one. as
/ a number OF the members wanted Ia
prepare for their trip tu lanai
Joseph moved to give the bailiI Of
the Supreme Court 800 instead of
/ s7j. Rice moved $50. which carried.
Rawlins wanted 10 add a new item.
night librarian. $40. lie said that after
/ I o'clock the library of the Supreme
/ Court H. closed up, but man has a
right TO go there at night and work on
his cases II he wants. The item was
! inserted.
Rice moved 10 give the three stenog-
| raphers sl7j instead Of 5000 each. Ka-
leIopu and Rawlins opposed the amend
ment Rawlins said they are worth
5000 II cent The amendment car
rlcd.
Pail movai to give the Portuguese
interpreter 800 instead of sI5 az In
the bill. The other interpreters had
already been given 500 The amend
ment carried.
| BOOST FOR WHITNEY.
Kaleiopu wanted the salary of the
District Magistrate OF Honolulu raised
from 5000 rs In the bill to S225 He said
he had no particular interest In the
man, but he thought II only fair to
| give him the raise
COMFY opposed the raise unless the
item for second district magistrate
were striker out.
Rawlins favored the raise. He said
that Judge Wilcox before the last
Legislature got $3.50 and Judge Dickey
sl25--a total of 1875 month. Two
hundred and twenty-five dollars ought
not to he considered too much for the
man who combines the duties Of both
the others. As for the second magis-
trate. he gets paid only for the time
he Sits, and that might. not be once
in three months
Rice was afraid a raise here might
open the door for raises all down the
line.
KanihO kicked. of course, and want
ed the item TO pass as In the bill. lie
couldn't see that whitney Lad any
more work to do than other district
magistrates. He peat the air with
words for a while. but said about as
much as he usually does.
No vote was taken on the matter
At $40 the committee rose and re-.
ported progress and asked leave to sill
Monday afternoon after the order OF
the day
kniana's moss-cOyered bill tn permi.
any one to engage In the treatment ol
epors passed second reading
Before Pail made his usual motion
10 adjourn, Sheldon announced tina
he special committee - wv t'gat,
the Chinese washhouses would go tC
lwilei after adjournment. THE Uous,
adjourned ut AIS.
WOULD SPEND MORE MONEY.
Keouli was heard In the House fol
the iirst time when he moved The pass
age OF II resolution introduced by hin
10 insert In the appropriation bill al
Item of $500 for paying Kauwe for hi
land at Hilea which was taken by thu
government for road purposes without
compensation therefor.
Kalana introduced resolution ap
propriating $4,000 for the extension
and widening of Desha Lane through
to School street
A resolution introduced by Alawi
calls tor the appropriation of 81 800 u
repair the landing and derrick at Kai
lua, North Kona. Referred to tn,
Lands Committee.
SENATE, AGREES.
The Conferences Committee on Sen
ate Bill A, eXemDting pineapple land
etc, reported that the House amend
ments, limiting the amount of Ian,