Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-02

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furnished by the Governor, who han
| ded them large bunch of vetoes to
act on. Most of the bills vetoed car
lied appropriations, but most of
them were carried over the veto. How
ever Carter was sustained in his
veto of some of the large amounts,
as, for instance, the Pauoa water
purchase item of $4,000 and that
Of the Kauai wharves Of $1,000.
The text of the vetoes, stripped Of
! legal verbiage, was as follows:
MAUI LOAN VETO
S. b. ia, authorizing the Maui
bond issue.
Section 4 of this bill provides that
This Act shall take effect upon the
date Of it's approval by the President
of the United States. | do not be-
lieve it proper to require the Presi-
den S approval of any bill passed by
the Territorial Legislature. The Or
sanic Act makes his approval neces-
sary before any loan can be made by
the Territory or a political subdivi-
sion thereof, after such bill as this
has been enacted but he is not re-
CURED to take any responsibility as
70 the enabling Act itself.
Overridden by both Houses.
CHAIRMAN ROASTED =.
II. B. 161, providing for payment
of claims incurred prior to June 80,
1905.
The expenditure of public money
without legislative authorization this
administration has strenuously OPP
posed, and by it's action the amount
of claims of this nature against the
Territory has been materially re-
duced, 1t is probably an impossible
ity to operate the Territory without
some such items appearing at each
session of the Legislature.
ION this occasion S7,037.17 of
such claims We're presented by the
various Departments and recommen-
ded by the Executive. This bill, how
ever, as it now appears before me
carries $16,S28.62, and notwithstan-
ding my requests to the chairmen of
your financial committees for infor-
nation, so that / might intelligently
pass on the items inserted, | have
been unable to secure the same and
in one case [ was informed that such
chairman knew nothing about the va
lidity of certain claims.
There is an error in the bill, in
that one item presented in duplicate
is inserted at twice the correct
amount, to-wit: Mutual Telephone
Co. rent telephone pilots office.
THE bill is so loaded down with
claims which appear, to be unauthen
ticated that / am unwilling to APP
prove it, nor am willing to sanction
the expenditure of public money in
paying them
Overridden by both Houses.
WANT SALARIES CUT
S. b. 80, the Territorial salary bill. |
when County government was in
augurated, it was presumed that the
operating expenses of the Territory
would be reduced and some are of
the opinion that the operating ex
penses of the Territory are already
inb oh tI--
ing various Territorial salaries have
been raised in this bill upon the mi
tiative of the Legislature, contrary
to the recommendation made by the
administration, and the bill as pre-
scented to me carries $26S,972 more
than was appropriated for the pres
unt biennial period.
THE Territory must live within
its income, and as the appropriations
passed are considerably in excess of
the estimated revenue, and as GER
tain laws reducing the revenue have
been passed since this estimate was
computed, it seems more than likely |
tIldJ lHOS6 VINO. Will administer the |
of the Territory will find it
to pay the maximum of
the salaries appropriated by thislbill !
THE following items disapprove: |
Salary of night librarian, SUI |
Irene Court library ($40), $3.50; |
talary of Portuguese interpreter for
the First Circuit and District /
Courts ($1OO, $240O; general
health and sanitary officer ($15O), |
5000; health officer and government /
physician, Hilo ($125), $4,000; pay
Of Government physicians under con-
troll of the Board of Health, $4,000.
All the foregoing items provide
for offices not now in existence"
Both Houses overrode the veto of !
Pill these items, except that of the
Hilo health officer, which was sus-
tanned
POUNDS BILL PASSED
S. B. 115, relating to pounds.
d. /. . 4 l