The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-19
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partnerships, were passed through the
second reading.
Senate Bill %, which prohibits the
wanton cutting, damaging or injurine
of trees and shrubs, was amended and
passed
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Attorney General Peters was sum
moned to explain the need of his de.
partment, the appropriations for him
being the order of business. Peters
first gave the necessities for an in.
cidental fund of $4,000, which covers
travelling expenses, extra stenographers
stamps, detectives, court officers ani
number of other general expenses
Rice and Rawlins led the questionings
the former suggesting the cutting OF
the item to $4,000.
Peters explained that his office diff
fered from the other departments, in.
asmuch as the work was elastic, press
of business some months entailing $1,000
expense or more, and some months fall
ing below $780, The department was
economically carried on and had been
fortunate in not having had expensive
cases to deal with. Possibly $4,000
would do, but the efficiency of the At
torney Generals department might suf.
fer, as it depended upon having the
funds ready to meet an emergency
should it arise.
The expense of preparing briefs in
cases before the United States Supreme
Court will be paid out of the incidental
fund. The item of $4,000 for appeals
to United States courts was asked for
primarily to provide for personal rep
resentation of pending cases.
Rawlins wanted to know why the
Public Works Department had to pay
Cathcart for suit to collect water
rates and the matter not dealt with
by the Attorney General. Peters ex-
planned that the suits had been accu-
mulating and at the time when they
We're ready 1t was impossible for the
department to handle them, so Cath
cart was employed with the consent
of the Governor.
Rawlins further wanted to know II
the counties did not now pay some of
the incidentals. Peters admitted that
the expenses were mingled. Prior to
1903 the fund for the department had
been 100000, when witness fees had
been paid from 1t and police fees. Since
the County Act had gone into force
these fees had not been paid from this
fund.
Rice was glad to hear that economy
was being practiced and thought that
the department would not be crippled
by cutting $4,000 off the item, making q
motion to this effect.
Hughes smoothed the cut by softly
explaining to Peters that so much
money had to go so far and the cut
was really necessary.
Peters said that the effort of the
department was circumscribed by the
amount of money to carry IL out, BY
giving five cents there would be FIVE,
cent department and so on up the line
Answering a question by Rawlins
Peters said that the idea was to in
crease the efficiency of the office, not
to have 1t just go along. The money
would be economically used and would
not be spent unless necessary.
Rice explained that the Legislature
could not appropriate over their rev.
enues in any event
The item was finally amended to
read: "Incidentals. $4,000" and an
item for expense of appeals outside
the Territory. $4,000. was passed. For
the current expense OF the High
Sheriff's office. support and mainte-