The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-07
FOUR SUPERVISORS
VOTE FOR BROWN
THE FORMER SHERIFF is NOW
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF
THE COUNTY.

AS predicted in The Star of Monday,
the matter of A. NJ Browns appoint
ment as Prosecuting Attorney at Po-
lice Court was taken up at the meet
ing of the Supervisors last night and
was approved and his salary was also
passed. Before the matter was finally
! decided Hustace had something to say
on the matter, but the appointment as
well as the salary passed by a four to
three vote.
The matter was brought up by a let
ter from County Attorney Cathcart,
which at the conclusion of it's reading
was Immediately ruled out by Hus-
tace as being out of order. Hustace
| remarked that the only way to decide
| the matter legally was for some one
who had voted against the appoint
ment before. to vote in favor of the
matter now.
Cox Immediately made a motion
which was seconded by Archer to re-
consider the appointment Cox ex-
planned to the Board, but chiefly to
Hustace, that he thought that the mat
ter of appointments should rest in the
hands of the different heads of the de-
partments, and then hold each depart
ment head responsible. Hustace then
tried to explain that the Board was
responsible in endorsing the appoint
ment, but Cox did not seem to see it
in the same way. Cox and Hustace
had it out for some time, when Dwight
remarked to the chair that they were
out of order as a motion was before
them.
81 know it Mr.. Dwight as well as you
do" replied Hustace, land l have just
as much right to speak to the Board as
any one. If you want to railroad this
thing through, l will put the motion
The vote was called and the chair
decided that it was lost. Archer de-
manded that the votes be counted. The
roll call found the Board four to three
in favor Of Brown. The same vote de-
cided that Brown should receive $175
a month.
The Board, with the exception of the
chairman, voted the appropriation for
the Police department of $500 fer a
wagon and horse for the Deputy Sher-
iff, and also for two pay days during
the month for the police. A motion
was made by Archer that $25OO should
be appropriated for the purchase Of
equipment for the Koolaupoko road
district which was carried unanimous.
ly by the Board.
Il will always vote for road work,
said Hustace. Street oiling brought
forth an objection on the part of Ar
cher, as he considered it was waste Of
money
A letter was received from the Coun-
ty Treasurer notifying the Board thai
the money had been placed in the diff
ferent banks in the name of the Coun-
ty, as he had been requested to do. II
was resolved by the Board that the
work of building a road in the Alewa
Heights district should be started a
once with the money that was on hand
for the work, but the County would
be unable to give any help. All thu
money for the work would have Il
come from the Territory from the salt
of the remaining lots in that, district
A letter was read from the Superin
tendent of Public Works stating tina
the sum of $37S4O7 was available TO
the work.
The property owners of the Alewi
district were represented by w. W
0 Thayer, who thanked the Board TO
D their kindness in the matter and urge
D that the work should be started a
once.
Regarding the money in the differ
ent banks in the name of the County
Hustace said that "if the banks in New
= York and San Francisco were as SAT
}, as the ones here the people would fee
: very safe"
= The following condition of the COun
: ty finances were sent by the treasure
!, in the following report:
Cash in Bank of Hawaii $20,224 8
: Cash in Bishop & Co....... 10000. @
s Cash in Claus Spreckels & Co 10000, 0
a Cash in office. .............. 1922 /
, Total cash on hand ..... $50, $40 5
: Special road tax fund in First
National Bank of Hawaii $21 1875 3
The following letter was receive
from the Sheriff, showing the condi
: ton of his department, during tn
Z month just passed.
i Il have the honor to submit the fol
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JAPANS PROSPERITY.
TOXIC, Oct Alt is now full
understood that the Budget to be lai
before the Diet at it's approachin
session will not propose to increas
taxation and the amounts required I
finance the ambitious plans for intel