Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-11


adopted. the bill passing second read
| ing as thus amended
GRAB BILL TAKEN UP.
Senate Bill a. providing for two
county attorneys at $1,000 a year, and
Senate Bill 20, raising the salary of
the county attorney to $4,000. from
| $1,000 year, were resurrected on mo-
| ton of Kalama. who then moved to
take them up In the committee of the
whole. together with House Bill 1856,
the grab" bill. This carried and Lane
was appointed chairman.
Coelhu moved to cut the Sheriff of
Maui county from S2l0O to $500. Ma
kekau kicked. Coelho said the people
OF Maui did not want to squander
money on salaries. They had right
to so instruct their delegation The
amendment carried.
SENATE STARTS GRAB.
Bishop moved to cut the auditor of
Oahu from $1,000 to $500. II was an
! important office, but a good clerk could
All It.
ChillingwOrth moved to raise the
| county attorney of oahu from y2I0O
to $1,000 He said Oahu was the only
| county, outside of Maui, which had n
competent attorney. and he had more
work than any of the others.
Bishop said he would agree to the
raise provided that the county attor-
ney be not permitted to have outside
practice.
Chillingworth said that no compe-
tent man would take the position at
any such figure unless he had private
practice.
Bishop said the salary should be
commensurate with the duties OF the
Office
The motion carried
RAISE ALONG THE LINE.
Bishop favored a raise OF the county
attorney of Hawaii from $24OO to $4,000.
saying that owing to the fact that he
had large circuit ana no outside prac-
tice he should be paid AZ much as the
attorney Of Oahu. Brown 80 moved.
Carried
Hayselden moved to raise the Maui
attorney To $4,000 from $500.
GandaIl sounded the note of econ
omy. These officers knew what the
salaries were when they ran for Office.
They would not have run had they
not thought them satisfactory.
GET ONTO THEMSELVES.
Kalama said Maui did not have
money to waste. He moved to pass
the item as In the bill. Hayselden
withdrew his motion.
Coelho moved to make Il $2lOO.
Passed.
Bishop moved to cut the oahu treas
urer from $1,000 to $500. That officer
did not give his entire attention to
his office. The Office was sort of a
plum In his basket: Il was only a side
issue. Dowsett added that all that
gentleman did could be done in one
day. Smith said he favored the
amendment. not because OF the in
cumbent, but because there was but
little work to do. The motion carried.
Smith moved to cut the Treasurer
OF Hawaii from $1,000 to $500.
MAKEKAU GETS MAD.
Makekau wanted to know what bus
mess the Senate had to cut Hawaii's
county officers. lie became very
angry.
The motion to reduce was lost.
Knudsen moved to cut the Treasurer
OF Kauai from $500 to $500 The
vote stood to and Lane voted for
the higher sum, deciding The matter.
Bishop moved to reduce the deputy
Sheriff of Eva from Sl5CH to Sl2UO.
Carried.
lie also moved to cut the salary OF
the deputy sheriff OF South Hilo from
$500 to slG2O. Carried
DEPUTY SHERIFFS' SALARIES.
Makekau moved to raise the deputy
sheriff OF South Kohala from 1929 TO
$3.50 Carried. He moved to raise the
deputy sheriff OF Iiamakua from $3.50
TO $1,000. Carried. kalama moved to
raise the deputy sheriff Of Lahaina
from $500 to $1,000. Carried. He
moved TO reduce the Molokai deputy
irom SI2O to 5000. Carried.
knudsen moved to cut the deputy
sheriff of Waimea from $500 to Sl2OU.
BAHAMA moved to reconsider the
vote on the salary of the sheriff OF