The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-10

mittee with several amendments cut.
ing down the amount of money appro
priated for paying road supervisors
from $4,000 to $4,000 in Oahu, anG
from $4,000 to $4,000 in other dis.
trict
The report was adopted
The Conference Committee on Sen
ate Bill 73, relating to the exercise
of eminent domain by Counties, rec,
commended an amendment as follows:
Section 3. If any award of damages
is not accepted within thirty days
from the date of the award by the
Board of Supervisors, it shall be
deamed rejected by the land own
ers"
The report was adopted.
Territorial Salaries.
The House then began it's daily
rag chewing as Committee of the
Whole, on the Territorial Salary
Bill.
The fight began at once over a pro
position by Pail, to cut the salary of
the Attorney General from $500 to
$25C
Rawlins defended the item. ne
thought that the dignity and import
ance of the Office demanded that the
salary be no less than $500. He said
it had been cut during Governor Car.
ter's retrenchment policy, to $500,
and it would be unwise to further
reduce it.
Mahoe suppirted Pali's motion to
reduce it to $3.50.
Pail then withdrew his motion, but
Mahoe, thereupon made the motion
on his own hook.
Joseph then stated that the Attor
hey General was hard worked man.
and eserved the money and the $500
should be given him right away.
Akau then moved to make the sal.
airy $3.50.
Kaniho objected to raising the sal.
AIRY, but supported the motion of Ma
noe to make it $3.50 His work is
lighter than it used to be, he said,
because of his many assistants. Be
sides many of his former duties are
now performed by the County Attor-
ney
Sheldon was rather in favor of sup
porting Akaus notion but suggested
cutting out one of two of the depu.
ties. He said that a bill was likely
to be passed any day which would
prevent these deputies from practic-
ing in the territorial courts.
Moanauli wanted to make the sal
any $500 without regard to his depu-
ties.
Quinn wanted to go on record IN
favor of increasing the salary to $3.50
The position demanded a good man,
and guard man cant be secured
for poor salary
Kaniho offered to get an efficient
man for the job at $3.50.
Coney was willing to give the Attor-
ney General $500 if the resources of
OF the Territory would permit it, but
the money cannot be spared, therefore
he thinks it should be $500.
Both the amendment to increase and
me amendment to decrease lost and
the item passed as in the bill.
The salaries of Third Deputy Attor-
ney General and Court Officer were
eliminated and stricken out after some
discussion.
Another fight resulted over the office
Of a SIS stenographer in the Attorney
Generals department A motion to
cut it out resulted in a hot speech
from Rawlins who said the stenogra-
pher was indispensable, Kaniho wanted
it. cut out
Pail wanted the Office run on busi
ness lines like a plantation, and
thought so many people would not be
necessary.
The item was finally passed as in
the bill
'.SCSSlcStEsCSGOSoSOGSS0a0oSCs,s
for the maintenance of the counties
shall be a certain per centum of an the
revenues collected from the respective
counties II certain classes OF reven-
ues are TO be paid directly TO the coun-
ties there viii be disturbance OF
the amounts which should be appor-
toned between the Territory ana the
counties and win make fair adjust,
ment more dlhicult"
Tho Senate then adjourned for the
day.