The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-11
PASSED THE
APPROPRIATION BILL
INCREASED THE CURRENT En-
PENSE MEASURE BY NEARLY
$4,000 YESTERDAY.
AFTERNOON SESSION

motion of Coelho, 5000 each was added
to the second and fourth tax districts
for expenses, the first being increased
TO $1,000 and the latter to 800. Coelho
also offered an amendment to insert
$40 600 for new buildings, breakwater
repairs, hosting repairs etc, at Molo-
| kai settlement. This passed.
ON motion of Hayselden the Promo
tion Committee item of $4,000 was re-
duced to $5OOO
| roaIho offered as an amendment an
item of $4,000 for the maintenance OF
the home for non-leprous boys Of lep-
rous parents. The amendment carried
Mccarthy moved to raise the item
of $4,000 for the Industrial and manual
training work of the department of
public Education to $500. This was
the figure originally put i'm the BILL
but # was cut on second reading TO
$4,000 In support of the amendment
he read a statement Of the work done
IN this division. Hayselden spoke in
favor Of the measure. The amendment
carried
Mccarthy moved to increase the
item Of $4,000 for general education eX-
narses to S9SOO In the original bill
fine item was $4,000, but it was amend
ed on second reading to $4,000.
KaIama opposed the item of rent
which included rents of cottages. He
thought it unjust and he moved to
amend it by cutting the item to $'oOo'
Hayselden explained that all of this
item was not for rent of cottages put
mart of it went for rent of cottages
and they should be careful about cut
ting off this item as it might mean
that some of the outside schools would
have to be discontinued for lack OF
money to pay the rent
The amendment, at $4,000 was lost.
smith then moved to make the item
$4,000. The amendment was lost. SEN
for Kalama's amendment at $500
passed.
Previous to the vote on Smiths
amendment, Coelho said that Smith
was not the only cheese in the House.
? Smith had tried to hunt him up he
declared, in making point of order.
Brown wanted to amend the item
= of S724O for expenses of the National
Guard by segregating the item as
- follows For Oahu, $4S4O; Hilo, $1,000
s Maui 1920. Coelho opposed the item
) Gandall wanted to know what was
< to become of Kauai if there was any
attempt made to make such division
) of the item. He wanted to leave the
item alone so that in event of trouble
on any particular island the militia
( could be taken there and the expenses
be paid out of the general fund.
81 Brown said he did not think that the
item was for the purpose of taking
the guard about the other islands. I
( was to help the guard buy various
running expenses such as rent anC
s clerical work. Hilo has never received
Z any. He had been asked by the Hill
3 company to get this item for them
( The amendment was lost.
} Brown then tried to have the item o
}
; stricken out and one for $4,000 be in
serted The amendment carried
Brown then offered an amendmen
5 to subdivide the item as follows: Hill
( wharf $4,000; Maui, $500; Kauai, So,
3 500 CoeIho raised a point of orde
3 that the item had been passed so un
, less reconsidered Brown could no
offer the motion. Brown subsidized
III Dowsett moved that the item of $76,
$40 maintenance, expense, etc, of tn
Honolulu water works be reduced t
$71,54O. The amendment carried
Brown moved to insert an item @
$1,000 for retaining wall at Wailam
stream at Hilo The amendment can
ried.
Mccarthy moved that the item fo
repairs and maintenance of schoc
buildings including Oahu janitor SCI
vice, placed at $4,000, be raised {
S295OO
Gandall questioned the item II
doubted that the statements of I'll
needs for the repairs had been mad
by men competent to mare such est
mates The inspectors were suppose
to inspect the schools and not suppos.
to be competent to prepare estimau
for the needs of repairs.
Up to this point the Senate had ad
ed S574OO additional appropriation
the bill and cut out only $4,000 ma
ing the net increase $4,000.
The item finally passed.
Mccarthy offered another amendme
making the item for the mointenan
and repairs Of schools on Maui Mol
kai and Lanai at S1l,520 instead Of 8
600 as was i'm the original bill.
Coelho opposed the raise ell q
planned that he had favored the $9l
instead Of the original item, as it n
been on his recommendation that
original sum had been reduced.
- urged that they must keep within re-
sonabe amounts The amondml
was lost on "a tie vote.
ly' The BIN then, on motion Of Coell
70 passed third reading with the folio
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