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

! ~ to have them leave, was worm
while paying big salary for
Silva urged that the Commissioner
was an independent official and no,
for the sole benefit of the plantation
owners as Kaniho had intimated.
Kaleiopu moved to strike out the en-
tire item, as under the present statu
of affairs, we don't know what will be
the outcome of the immigratiin mat
ter, and he didn't believe in appointing
an officer whose duties are not de
fined
Rice moved to defer action on the
item in the hope that more light may
soon be thrown on the immigratio.
matters.
This last motion prevailed and the
Commissioner of immigration will be
considered later.
The next snag on which the Com
mittee hung was on the salary of the
Territorial Treasurer.
Kaleiopu moved to cut the salar
from$3OO to 5000 per month.
Pail moved to make it $3.50 the same
as at present
Kaniho made a clustering speecl
in support of Kaleiopus motion.
Kaleiopu made a long speech in
which he said he didn't like being call
ed a grabber and thought this salar,
was ample at 5000 Besides the dU
ties had been reduced in the treasur
er's office and the salary should no
surer's salary.
Rice stated 'that the duties of the
! treasurer had not been reduced.
Sheldon thought $3.50 was not toe
much for the duties of the position
besides it should be remembered thai
the office of the treasurer's assistant
should not be as great as the chief.
Kaniho thought that was no goo(
argument. The assistant, he said
does the work Consider the case II
the House. Why do the stenograp.
ers, clerks, and others get more sal
airy than do the members, who are
the lords of the House? They gel
more than the legislators themselves
Why should it be different in tn
treasurer's department?
The motion to make the salary $3.50
then was put and carried A stand
ing vote was called ana again carried
The Registrar of Public Accounts
also came in for a lively discussion
Sheldon wanted to leave it as a
present, 1925.
Kaniho and Kaleiopu argued tc
make it $3.50, as it appears in the bill
Rice didn't want to cut the salfPy
below what it is now bringing, bu,
would not support any raise. He
didn't think the members were consis
tent in their efforts to reduce ex
penditures, when on some they were
trying to raise them.
The motion being put the salary
was left at 1925.
Rice moved to leave the salary OF
Book-keeper and Deputy Insurance
Commissioner, at S175, which the Sen
ate, had not deigned to increase, as
in most of the other items.
Sheldon moved to add "Fiduciary'
Inspector to the title and increas,
the salary to 5000 per month.
Kaleiopu supported this He held
that the duties of this officer were
very heavy, and that besides the du
ties indicated in the title the officia
was required by late law to exam
inc the condition of the Nationa
banks
Rice said that the U. S. Government
paid for examining banks.
Rice's motion to allow the amount
to stand at $175, carried, the amend
ment to make it 5000 lost.
The next item caused Sheldon t,
deplore the inconsistency of tn,
House, when Rice moved to pass the
item of salary of License Clerk as If
the bill, $140 per month, an increas
over his present salary of $25
Kaniho also wanted to maintain the
old salary of $115.
Kahana thought that as the duties
of the office had been increased, the
addition to the salary was not incon
sistent.
The motion to make the salary as
in the bill, $14O carried.
On the item of the salary of the
Tax. Assessor of Oahu, fixed in the
bill at $3.50, Kaleiopu moved to cut il
to $500.
Sheldon moved to make it 1928; ant
this carried.
Rice moved to make the salary oil
Deputy Assessor, Oahu, the same as
at present, and as in the bill, $1,000
KaIeo moved to make it $500. The
amendment lost, and the amount was
allawed to stand at $175.
The items of Salaries and Commits
sions of Deputy Tax Assessors an(
Collectors, Clerks, and Interpreters
lin Oahu $46,4OO0 per year; Maui
SIS, 900; Hawaii, $4,000; and Kaua
and Niihau, $4,000 were on motion
deferred for future action.
The salaries of Tax Assessors o
, Maui and Hawaii on the bill at So
each, passed without objection.
The salary of Tax Assessor Of Kau
al and Niihau, was on motion Of Shel
don raised from $1663 as in the bill
to $175.
| The next officer to get bumped ov
er the rocky road, was the Superb
tendent of Public Works.