The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-16

! Senator Brown wanted the salary oi
I the county attorney of Hawaii IN
creased Go t2500 and gave some rea-
sons. one was that he paid his travel
| Ing expenses. Senator Hewitt and
Senator Woods opposed. Senator
Woods said the attorney had never
complained of his salary and senator
Hewitt remarked that the attorney
was getting all he Is worth and the
more he stays at home the more cases
the Territory will win. the Brown
motion failed.
senator Dowsett moved to cut the
salary OF the clerk of the county of
oahu to $1,000, reduction of $500. Car
ried. That OF the treasurer was fixed
at $2iOO instead OF $500
Senator Bishop moved to reduce the
salary of the county attorney OF Ca
hu to s2400.
Senator Smith opposed the cut. He
wanted n good administration OF the
affairs of that office. 1t required the
services of a competent, trained law
yer.
Senator Bishop would not balk at an
increase provided the incumbent would
confine his efforts solely to county
cases. Senator Dowsett supported
Senator Bishop. He was willing to
vote high salaries for the attorneys
but as they are not restricted, he could
not do so. He believed 5000 month
ample under the circumstances.
Senator Gandall opposed any in
crease in the salaries, saying the men
went into office knowing full well what
the salaries were to be. He did not
believe the salaries should be changed
at this time; the counties are too much
in need of money to pay out so much.
Senator Chillingworth opposed any
interference on the part of the Sem
ators from Kauai.
Senator Knudsen moved to reduce
the salaries of the clerk and attorney
of Kauai and it passed.
Senator Lane moved to increase the
salary of the auditor of Oahu to $4,000
per annum. Carried.
The bill as amended then passed
third reading, 8 to 5.
Commissioner Pratt wrote as fol-
lows:
ITO the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Senate.
Gentlemen: l beg to acknowledge
receipt of your communication of the
11th inst. enclosing a duly certified
copy of Senate standing committee
report No. 155, which said report was
adopted in the Senate on the 18th inst.
Permit me to state that the matter
therein contained has received my
earnest attention and that l believe
there will be no future cause for fl
ing a petition such as Mrs. Henry
presented.
"In relation to the above 1 beg to
state that Mrs. Henry's prove up and
money due on her holding, were ten
dered to this Commission yesterday,
were accepted as satisfactory, and her
grant is now being prepared"
Superintendent Babbitt notified the
Senate that in pursuance to resolu-
ton by the Senate a meeting of the
Board of Education had been called
for Monday at p. m, at which time
the Senate committee was expected to
| be present.
Notification was received that the
House had concurred in the amend
ments offered by the Senate to House
Bill No. AS.
The President appointed Senators
| Dowsett, Smith, Woods, Kalama and
Knudsen members of a conference
committee to consider House Bill No
"A, departmental appropriations.
| The Secretary notified the Senate
that the Governor had signed House
Bills 50. 92, 106, III, 104, 1877, 109 and 152
Senator Coelho gave notice that he
had seen a communication in which
| 1t was stated that the men on Maui,
whose pay for October and November
had been held back, have now been
paid. He therefore asked that his reso-
luton be returned to him.
At $40 the Senate adjourned.