The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-08
CHANCE FOR KUH|O
To MAKE A HIT

Delegate KukiO viii get nearly han
dred letters on one subject by the mail
which lesves here tomorrow by the
Siberia.
There is bin in Congress TO increase
the pay and mileage Of jurors and wit
nesses in United States Courts in the
States Of Wyoming. Montana, Washing
ton. Oregon. California, Nevada, Idaho,
Colorado. and Utah. and the Territories
OF Arizona and New Mexico. The bin
makes the per diem of Jurors and wit
nesSes IS day instead of $3.50 day,
As now. and makes it cover the time
necessarily consumed in going to and
from the courts. instead of as now only
from the time they arrive in Honolulu,
The mileage is also increased from FIVE
tents mile eseh way, to fifteen cents
a mile for every mile necessarily trav-
eled by stage or by private conveyance.
and FIVE cents mile for distances trav-
eled by railroad.
There is movement 10 get Hawaii
included in the amendment. so that wit
nesses and Jurors here viii get the in
creased per diem and mileage. To this
end Delegate Kuhio s attention is being
called TO the bin and to the fact thar
it only requires that the name of Ha-
wall be added 10 the list of Territories
by the hill to get the benefit
OF the increase, if the bill passes, which
there is every reason TO believe will be
the fact. Every witness in the United
States Courts has been provided with
4 typewriter statement of the matter
and asked TO sign it and send it TO the !
Delegate. They are all doing it. Judge
Dole has written TO the Department of
JUSTICE, pointing out the need of this
in this Territory, where the !
mileage at present allowed by law does /
not paw the actual steamboat fare wit
lesses have to pay in coming from the
,ther Islands.
For instance, the mileage from Hilo
o Honolulu and return allowed under
he law as it stands amounts to go 90.
While the steamship fare for the round
rip is s25- The mileage from Kahului
mounts to 50, while the steamship fare
: sI2- From practically all ports on
he other Islands the mileage allowed
y law is about IS short of the actual
are. ret
Per diem also is not allowed until
fter arrival at the court, though wit
esses and jurors often have to start
rom home several days before their
Mileage begins.
United States Marshal Hendry has
AIKEN the matter up on behalf OF the
lrOrs and witnesses, and has had pre-
AIRED an extract from the Congressional
,eeord OF January %, 1905. in regard
D the status of the matter, a copy of
-hieh each juror and witness interested
asked 70 send to Delegate Kuhio. call
g his attention TO the bill and to the
eed of an amendment including Ha-
ali The following is the quotation
.Om the Congressional Record which is
aing sent:
EES OF JURORS AND WITNESSES I
The bill Is SGD amending the Act of
lgust 3, 1892. clause SOL. entitled IAN
CT fixing the fees OF jurors and wit
.sses in the United States courts in
rtain States and Territories or Stat.
p. SAD, was considered as in Com
ittee Of the Whole 1t proposes to
mend the Act OF August 3, 1892, clause
l, 2 Statutes At Large, page 347, en- |
led An Act fixing the fees of jurors 4
Id witnesses in the United States o
urts in certain States and Terri 3
ries," so as to read:
That Jurors and witnesses in the Uni
4 States courts, including commits
lners' courts. in the States OF Wyom-
g Montana Washington, Oregon,
Nevada, Idaho, Colorado and f
-ah, and in the Territories OF New b
sxicO and Arizona. Hawaii shall be ?
titled to receive for actual attend
&c al any court or courts. including
nlIni ssiOners' courts and for the time :
eessarily occupied in going TO and G
turning from the same. So day dur 6
3 such attendance and Is cents for n
en- mile necessarily Travelled over any u
age line, or by private conveyance, q
d cents for each mile over any rail- a
y, in going 10 and returning from 8
ID courts: Provided. That no con- y
-Uctive or double mileage fees shall a
allowed by reason Of any person be- p
2 summoned as both witness and "
-or, or a. witness in two or more
ses pending in the same court and
able at the same term thereof.