The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-22
MAYORS VETO
IS OVERRIDDEN
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the ceremony of counting out the
Mayor. 81 was in hopes that You would
refuse to countersign the demands, so
that we could bring the matter to n
head. ! will now respectfully ask you
for the first time to put the notion
Three times the Mayor refused and
Logan did the rest.
Quinn moved that the Auditor be in.
structed to issue warrants on the Treas
urer for the amounts stated in the de-
mands.
"On the same grounds 1 refuse to
put the notion said His Honor.
"But, Mr.. Mayor" began Aylett.
"Hush!' broke in Logan, "don t
say anything" and then he trailed his
voice to n whisper to show Aylett that
he spoke without thinking. Then Logan
put the motion.
Deputy City Attorney Milverton then
Clipped in with suggestion that a
motion calling upon the Mayor to coun-
tersign the demands be made. 1t was,
according to the hint, and then the
clerk. in loud tone of voice, rising
for the occasion, presented the demands
to the Mayor and asked that his sigma
ture be affixed according to law"
81 will take the matter under advise
ment, - was the Mayor IS reply.
This same performance was repeated
for the roads, fire and electric light de-
partments, garbage department and the
band.
The payroll for the police was not
put in, Cox explaining that he had not
had time to see the Sheriff about 1t
| The police are Democrats, anyway.
Mcclellan then presented his little
bunch of demands.
"Mr Mayor and gentlemen of the
Board of Supervisors, he began, "a'
chairman of the committee on roads ant
bridges, appointed by the Mayor, | de
sire to present these payrolls and salar,
demands for that department. / hav'
offered them to the clerk and he ha
refused to accept them. | present then
now. -
Mcclellan put down his papers ant
waited for the storm to break 1t brok'
Immediately. His pretensions to being
chairman of committee were question
| ed. the existence of the committee HI
referred to was denied and Aylett call
ed upon the Mayor to point out the sec
ton of the law authorizing him to nam
committees. The argument took ur TIL
best part of half an hour, when FINAL,
it was agreed that Mcclellan had
right to present anything he choose AM
that it had to be received. The de
mands were received, accordingly, ant
laid on the table.
"I present these demands in tn
regular FORM" explained Mcclellan
eff they are proper they will have I
be paid; if they are not they canno
be paid. That is a question that wi
have to be decided"
Consular Reception.
A communication from the Germa
Consul, inviting the members of tn
board to reception at the German Coz
sulate on Wednesday, the 9th inst, wa
received and the clerk instructed
accept the invitation in the name q
the board.
David Kalapa. endorsed by Davi
Watson, applied for the position of ei
tray police for Koolaupoko, withou
pay. He got the appointment.
Another Veto Message.
A message from the Mayor, vetoin
the resolution appropriating money fl
the pay of court interpreters and til
City Attorneys special detective wi
received, the message stating that:
"This resolution, in the methods
provides for drawing the money it a.
, propriates from the City and Count
treasury is identical with 'Resol
, ton making appropriations for the VI
rious services of the City and Count
of Honolulu, which / returned to yC
, without my approval January Is, 1870
! The reasons which led me to Withhold
my approval of that resolution, appl
with equal force to this, in so far ,
. the methods are concerned by whic
; the money appropriated is to be draw
from the treasury Those reasons 81
, out at length in my communication
, you of January 10, 1909, hereby r
peat, by reference thereto, as my re-
sons for disappearing this resolution
The methods of drawing the money a.
propriated, from the Treasury are,
+ seems to me, loose, vague and illega
: and in express derogation of SectiG
Q SIS of the Municipal Act"
3 This message was filed for consider
Q tion and the board adjourned until tn
e afternoon, at half past four o'clock.