Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-23
TALKING SALARIES
IN The HOUSE
Settlement Is Proposed
For Widow Of
John Kea
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
Twenty.Eishth Day-Afternoon SEES.
sion,

made in the previous sittings, finishing
up the items relating to jails. running
through those under the head Of the
Auditors Department, and many of
those coming under the head Of the
Treasurer's department, including the
tax assessors, etc. Cohen In the chair
allowed no dallying. putting the va.
rious motions made before the windy
members who always try the patience
Of the House had time to get ON their
feet and delay matters. Cohen Is an
expert In the use Of the whip and keeps
things moving all the time. No better
selection for chairman of the Commit.
tee Of the Whole could have been
made.
A resolution was introduced that
$500 be inserted In the appropriation
bill for a pension for Mrs Lilinoe Kea,
and when the House went into Com.
mittee of the Whole, motion was
made that an item to this effect be In.
serted In the bill under the head OF
Permanent Settlements. Mrs. Kea is
the widow OF John Kea, who died re.
Gently after rs years service In the
Attorney Generals department. The
motion to insert the item was with.
drawn for the time being.
Rice moved to cut out reference to
jailors In the item "jailors and guards.
OF Prisoners, Oahu, s39, $40, and made
the item $685. for guards and lunas
this under the policy OF turning over
the Honolulu Jail to the County-cut.
ting out the $4,000 item for lunas. The
motion was carried. On motion of
Rice the House then cut out the items
under the same head for Hawaii Maui
and Kauai, the jails being turned over
TO the counties and no appropriation
for expenses, maintenance of prison.
ers, was reduced to $4,000. making
the total under this department $685..
500 instead of the original SlS4,GsO.
Fishers Salary Safe.
| An attempt was made to hack a
chunk Of s25 out of Auditor Fishers
salary, but 1t failed, the salary being
left at $275. But the Deputy Auditor
was cut off the payroll, the Territory
thus saving his $500 a month salary
The $500 item for clerks was changed
to deputies and clerks, 80 somebody
besides the Auditor can sign warrants
The item for expenses was cut from
$4,000 to $4,000 on motion of Makekau
The total for this department was thus
reduced from s24,6O0 to $4,000.
| Makekau moved to cut Treasurer
Campbell's salary from 1915 to $3.50
Furtado moved to make II 5000. Blu
on motion of Rice the item passed a
1915 as in the bill. The items of 1921
for Registrar of Public Accounts an,
that of s175 for bookkeeper Dcput,
Insurance Commissioner passed Shin
gle moved to cut from s9iS0 to $500,
the item for clerks, stenographers ant
assistants. but the motion was TABLED
and the item passed as in the bill.
Action on the items under the hea,
of expenses was deferred
The item of Interest, Commissions
Expenses, Public Debt, $500, 500 passec
as in the bill
L. Makekau moved 20 cut the salary o
the Tax Assessor for Oahu from s22
: to 5000. but the item passed at 1925
The $4,000 item for deputies an,
clerks and the $4,000 item for expense
passed. making total of 100000. Al
the items under the head OF Maui, an,
of Kauai and Niihau got by withou
mishap.
Registrar viii Get His.
The salary of the Registrar of Cor
veyances slid by at 5000; deputy res
istrar, SIPS; expert indexer, 800: tw
clerks at 800; five clerks at SIS; tw
clerks. $50; expenses $1,000 tota
of s29,22O.
The Committee rose and reporte
: progress.
Senate Bills.
The following Senate Bills wer
transmitted from the upper chambe
and passed first reading by title;
S. b. 81, Quinn, making closed SET
son for deer.
o. d. 20, MOore, dutHOIlZiHS ClTCu
/ judges at chambers to hear appeal
/. from the decisions of the Liquor Lit
ense boards.
S. b. so, Fairchild, to regulate th
expenditure of public money.
Second Reading.
II. b. 1885, Alfonso, relating to de
uty Observation-Disclosures Committee.
II. b. 1876, Alfonso, relating to deput
sheriffs-Judiciary Committee.
: II. b. 1852. Alfonso, to protect pu
!. chasers of real estate from fraudulel
Observation-Disclosures Committee.
II. b. l5l, Single, prescribing pc
] alties for interfering with, intercer
ing or hindering the transmission
wireless messages-Finance Comm
= tee.
J. S, Il. %, the Moore liquor bill
q nance Committee.
l. II. b, $50, Single secrecy of tel
graphic essages-Finance Comm
/. tee,
II. b. l49, Single, licenses OF VIII
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