The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-09

7 no Board 1f supervisors has east
longing glances no The pnstance ns
future municipal building and city hall.
and IL adopted n resolution last night
memorinlizng the Hawaiian Senate and
House of Representative 90 appoint
joint committee 60 investigate the
question Of having the United States
transfer the building back 10 the Ter
riiory, and then having the Territory
pass the block over to the City and
County for municipal purposes. The
resolution. introduced by Supervisor
Logan and seconded by Supervisor Nc.
Clellan, was as follows;
City Hall Resolution.
Whereas, The voters Of the City and
County of Honolulu at the first general
election under the charter approved by
Implication the proposition for mum.
cipal building; and
Whereas. Such a building out Of cur.
rent municipal revenues. and ont of
loan fund is too late in the day for
the necessary Legislation. at the present
session of the Legislature; and
Whereas, There is a prospect that,
before the present term of the Mayor
and Supervisors expires, the govern
ment Of the United States win have
erected public building in Honolulu
to accommodate among other Federal
offices the Honolulu postoffiee, thereby
enabling the surrender back to the gov
ernment of the Territory of the build
ing now occupied by the postoflice de.
partments;
Therefore, Resolved. That the Mayor
and Board of Supervisors of the City
and County of Honolulu hereby respect
fully petition the Senate and House
of Representative of the Legislature
of Hawaii that they appoint joint
committee of there honorable bodies to
consider and report upon the advisable
ity and ways and means of having the
Territory transfer to the City and
County of Honolulu the present post
office property, upon its surrender by
the United States government as above
anticipated, for the purposes and uses
of municipal headquarters and Offices
for the City and County of Honolulu,
and
Further Resolved. That the City and
County Clerk forthwith transmit copies
of this resolution to the President Of
the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, respectively,
signed by the Mayor and countersign-
ed by the Clerk.
Moved by Daniel Logan, seconded by
w. H. Mcclellan.
Complying With New Law.
In order to comply with a general
law regulating the manner of payment
of government funds in wages and sala-
ries, recently passed by the Legisla-
ture, the board last night decided to
pass all payrolls on or about the 10th
and 1st days of each month, thereby
passing rolls for the first half up to
the 18th and the latter half up to and
including the last day of the month.
The next board meeting will be held
on the 10th as the payrolls for the
first half of April will be passed upon
then and it will be incumbent upon
the Auditor to get the warrants out
as quickly as possible, the hope being
expressed that the wages can be paid
on the 18th. The Auditor was given
| $50 per month to assist in the increased
for every laborer.
Jap Gets His.
| The road committee, in a letter, noti
fed the board that they had investi
| gated the demand of Sol. Peck, former
road overseer for Koolaupoko district
for a month and a half's wages fol
his japanese stableboy, amounting tc
$27, and reported that it was contrary
to the municipal charter for work tC
be done by others than citizens, anc
as the employe was a Japanese, ant
not a citizen, the committee recon
mended that the demand be laid on tn,
table. So ordered
Will Investigate Kalakiela.
Supervisor Cox called attention t.
. . 0 Q . I
are collected, all district court fine
and costs and forfeited bail money.
These bills, which turn over afte
] July l next some quarter of millio
dollars TO the county treasures, hav
, been carefully drawn in the Attorne
General IS department and have not tn
faulty phrasings which threw out bi
last session giving the counties shar
in these moneys. Both bills went o
special order of the day for today an
will not be printed.
Legalizing Inspection Work.
Rlce presented another Dill, TINS on
+, to legalize the work now being don
. without quite perfect authority by tt
: inspectors of the Board of Agricultul
, and Forestry in seizing, fumigating an
, occasionally destroying vegetation an
imported animals.
I Badge Bill Badgered.
d On third reading, Coelho s Senate Bi
/. lis, was subject to considerab
D amount of criticism from Sheldon al
Z some joshing from Rice. A peculi
i. thing about the debate is that it &
4. came after the bill had been unanimou
p ly passed on third reading. The II
o call showed twentysix to none. Th'
,r Sheldon saw flaw in the bill al
10 said So
m What he wanted to do was to stri
out the words Sin Jail" after the wo
a imprisonment in the penalty claus
il Sheldon saw no reason for limiting
2, mans Imprisonment to Jail. A
le around that point quite diseussi
le ragged after the vote had been reco
is sidered. Finally the amendment
strike out the words was lost.
a Tho hill itSalf ia ana IN make