The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-22
GOVERNOR EXPLAINS WHAT THE
ORGANIC ACT AMENDMENTS ARE

that section is to remove uncertainties
of this kind, and to have it definitely
! determined by Congress that the pro.
visions of the Organic Act are exclu.
sive upon the subjects to which they
relate.
Legislative Salaries.
The second section raises the salaries
| of the Legislators from 800 to 5000 for
each regular session, and at the same
time provides that there shall be no
salary for any extra session. Three
kinds of sessions are provided for
regular, special and extra sessions. The
first two need no explanation; the last
is the session which the Governor is
obliged by law to call Immediately
after regular session in case the
Legislature fails to make the necessary
appropriations. Two years ago when
Congress appropriated 100000 toward
the expenses of the Legislature, it pro
| vided also that there should be no sal
AIRY for an extra session. 1t made a
similar provision in the act passed this
last year for the expense of the com
| ing session of the Legislature. This
act simply incorporates that as a per.
| manent provision. You remember at
| first under Territorial government there
was always an extra session because
! the legislators wanted the extra salary
AS soon as Congress passed this other
act, the extra sessions ceased, and of
| course there was no occasion for them
But l think it is only right that the
salary of the members at the regular
session should be increased. Four hun.
bred dollars is a small sum for sixty
days of hard work-Sundays and holi
days excepted-together with the pre-
liminary work that candidate must
go through in a campaign. 1t is mere
ly question of how much the salary
should be increased.
Biennial Appropriations.
The third section amends section 81
of the Organic Act, which provides
that appropriations shall be made bi
ennially by the Legislature, by striking
out the word biennially." EitheI
that word means something or it does
not mean anything. If it does not mear
anything, it is harmless to strike il
out; if it does mean something, i be
lieve that it by all means should be
struck out. And for this reason: VIVA
does it mean, that appropriations shall
be made biennially? Does it mean fo
the bienniel period, or does it mean a
biennial times2 For instance, GU
Legislature sat year and a half agt
in regular session and provided, as i
was supposed, for the necessary eX
penses of the government for the pres
ent biennial period, but it may turI
out that there are other matters whic
were not provided for or that some o
the objects were not sufficiently pre-
vided for. Now, can the Legislator
at the coming biennial session piec
out thosei Can it make an appropriG
ton for the last few months of thi
period? Perhaps not, if that wor
means anything. Or, again, suppose
should he necessary to call a specii
session between regular sessions, coul
the Legislature at that time, not q
the biennial session, pass any appr,
priations? Or, again, suppose tn
Legislature desires to pass, as it ha
done, a provision that one-half of tn
proceeds of the sales of any land oper
ed for homestead purposes may be AZ
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noiu rernn n so, II that word mean
| any thlns, lhere are other approprla
tions Vi permanent nature Are the
Volu' WIZ we ma ourselves at tn
coming session OF the Legislature u
, against IL, because we can not max
, appropriations AT TINS session for tn
rest OF tne period, and so ONT w
may gen INTO all sorts of difficulties
Ihat question gave the Supreme Coui
some trouble rev years ago, and Their
, was some adherence of opinion as
what That word really meant.
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