The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-09
BILL GUARDS
EXPENDITURES
Important Measure Has Been
introduced in the
Senate.

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| systematic the safeguarding of publ
| expenditure, Chairman Fairehild of tn
Ways and Means Committee of tn
Senate introduced a bill in the uppe
house yesterday that fully covers tn
object in view. In considering the IN
paid bills that have been presented t.
the Ways and Means Committee. tn
members discovered that the cheekin,
system was not exactly scientific. Tn
bill introduced by Senator Fairchild i
expected to remedy these faults.
The important provisions of tn
measure are as follows:
Section l. No expenditure of pub
lie money, except for salaries or pa,
of officers or employees, or for perma
nent settlements, subsidies or othe
claims or objects for which a fixed sun
or sums must be paid by law, or fol
other purposes which do not admit Of
competition, where the SUM to be ex
pended shall be five hundred dollar.
($50000) or more, shall be made, ex
cept under contract let after publ,
advertisement for sealed tenders. il
the manner PROVIDED by law; and nc
expenditure for public purposes shall
be so divided or parcelled as to defea,
or evade the provisions of this section
Section 2. All such contracts shall
be in writing, shall be executed in the
name of the Territory, county or city
and county, as the case may be, by the
officer letting the same, and shall be
made with the lowest responsible bid
der after publication of call for
tenders, for not less than ten DAYS, in
newspaper of general circulation
printed and published within said Ter
rltory. Before any contract is entered
into such security for performance as
shall be satisfactory to the officer let
ting the contract shall be furnished bv
the successful bidder.
All bids shall be accompanied by a
certificate of deposit or certified check.
on bank doing business within the
Territory of Hawaii, for a sum equal
to per cent. of the amount bid, paw
able at sight to the officer advertising
for tenders. If the bidder to whom
the contract is awarded shall fail or
neglect to enter into the contract and
furnish satisfactory security within
five days after such award or within
such further time as such officer may
allow, such officer shall draw the
money due on such certificate of de-
post or check and pay the same into
the treasury as realization of the
Territory, county or city and county
respectively; if the contract is enter
ed into and the security furnished
within such required time, such certif-
icate or check shall be returned to the
successful bidder; the certificates or
checks deposited by unsuccessful bid
ders shall be returned to them after
the award of the contract.
All bids shall be sealed and deliver
ed to the officer advertising therefor
and shall be opened by him at the
hour and place to be stated in the call
for tenders in the presence of all bid
ders who attend, and may be inspect
ed by any bidder. All bids which do
not comply with the requirements of
the call for tenders shall be rejected.
When the officer advertising for bids
believes that the prices are too high
or that the bidders have combined to
prevent competition, or that the pub
IlC lHl6EeSG Will DE SubSeTNou LDereDY,
he may reject all bids.
Section 3. No such contract shall
be binding or of any force unless the
Auditor of the Territory, county or
city and county, as the case may be,
shall endorse thereon his certificate
that there is an available unexpended
appropriation or balance of an appro-
priation over and above all outstand-
ing contracts sufficient to cover the
amount required by such contract.
Section 4. No warrant shall be
drawn for any sum on account of any
salary or payroll in excess of the
amount then due, nor shall any war
rant for any purpose be drawn except
in accordance with the provisions of
law.
Section Z. Any public officer who
shall falsely certify or approve for
payment any bill or voucher, or any
claim against the Territory or any
county or city and county, or who
shall knowingly incur any liability in
excess of appropriations made, and any
Auditor who shall violate any provi-
sions of this act, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction there
of shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment for not more than one
year, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment.