Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-16
ROBINSON HAS
CLERKS |TEMIzED
Senate Also Votes To
Consolidate Three
offices
SENATE


fatuated with the word clerk" that he
continually pounded at 1t whenever he
had an opportunity to speak In tho
Committee of the Whole, which sat
Thursday afternoon in the Senate
Chamber.
In considering The items which relate
to taxation divisions. Robinson made
strenuous OflOrt to convince the meni
bers of the Senate that the salaries OF
the clerks of the several taxation divi.
sions should be itemized, and that they
be paid out Of commissions for tax col
lections. Evidently he had some valu
able ideas about the method by which
the clerks, the deputies and interpret.
ers Of several taxation divisions should
be paid. but he failed to convey them
convlncingly to the members.
After q great deal Of discussion over
the items, in which Fairchild, Smith.
Moore, Coelho, Baker and Knudson en-.
deayored to clear the mist, the Com.
mittee of the Whole decided to yield to
amendments submitted by Robinson.
All the items IN the appropriation bill,
therefore. passed second reading. and
the clerk was instructed 10 foot up the
amount and report today.
The item of $500 for industrial
training. which had been stricken out.
was relnssrted on motion of Coelho.
and passed unanimously. Those who
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for industrial training. stated that they
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sary, In view Of the good exhibits.
which they had seen, when visiting the
school exhibits In the Armory hall.
Quinn asked that $4,000 be- appropri.
atcd for the purpose of DISCRIMINATING
mOngoOsc Carried.
Fairchild asked that $4,000 be APP
propriated for the landing and ware
house at Hanalei, Kauai. Carried
Woods moved that $1,000 be appro
prlated for the maintenance Of a horse
and buggy used by the Health officer
at tlilo. Carried.
Coelho asked that $1,000 be appropri
ated for building and maintenance Of
an armory at I.ahaina, but failed to get
n second. He said that the military
company at Lahaiua made the best mil.
itary parade exhibition during the en-.
campment period, and that Major Dun.
ming complimented the boys for their
efficiency. Mccarthy supported Coel.
hos contention but on account Of lack
of funds, he moved to defer the cOnsid.
GRAFTON Of the item for two years and
II was so ordered.
Tar Office.
The matter Of paying the Deputy
Assessors and collectors for various
taxation divisions, occupied the atten.
tlon Of the Committee Of the Whole
Robinson wanted to insert items for
clerks In each taxation district, but
failed to satisfy the minds of the Sci
ators, who evidently could not undel.
stand the points presented by the hIn.
orable member from Maui Robinson
cDntended that the deputy tax asses.
sors, aside from the deputy tax asses.
sor of Honolulu, whose salary Is spc.
officially provided by law, could not
draw salaries, as the law today pro.
vides that they be paid by commissions
on tax collections. He therefore moved
that the salaries for deputy taY asses.
sors be itcmized. Fairchild suggested
20 follow the estimates as submitted
by the Governor, giving the tax asses.
snr Of Honolulu and outside districts
discretion to pay his deputies. Tha
amendments offered by Robinson final
ly passed.
College OF Mechanical Arts.
The item for payroll ana mpinten
pncc OF the College OF Mechanical Arts
amounting to sl5 900, came up for con-
sidoraticn; but 1t failed to pass. On
reconsideration the item passed on mo
ton Of Smith.
coisoi idation Of Offices.
Another matter Of Importance which
came mp TO-. consideration by members
OF the Senate was the consolidation al
the Offices OF the Superintendent o,
Public Works, Public Lands and Sur
yey Bureau. ON motion Of Mccarthy
which was unanimously adopted, Tn.
Senate decided that the three Offices b,
consolidated under the Department Of
Public Works. The salary OF the Sup
erintendent of the Department. ON mo
tion OF FairChlld, chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, passed al
S4lG.GG a month. He stated that he
fixed that amount, on account of his
maving been hypnotized by the gener
osity OF the Senate In making various
appropriations for good purposes. The
appropriation for payroll, engineers
maintenance and clerk hire, etc.
passed at Sl9.2SO.
Maintenance Public Building.
Coelho moved that $25O0 be appro
prlated for the maintenance of govern
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