Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-15
QUEENS ALLOWANCE
IS RAISED TO $500
SENATE.
Forty.Eiahth oay-Aftornoon Session.

foTtyeIQntn Oay-NItcTnoon oeSSlon'
In the Committee of the Whole yes.
terday afternoon the Senate raised the
appropriations for salaries, maintC.
nance of hospitals, promotion work,
charity purposes and several other
matters.
The Queens monthly allowance was
raised to 800 from 1925. The appro.
priatiOn for promotion work passed at
$4,000 and other items for maintenance
Of hospitals and charity work were lib.
orally passed. .
Robinson asked an appropriation Of
$4,000 for pay rolls and $1,000 for the
maintenance of Malulani Hospital in
1 Wailuku. Smith In seconding the mo.
ton said that the institution has been
very useful on the island of Maui. The
item passed. Hilo Hospital, on motion
of Brown, was given an appropriation
Of sl1,5OO. Harvey moved that $1,000
be appropriated for the Kapiolanl Ma.
ternity Home All the above items
passed.
Knudscn. who was presiding. called
out 10 Fairchild to look after the
Kauai hospital. hut, unfortunately. he
was not in, and hence no appropriation
was secured for the Kauai hospital.
Supreme Court.
The salary for clerk OF Supreme
Court passed at $3.50 month. Henry
Smith, who has been clerk of the Ju-
dietary department for many years,
viii, II Is said, be given another posi-.
ton IN the First Circuit.
Stcuugrapher and clerk pay passed
at 1925 month. Assistant clerks,
biilins. librarians and messengers
were given $4,000 n year.
The salaries Of all the interpreters
of the First Circuit, including the Ha.
waiian. Japanese, Chinese and Portu.
gucsc, were fixed at 1925 month.
The clerk of the Second Circuit was
given salary Of 1925, and special
appropriation of $4,000 provided for
stcnographer's hire.
| Coelho wanted the expense allow.
ance of the court raised to $4,000
from $500. Failed.
The salary for the clerk Of the
Fourth Circuit was raised from 1925 ia
$3.50 month. The assistant clerk
was given sl25 and Hawaiian inter.
prefer 800. THE appropriation for q
Portuguese interpreter was stricken
| out
Archives.
| The salary OF the Superintendent of
Public Archives passed ut sl25. Baker
moved that a salary Of 800 he appro.
priatcd for translator Of the archives
His motion failed, but on motion OF
| Mccarthy an appropriation of $4,000
passed. This item included the salary
of translator.
Queens Allowance Raised.
On motion of Baker, which was
adopted, the allowance of Queen Lii.
uokalani was raised from $685. month
to 800. Chillingworth, in supporting
Coelho's motion to increase 1t to $3.50
stated that she had been the Queen OF
the people and In order to keep up the
dignity, though she IL living In private
| life. IL was necessary to give her n
| decent allowance. Mccarthy was
ashamed Of making n small raise OF
S25. He suggested that Il decent raise
he made, which passed according to
! Bakers motion.
Promotion Support.
Chilllngworth made an eloquent
speech in support of the promotion
work. He asked that $4,000 "a year be
provided. Carried. Baker wanted ia
know IL the amount Just appropriated
included the bringing of immigrants
into the Territory.
The Governor sent down the follow
Ing message OF appointments:
! 81 hereby nominate and propose
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to appoint the following per
sons to the following Offices:
Board TO Allot One.Fourth Of Special
Income Tax. (Act 80, Laws of 1909
Joseph y. Cooke, Marston Campbell
Il. V. Wilcox.
FruitGrowing and Truck-Farmne
| Commission. (Joint Resolution No. |
Session of 1909).-E. V. Wilcox, Al
fred w. Carter, Theodore +. Lansing
Board OF License Commissioners
Oahu; T. l.. Waldron, Willard r.
| Brown. Kauai: Edwin NJ. Desha.
Department of Public Instruction
William Hyde Rice, Worth o. Aiken
John T. Molr. D.
On motion Of Senator Chillinxworth
action on the message was deferred
until today.
Secretary Mott-Smith informed tho
Senate that the Governor had signed
the following bills: .0."
House Bin No. 81, Act II, entitled
AN Act Relating to Inventories OF
Government Assets,
House Bill No. 40, Act rs. entitled
An Act to Provide for Refundlnp
Bonded Indebtedness Of the Territory
Of Hawaii; o"
House Bill No, III, Act 70, entitled