The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14

q bring made a. tho reform sshed ii
permitting boys ~ nll ar,s 30 inter.
minrlc, ana SAYS the question nfists ns
% whether thnse " tender ard r1f us.
coptihie nges are DOT hkclt fl lrafn bad
habits from the Older and more harden.
cd ONES. u makes n strung plea for
separate and commoii0us dorm i'nfy 20
accommodate boys under ten wears Of
age. aud that mitron be- placed IN
charge IN this way the liitle bows
would be kept from minging with the
older ones.
The grand jury found the insane asy.
lum IN excellent condition. hrt in need
! of additional ground. and Suggests that
the Territory which owns tie adjacent
land. make provision for enlarging the
premises.
Fire Department.
The fire department was found to be
efficient and well conducted and Chief
| Thurston is praised. Fire stations for
| Waikiki, Manoa, Nuuanu and Kalihi are
recommended. The report states that not.
withstanding the fact that large sum
of money has been spent in constructing
a large reservoir in upper Nuuanu valley.
and in laying new mains downtown. re.
suits show little improvement has been
effected in the way of increasing the
pressure for firefghting purposes
brought before the public by Governor
Frear and others favoring a commission
form of government, which is said to
have been beneficial in other cities ON the
mainland, we feel that we should not, as
a committee of the grand jury, express
ourselves.
- But we wish to point out few rec
concentrations which, if carried out, may
save the county some money and in other
instances 30 away with a good deal of
red tape.
We suggest as follows:
u. That the publication of resolu-
lions calling for appropriations of money
as well as ordinances, as nsted in sec
tions IL and 10 of the Municipal Char.
ter and amended, be limited to one issue
each. This course would save not only
valuable time, but would materially re-
duce the expense of publication.
E'2. Section u of the sand charter di-
reefs that AN ordinances and resolu-
tons shall be deposited with the city and
county clerk, who shall record the same
at. length in book. We would suggest
that the last portion of this section be
eliminated. In framing up the journal
or minutes of the board of supervisors,
these resolutions and ordinances are re-
corded as matter of course; they are
also properly indeXed and filed away.
Therefore the recording of these again
at length in suitable book is only a
duplication of the work, an additional
iexpense and waste of time and calls for
no practical purpose.
E13 Spptinn ~ of +ha cai1 ohnr+or
reefs that the respective offices shall
open for business on every legal day from
9 a. IN. until 4 p. m. except Saturday,
when they close at u meridian. We
would suggest that the time of service
should be made to correspond with that
of the Territory, viz, from $3.50 a. m.
until 4:30 p, m.
"a. Section 81 of the said charter
states that the mayor shall issue his
proclamation and publish the same in one
or more newspapers for at least twenty
l days previous to the day in each year
on which the city AID county election is
to be held under this charter, etc. We
would suggest that the section be SO
amended, that the publication shall be
made in a newspaper for one issue only.
i his would correspond with that of the
I Territory, and would curtail great deal
of expense in the matter of publication
, which the city and county is obliged to
j, pay by operation of law.
"5. We recommend in so far as the
I department of municipal government is
concerned, that the next legislature be
. requested to enact such legislation as will
q permit of the territorial treasurer adj
. vancing to the counties sufficient funds
to enable them, in the event of deficit,
n to redeem all warrants when presented.
i Under the present system the counties re-
q ceive their share of the taxes semi an
: nually, namely, in June and December
n and as the law does not allow of adj
r vances to be made, at times 1T necessi-
r tates the registering of warrants by the
8 counties at five per cent interest. 1t APP
q pears to us that it is poor business policy
:. for the counties to be required to pay
f five per cent interest on registered war
E rants when the Territory has at all times
), money lying idle III its vaults.
E ''6. We would further recommend
e that the law requiring the treasurers OF
e the counties to keep a set of books which
h is practically a duplication of those kept
:. py the auditor, be amended. 1t appears
q to us that this is entirely unnecessary
and great amount of work might be
eliminated ny acdII yluB ouJ lhc SgolNll
!. employed by the territorial treasurer, in
o that he is required to enter only the re-
ceipts and disbursements. If this is done
the labor saved would possibly eliminate
70 one clerk in the treasurer S department
r. ~. We find that Act 81 OF the Ses
(. sion Laws of 1907, providing for wit
II ness fees in criminal eases, has too mucl
h rcd tape connected with it.
N "For instance, a witness is called be
e fore the grand jury, for which he is al
a. lowed one dollar per day. To get that
,e dollar the clerk of the city and county
}, attorneys Office gives the witness al
I, order on the clerk of the circuit court
D. who then issues to the witness another
10 order on the auditors department, BE
fore the auditor can accept this ordei
N for the issuance Of warrant for th'
II money that is coming to the witness, il
~ is necessary for the city and county at
Al torney or his deputy to afiix their sigma
IA ture or approval.
"The order is then brought 10 the aud
. ifnr = 1puurt mput where il IA attached I,