Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-24
APPROPRIATION
BILL CHANGED

Considerably amended, slashed in
some instances but boosted in others
so that the grand total is raised Sl2,-
$40 aboge thai set BY the senate, the
general appropriation bill came out of
the house finance committee this
morning, passed second reading and
goes to the final reading in the house
tomorrow.
Chairman Norman Watkins. by
working about twelve hours yester-
day, concluding his Iabors at O'Clock
this morning. succeeded in rushing
the measure through and in reporting
it only one day later than it appeared
last session In general. the bulky
document seemed 10 meet quite pop,
ular approval, and while a number of
amendments may be made tomorrow,
and some fights over asfew items may
occur. it is considered likely that the
amended bin win go back to the sem
ate before the end ofs the present
week,
Kaada, the only member Of the
committee who did not concur in the
report, objects only to one item--thes
$4,000 appropriation for promotion
Some Of his friends evidently agree
with him on this point, for nzalakiela
and one OF two others sought to- de-
fer consideration OF the report. Their
efforts were ineffective however.
Perhaps the most noticeable change
made in the, bill by the house COM
mittee is the salary OF Adiutant- gener-
al Jones, whose present remuneration
Iof $3.50 was sliced d0wn5to 500 by. the
senate, The committee. sets It at $200,
and Chairman Watkins intimated this
morning that he Is ready to make 4
strong fight for the retention OF the
last -inenfioned, figure Il.
The federal government is contrib
uting $4,000 to $4,000 a year to the
Hawaii National Guard, 2 he said. .'but
lie Is not likely to continue the anpro-
priation If Hawaii doesn't consider the
department sufficiently important to
keep responsible official on the job,
as disbursing agent and general facto-
tum, to see that national guard affairs
are properly taken care Of
The bill as now amended gives
$4,000 to the Hilo public library on
Tie THAI thai llIOtlLutlOA
becomes branch OF the Library of
Hawaii 1t reduces the expense APP
preparation for the attorney general S
department from $4,000 to $4,000,
raises the salary of the clerk in the
auditors office from 1896 to $3.50 per
month, and in the treasury depart
ment eliminates the position of deputy
bank examiner, inserting in his place
the job of bank examiner and clerk.
The former was slated to receive. a
salary of $3.50 month; the latter is to
get only $3.50. It also slashes the item
for official bonds from $1,000 to $500,
but raises that for interest commits
sions, expenses and public debt from
$3.50, 900 to s570.00O.s
In the tax bureau the $4,000 item
for maps and surveys Is stricken en-
tiTely; the commission and expense
| item for the Oahu division is boosted
s2500, for the Maui division $4,000, for
the Hawaii division $1,000 and for the
Kauai division $1,000.
In the bureau OF conveyances il
lacks $1,000 onto the item for searcher
of records, expert indexer and clerks,
raising it to $4,000 for the ibienniun.
The houses disapproyal of the
former conduct of the public works
department is shown by cut in the
superintendent salary, which was
not touched by the senate This item
is reduced from the present figure. OF
$4,000 a year. to $4,000, while the APP
preparation of $4,000 for officers, EN-
ployes and expenses is reduced $500.
The items for the maintenance of gov
eminent property on the Island OF
Hawaii is cut from $500 to $4,000 and
on Maui and Kauai from $1,000. to $500
for each island.
A $1,000 item for sidewalks ON ter
ritoriaI lots is inserted in the fluid
for the maintenance of the capitol
and judiciary buildings. The fund for
the harbor commission remains vir,