The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-07-15

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LYMAN opposed the iHaIue up of the
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position uu lsitrf which ihc gait
commission had tcut tn iounty Treas
lfcf swain. through Prosecutor hfcrh-
one. conveying ihr fulluw ing warning
"a am advised that road employees
If tho North lilo district have assigned
their wages for the month of June 20
the laupahochno sugar Company. Ger
tain facts have been brought 90 my at.
tcntion which indicate quite strongly
that irregularities exist concerning the
cer,ihcation Of the pay rolls. should
the irregularities Of which ! have Teen
Informed exist. the county might sue
ccssfully resist the payment of any war
rants issued 20 road employees for the
/ North llilo district for the month OF
June therefore desire 10 notify you
| of thir fact, and request that the war
/ rants. If presented. bc not paid until
/ full investigation of the facts surround
ing the allowances of pay has been
made. -
Would Not Recognize Breokons.
] i'If'h'HN hAn ni'lINh lh' hNm'hN
of the claims, but the county attorney
is our legal ADVISER ,aid Ewaliko.
ave ignore the advice Of outside at
torneys. Call the county attorney
Deputy County Attorney IIccn APP
peared, and Ewaliko told him to give
advice as the board would not rccog
nize Breckons.
"Mr. Breckons has without doubt
something definite on which he has
based his letter, said lleen. "While
he is not the attorney of the county,
still, as he is attorney for the probe
commission and a deputy attorney gen
eral, it would be well for the county
officers TO heed what he says. II is up
to the treasurer to pay attention to the
warning or ignore it. win advise
him that if he ignores it, he will be
responsible for the consequences. and
| will advise him further to hold up
the pay warrants until the alleged r-
regularities have been determined
upon
Lyman moved to defer action on all
North Hilo claims, but Ewaliko said
that only the pay rolls were in ques
ton. The Lyman motion was amended
to cover only the pay rolls, and passed,
but when Lyman made another motion
to defer action gu all the other claims
as well, he met decided opposition.
ono, cried Kealoha. 81 move that
the North Hilo claims be acted upon
now. "
Considerable discussion followed, with
legal opinions thrown in, and finally
the board decided to postpone consid
Grafton until the afternoon.
Kealoha s Claims Deferred.
The last session of the board. Thurs
day afternoon, was as lively as the rest
had been. 1t started quietly enough
with the passage of the appropriation
bill, to which, in addition to what had
been done already, were added few
items, as one of $50 month for a
night Waterman for the Mooheau Park
and another Of $3.50 month for travel
ing expenses for VIM. Vannatta The
solid four rclented sufficiently towards
! Lyman to give Puma back the thou
sand dollars which it had Topped off
the Puma appropriation, and Yates was
made happier by $500 deficiency APP
preparation for Kona. Kauhane re-
NAMED on the bad books, and got
nothing
Nothing was done with the North
| lIilo claims, which. with the pay rolls,
were deferred until next month 5 meet.
ing.
Would Dis barge Comm tees.
The new alliance had, however, re-
| served its masterpiece until the very
last. This took the form of a resolu-
| tion discharging all the standing com
mittees of the board slap at Lyman,
Kauhanc and Yates, who hold the most
responsible committee positions, con.
trolling the committees on finance,
police, roads bonds, health, schools and
rules-as matter OF fact, all the com
mittecs except that on printing. which
amounts to nothing. The resolution was
introduced by Ewaliko and read as fol.
lows:
Whereas The chairman of the hoard
of supervisors of the county of Hawaii
heretofore appointed standing commit
tees to further the best interests and
expedite the work and business of the
county of Hawaii, and
"Whereas, The work and business
performed by the said standing com
mittees has not in the past been salts
factory, nor to the hest interests of the
county of Hawaii, therefore
"Be it resolved, By the board of
supervisors of the county of Hawaii
that all standing committees be and
the same are hereby abrogated, abol'
ished and discharged from further serv
ice as snch committees, and
"Be it farther resolved, That the
chairman of the board of supervisors
proceed at once to appoint new com
mttces -
Lyman moved to table the resolution.
Purdy moved to adopt, receiving
vociferous second from Kealoha. The
resolution was adopted.
Lyman called attention to the fact
that the resolution was contrary to the
rules, which provide that the standing
committees are appointed for the full
term of office.
CAN right, said Ewaliko. 81 move
that the rules be suspended,
Again Kealoha contributed stem
torian second, and the motion carried.
Defeat for the Four
Ewaiiko then moved to amend the
rules by striking out the words, rela-
tive to committee appointments, 'to
serve during their whole term, b.. Again
kealOha seconded.
Lyman moved to adjourn, The bust
ness of the meeting was now over, he
argued, and the committees could do no
more harm.
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