The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-05
Municipal Research Club
Investigates Into Courts
Report Submitted Gives Considerable
Interesting Data in Regard to
Judiciary Of Territory.
(From Sunday Advertiser. :

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balance on the wrong side Of the ledger
70 great extent in the latter case, a
report submitted yesterday by Col.
Charles y. mccarthy, who was appoint.
& ny stbs, MuRiqippl Rsssasb Club,
based on the operations Of the Judiciary
IN Honolulu for the past three years,
furnishes considerable food for thought
among men who are giving attention to
the details and workings Of public
bodies and institutions Of a government
character
The officers Of the Municipal Research
Club are Albert waterhouse, president;
charles r. Hemenway, former attorney
general Of the Territory, vice president;
eO.sC Swain, treasurer, and Thomas II.
Church, secretary. lac report Of the
committee is, in full, as follows
Your committee 20 look INTO judi
eiary matters as relating to the city
and county Of Honolulu submit the fol-
lowing report:
-. Upon examination OF the books Of
the clty and county TREASURER, we find
that the district and FIRST circuit
courts Of this island have cost the
taxpayers during the years 1911, 1912
and 1918 the sum Of 500, 353.30 iaore
than the receipts from said sources
The salaries Of the judges Of the
first circuit court amounting to $36,-
200 for this period have not been in
cluded, as they were paid by the fed.
ornl Government. tf ~
ssThls large expense has been caused
by the circuit court, as the receipts
from the district courts exceed the cost
Of their maintenance.
The following table will show the
standing Of che courts for The period
above mentioneds
District Court Figures.
+ "'l91f Receipts, $2O,147ss; ex-
penscs, $l5,l7L7oj receipts over ex-
penses, $407O.IS.
" 1912 ~, Receipts, $i9,499.74; ex-
penses, $l5,50425; receipts over cx-
penses, $3,995.4g. ~
ls'ts.10le - Receipts, $24,955.40; ex-
penses, s14 ,645.l0;' receipts over ex-
lpcnses, $10,5lo.30. i
"TdtalsreceiFts over expenses, $l9,-
1882. ,,hasfd " s ~
ssees Circuit court Loses Money.
ftol0il ~ ealaries, $l3,s60.oU: cx-
lpcnscs, $a,5s1gS, total expenses, $is,-
over receipts, i5,f72.c9.
1912 ~ Salaries, $27,727.00, ez-
Irenses, $Il,547.o1; total expenses, $780,
s74,Ol; receipts, Il. 81 70: Iexpe mac,
over receipts, $si ,soGsi.
"fDl3 Salaries, s27,555.0T; ex-
penscs, $18,9T2T3; total expenses, $44,s
$3.50; receipts, $S,46s.30; cxpchses
over receipts, $50, o60.4l. Y ~ ~ (
Total expense Over receipts, $50.
6z9.31; Tess receipts over expenses ais,
tTict courts, 9,s75.92; cost Of courts
to the city aud comfy for period OF
three years, $63,s53.30.
now Funds Are Handled u
4t'Fhe heads Of the city ahd county
departments have authority 70 incur
bills against the city and county II an
appropriations has been made TO cover
tsuth purpose, hut before any OF these
Bills are ordered paid they must DO
audited and approved by. the board OF
supervisors, signed liy tho mayor and
city and county clerk. 'a'F
sit is different with claims against
the circuit. The Legislature provided
that the city and county must pay the
expenses of these conrts so the board
Of Supervisors tpakcs tho necessary APP
propriation and beyond athis the board
has nothing tossay.
How Claims Are Approved
Claims against the circuit court are
fsppfovcd by ono of the judges of this
court and presented to tho city and
county auditor who must issue a war
rant IN payment of the same. Some
of these vouchers would not be APP
proved If the board Of supervisors had
anything to say in the matter
For in, ,trce the city and county
has in its employ in the Honolulu dis
triet court and in the police depart
ment, many persons who speak foreign
languages. The circuit court requires
the services OF one of these and he Is
sent there during tho time for which
the city and county is paying him. The
service may last n half hour or half
day. When finished he is given an APP
proved voucher ON the city and county
for IS, which is paid to hiia.
4Juring the year 1913, these services
4 NN1H 1ifO WY NOuht1i 'cDOf - INV
regular salaries paid to them the sum
o. $220
1Whilc the amount is not large the
principle by which they are paid is
wrong.
''It certainly would seem strange to
any business man II he had TO pay one
Of his clerks extra salary for services
rendered 10 a department. of his bust
ness other than the one in which he was
regularly employed.
What the Law Is.
".Cohnsel for defendants assigned by
the court. W
ffSeetion 2sl6 Of the Revised LAWS
Lefore amendment rend as follows:
7" In all eases Of felony 10 which
the party accused Il unable to en-
ploy counsel for his. defense, the
court may assign him counsel from
Hmone the licensed practitioners,
who shall use every lawful oxer.
tion In his behalf without fee or
reward, upon pain of contempt to
the court.
This section was amended by the
laws Of 1909 TO read as follows;
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