Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-27

MOVE FOR AN
EXTRA session


Sheriff Jarrett made reports In the
course of the day, the former agree
ing to reduce his payroll $40 month,
the latter $1l15.
One OF the important decisions made
yesterday afternoon was to switch the
expense Of the engineering and survey
ing woEk, materials and payroll. which
amounts to $4,000 a year. into the
fund for permanent improvements,
saving just that much from the gem
eral fund. II was decided also to al
low the appropriations made for road
work in the districts to stand until
they are exhausted.
The supervisors feel that the en-
tire blame for their present financial
condition rests with the statute
which calls for the tax rate to be
figured cut en- the. basis of the for
mer years assessments. in place of the
present years. Under this statute the
tax rate for 1914 was made In Janu-
airy. 1t is not known even now exact
ly what the final assessment returns
will be. For this island Treasurer
Conkling estimates that they will he
81 ,000.09D Sometime ago he thought
they would be SIS. G00.000. a difference
of SS,000.G00, which represents loss
to the city and county's general fund
of $4,000. II is feared that they will
drop lower even than s77.OOO.O00.
Say Whole System Wrong.
out of the tax receipts comes The
sfs
The salaries of teachers are fixed,
mainly, by the legislature; the rise
or fall of tax receipts do not affect
them. The city and county is requiT
ed to make good any deficit Z: the
school fund The supervisors say
this whole system is wrong that it
is unfair. They would, no doubt, like
to have the power delegates to the
municipality to collect its own taxes,
and turn over to the territory its per.
centage of them.
There are two other points they
have in mind with relation to a spe-
cial session One is to repeal the
cash basis fund act. This statute re-.
quires $4,000 be set aside every six
months, or 100000 in the term of the
present board. Under present condi
tions they say it is next to impossi-
BILE to put this money aside, and inn
possible unless they allow needed inn
provement work to go undone. The
object of the statute Is to create q
fund large enough to do away with
the necessity of registering warrants.
1t can be borrowed for use in other
funds. but only borrowed.
Governor Strongly Opposed.
The permanent improvement fund
is another one the beard members are
oppose to. and they would like to
have amended the statute relating to
it A certain percentage of taxes re,
ceiyed by the city and county must
go into the permanent improvement
fund, and the money thus set aside
can be used for such improvements as
are designated permanent Roads of
the better type come under this head
This fund, which distinguished a per
manent from a temporary improve
ment, has made it necessary for a
great deal of money to be spent for
road work out of the general fund.
The supervisors met with Governor
Pinkham yesterday afternoon and
talked over the financial condition Of
the city and county and the territory,
Governor Pinkham was unequivocal
this morning in stating that he did
not propose to call special session.
He gave several reasons, and one of
which he said was sufficient to justify
him in refusing to convene the Law.
makers. *