The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-21

taken on Kauai which it is hoped will
warrant the carrying of water from
the Waimea river to irrigate govern
ment lands above Kekaha. He stated
that the feasibility of a similar pro-
ject on Molokai is to be investigated
as soon as funds are available.
Board OF Agriculture Praised
The Governor attaches greatest i'm
portance to the work of the several
branches of the board of agriculture
and forestry, and urges the legisla-
ture to properly provide for its future
work.
Election Law Changes
He recommends that the election
laws be amended to extent of reuuir-
ing the counties to bear all the eX-
pcnses of distinctly county elections.
He would have sufficient funds pro-
vided to the insurance department of
the territory to enable it to carry out
the duties thoroughly which were
placed upon it by the 1917 legislature.
Finances
Under the head of finances the Gov
ernor says:
Property taxes, real and personal,
for the calendar year 1917, amounted
to S2,S12,441.07, and for 1918 to S4,-
O16, O56.0S, an increase of S1,263, 615.16.
"Of the 1917 collections, the sum of
$1,651,269.56 went direct to the use of
the counties for general expenses and
permanent improvements; the sum of
1862 .213.66 went for school uses, and
S19S,O57.85 was paid to the Territory
as ACCOMPLISHMENTS for interest and
sinking fund and for the expenses of
assessing and collecting taxes.
For 1918, these collections were
divided as follows:
For county use, $2,362, OS4.S4; for
aChools 1882, 6i2.39, and for REIN
bursements to the Territory. $331,329.
The total income tax, all of which
is for Territorial use, was S1,253 ,257.-
81 in 1917 and SLOPE, 227.79 in 1918,
a decrease for 1918 of $~224,O29.75.
Inheritance taxes collected for the
eighteen months ending December 81,
1918, amounted to $101, 3SS.76.
"The bonded debt of the Territory
on June 80, 1918, was $S,749,OOO with
$445, 900 of unsold bonds in hand. At
ter June Goth, sales were made aggre-
eating 1923, 900, of which $1,000 900
were allotted to the County of Ha-
wall for bridges and approaches I'M
der a special appropriation made in
the Special Session of 1918. On De
cember 81, 1918, authorized bonds is
sues reached a total of S9,194,OOO (of
which 1882, 900 remains unsold and is
in the treasury a percentage basis
of $50 of the S235,65 ,967 which was
the assessed value of real and person
al property as of January l, 1918.
During the biennial period $780,
900 of the 1915 issue was redeemed,
and there was accumulated in the
sinking fund account, as of December
81, 1918, the sum of 8 S,5SS.97.
There remains outstanding $780,
coo Of the 1915 issue, which must be
redeemed by October 4, 1920, and
$75O,000 of the 1906 issue which must
be redeemed by January 2, 1921, or a
total of $1,000, 900 to be redeemed or
refunded before the mex session of
the Legislature in 1921. The amount
of additional sinking FUNDS that will
accure by that time, or the basis of
present outstanding bonds, will be
1926, 073.64."
Increased Income Needed
Calling attention to the fact that it
will probably be impossible for some
time to come to sell territorial bonds,
and that at the same time it is alb
solutely necessary that the territory
depend upon such sales, he offers the
following suggestions for bridging
over the interval until the federal
government gets out Of the field as
a borrower and the territory may
float some of her securities:
1T is absolutely necessary for the
Territory to issue bonds to provide
for public improvements needed to
place the Territory in a position to
take advantage of the increased bust
ness likely to come in the near fu-
ture.
"As it will take considerable time
to build these utilities, as they will
not produce any revenue until COM
pleted and as the interest on the
bonds will need to be paid in the
meantime, the Legislature must pro-
vide some method Of procuring the
revenue in order to meet the interest
charges"
The Governor touches this subject
by simply quoting the section of the
Organic Act on this subject, and un-
derscoring the word shall" where it
refers to the duties of the Legislature
in the matter.
National Guard
Provision for but N regiment OF
infantry and one company of coast
artillery is all the national guard re-
commended. The Governor states
that congress may decide to do away
with the national guard altogether,
and substitute compulsory military
training. If this be done the terri
tOrial troops could be mustered out.
Territorial Market Commission
Reports from the Territorial Mar
ket Commission show that the bust
ness done by this bureau has increas-
ed in the eighteen months ending
December 31st, 1918. by more than 25
per cent over the two year period
ending June 80, 1917, The cost of
marketing produce has been reduced
from u Is per cent to Q per cent,
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