The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-01-10
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

THE DISPOSITION OF THE Road TAX AND TO EsTAB
LOCAL ROAD Boards AND DEFINE THEIR DUTIES.
Be 1t enacted by the King and the Legislature Of the Ho
raian Kingdom:
SECTION l. That the Act entitled An Act to pro-
vide for the appointment of Road SupervisosinChief
for the Island of Hawaii for the Island of Maui to ia
cude also the Islands of Moloka and Lanai for the
Island of Oahu and the Island of Kauai" approved on
the eleventh day of August A. D. 1884 and also Sec
tions 16S, 69 TO- III, $50, lS and 1S2 of the Civil
Code and all other laws and parts of laws inconsistent
herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION g The Minister of the Interior shall appoint
three competent residents of each taxation district of
the Kingdom except Honolulu, of whom shall be
named chairman, who shall act as and be the Road
Board for the District for which they appointed
The members of the said Road Board shall serve without
pay.
SECTION g. The Road Boards shall have the entire
charge and control of the public labor all roads,
bridges and public highways within their respective
districts and shall expend the road taxes and moneys
appropriated by the Legislature in making and repair
ing such roads and bridges such times and in such
amounts the respective Boards majority of the
members thereof may decide The respective Road
Boards shall be and hereby authorized to employ
such overeers and clerical and other assistance may
be necessary.
SECTION T. The chairman of each of said Road
Boards SHALL before entering upon the duties of his
Office file in the Interior Office bond with sufficient
suretes to the Minister of the Interior in penal
to be fixed by the Minister of Interior conditioned for
faithful disposition Of and accounting for the road
moneys which may be paid to him his order.
SECTION 5. The respective Road Boards shall meet
at such times and places to majority thereof may
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some other public place. due notice of which shall be
made public for the purpose Of deciding upon the local
ity and method of labor and amounts of money to be
expended Such meetings shall be public and any tax
payer resident in the district may offer suggestions
corning work to be done
SECTION g. A full record shall be kept by the res
pecve Road Boards of all business transacted at any
meeting and of the work done in the district Full
accounts shall also be kept Of all moneys received
showing the from whence derived and of all mon
eys paid out showing the locality for which expended
whether for labor material and the persons to whom
paid Such records and accounts shall be open to the
inspection of any taxpayer resident in the district at
the quarterly other meetings of the Board.
SECTION T. The Minister of the Interior may at any
time remove any member OF such Road Boards for fail
neglect to properly perform the duties of his
Office publishing the reasons for such removal if
quested to do so by the person removed Upon the
petition of twenty-five more taxpayers of any dis
t1ict making charges against any member of Road
Board and asking for his removal the said Minister
shall said charges to be investigated and if upon
investigation it shall appear that such member of such
Road Board shall have failed neglected to properly
perform the duties of member of the Road Board the
Minister of the Interior shall remove him. All vacancies
shall be filed by appointments of the Minister of the
Interior.
SECTION s. All road taxes shall be paid into the
Public Treasury and the amount so paid in from each
district shall be special deposit in the Treasury to the
credit of such district to be paid out only upon the
order of the chairman of the Road Board of such dis
trict The Minister of Finance SHALL under no circum
stances allow such special deposits any part thereof
he any other nnrnnse than nav drafts