The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-29
INDEPENDENT
COUNTY BILL
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required to attend at the new place Ut
trial He IL required to advise without
charge all officers of his county upon ill
official matters His salary Is to be liked
by the County Board and shall not ex-
coed $500 in the largest counties; nor
81 40 in the smallest.
II the District Court shall be without u
County Attorney or he be absent, the
Court will appoint one pro TEN. He is
required to attend on the Grand Jury and
perform the functions in his county noN
performed by the Attorney General In
Honolulu.
Chapter l. County Surveyor-He Is to
be elected for two years, and shall re-
o.ive a salary of not more than $40
day and expenses while in the Held; lie
is required to make surveys ordered by
the Court or County Commissioners, and
for private individuals, and the fees FOR
such services, as well as the fees, as
charged by all other county officers are
infinitely set forth at the end of the Act
Chapter s. Sheriff-He is elected for
two years, and is required to give bond
of about 5000 to $4,000; amount to be
fixed by the County Commissioners. Cor
oner is to be Deputy sheriff, In case of
vacancy until IA new Sheriff Is appointed;
he is required to attend on the Superior
Courts of the county, have charge of the
county Jail ETC.. he IL authorized to
command the aid OF as many male IN
habitants of his county as he may think
necessary to the execution Of hts du-
ties" The Sheriff and his deputy are
prohibited from recommending attorneys
or acting as attorney or counsel in any
court. For any violation of this clause
he is to be removed from office. THE
Sheriff shall keep posted in each cell OF
the Jail a list of the attorneys practlcing
in this county," If he asks or receives
any greater fees than those allowed by
law. he is liable to be fined as high as
s., 1000.
Chapter Q. Coroner-He is elected for
two years, and required to give bond
for the sum of 5000 If anybody has
reason to believe that the Sheriff is
prejudiced, on filing affidavit with the
Clerk of the Court, the Coroner will be
required to perform the Sheriff's duties
in that case. He is required to hold
nquests only where persons 'are sup
posed to have died by unlawful means,
the cause of whose death Is unknown"
He has the customary functions now
performed by a Sheriff or the High
Sheriff when acting as Coroner.
Chapter 10. Probate Judge-Elected for
two years: has the usual probate juris-
dction: his court Is a court of record
and has a seal and the Judge is eS-ofii-
clio his own clerk. The court Is always
open, by monthly terms as provided for
Chapter II. County Commissioner
The three County Commissioners to be
elected for two years from three separ-
ate precincts respectively as near as pos
sihe of equal popula ton. After the arst
board is elected, the County Commission
ers are to make the precinct divisions.
NO person holding any State, county,
township or city office, any employe, Of
ficer, or stakeholder in any railroad in
which the county owns stock shall be
eligible to the office Of County Commits
sioner.' Each Commissioner Is required
to give bond in the sum from $1,000 to
5000 amount to be fixed by the Probate
Judge. They meet on the last two days
of every month, and may continue each
session fifteen days in counties of 800
voting population, one week in counties
of over 1000 five days in counties of over
$50 and three DAYS in smaller counties:
determined by the vote cast at the last
general election. Special meetings can
be called on five days notice, posted in
three places in each precinct, and enc
newspaper in both English and Hawaii
an. The Board elects its own chairman
Ihey are 10 approve accounts, disal-
low any or part of an account, keep a
special hook OF entry for roads ana
bridges, have power to buy and dispose
OF county property, except the proposed
sale exceed in value s......... Such sales
must he authorized by n majority vote
or the people. They are to have author
ity to open or vacate highways. bridges,
etc, establish election precincts, In each
municipal township, and equalize as
sessments, furnish necessary blanks,
books, etc, for the various county Off
GERS; also fire-proof safe, II they deem
1t advisable To set off, organize and
change boundaries cf townships and
name the same; authorize the making of
county maps from the Surveyor Gener-
ais notes, and where incomplete to make
new maps of their own, showing all To-
cal political divisions: to submit ques-
tons of expenditures in excess of per
cent of total assessed valuation, but the
net debt may not exceed 10 per cent as
shown by the previous years assess
ment; submit any question increasing
the tax rate to "A popular vote. Tax rate
shall in no case exceed / per cent on the
assessed value of the property for any
one year. County Commissioners are
required to sit with open doors. They
are required to provide for a court room
Jail and Offices for the county officers at
the county seat until the county build
ings are built if the Commissioners fail
to do this, the Court may order the
Sheriff to attend to the matter
They are authorized to provide for the
ings by contract or otherwise upon ad-
vertisement calling for bids In newspa-
per published within the county: also
one newspaper elsewhere in the Terri
tory. Sufficient bonds are required from
contractors. The BOnrd IL required to
annually examine the Troasurers tax
sales book and stub receipts, actually
count the money In the Treasury; their
proceedings are to be published immedi-
ately after each session IN the county
newspaper.
CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
Chapter 70, Compact communities Of
over goo people, as shown by the last
census, land residing on land plated IN
TO lots and blocks shall upon taking er-
feet N this Act become n municipal cor
porRtion," Communities or this size arc
designated cities ~ tho first class AMI
are To be governed AS herein provided
They are Invested with tho usual cor
porate powers, but the purchase or sale
M real estate exceeding 'lOOl IN value