The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-29
.COUN les
ARE NAMED
Independent Charter
Commission.
FIVE FOR ALL ISLANDS
Kauai and Niihau; Maui, Molokai
and Lanai: Oahu, and Two
for Hawaii.

E,ive counties are named in the charter
for county government framed by the
Independent Charter Commission. -ney
are termed the countries of Kauai, in
Guiding the Islands of Kauai and Niihau
and all the Islands within three nautical
miles of their shores; the county of Oahu,
Including all Islands within the same
limit; the county of Maui, including the
Islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai, ana
tau the Islands within the three-mile linn
lit. On Hawaii there will be two counties,
! as follows: Hilo county, including the
districts of Hilo and Kau, and Kameha-
l. eha county, including the districts OF
lKona, Kohala and Hamakua.
| The independent Charter Commission
met last evening in Foster Hall and list
iened to the report of the committee on
county government presented by the
lchairman, w. Erving. 1t was read sec
ton by section and was subjected 10
much criticism and amendments Mucn
time was spent the document at the
commencement, but after some shalp
inarleying the committee made Sood
lheadWay The division of counties was
the first feature presented and the ar
, lrangement of the geographical seet'olis
lmet with little opposition and was adopt
. ed as read.
Each county is to be a corporate ',ooy
, with all the powers common to 1ncorpor-
. lated bodies. The bill provides for three
) lcounty commissioners for each county,
, and all suits are to be brougnt ID '''e
, name of this board except where author-
litv is allowed by them delegating th's
Z autbority to some other county Officer.
: Iris provided that service can be accept
. ed by the county clerk, his deputy OF any
. member of the county board. Inc county
y, liner n.
= attorney is to be notified In each ils.ane ~
Q lwhere a suit is pegun ny seisieo oi -
. county clerk. =.
. The meeting went into the details Oh
. leach officers duties, which are those
= lgenerally existing in counties. Inc couil-
nv clerk is to serve two years and nie
. lhond with two or more sure.ies. -
. lcounties of ten thousand persons MS pone
. lsbau he sou OO0. in counties of 500, So
. 0OO. in counties of less than 5,000 3lo,No
lWhen the question arose as to Whethe'
= after two years time bills for county
. debts were not presented they should o.
. declared outlawed, l.. IL. Dee arose quicA
: lily and said emphatically:
.T cts have some honest dealing. Thes
= are technical points which the lawyer
. would fight out anyhow and get IN
. debts paid If county justly owes
. debt, let the county pay It, Let's nav
= a good, square deal for everybody.
T G. Quinn said: THE county snoup
: not he to rule the citizens, but the coun
. tv should be ruled by the citizens. an
we wan. to see everything done squar
ly." s+r,oue
= Upon motion the clause was strlcke
out of the bill. The bill also PROVIDE
that the county clerk in all counties NC
exceeding 5000 people shall be ex-o"c,
registrar Of deeds -,
After concluding the reading Oh IN
duties Of the county clerk the Heee. -,
adionrned to meet Wednesday evenin
at o'clock.