The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-29

five officers of each class created. In
addition to county government there is
also to be municipal government. Thus
i'm Oahu there will be the municipality
of Honolulu, with its proper quota of
officers. There will also be the NUM-
cipality of Hilo, also with its proper
quota of officers, and there may be
other municipalities with like advan-
tages. But after all this has nothing
to do with the counties. You may have
dozens of municipalities but the coun-
ties will remain solid. The officials of
the counties, as provided by the law
are county clerk, county sheriff, county
treasurer, Register" of Deeds, what
ever that may mean, possibly Regis
trar-it is no slip of the pen because
the misapplication of the word occurs
over and over again in the bill-Probate
Judge, County Surveyor, Coroner,
County Assessor and County Superin-
tendent of Public instruction. There
is also to be Board of County Com
missioners.
Now let us see the pay these officials
are to receive:
County Clerk, $4,000 per annum.
County Sheriff, $4,000 per annum.
County Treasurer, $500 per annum.
Register" of Deeds, $4,000 per an
mum.
Probate Judge, $500 per annum.
! County Surveyor, so, 500 per annum.
Coroner, $1,000 per annum.
County Assessor, $1,000 per annum.
County Superintendent of Public In
struction, $1,000 per annum.
The total of this for each county is
$24, 700 a year, and for the five counties
1923, 500 year. But this is not all the
bill provides for. There is to be a
Board of County Commissioners and
they are to get ten dollars day when
actually engaged in county business
also when sitting as a Board of Equal
ization they are to get fifty dollars for
the job, outside of the ten dollars a
day above mentioned. 1t is impossible
to rate how much the county commits
sioners would draw down annually
but it is very certain that county com.
missionerships will be eagerly sought
after by Dusty Roads and Weary
Willy. Even the average tramp would
not want a better cinch than this.
OF course there is a whole lot of min
or officials to be provided for, but thu
plums go in the direction indicated
above. The taxpayers are allowed t.
settle the salaries of the minor offices
They can scrimp on the salaries O.
policemen, school teachers and sucl
common truck, but the salaries o
officers put down above are not to b.
touched. 1t is really wonder that TIL
miserable voter and taxpayer is al
lowed the opportunity of choosing hi
official He may think himself forum
ate that he is allowed to vote at all.
1t is self evident that the list of sal
aries indicated is absurd. The amour
of work in each county is not equal
and the county itself should decid,
what it is proper to pay for having it
work done. The County Clerk of Ka
mehameha County, will not have any
thing like the work Of the Count!
Clerk of Hilo County. The Count!
Sheriff of Kauai County is to ge
$4,000, and his work will be a picnic al
compared with the work of the Count!
Sheriff of Oahu, who will get the sam,
salary. 1t may be incidentally men,
toned that all these salaries are higher
than the salary of the present High
Sheriff who has the supervision of the
police of the whole territory.
The county bill affords subject mat
ter for much comment Every tax.
payer and every voter should make
himself thoroughly familiar with it
There are dangers ahead, and they
must be guarded against