Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-09
Draft of Charter for City and County Of
Honolulu Submitted to Repub
lican Commission.

qualified, unless sooner removed Tor
cause. TIE City Clerk shall have
charge of all the papers and docu.
ments of the city, except such as are
by law committed to the keeping OF
the several departments or Of other |
officers, and shall keep the record OF
the proceedings of the Board. He
shall engross all the ordinances of the |
Board in a book to be provided for
that purpose with proper indices,
which book shall be deemed public
record of such ordinances, and each
ordinance shall be attested by said
Clerk. Copies of all papers duly filed
in his Office and transcript thereof and
Of the records of proceedings of the
Board and copies of the laws and ordi'
nances OF said city, certified by him
under the corporate seal shall be evi.
dence in all courts and places Of the
matters therein contained. Said City
Clerk may be removed on charges by
a two.thirds vote of all the members
of the Board subject, however, to judi.
clal review on certiorari.
Ordinances and Resolutions.
Sec. II. No ordinance or resolution
providing for or contemplating the
alienation or disposition of any prop
erty of the city, the granting Of fran.
chise. terminating the lease of any
property. or franchise belonging to the
city or the making of any specific i'm
provement or the appropriation or ex'
penditure of public moneys or author
izing the mourning of any expense, or
the taxing or assessing Of property In
the city, shall pass the Board of Alder
men at the same sesEicD at s.lssh &
was first offered; but the same shall
be referred TO the appropriate commit
tee for investigation and report; and
the same shall not be finally passed
or adopted by the Board until at least
five days after such abstract Of its
provision shall have been published
six consecutive days in two newspa.
pers published in the city. In all cases
the ayes and noes upon the final pas
sage for such resolution or ordinance
shall be taken, recorded and publish
ed.
Records Open for inspection.
Sec. ~. It shall be the duty OF the
City Clerk to keep open for the inspec'
ton, during his Office hours, the rec.
! ords and minutes of the Board of Al
dermen and his signature shall be nee.
, essary to all leases, deeds, mortgages
: and all grants by the city Of its prop
erty. In the absence of said clerk by
, sickness. or otherwise, his first deputy
, shall be vested with and possessed OF
4. all the rights and powers and be
. charged with all the duties by law or
4 ordinance imposed upon said clerk.
Salaries and Duties.
Sec. 10. The salary Of the City
Clerk shall be two thousand dollars a
year and he may appoint such depu
ties or clerks as are necessary to the
discharge of his duties, provided, that
the aggregate salaries Of such depu
ties and clerks, including the salary
y of the City Clerk, shall not exceed II
any one year the sum appropriated
u therefor in the annual budget.
J. Sec. IA. The Board shall keep {
> journal OF its proceedings and the
y questions shall, at the desire of an!
u two members, be taken and entered
therein. The ayes and noes shall b,
called and recorded on the final pas
y sage If any ordinance.
s. Sec. Is. No member of the Boar
y shall during the term for which he Il
l, elected, be eligible or be appointed Il
l. any other Office under the city no
d shall any member of said Board Will
e such, be a contractor with or an en-
e ployee of the city, or OF either brancI
e of the said Board in any capacit,
e whatever.
, Meetings Of the Board.
:, Sec. l6. The Board shall meet o.
the first Tuesday of each month an
;, may hold adjourned meetings at Wi
- The Mayor may at any time can
- special meeting of the Board. Tn
- City Clerk shall call such meetin
y, when a reQuisltlon for that purpos
- signed by three members of the Boar
-, has been presented to him. One da
before any special meeting of tn
Board is held notice OF the time of tn
intended meeting and of the bushes
- proposed to be transacted. signed b
the Mayor or Clerk, shall be publlshe
in two newspapers Of the city and q
N the same time the City Clerk sha
IT. cause a copy OF such notice to be lei