The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-08-19
OLD COUNTY ACT WAS
FULL OF BAD BREAKS
A tumble Of Misft Sections and TansIe.Foot
Grammar. meeting Of the County Act Com
mission Last Evening Considers Policy.

The deeper the Commission goes into
the old County Act the worse it finds
things There is poor arrangement OF
sections and paragraphs and much bad
grammar, though the proofs were read
and re-read by high-salaricd clerks. and
the whole Act compiled and type-writ
ten and then read and discussed by both
houses of the Legislature.
The Commission has had to rearrange
multitude OF sections. In one case
section appeared under Duties OF the
Clerk which had no more reference
to that officials work than the descrip-
ton OF the counties.
ONE COUNTY FOR HAWAII.
BY a majority vote OF the members
present being those of Messrs. Crabbe,
Stewart and Cooper, Mr.. Watson dis
senting, it was agreed for the purpose
of obtaining a first draft to- make one
County out OF Hawaii, with Board OF
Supervisors OF nine members, or one
for each district For Oahu there are
to be seven supervisors and five each
for Maui and Kauai. These were the
most important matters decided upon.
:. NORTH KOHALA WRITES.
A communication from Mahukona.
Hawaii, was read as follows:
Mahukona, Hawaii, Aug. g. 1904.
Mr.. Henry f. Cooper. Chairman, Coun-
ty Commission, Honolulu, II. 7.
Dear Sir: The following resolutions
have been adopted by the citizens of
North Kohala and ordered transmitted
to you:
,it Of x
sembled in mass meeting at the Ko-
hala Court House on August S, 1904,
and without regard to political or par
ty affiliations, do hereby resolve
l. That simple form of county or
ganizations be established throughout
this Territory at the earliest possible
date.
2. That the island of Hawaii should
consist of but one county, and that the
county seat should be fixed at Hilo.
8. That notice of the action herein
taken be conveyed to the County Com
mission now holding sessions in Homo
lulu. to the Hilo Board of Trade and
to the districts comprising West Ha-
wall.
An Advisory Committee on legisla-
tion was selected, as follows:
e. A FRASER, CRep)
Chairman.
p. P. WOODS. (Dem.)
II. NJ. KANIHO, CH.R)
Very truly yours,
ED. FRAZER,
LABOR'S STRANGE REQUEST.
A communication from the Honolulu
Trades and Labor Council, providing
for a penalty Tor violation of the citi
zen eight-hour law, was read as follows:
Honolulu, II. T.. Aug. 8, 1904.
Hon. H. +. Cooper, Chairman of Coun-
ty Commission, Honolulu, II. L.
Dear Sir: At the regular meeting of
the Honolulu Trades & Labor Council
held at Portland Building the follow
ing resolutions We're passed:
Resolved, That the Honolulu Trades
& Labor Council endorse the citizen
Labor clause proposed by Mr.. j. En-
meluth at your last meeting and read
ing as follows:
In all contracts to which the County
is a party the following clause shall be
inserted "All parties to this contract
and all workmen employed Hereunder
shall be citizens or eligible to become
citizens of the United States Eight hours
actual labor shall constitute days
work whether under contract or other
wise. Provision for penalty for viola
tion of same" We suggest that the
penalty for violation be fixed at SO for