The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-14

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minded person will agree that such &
| condition of things ought not to con
/ tinue in our midst. and that decisive
/ action is urgently called for. This
! Board has again and again called at
/ teHtion to the magnitude the evil is. as
Stunning and the danger to public health
it involves. There is every reason tc
believe that the managers of the sew
eral city cemeteries will be found
| ready to work in harmony with this
Board and the county authorities in a
matter so deeply concerning the public
welfare.
The Board of Supervisors of this
County, acting under the advice of this
Board of Health, have full power TO
, cope with such difficulties. Among
their powers and duties as set forth
in Chapter s of the County Act, we
read:
Section "a. To make and enforce
within the limits of the County all 10
cal police, sanitary and other regula-
tions, not in conflict with the general
laws of the Territory. or the rules and
regulations of the Board of Health
In Section 16 we also read:
The Board of Supervisors shall adopt
all orders made or recommended by
the Territorial Board of Health for the
preservation Of the public health of the
county,
In San Francisco this question has
recently been brought to a finish, AMI
a reference thereto, may not be out OF
place. 1t may be remarked in passing
that the conditions confronting US here
are decidedly worse than those that led
to such decisive action there.
o. =, u. Il
of Health the Supervisors of that city
passed an ordinance making it unlaw-
full for any person or association to
bury the dead body of any person with
in the city and county of San Fran
cisco, from and after the 1st day of
August, 1901. Penalties We're attached
for violation of this ordinance. There
upon a plot owner in one of the city
cemeteries, backed by the wealthy
cemetery association, commenced suit
to declare Vofd the ordinance and to
enjoin the authorizes from it's enforce |
ment. The Superior Court found the |
ordinance valid, and. appeal was taken |
to the Supreme Court. Here defeat |
again awaited him. The Supreme Court |
confirmed the decision of the lower |
court, declaring that the power of the |
to prohibit burials in city |
cemeteries is unquestioned, and shat |
the ordinance in question was valid |
exercise of the police power. E.eE
Your committee offer the following
Ia
Resolved: That the Board of Health
call the attention of the Board of Su
pervisors of Oahu County to the over
crowded and insanitary condition of
the cemeteries in this city, and earnest
" ask their cooperation in abating the
evil. =
Resolved: this Board, in the
interests of peas health and decency,
advise the cld4fzs by ordinance, of ali
The city Gem IS to further inter-
nents from 49, latter a certain date,
said date to Undetermined and fixed
b. the Board &Supervisors.
Resolved: ut inasmuch as one Of
~ cemeterie $4within the city limits.
own as the akiki cemetery, is own
81 and conducted by the government,
S Board recommends that the
bard of Supervisors begin the good
kOrk by closing said government ceme-
Fry at Makiki to further burials as
loon as possible, and that a site in lieu
# same be selected from the public
ands outside city.
(SignedD . w. H. MAYS,
(Signed) c. B. COOPER,
Committee.