The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-13
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF HAWAII
CONTINUED from page 5.)

NlbHAllAufI 4
/ The form OF dotg business shall be
as follows: The ~ bles hall appoint
secretary for tJer selves, who, at the
meetings shall rect rd all decisions made
by them and that book OF records shall
I be preserved In order that no DEGREES
affecting tie interests OF the kingdom
may be lost.
The same shall be done 10y the rep
resentative body. They too shall
choose a secretary for themselves, and
when they meet for the purpose of
seeking the interests of the kingdom.
and shall come to "A decision on any
point then that decision shall be
] recorded in book and that book shall
be preserved in order that nothing val
liable affecting the interests of the
kingdom should be lost. And there
shall be no new law made without the
| appreciation of a majority of the
mobiles and also a majority of the rep
resentative body.
When any act shall have been agreed
upon by them, it shall then be pre-
scented to the King, and II he approve
and sign his name and also the Pre-
mier-then 1t shall become a law of
the kingdom and that law shall not
/ be repealed until it is done by the voice
of those who esta blished 1t.
RESPECTING THE TAX OFFICERS.
j The King and Premier shall appoint
/ tax officers and give them their GER
tificates of office. There shall be dis
tinct tax officers for each of the islands
at the discretion of the King and Pre-
mier.
i When a tax officer has received his
certificate of appointment, he shall not
l be dismissed from Office without first
j having n formal trial, and having been
convicted of fault, at which time he
shall be dismissed. Though If the law
should prescribe a given number of
years as the term of Office 1t may be
done.
The following are the established
duties of the tax officers: They shall
assess the taxes and give notice of the
amount to all the people, that they may
understand in suitable time. The tax
officers shall make the assessment in
subserviency to the orders of the Gov
ernors, and in accordance with the re-
quirements of the law-and when the
taxes are to be gathered, they shall
gather them and deliver the property
, to the Governor, and the Governor shall
pay it over to the Premier and the
Premier shall deliver it to the King.
The tax officers shall also have charge
of the public labor done for the king
though IL they see proper to commit il
u to the land agents, it is well, but the
tax officers being above the land agents
shall be accountable for the work. They
shall also have charge of all new bust
:, ness which the King shall wish to ex-
: tend through the kingdom. In all bust
= ness, however. they shall be subject
. to the Governor.
-. The tax officers shall be the judge
in all cases arising under the tax law
q In all cases where land agents anC
landlords are charged with oppre sins
q the lower classes. and also nj all case:
a of difficulty between land agents ant
tenants, the tax officers shall be the
q judges and also all cases arising un
a der the tax law enacted on the 7th o.
n June, 1899
9 They shall moreover perform theii
q. duties in the following manner: Eacf
s tax officer shall be confined in his au
thority to his own appropriate district
t If a difficulty arises between a lant
e agent and his tenant, the tax officer
t shall try the case and If the tenant